There is no such thing as a grail watch..

[Nodzex]

Originally Posted by mpkRolex

You only get temporary gratification once you buy your grail and then move on to the next shiny watch. Your watch taste and liking changes over time. At some point I waited long for a RO but before I could get my hands on it I lost interest. Life lesson after being a long term watch owner having owned many “grails” Subs, Daytona, YM, DJ and lately just the Pepsi and Starbucks. Thoughts?




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Agree 100%!

[the dark knight]

I know this is extremely corny, but I'm reminded of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. In the end the Grail was lost, but both of the Joneses did find what they were looking for. "Illumination", as the elder Jones said.

[espanol]

Originally Posted by mpkRolex

You only get temporary gratification once you buy your grail and then move on to the next shiny watch. Your watch taste and liking changes over time. At some point I waited long for a RO but before I could get my hands on it I lost interest. Life lesson after being a long term watch owner having owned many “grails” Subs, Daytona, YM, DJ and lately just the Pepsi and Starbucks. Thoughts?




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I never really subscribed to the mega-collector culture that’s in watches today. I realized pretty early in life that the same dopamine injection I get from a new watch, I also get from a nice pair of running shoes, a nice blazer, or even the feeling I get in buying my wife a new gift. All of those are much easier to spend $€£ on than the price tag of a new Rolex; over and over.

So on the rare occasion that I do get a new watch, I truly enjoy it. I don’t look at the next one. What’s the point? I’d rather stick to less expensive interests that have the same impact on my life.

[geoach]

once I get my grail it's not my grail anymore

[jamesbondOO7]

Originally Posted by jamesbondOO7

I thought a YG DayDate was the grail, now I want to sell it. I might end up with just the 16030 I bought almost 40 years ago.

Grail watch YG DayDate now sold after one year.

[Sgooter]

Darn it! That guy's grail looks better than my grail. You know what happens next...again.

[Kevin of Larchmont]

Each new watch changes the context of my desire for other watches. So while I have called many watches “grails” acquiring them simply opened the door to other watches. I like to think we don’t own watches as much as we experience them and as our experience accumulates so does our taste in watches.

[Dan Pierce]

There's no such thing as a grail watch.................until there is. And your grail might not be the watch you thought it would be. And if it's truly a grail watch, rarity, popularity, and/ or difficulty obtaining said watch shouldn't have anything to due w/ why you consider it your grail.
dP

[TNT009]

Disagree, I have my grail and will continue to buy others. None will have the significance of my Meteorite GMT!

[xrole]

Originally Posted by alphadweller

Here's how I see things.

There is no grail, it's an illusion. Once you get it, there'll always be the next piece looming on the horizon, ready to strike. There's no exit watch.

Thus you could very well carry on adding all sorts of watches despite your grail. You wake up one day and you find it too heavy, you don't like the attention from people, you don't feel safe on the street with it, scratches annoy you, you miss your good old beaters and not so beaters etc etc.

We know what it's like in this hobby, grass is always greener with the next piece on the wrist.

This accurately describes not only watch collecting, but also most other types of collecting. It's a universal psychology and people basically just re-fool themselves into a certain state of mind on an ongoing basis.

[strettyend]

Agree I think I’m just a watch-obsessed degenerate. Got my 5740 and still lust over Daytonas. I just love and want all the watches

[ap1]

Originally Posted by Kevin of Larchmont

Each new watch changes the context of my desire for other watches. So while I have called many watches “grails” acquiring them simply opened the door to other watches. I like to think we don’t own watches as much as we experience them and as our experience accumulates so does our taste in watches.

I like this

[Lesnerelli23]

Originally Posted by Dan Pierce

There's no such thing as a grail watch.................until there is. And your grail might not be the watch you thought it would be. And if it's truly a grail watch, rarity, popularity, and/ or difficulty obtaining said watch shouldn't have anything to due w/ why you consider it your grail.
dP

Very well said!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[usmc_k9_vet]

I can’t say I have a grail. There are a bunch of watches I’d like to own someday. Some I will and some are possibly unobtainable, and that’s ok. I guess a goal watch of mine is a platinum Day Date, meteorite dial with diamond indices. That’s pretty close to a grail, I suppose, but I know even when I get that one I will want others and enjoy hunting them down to add to my collection. I feel fortunate to already have a collection where if I don’t add a single piece until the day I die, well I’ve still got more than what I need.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[xrole]

Originally Posted by strettyend

Agree I think I’m just a watch-obsessed degenerate. Got my 5740 and still lust over Daytonas. I just love and want all the watches

If only the majority of collectors were so honest and unpretentious!

[Funkle]

I am glad I don't suffer the affliction. I've always wanted a Submariner, now I have one and I'm happy with it. I've been through the hungry hippo thing with motorcycles and guitars. Owned 15 bikes and over 25 guitars, actually lost count of guitars at one point. Now I'm down to 5 choice six stringers and 4 bikes. I have learned that success doesn't have to equal excess. Do what makes you happy, then do something else that makes you happy.
..although I do want a Datejust..

[helloworldies]

No real grail for me sadly as I can get bored with any watch!

[Ichiran]

This is my grail watch and if I ever attain it, it will still remain a grail due to the ridiculous finishing. It's sheer class.

[Daytonaman799]

Absolutely agree. It’s a moving target from grand complications to some “simple” ones. Just depends on the latest obesssion…which for me is the lacquer Green Day Date right now

[Vivalas]

I think there are grail watches and the ‘one and done’ does exist, but those people don’t frequent watch forums like this. Those people live in ignorant bliss, unaware of the temptations that seduce people in the thousands of posts and watch shots

[watchwatcher]

I guess it depends on how you define grail. If it stands for a watch you lust after-and just might sell a kidney for- along with zero chance of getting through AD channels, then I'd have to disagree.

However, if your definition is a be all, collection stopper your one true love sort of thing...then I'd probably have to disagree.