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Who knows the motivation for selling a mint Seiko Sumo twice? Trying to fend off boredom? Trying to justify buying new watches?
Yet every time I lose the thing, I want it back. It should be here in about a week. Where will my watch obsession take me? I've got a running joke, a refrain in which say, "Now my collection is complete." I wonder.
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Jeff,
I think the Sumo is one of the most elegant and refined looking dive watches currently available, especially in the $500 and under price class. I hope you enjoy wearing it and that you decide to hang on to it this time.
Posted by: Gary | April 27, 2014 at 09:07 PM
A word to the wise: I had a similar experience with the Radio Shack Realistic Patrolman SW-60. I bought and sold a couple times about 7 years ago. Having sold the "final" time, I concluded that I didn't want or need that model----and congratulated myself for moving on----used the money on other radios. About two months ago, I happened to see a few of them for sale on E-Bay and the bug was back. I bought again. Is this time the charm? I think so. If I end up selling again, will that be it, finally? I think so. I think so, but I don't know so!
Posted by: Angelo | April 28, 2014 at 04:18 AM
This time, keep it.
Posted by: Ulysses | April 28, 2014 at 05:32 AM
I don't know what I was thinking. It's like a 44mm Rolex in some ways.
Posted by: herculodge | April 28, 2014 at 05:57 AM
As we've discussed Jeff, the Sumo is--along with some of the Citizen Signature line--possibly the best watch you can get for about $500.
I've described the Sumo as the quintessential "B+ watch," which makes it hard to sell but also hard to keep long term. I really like mine but it gets lost with the Omega and Oris, and it has a couple things about it that keep me from loving it. So I'm probably going to sell mine, but it certainly is a very nice watch.
Of course if you end up selling it AGAIN, a bunch of your loyal readers are going to have to stage an intervention.
Posted by: jonnybardo | April 28, 2014 at 07:52 AM
It's a bigger effort to sell than it is to buy. Easy to click a few times and have a watch or radio on its way to your door. Harder to list an item, wait for the sale and payment, pack it up, ship it out, hope there are no glitches/fraud with the buyer, etc. So my gut tells me that if you sell again, it's time to accept that you don't want this watch. Or, if you decide to sell----wait 30 days and see if you change your mind.
Posted by: Angelo | April 28, 2014 at 08:11 AM
You guys like watches, i like fishing reels. I have over a dozen fishing reels & plan to buy more. I don't need them all but i like them. Wish i had all the money i invested in them.
Posted by: Steve | April 28, 2014 at 02:36 PM
Steve: But face it----if you had all the money back that you invested in them, what would you do with the money? You'd start looking for fishing reels you love and you'd buy more! What we have are addictions.
Posted by: Angelo | April 28, 2014 at 03:52 PM
Another similarity with watches and radios----the "transistor wars" and the "jewel wars." Very, very similar. In the 1960s, radio manufacturers touted their products by the high number of transistors (The more, the merrier, though in many case, more didn't even come close to equating to better.). Watches, to this day, tout how many jewels are in the movement. I've heard that anything over 21 jewels doesn't really mean much----that often, they are not even functional beyond that number or maybe beyond 23. But I know Rolex makes watches with at least twice that many----hard to believe they'd do something gratuitous---like fake hood scoops on a Mercedes. Does anyone know if it's true or not that beyond 21 or maybe 23 jewels, they simply don't improve the movement?
Posted by: Angelo | April 29, 2014 at 04:17 PM
It looks like it depends on the design of the movement.
http://www.ablogtowatch.com/ask-watch-experts/jewels-watch-movement/
Posted by: Gary | April 29, 2014 at 06:34 PM
All about jewels.
http://people.timezone.com/library/workbench/workbench0025
Posted by: Ulysses | April 30, 2014 at 06:23 AM
An interesting article, Ulysses. The number of useful jewels in a watch movement is a complex topic.
Posted by: Gary | April 30, 2014 at 06:19 PM