What logic did you use to put together your watch collection?

[ansharma]

Hi all

Just curious...did you want a variety of brands/sizes?

I put my collection together based on dial colour.

I guess there will be some of us that used no logic at all!

[cgjane]

No logic, just madness.

[esm]

I started with colours - my fave colours. Green, Orange and Blue - in that order.

So most of my Rolex watches has green bits in it

Then there are Orange and Blue coloured Omega watches.

The rest were just madness

[p_mcgee]

sports watch, military watch, gold dress watch

flipped the ones that I got tired of

in the future: chrono, more Rolexes

[Dan Pierce]

First need, then want, finally, why not.
dP

[Clay]

I don't know if you can call two watches a "collection"???

But I first purchased the watch I love the most and then it's younger brother....

One for work and one for play.....

To my mind the perfect combination.....

[Singslinger]

No logic because buying a watch is essentially an emotional decision.

[Cabaiguan]

I'm currently using the icon-from-my-fav-brand method. I have a Speedie for Omega, the Sub-C for Rolex and I'm chasing a Portuguese for an IWC. Also an orange dialed Doxa for diversity.

[dddrees]

I just started buying those watches I liked the most. I like them all and they all have a place in my rotation.

So many nice watches yet so little time.

[Jocke]

If you have an ounce of logic, so you do not start put together a watch collection.

[SaddleSC]

Originally Posted by Jocke

If you have an ounce of logic, so you do not start put together a watch collection.

Haha

[crhfish]

Well, I'm a bit jealous, because I am color blind. I have an affinity for black because its the one color I can always "tell". But I fell for Chronographs and Divers a long time ago. I'm am looking again right now for something. Whatever it is, it will probably have a black dial.

[threemonkeys]

Only two watches right now. But no logic involved. Some thought, of course, but no logic. The additional watches I'm looking to buy are simply the ones that get me all excited.

[MortgageGuy]

Originally Posted by Jocke

If you have an ounce of logic, so you do not start put together a watch collection.

:r ofl:

[jrssv]

I focused on the watch's purpose. GMT II - travel, DJ - dress, Sub LV - Casual, Breitling SuperOcean Chrono - Casual and when I need the chrono function. I've got all my needs covered. I chose the Breitling because the date and the rotating bezel make it a lot more functional for me than the Daytona. watches for me are 75 per cent about function.

[horseco]

I bought & upgraded every 2/3 years... & after 16 years & 6 Rolexe's I now don a yg PN daytona...

[ansharma]

Some very interesting responses so far! If you consider the cost of luxury watches we purchase, does it not seem odd that very little logic is applied in our decision making? It makes us smile so we buy it!

I also assume some people purchase based on the value it will retain as well.

[lhanddds]

I appreciate, for example, a sub collection (1680,5512,5513,etc) but I can't make myself collect something that does not give me a different look on my wrist. It has to give me a different look to get some wrist time. Otherwise it's just a collection (not that there's anything wrong with that ).

[ansharma]

This is turning into a fascinating discussion! Calm down everybody!

[Jason71]

It's easy...............I collect Rolex divers and I have a BUNCH of them including duplicate 16600s, 16610LVs, and now duplicate 16800s. My prize is my 116619 White gold Sub.

( I have a couple outliers from a wild craving including a Milgauss, a GMT, and a couple Tudor subs)

[brownbear]

To me , there is no logic in paying over 5k for watch(s).
I do like my few watches very much and I would like a few more.
I guess I just like them.

[errol0_7]

Mostly because they caught my eye, then fell for rolex and have

GMT IIc - as I can't do without this one
Daytona for work in a suit
DSSD for casual, jeans etc
Seamaster Pro for holidays, sports etc where I am more prone to collecting dings and scrapes

When I am 40 I am hoping Rolex will have a pepsi version of the GMT Ceramic to add to the collection.

[htc8p]

gmt, chrono, casual and i hope it isnt madness

[GradyPhilpott]

When I started accumulating watches back in 2006, I started out with a series of Timex quartz chronographs. I kept buying affordable watches, until one day I decided I wanted to buy a watch that I couldn't afford and I liked that Rolex so much that two years later I bought another one that I couldn't afford either--214270 and 116200.

Is that logical enough?

[Dr. Robert]

logic, logic.....I don't need no stinkin' logic, I'm a W.I.

[cr6man]

Ya know....this thread's gettin' kinda unstable..... I don't think I should post here!....

[Le Chef]

I wanted to own watches that could not be mistaken for anything else. So GMT II, JLC Reverso, AP Royal Oak, Lange 1, PP Nautilus, etc.

[Luxe Time]

if I like it (and can afford it) I buy it.

[Patrick Lim]

Logic fails miserably here...

More of a case of flipping the coin, plucking flower petals, etc and goes:" should I? should I not? Should I?....."

It's all about EMOTIONS!!!!

[GradyPhilpott]

You know, if logic had anything to do with it my first Rolex would have been the iconic Sub, but when faced with that huge selection, I fell for an Explorer.

And when it came time to buy a second, it should have been the iconic Sub, but again, I fell in love with another watch, this time a DJ.

For me this watch fetish has always been an affair of the heart. In my more logical days, a digital Casio Data Bank Calculator was the only watch I needed.

I think the cell phone and its multifarious functions is what left my wrist open for something that was more fashion than function and along with that came an appreciation for finer watches until I arrived at Rolex.

I keep telling myself that I need an Omega, but truthfully, when the time comes to buy another unaffordable watch, it will most likely be another Rolex and it probably won't be the ones I research over and over again, it will be the one that grabs my eye in the showcase and makes me salivate like Pavlov's dog.