Perhaps the only luxury watch I can afford is the entry level Seiko MM300 SBDX017. I'd like to fund one by selling my Tuna SBBN035, currently on eBay, and my Tuna SBBN033, shown here by itself and with the Seiko SBBN017 Tuna. These quartz watches are a tier below the SBDX017. Wanting to sell my o33, I photographed it this morning, and I just can't let go of it, in spite of its close resemblance to the older SBBN017. Talk about first-world problems. Most likely, I'll keep these two Tunas on identical Strapcode Endmill bracelets.
So the Ninja Tuna 035 didn't even last a week? What were the reasons for capture and release?
You must get the MM300. It's time to end the angst and just man-up and get it. Sell one of the remaining Tunas and experience Tier 4 bliss for the first time. If that doesn't do it for, replacing a new generation Tuna is easily done.
Posted by: Lee_K | March 29, 2016 at 07:50 AM
want an MM300 or a used Bretling. I hear you about Tier 4 bliss. I've had Tier 4 Bliss once. It was the Citizen Grand Touring. I doubt I'll sell the Tunas. I really love them. The black one was so-so. I didn't totally love it.
Posted by: herculodge | March 29, 2016 at 10:46 AM
It's a quandary to say the least. You've been stuck on Seiko for many of your watch purchases (not all, but many) for so long----I wonder if you'd somehow be let down by the Bretling?
Posted by: Angelo | March 30, 2016 at 04:53 AM
The more I think about it, the more I don't like Breitling. My favorite watch is the Seiko SBEX003, a 48mm beast that costs 5K. I'd have to sell everything to partially fund it. I'd be scared to put all my eggs in one basket.
Posted by: herculodge | March 30, 2016 at 08:18 AM
Sounds like it would be one egg in the basket and I think it would be a regrettable move----but that's me. I'm overflowing with watches, radios and more----my house is a mess and that's a bad extreme too. But definitely, going from collector of several dozen, down to collector of a dozen, down to collector of less than 10----selling off and buying one----big, big risk if that watch turned out to be anything less than an MVP grand slam.
Posted by: Angelo | April 03, 2016 at 06:46 PM
I've been thinking about this for a while, but the one thing I don't like about the Tuna design is the tiny lugs. If I were Seiko, i'd go lugless or have big fat honking Oris-sized lugs.
I prefer the modern hand-style of the SBBN033, personally. The trouble is, the fewer watches you have left the more magnified their importance becomes in your mind. When you're down to the last few, parting with any of them becomes painful.
I've been distracted of late; watches no longer occupy too many of my thoughts. The constant tedium of getting hyped about something then realising you have to hold back really stresses me out to the point where i'm refusing to play the game any more, or at least not for a while. There are more important things for me to sort out first. I might just get a nice bracelet for one of my existing pieces.
Posted by: Ulysses | April 04, 2016 at 03:50 AM
I've settled at a happy medium of 8 watches. One is a beater. The others are rotated once a week.
Posted by: herculodge | April 04, 2016 at 06:37 AM
Ulysses, if you are free from watches and consumerism, more power to you. When I want some good lugs, I wear my Orient Saturation Diver or my Sumo.
Posted by: herculodge | April 04, 2016 at 06:39 AM
WWJBW?
Posted by: TomWc | April 21, 2016 at 06:23 PM