Still in but the 857 on sc is tempting.....
Well, I've moved 3 on in the last week, one of them thanks to the man above.
I feel there's space to add one again though
Still in but the 857 on sc is tempting.....
Well sorry to say I caved in today and bought the Scurfa on SC.
A good run by my standards and so I'm now +1 for 2021.
I’ve failed, I’ve bought 3 and sold 2. I’m nearly break even if that counts?
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Couple more moved-on since May, awaiting one new incoming - I have now actually cleared an entire watch-box!
IN:
1. Tissot Seastar
2. Damasko DC56
3. Damasko DSub3
OUT:
1. Damasko DC56
2. Bulova Devil Diver
3. Citizen Brycen
4. Citizen Promaster Tough chrono
5. Ollech & Wajs P-104
6. Oris Aquis Small Seconds (part-ex'd)
7. Q&Q
8. Yema Superman Heritage
9. Glycine Combat Sub
10. Certina DS Active
11. Casio 'Casioak'
12. Hamilton Air Race
Sold more or less everything, including a , lovely, YM 42. Bought a 116509 Daytona. Retired, hurt…..thats it, the end. No more.
Broke, but pleased. What more can you ask!
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I really have the three i want but if i am going to crack it will be tomorrow when i go to Leeds.
Nearly 18 months locked up and no spending could go horribly wrong tomorrow.
One more out, no more in.
IN:
1. Tissot Seastar
2. Damasko DC56
3. Damasko DSub3
OUT:
1. Damasko DC56
2. Bulova Devil Diver
3. Citizen Brycen
4. Citizen Promaster Tough chrono
5. Ollech & Wajs P-104
6. Oris Aquis Small Seconds (part-ex'd)
7. Q&Q
8. Yema Superman Heritage
9. Glycine Combat Sub
10. Certina DS Active
11. Casio 'Casioak'
12. Hamilton Air Race
13. MWC pilot chronograph
Surprised m'self this year TBH, tho' helped by the fact the watch I ordered in March has still not arrived and the dealer has gone silent on me... Not even a 'big-name' brand...
I'll play (dates are a bit nominal but correct chronology) - 4 out 2 in (which both went out) ---- must be due an incoming.... - you may need to scroll right to get all the columns
02/02/21 Zenith Chronomaster Sport In 02/02/21 Omega Apollo 8 LE Out 20/04/21 Brietling 806 Re-Edition Out 10/05/21 Omega 300m seamaster white In 05/06/21 Zenith Chronomaster Sport Out 11/06/21 Omega 300m seamaster white Out
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“ Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.” HHGTTG
March
Damasko DC56 & Sinn U1T in
July
Kurono Toki, in then out
August
Nomos Tangente 139 in
Citizen NY 0040 in
Unimatic U1-FM out
Hoping to be finished, unless I get the Rolex GMT call finally!
D
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Sorry to report I have Sinned.
A 556a rs has arrived.
Im now +2 but I do have one on SC so "trying" to make amends.
I’m 3 in, 3 out, so far.
Not great, not terrible.
I might have another purchase in me yet this year.
I lost count but I’m sure I’m doing fine
Still on the wagon although a little bit more by luck than judgement. Any more still sticking to the rules?
Havent bought anything since thinning down to one watch at the beginning of the year (T20)
Its becoming something a struggle though.
I keep thinking about getting hold of another Fat Boy.
Fallen off I’m afraid
Edit:: forgot I responded 6 posts back!
6 in, 3 out, and one on order, although that will be late 2022 by the time it’s ready. One expression of interest still active
On the upside, I think I’m close being happy with the collection for the long term, so I might have a better chance with abstinence club 2022.
Dave
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Nasty pain in the wallet recently. State of play this year -
IN:
1. Tissot Seastar
2. Damasko DC56 (and out again)
3. Damasko DSub3
4. Casio MRW-200H-1BVEF (£19.99's worth, so not losing sleep over this one)
5. Damasko DC76 custom (almost cancelled...)
EYEING THE EXIT:
1. Sinn 140 A SE - something's got to go after #5. ...
OUT:
1. Damasko DC56
2. Bulova Devil Diver
3. Citizen Brycen
4. Citizen Promaster Tough chrono
5. Ollech & Wajs P-104
6. Oris Aquis Small Seconds (part-ex'd)
7. Q&Q
8. Yema Superman Heritage
9. Glycine Combat Sub
10. Certina DS Active
11. Casio 'Casioak'
12. Hamilton Air Race
13. MWC pilot chronograph
In hindsight, I really wish I hadn't let the DC56 go, especially so cheap...
