Rate Your 2009: Watch Edition!

[Pesty]

Bought This Year: Precista ,Hamilton, Benarus x2 and got a sinn on its way now
Sold This Year: 0 although I have decided I need to thin out my collection
Most worn: Benarus Moray
Lusting After: too long a list
Must Own in 2010: IWC 3717, Anonimo Bronze Polluce, Pam 279.
Favourite Design (Manfacturer or specific Model): Anonimo
Least Favourite Design (Manfacturer or specific Model): Graham

[Tazza]

Bought this year: Jaeger le Coultre Master Calender
Sold this year: None
Most worn IWC Aquatimer (GST 3536)
Lusting after Glashutte Original - don't know which one !!!
Must own in 2010 Don't know
Favorite design JLC reverso
Least favorite Brietling or Rolex

[andy tims]

Here's the pics to go with my post

Sold / Traded







Bought & Flipped










Bought & Kept (so far)

Edited by andy tims on Saturday 19th December 18:51

[Pesty]

Andy I think you have been reading my wish list.

Excellent watches and pics.

These are my aquisitions this year











Edit because I forgot one A seiko from 1977 ish love this one

Edited by Pesty on Saturday 19th December 19:34

[LukeBird]

^^ Great shots chaps!

Andy, what's the Stowa called, I can't recall and it's driving me up the wall!!

[andy tims]

Cheers

It's the Marine Original

Edited by andy tims on Saturday 19th December 22:37

[markmullen]

Bought This Year: Omega Speedmaster Professional, Citizen Ecodrive
Sold This Year: None
Most worn: Omega
Lusting After: Breitling Emergency, Hublot Big Bang, AP Royal Oak Offshore
Must Own in 2010: Seamaster Professional, Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date (an older stainless)
Favourite Design (Manfacturer or specific Model): Omega
Least Favourite Design (Manfacturer or specific Model): Jacob

[Peter G]

Bought This Year: Zenith El Primero Series 1 1969.
Sold This Year: Zodiac Seadragon.
Most worn: Omega Moonwatch.
Lusting After: Zenith Chronomaster Open, JLC Master Thin in rose gold, PAM 40mm.
Must Own in 2010: IWC Aquatimer 'Galapagos'
Favourite Design (Manfacturer or specific Model): Blancpain.
Least Favourite Design (Manfacturer or specific Model): BRM, Graham, That one with the bits of Titanic in it!!!

[swanny71]

Bought This Year: Modified Seiko diver, Omega Speedmaster Pro, Seamaster 'Bond', Seamaster Ti, Seamaster 176.007, Steinhart Ocean Vintage Red, IWC 3706
Sold This Year: Omega Planet Ocean, Speeedmaster Date, Timefactors Speedbird III, RLT 42, an old Tag, Steinhart Ocean Vintage Red
Most worn: Seamaster 'Bond'
Lusting After: Sub 5513, orange hand Explorer
Must Own in 2010: less watches
Favourite Design (Manfacturer or specific Model): Speedmaster Pro
Least Favourite Design (Manfacturer or specific Model): Anything bling

Edited by swanny71 on Monday 21st December 09:44

[ShadownINja]

swanny71 said:

Must Own in 2010: less watches

Me, too. If I'd spent less on watches under £100, I'd probably be easily able to buy the IWC XVI I want now without any change in my bank balance.

[HereBeMonsters]

ShadownINja said:

swanny71 said:

Must Own in 2010: less watches

Me, too. If I'd spent less on watches under £100, I'd probably be easily able to buy the IWC XVI I want now without any change in my bank balance.

That's my plan. I'm off to the Cayman Islands for a couple of weeks in February, so either a Speedie or an IWC may have to be purchased.

[ShadownINja]

HereBeMonsters said:

ShadownINja said:

swanny71 said:

Must Own in 2010: less watches

Me, too. If I'd spent less on watches under £100, I'd probably be easily able to buy the IWC XVI I want now without any change in my bank balance.

