All for one? Or...?

[skydweller_sg]

buy the best you can

[Oceanklassik]

Woah guys ! ..... tx for the sharing so far

It seems most are agreeable to selling (other watches) and buying the Daytona. But none feels I should stop this hobby. It's not really about 'killing' a hobby but more of finding a way to keep my watch(es), and stop the stupid selling and selling. I really wish I can hold on to one watch for a long long time, so it's like finding "the ONE".

I think moderating this forum is a real 'barrier' to stopping this "poisonous and addictive" hobby. May be I should just hibernate away for a while

[pingpong]

Good read. Just sold one watch to build up ammo for another..

Just do it!!

[diapers]

Great thread.
Im sure every second in the world, there's someone asking themselves this question.

Ocean, i think you might not stop at the Daytona anyway. For me at least, an everyday watch has to be rugged and yet classic, practical and yet hardy. Kinda like James Bond, anytime can do anything. The Daytona is almost all, but ... No date. :S Therefore, occasional or frequent wear maybe, but at least for me, a Daytona wont be the only 1 or 2 watch. Not sure if you might feel this way eventually, just my humble 2.5 cts worth.
Hope you will be able to stop your poison, but unlikely! Hahaha

Good luck with the hunt, let us know!

[Ken3]

You see, you see?! That's the problem and I want to stop all these. I still love watches but I can't seem to feel 'absorbed' to one if I have too many. Then I'll just feel like selling it and move to another. And it's not like I don't lose money for each buy-sell-buy again cycle.

coming from that point, I gotta agree... if u are going on that approach to get ur Daytona, by all means go get it... I started with my Exp 2... but the more I looked at the Daytona, I felt I needed it.. so made a small loss on the Exp 2 & topped up for a Daytona.. got the less popular white face (same as my Exp 2) which was slightly cheaper than the black, cuz give myself the excuse that I got 1 black face (my Sub C), so I need 1 white face to complement... lol..

been stuck with both pieces for the last 8mths... always looking for more watches, but I don't bear to let the 2 I have now to go, so just save for the next piece..

ok, back to ur story... I personally feel the Daytona is somewhat 1 of the Rolex holy grail, so if u dun need to sell a kidney to get it, u shld go ahead.. sell the 1s u usually dun wear & top up the difference..

here's what my other half tells me when I go watch hunting (which was like yday)..

"u only got 1 hand, how many watches u can actually rotate everytime"

"买多，不如买少，买少，不如买好！"

she's actually pushing me to let go my present 2 pieces & get the Rose-gold 116515 chocolate dial... bleah...

[dtctan]

Another alternative is to sell off those watches that you are not wearing anymore and do partial cash upfront and partial credit card installment but of course you must managed your money properly.

[Otar]

considering how Rolex keeps on increasing the prices....

if you intend to get a Daytona, better do it sooner than later. if it means having to pay installments, then by all means as well. just make sure the installment is still within what you can spare monthly.

i am saying this from my own experience when i bought my first DSSD for more than 2 years ago with good discount. now the same watch is probably 3-4k more.

[champagneluver]

Hi people,

I'm really at two minds about selling away all my watches to just have one/two in my collection. I hate it when I couldn't share enough time with the few that I have. Do you think I should do that? I only have a few humble (and I mean it) watches so the one I am getting will not be 'alarmingly' expensive. And I don't need you to guess, I am intending to stop this watch craze thingy after getting a brand new ROLEX Daytona (116520). By being able to afford it, I'm talking about selling off 4-5 watches.

If you are free, share your thoughts with me.

Thank you

I keep my collection lean and will try to sell at least 1 before buying another.
But there are some core team members that are keepers due to sentimental values or other reasons.

Daytona is a classic and I kinda regretted selling my black dial 116520. Eventually got another black dial 116520 for my wife and a 116528 panda for myself.

So let go a few of your non core pieces if you must and start enjoying your Daytona!

[Darkangel]

Sell a few watches to buy one, is fine.

To keep only one watch, won't work for you, especially when the one watch is a Daytona. You would be wearing the watch very carefully so it won't be your go-everywhere watch. You need at least another watch like a Seiko or something (so you could keep the one that you currently have).

Because watches are like potato chips...

The wise one has spoken....

Because watches are like potato chips!

[Oceanklassik]

Thanks also to those who have shared . I wonder if getting a Daytona from any local AD at list price and to pay by interest-free instalment is possible? If possible I can then sell off my watches slowly. If not, I'll probably do a "group trade"?

[Oceanklassik]

1st of all what watch you intend to sell?

Some brands like omega, tudor, seiko and others. May be a ROLEX too.

Well I thought this is what a hobby should be all about ... buying and selling as your taste will change as time go by

Bro,

This won't do...once a watch lover always a watch lover...

I can sell all my Rolex to fund a daytona but will I regret??? 100% YES... So I decide to go for the long way...save slowly...ultimately tat day will come and can own every watch...

For me it's good to have more than one... I like e feeling of changing watch every now and then...I am just not a one watch guy...

Daytona...the day will come...

Cheers

This hobby will be much easier if I am wealthy enough to indulge but I can't go on forever - buying, selling, regretting now and then. Often I tell myself that each watch I buy is for my next generation but each time I sell it I break a 'promise'. It's not about saving up to get one, but how long to attain each one is an issue. And not to forget, watch prices appreciate every year . For example I want an AP "bumblebee" and can only afford it by saving hard for three long years then how?

Apr Fool joke??

anyway, dat's what I have been doing... sold off my Ball & IWC to get a Sub.. then few mths later, sold off the Sub & changed to Sub C.. also sold off my Exp 2 & changed to Daytona... of cuz all had to top up cash...

You see, you see?! That's the problem and I want to stop all these. I still love watches but I can't seem to feel 'absorbed' to one if I have too many. Then I'll just feel like selling it and move to another. And it's not like I don't lose money for each buy-sell-buy again cycle.

[pegasi]

Sell a few watches to buy one, is fine.

To keep only one watch, won't work for you, especially when the one watch is a Daytona. You would be wearing the watch very carefully so it won't be your go-everywhere watch. You need at least another watch like a Seiko or something (so you could keep the one that you currently have).

Because watches are like potato chips...

[Jubilee]

Sell. No point keeping all the watches when you don't wear them enough.

Also, if anything happens to you (touch wood) in the near future, at least you would have owned that one watch you coveted in your life... carpe diem!

[Ken3]

Hi people,

I'm really at two minds about selling away all my watches to just have one/two in my collection. I hate it when I couldn't share enough time with the few that I have. Do you think I should do that? I only have a few humble (and I mean it) watches so the one I am getting will not be 'alarmingly' expensive. And I don't need you to guess, I am intending to stop this watch craze thingy after getting a brand new ROLEX Daytona (116520). By being able to afford it, I'm talking about selling off 4-5 watches.

If you are free, share your thoughts with me.

Thank you

Apr Fool joke??

anyway, dat's what I have been doing... sold off my Ball & IWC to get a Sub.. then few mths later, sold off the Sub & changed to Sub C.. also sold off my Exp 2 & changed to Daytona... of cuz all had to top up cash...

[Darkangel]

It's a common phrase everyone will go through, sell many for that ONE. Just do it, you won't regret if you know what you want but...trust me it doesn't end there. Hahaha