Thing-is, lovely as the various Dornbluths are, (and they really are), they don't fill quite the same 'tool watch' niche as the Damaskos do, so even a watch of that magnitude probably wouldn't keep the nagging voice of Regret entirely quiet...
I am incredibly lucky to have had - for the only time in my life - a little capital to indulge in some Precious Things, so still have a DC57 to console me. I'm just annoyed with myself 'cos the DC56 was a nice example that I'd slightly refurbed (crystal), and had got at a bargain price, and I rather fear it went straight on to ebay when I sold it... I'm no Raffe tho', so may be wrong about that last bit.
So im +1
In
Scurfa D1
Sinn 556
Damasko DC57
Out
Seiko gen2 monster
Seiko gen3 monster
With 2 or 3 active SC listings ongoing.
I'd quite like to be -ve before year end.
My Mum gave me a few quid as a present recently, so I finally bought a Spinnaker Hull Chronograph, a watch I'd eyed for a long time.
Personally, I think it's a really nice watch for the £138 I paid (with a pre-Black Friday discount) and it'll be here longer than the Chinese Seiko clones I went a bit mad on last year, I'm sure.
I've also just received an email to say I'm getting an offer to buy a Helm Khuraburi in the next 7 days, just as an unexpected tax rebate arrived, destroying any resolve I had not to buy one this time around.
I just have to pick a colour now - At around £300, though, it's not really Patek/Rolex expenditure and I do have a liking for their divers, so why not? I'd pretty much decided to buy anyway, before the rebate arrived!
Otherwise, I'm still trying to resist buying and I keep looking to see what I might sell, maybe a SOTC in the new year will spur me into parting with some watches I've had for a while, but rarely wear? Maybe...
So, having shed a few watches last year, the boxes are filling up again...
M
Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
Oh damn it…
Was doing so well but then a trip to Bicester village has ruined it all.
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So with 7 days left or so I consider the year done.
I ended up -2 on the end of 2020. Pleased with that. At 1 stage last year I was +2, but a selling phase helped me get home.
These 2 were the big incomings, one a grail (233), the other a spontaneous purchase. Both going nowhere
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As with the above poster I dont envisage any more changes this year.
I'll be ending 2021 at -1
Sold 2
Seiko Monster gen 2 and gen3
Gifted away 2
gen4 Monster and snk mod
Bought 3
Sinn 556 Damasko dc57 Scurfa D1
Fairly happy with what I current own but I'd like to shed a few more Seikos.
I’ve not bought anything since July which in the real world is like 8 years at least. Probably 14 years really :-)
I want to join the watch abstinence 2022 thread. I’ve had 4 arrive and 4 leave in 2021. It’s all the straps I seem to accumulate as well. My strap box is full to bursting.
My watch purchase abstinence went like a dream, I didn't buy a single watch.
Apart from two Mings, two Kuronos, a Grand Seiko and a Smiths Everest Silver Jubilee. Yeah, apart from those, I didn't buy a single thing, it went well.
I don't have thread-ownership anxiety, if someone else wants to start a 2022 thread I won't lose any sleep over it. If no-one does then I might.
2021 in review:
In:
Ming 17.09
Kurono Toki (to be received hopefully January 2022)
Kurono Seiji (to be received hopefully January 2022)
Ming 37.05 (to be received hopefully July 2022)
Grand Seiko SBGN023
Smiths Everest Silver Jubilee
Out:
Rolex Explorer
Panerai Radiomir
Tudor Black Bay
Seiko Turtle
Seiko SKX007
Seiko SKX011
Bell & Ross MA1
Smiths Everest Silver Jubilee (gifted to her, for anyone who might be mad at me for flipping)
This is from memory, I haven't kept a tally and there are maybe a couple of cheapies on either side that I've forgotten.
6 in and 8 out, I can't call that a success cos it's supposed to be abstinence and not a net drop in numbers. 2022 probably won't be a true success either because I'll have duty to pay on the two Kuronos and the Ming and also half the price of the Ming before delivery... so that's f**ked already. Ah well, none of us are here because we don't buy watches.
My year in review.
In
G Shock GA-2100-1A1ER
Damasko DS30
Seiko SKX 007 built from parts
Tag Heuer Autavia CBE2110.FC8226
Seiko SKX 007
Vintage sub mod built from parts
Out
Seiko Monster SRP315
Custom built sub style mod
Custom built 39mm mod
So I'm currently at a +3, although I'm trying to shift the custom SKX007, and will probably restore and sell the other SKX007 in the new year.
