Pulled the Trigger on an Orient M-Force Beast Blue Dial

I funded the purchase of the Orient M-Force Beast blue dial by putting my Deep Blue Depthmaster black dial on the shopping block. I like the latter watch but like is a relative term. I really love the shade of blue on the M-Force Beast.

Once Jonny said that for watch hobbyists we don't own most of our watches; we rent them, selling them, replacing them and going through this cycle for our watches save our keepers.

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Comments

[Angelo]

You've definitely strengthened your line-up with this "trade." Very nice. It had to happen.

[jonnybardo]

So there's a pattern here: You've owned two Depthmasters and sold both. This will be your second Beast after having sold the first. We all know the story of the Sumo, and recently the Ecozilla.

So here's the question: Are you content with this "rental treadmill" as you quoted me about? I personally think you should be; that is the hobby, actually - "borrowing" watches for a time, selling them, "borrowing" more. Maybe even the "keepers" are temporary in the long-run (although I can't see ever selling my blue Omega, probably not a few others either, but you never know).

But again, as long as you're happy with the madness of it. I even think your Sumo Neurosis has a certain kind of poetic drama to it. Embrace your humanity, like Louis CK.

Anyhow, I like this Beast - my favorite of the three variants.

[herculodge]

yeah, I've thought of the pattern; loss, the comeback, loss, the comeback; some surrogate drama . . .

[herculodge]

The pattern also speaks to the delusion of "funding" one watch with another. If I were really funding a new watch purchase, the old watch would be gone for good.

[jonnybardo]

Right. It goes something like this: Buy Sumo ($500). Sell Sumo for $400 - Ebay/PayPal/shipping fees of $50, so it is a loss of $150. If you keep that Sumo for a year, that's a nice rental of about 40 cents a day.

(This is one of the reasons I sell on Watchuseek rather than Ebay - no 10% fee so you only have to pay PayPal the 3%).

[Angelo]

If you want to go into the weeds further though, it depends less on how long you've had the watch you've been "renting" and how often you've worn it. How much did you pay "per wear?" I recently sold my Renato Original Beast. I don't know exactly I long I had it----I'm guessing over a year. I have so many watches, it's not like I was wearing it daily or even weekly----but I did manage to wear it a good amount, relative to my other watches. Maybe 15 days? I'm guessing. I sold it----probably for about twenty dollars less than I bought it. Add in the fees and such and I had a net loss on the transaction of maybe 25%. I consider that one a success story because I got to experience a brand I hadn't had before and a nice watch----got to use it over a year if my timeline is right and actually did wear it---and it didn't cost me much at all. The keys in this case were that I bought it for a good price---didn't overpay to begin with. I actually did wear the watch so there was some value in that. I took good care of it, including keeping the gift box, polishing cloth, etc.----so that at time of sale, it was an easy transaction. I was actually hoping to make a few bucks on it---because I thought I had bought really low. Turns out, the market was accurate and I got what the watch was worth. Lots of views, lots of watchers, no bidding war.

[Angelo]

Meant to say it depends MORE on how often you've worn the watch than how long you had it as far as "rental" fees go.

[Gary]

A Blog to Watch has posted their review of the Citizen Signature Grand Touring Sport today.

http://www.ablogtowatch.com/citizen-signature-grand-touring-sport-watch-hands/

[Ulysses]

Not wanting to become an enabler or anything, but if you're not averse to quartz watches, the Seiko Wired range is one I can't stop looking at. They have styles that range from vintage to futuristic, often with thick faceted crystals. Quirky, but distinctive.

[Ulysses]

Sorry about the multiple posts. I don't suppose you could delete the extra ones? I spent about 15 minutes typing in CAPTCHAs correctly and still having them rejected, before it finally went through. It showed i'd only commented the once. Sorry :|