Watches you regret Selling
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You shouldn't have sold that Glashutte - It's stunning!
I bought a Bell & Ross BR02-94 Chrono from Dom H and then sold on after around 12-18 months to a chap on here ... It was absolutely mint, and to ensure it stayed in excellent condition, I never wore it. I just thought it was a shame to own a watch I never used. In hindsight, I wish I had kept it, worn it, and just sucked up the usual 'desk diver' knocks ...
I bought a Bell & Ross BR02-94 Chrono from Dom H and then sold on after around 12-18 months to a chap on here ... It was absolutely mint, and to ensure it stayed in excellent condition, I never wore it. I just thought it was a shame to own a watch I never used. In hindsight, I wish I had kept it, worn it, and just sucked up the usual 'desk diver' knocks ...
Biggest regret has to be trading a mint 16610LV that I had just had serviced by Rolex and a 6 month old 116600 that I bought new, for a 116619LB.
I love the LB - the blue of the dial and bezel is really stunning and the overall watch quite understated, but that LV was my favorite, and with prices on the rise again plus getting shot of a new SD4k just before the discontinuation was announced . . . . . I should have been happy with what I had and not tried to get that "grail" piece that now I have it I miss what I had, and now have a relatively large amount invested in one watch which will be more difficult to sell on at some point.
I love the LB - the blue of the dial and bezel is really stunning and the overall watch quite understated, but that LV was my favorite, and with prices on the rise again plus getting shot of a new SD4k just before the discontinuation was announced . . . . . I should have been happy with what I had and not tried to get that "grail" piece that now I have it I miss what I had, and now have a relatively large amount invested in one watch which will be more difficult to sell on at some point.
hilly10 said:
OK guys lets see your watches you lusted after. You bought them, then sold and regretted doing so
These are my two and really wish I had never sold them.
Two watches anyone would love to own, especially the Glashutte....These are my two and really wish I had never sold them.
Anyway I'm 2/3rds of the way into selling off a collection of much loved timepieces that have been great to own and wear.
Several reasons really.
First off, after decades of wearing in rotation (as you do) I found I was wearing one particular watch more and more. Then it became all the time. The rest started feeling a bit superfluous and I began to wonder what the point was in keeping a couple of display boxes full of watches I wasn't wearing on a shelf in a man cave?
This coupled with another thought. There are literally THOUSANDS of watches I like and would happily own, including stuff at crazy prices like top end R Mille or my own grail, a Daniels. Obviously wasn't ever going to happen. Not least because I'd just be paranoid actually wearing a Daniels apart from having to crank the contents insurance policy up to an extortionate premium.
But that doesn't stop me from vicariously "enjoying" them even though I don't have them in my possession - very much like the way I can 'enjoy' your two.
So I sold a couple. And it really didn't feel bad. And it didn't stop me continuing to love them even though they weren't physically in my cave or safe. Like kids that have left home? So I sold some more and have kept doing it and in a strange way there's a kind of liberty in letting them go. A bit like "catch and release" when you're fishing.
Well that's my story. Soon (hopefully) I'll be down to 3. And in fact there IS one more I intend buying. But that's it for me.
The missing bit is "regret". Don't regret parting with them any more than I've regretted buying or keeping them. GREAT hobby and interest! But really not one that requires possession.
A bit late to post but I really regret selling my Ti Avenger Seawolf. It wasn't getting the wrist time and they seem to be way more expensive now on the used market. Instead, I kept my Chronomat B13050 which was my first Breitling but one I now consider 'too small' to wear. Oh well, live & learn...
Podie said:
The Omega Dynamic Chrono I had.
Not an expensive watch, but it was just a bit different to everything else you see - so for that simple reason I regret parting with it.
The Dynamic models sold very poorly and in some cases remaining stocks were sold off at reduced prices. I always liked the looks (and in some ways they may have kick-started the pilots watch trend) and wish I'd bought one back in the late 90s. Not an expensive watch, but it was just a bit different to everything else you see - so for that simple reason I regret parting with it.
Ikemi said:
You shouldn't have sold that Glashutte - It's stunning!
I bought a Bell & Ross BR02-94 Chrono from Dom H and then sold on after around 12-18 months to a chap on here ... It was absolutely mint, and to ensure it stayed in excellent condition, I never wore it. I just thought it was a shame to own a watch I never used. In hindsight, I wish I had kept it, worn it, and just sucked up the usual 'desk diver' knocks ...
This wont help, but i think i nearly had that off of you. I dont regret selling any mainly as i never have but i do massively regret not having one of these. No idea why i havent and crazily i know that this isnt going to make me run out and find one!I bought a Bell & Ross BR02-94 Chrono from Dom H and then sold on after around 12-18 months to a chap on here ... It was absolutely mint, and to ensure it stayed in excellent condition, I never wore it. I just thought it was a shame to own a watch I never used. In hindsight, I wish I had kept it, worn it, and just sucked up the usual 'desk diver' knocks ...
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