If you had to pare down your collection to 2 watches.......

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Re: If you had to pare down your collection to 2 watches.......

Post by Wario406 » Tue Feb 08, 2022 8:04 am

Such a hard question. Pick the watches for love, or for guilt…? I too have watches that were given to me that I cant ever let go. Fortunately those two watches cover the two classes of watches that I would keep. A Pilot and a Diver. Oris Pro Pilot Big Crown GMT Small Second is my choice of Pilot, and I’d keep my Sinn U1 as my diver, although my “must keep” diver is a Marathon TSAR that wouldn’t be the worst diver to have keep either.
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If you had to pare down your collection to 2 watches.......

Post by Blaine » Tue Feb 08, 2022 8:49 am

BBK357 wrote:If I could go back in time….

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If only catagoryImage: The 6139 was a very early “notched” crown all original and original bracelet/unpolished/serviced. Worth 3.5x’s what I paid in todays market (in it’s condition) and that was only four years ago. The Pogue’s have jumped in the last year or so. Some are paying over $2k + for the silver dialed versions. The moon was an earlier version and a 1/4 of the price these 861’s are going for today. Fortunately I was able to replace it that with a 1984 thanks to a great forum friend. The 9411….Image….but I suppose all of us can say the same thing.

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Re: If you had to pare down your collection to 2 watches.......

Post by tyd450 » Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:31 am

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This one is easy for me at the moment because I have just done that. I think i am going to try to keep it this way for awhile.

The tuna is so nice on the wrist, the bracelet is amazing, and it is a strap monster with drilled lugs to boot. The g shock has that classic look to it and is bomb proof. It is a new addition to the collection as well and was an upgrade from the 5610, so I really enjoy the extra heft you get from the steel case and screw on caseback, and the nicer rubber strap over the resin on the 5610.

I may want to add a nicer automatic down the line. That would also be a diver though as that is just what I like these days. I really have little use for a formal or dress watch and I love the day to day utility of a dive bezel. I used to have a pelagos LHD that I enjoyed and had considered getting the regular black dial version again. I also really like the new white dial seamaster 300M professional, and I really like the look of the last gen titanium planet ocean with the blue dial. So I would probably pick up one of those when I go to add a third watch to the collection.

But for now, these will do just fine!

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Re: If you had to pare down your collection to 2 watches.......

Post by jswing » Fri May 13, 2022 3:50 am

That's easy since I wear one of these two most of the time.
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Re: If you had to pare down your collection to 2 watches.......

Post by Denizen » Fri May 13, 2022 11:53 am

Since the pandemic my watch-wearing has been nearly nil...an out-of-practice out-of-mind sort of thing.

Going down to 2 watches would probably be unrealistic, but having up to 4 watches sounds more doable…so a diver, a dress watch, something solar-powered (or on battery) for quick grab-n-go wear and the 4th watch being a jack-of-all-trades kinda piece or a sentimental favorite.

So it would look like this:

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Re: If you had to pare down your collection to 2 watches.......

Post by jimyritz » Fri May 13, 2022 1:45 pm

I think I'll have to update my response--but the question is if you have to go to 2...

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Post by r.palace » Fri May 13, 2022 5:50 pm

4 would be more realistic and is pretty much my collection now. Dress, Digital, Diver, Sport.

However if it had to be 2 it’d be these 2.

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Re: If you had to pare down your collection to 2 watches.......

Post by Mr_Pacman » Fri May 13, 2022 9:09 pm

tyd450 wrote:
Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:31 am
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This one is easy for me at the moment because I have just done that. I think i am going to try to keep it this way for awhile.

The tuna is so nice on the wrist, the bracelet is amazing, and it is a strap monster with drilled lugs to boot. The g shock has that classic look to it and is bomb proof. It is a new addition to the collection as well and was an upgrade from the 5610, so I really enjoy the extra heft you get from the steel case and screw on caseback, and the nicer rubber strap over the resin on the 5610.

I may want to add a nicer automatic down the line. That would also be a diver though as that is just what I like these days. I really have little use for a formal or dress watch and I love the day to day utility of a dive bezel. I used to have a pelagos LHD that I enjoyed and had considered getting the regular black dial version again. I also really like the new white dial seamaster 300M professional, and I really like the look of the last gen titanium planet ocean with the blue dial. So I would probably pick up one of those when I go to add a third watch to the collection.

But for now, these will do just fine!

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I was just wondering why Seiko doesn't make a quartz version of the Turtle or the SKX line, but looking at your Tuna, it might be the trick for me.

I like your model better than the current expensive ones, but finding mint ones like yours isn't easy these days.

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Post by goaliechris » Fri May 13, 2022 9:22 pm

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Re: If you had to pare down your collection to 2 watches.......

Post by dnslater » Sat May 14, 2022 4:45 am

This is my answer today… but might be different tomorrow.

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