I'm at a really happy place with my collection right now, yes its spilled into 2 boxes, but having a smaller full box for my main watches mentally stops me filling up the second one.
The Tag was a real surprise this year, the watch fund was put on hold as I was planning to pop the question. Custom made rings don't come cheap but luckily she said yes! But I was able to get it at a price I couldn't refuse, and its a watch I've always liked.
Next year i'll continue building and selling modded watches and will probably restore a few Seikos. As for higher end watches, i'm at a good place right now, I have a strong want for a Grand Seiko, but there's now a wedding to save for.
In - 0
Out - 1
A small step in the right direction
No new purchases or sales since my Explorer II in December 2019. Mission accomplished.......but maybe time for an addition next year. A 1655 would be nice. Merry Christmas to all.
So what % stuck to it?
I did, though I “crumbled” twice: backing two kickstarters only to pull out when I thought of my abstinence vow.
Happy new year, crumblers or otherwise!
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M numbers are down by two. 2022 goal is to reduce by another 2-3
Since Jan 21 (not including watches that were bought but returned) and based only on watches I took pictures of (meaning I may have forgotten some)
All the below have gone:
CWC quartz diver
Seiko Darth tuna
Vintage tuna
Snbn033
tudor black bay steel
2 x dekla turblenz
synchron military
Dreadnought voyager
Sinn u50
Seiko MM200
Doxa sub 300t
Farer exmoor
Sinn ezm3
baby dreadnought
Pelagos LHD
Seiko new 300 tuna
Sinn ux
bit daft really and I don’t fancy calculating the losses on all those. Having said that a lot were sold to pay for the next one or two
Several were purchased and returned due to dust, chapter rings, bezel alignment and comfort so won’t count those (not all seiko)
Those that were bought and remain
serica 4512
Apple Watch se
One watch ordered today for delivery in the first days of 2022 and one that arrived yesterday that might be returned.
Miss the UX, Farer and the LHD
Hopefully next year will be quieter.
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Sigh I was doing so well until the last 6 weeks. Two big purchases, one end game level has ruined my 2021!
2022 has to mean some selling to fund my Ming chronograph which doesnt arrive until August. Definitely no buying!!!
I have over abstained....nothing incoming since 2016!
Erm 23 in.....
Although 5 were for parts.....
And two were looking very unwanted on SC and so I took pity on them (it's the same as taking on a pet from a rescue centre isn't it?).....
I'll pin the blame for the rest on the other bidders who failed to outbid me in the auctions.
Is there a thread for 2022 - I’m tempted to give it a go!
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I failed - 1 in (Christopher Ward Seatimer Elite); 0 out.
Good call. Have set one up https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...ence-Club-2022
Did really well up until Christmas eve then collapsed and bought 4 over the space of 5 days. Hopefully a bit more will power in 2022!
Final roundup for 2021, more Out than In, so not too unhappy with that. Starting to consider moving-on a few more in 2022.
On the other side of the balance sheet, I'm really taken with the rugged-simplicity of Casio's MRW-200 and MRW-210 ranges - so legible, rotating bezels, day-date, cheap-as-chips: might just be The perfect beater, so can see one or two more coming-along at some point...
IN TRANSIT:
1. Casio MRW210H-7AV (ordered on the 31st, so...)
IN:
1. Tissot Seastar
2. Damasko DC56 (and out again)
3. Damasko DSub3
4. Casio MRW200H-1BVEF (£19.99's worth, so not losing sleep over this one)
5. Damasko DC76 custom (almost cancelled...)
UP FOR SALE:
1. Armand Nicolet J-09-3 blue dial
2. Sinn 140 A SE
OUT:
1. Damasko DC56 (regretted in hindsight)
2. Bulova Devil Diver
3. Citizen Brycen
4. Citizen Promaster Tough chrono
5. Ollech & Wajs P-104
6. Oris Aquis Small Seconds
7. Q&Q
8. Yema Superman Heritage
9. Glycine Combat Sub
10. Certina DS Active
11. Casio 'Casioak'
12. Hamilton Air Race
13. MWC pilot chronograph
I made it! No incomings and one (my Bulova Lunar Pilot) passed on to my youngest son for his 30th birthday - so I started the year with 17 and ended it with 16.
In the spirit of complete transparency I have to confess to having ordered a new watch (Gruppo Gamma Divemaster DG-08) a couple of weeks ago, but it hasn’t arrived yet so will count as a 2022 arrival!
Simon