That's my plan. I'm off to the Cayman Islands for a couple of weeks in February, so either a Speedie or an IWC may have to be purchased.

Snag is, I bought the various watches for a reason. It's hard to decide which to flip now.

[Pesty]

ShadownINja said:

swanny71 said:

Must Own in 2010: less watches

Me, too. If I'd spent less on watches under £100, I'd probably be easily able to buy the IWC XVI I want now without any change in my bank balance.

Thats why I plan not to buy any watches next year. If I hadnt bought all the £250-500 watches over the years I could have had 4-5 of my grail pieces.

Problem is I'm a horder and just can't bring myself to sell any.

[HereBeMonsters]

ShadownINja said:

HereBeMonsters said:

ShadownINja said:

swanny71 said:

Must Own in 2010: less watches

Me, too. If I'd spent less on watches under £100, I'd probably be easily able to buy the IWC XVI I want now without any change in my bank balance.

That's my plan. I'm off to the Cayman Islands for a couple of weeks in February, so either a Speedie or an IWC may have to be purchased.

Snag is, I bought the various watches for a reason. It's hard to decide which to flip now.

Don't say the Sinn. I haven't got the cash yet.

[ShadownINja]

HereBeMonsters said:

ShadownINja said:

HereBeMonsters said:

ShadownINja said:

swanny71 said:

Must Own in 2010: less watches

Me, too. If I'd spent less on watches under £100, I'd probably be easily able to buy the IWC XVI I want now without any change in my bank balance.

That's my plan. I'm off to the Cayman Islands for a couple of weeks in February, so either a Speedie or an IWC may have to be purchased.

Snag is, I bought the various watches for a reason. It's hard to decide which to flip now.

Don't say the Sinn. I haven't got the cash yet.

hehe nope. I'm considering all my sub-£100 watches. There'll be a feeding frenzy on TZ-UK.

[swanny71]

ShadownINja said:

There'll be a feeding frenzy on TZ-UK.

Ah crap, so much for my cunning plan for 2010

[Frederick]

Bought This Year: Suunto CORE All Black, Seiko Night Monster Black/Black, 2x cheap no-brand watches for work - only bought the second as I shattered the crystal on the first! and a Sekonda 3066 - again for work
Sold This Year: None
Most worn: Suunto CORE
Lusting After: Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Black/Orange Chrono
Must Own in 2010: Regular Black Monster
Favourite Design (Manfacturer or specific Model): Rolex Milgauss has really piqued my curiousity this year
Least Favourite Design (Manfacturer or specific Model): Toy Watch

Not been lucky this year with watches - the CORE is sitting on the shelf, dead - I really must get of me arse and send it back to Finland as it has the "3 month battery life" problem, shattered crystal on my first no-brand watch, so bought a replacement (£8... disposable... lovely!) then bought the Sekonda, only to find that after three months of wear, the bezel is loose and the seconds chronometer dial has somehow reset itself to being at about the 10 second marker at rest, instead of straight up. It sweeps past the 60 second point no problem, but can I heck as like reset it

On a happier note, my Night Monster has performed brilliantly every time it has been worn (out of work only, really) hence the want of a standard one for work next year.

[thegobetween]

Bought This Year: IWC 3717
Sold This Year: None
Most worn: IWC Aquatimer 2000
Lusting After: A watch of my own design...some day...some day!
Must Own in 2010: A first JLC, I'd love a Polaris re-edition...please Santa, please!
Favourite Design (Manufacturer or specific Model): IWC for design, JLC for manufacturing as a whole
Least Favourite Design (Manufacturer or specific Model): BRM

[the_smalls]

Bought This Year: Stowa Marine Automatic, Casio Chronograph LCD
Sold This Year: 0
Most worn: Casio (Stowa was being repaired)
Lusting After: IWC Portuguese
Must Own in 2010: IWC Portuguese
Favourite Design (Manfacturer or specific Model): Stowa
Least Favourite Design (Manfacturer or specific Model): Graham