Would you rather have one $1,100 watch like a Seiko Golgo 13 Limited SBN023 or 3 watches?
The Orient M-Force Scuba, about $490, the Seiko FlightMaster, about $230, and the Citizen Eco-Drive Promaster BJ2135 (shown above), about $380. Total: $1,100.
Or buy all for $2,200 and re-direct Herculodge's focus to "Manly Pens."
I might split the difference and go for two watches. Anyhow, can I buy used? That makes a big difference.
I might go for something like this:
ONE: Oris Titan ($1100 discounted new), small second hand OR Orient Saturation Diver
TWO: OSD used ($700) and maybe a used micro-diver of some kind.
THREE: Orient Revolver used ($350), Citizen Signature used ($400), Orient Star Seeker used ($450). That sort of thing.
There are so many different ways to go. I find this exercise more stressful.
I could get into pens. I dig stationary and enjoy mechanical pencils and different types of pens. My favorites are the Staedtler Pigment Liner, which are the German version to the Japanese Microns.
Posted by: jonnybardo | October 30, 2013 at 02:41 PM
Ah, pens. My wife would be happier.
And I agree: I've created a stressful exercise.
Posted by: herculodge | October 30, 2013 at 02:44 PM
By the way, that Citizen looks a lot nicer in that picture than the stock photos I've seen. I believe that's a big and chunky watch.
Posted by: jonnybardo | October 30, 2013 at 03:04 PM
Citizen looks like a great every day watch. Funny, the least expensive of the bunch, the SNAB69, is yelling at me the loudest. And just when I thought a watch had to be over a grand to have cachet. A month has passed since getting the Tuna and the itch is back. Damn, man. And I worked so hard to get my collection down to a manageable size. Hydra monsters, here we come.
Posted by: herculodge | October 30, 2013 at 03:31 PM
Ha ha, I feel your pain. Al Pacino said it best: "Every time I try to get out, they just pull me right back in!"
This is why, I think, its good to have a "soft bottom half" to one's collection. You might have a few watches that are lifelong keepers, then a few more that are year+ keepers, but then have a few that are watches you keep for a few months or up to a year, then sell when you want something new.
If you have an itch for a watch that is "only" $225, you're doing OK.
Posted by: jonnybardo | October 30, 2013 at 03:39 PM
This is an easy one for me. I'd go for the three. It's not that I don't see value in one premium flagship and no others----but my personality leans toward more is better as a collective---even if the individuals in the collection all fall short of one upgraded watch. Safety in numbers I guess.
Posted by: Angelo | October 30, 2013 at 04:41 PM
There's this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Invicta-Subaqua-Noma-I-Valjoux-7750-Meteorite-Dial-/321234498107?pt=Wristwatches&hash=item4acb11723b
Posted by: Angelo | October 30, 2013 at 05:28 PM
That might be my all-time favorite Invicta, Angelo. I'd never spend $700+ on any Invicta, though.
Posted by: jonnybardo | October 30, 2013 at 05:45 PM
Great looking Invicta, but I'd get a Golgo or an Oris Aquis at that price point. Or an OSD.
Posted by: Jeffrey McMahon | October 30, 2013 at 05:50 PM
Or all three, eventually.
On a different note, I find myself gravitating back to this modified 2nd gen Black Monster for $300:
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f29/fs-seiko-srp-night-black-night-monster-4r36-925098.html
Posted by: jonnybardo | October 30, 2013 at 06:00 PM
I didn't even know there was an all black second gen Monster.
On another watch note, lately I've been craving my Tuna to be back on the rubber strap. It looks great on the bracelet but there's something purposeful about the strap that appeals to me.
Posted by: herculodge | October 30, 2013 at 08:44 PM
My Seiko SNAB67 that I should have never sold:
http://herculodge.typepad.com/herculodge/2012/11/herculodge-gets-his-poor-mans-breitling-seiko-snab67-pilot-watch.html
Posted by: herculodge | October 30, 2013 at 08:54 PM