Audemars Piguet - ...So this is good-bye

...So this is good-bye

Aug 31, 2014,11:35 AM

A fellow purist mentioned it sometime ago: the feeling is not that great when selling your watches, the good ones at least. But I guess there are some conditions under which the pain becomes more bearable.

I bought this watch together with its SS brother a few months ago on a crazy heart beat while spending some weeks in Dubai…I am not that much of a RG person, not in such an impacting look at least, but in that desert-city, under 50 degrees Celsius, all that gold made perfect sense to me!

Come on, we are talking about one of the craziest places in the world. I went to a dealer I know close to the biggest shopping mall of the world which contains the biggest aquarium of the world; next to it you have the biggest tower of the world with the fastest elevator (only place in the world where you can see twice the sunset in a same day). In this place when you go to the Patek boutique you will have troubles finding a piece without diamonds and mother of pearl!

Maybe it was the excessive heat, maybe that super combo RG-Blue Jeans dial, maybe the Jubilee Edition enticed me…I only know that at that very moment it was clear to me that this beauty could become one of my top-recurrent pieces!

Well, almost a year has passed…and I have not worn it twice, I just don’t see the occasion; I obviously appreciate the beauty of it (otherwise wouldn't have bought it), but it must not be made for me.

Truth is that a) I have too many watches, b) I want more watches, c) this is not an inexpensive piece, d) I already have the perfect SS version.

So, this is good bye…

Cheers,

Alex

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No reason to be sad, choices are mandatory, and sacrifices, sometimes.

By: amanico : August 31st, 2014-11:51

Here, the sacrifice is all relative since you keep the stainless steel one and that you are not a colored gold guy. And that will allow you to fund a more much desirable Watch! So, no need to be sad. Le Roi est mort, Vive le Roi! ;) Best, Nicolas

Very true Nico!

By: Alex83 : August 31st, 2014-12:16

Like all elements in the universe, nothing gets lost, it only transforms into something else ;)

I'm sure we have all been there...

By: MichaelC : August 31st, 2014-13:16

I too have sold watches I absolutely loved but ended up not wearing. This passion is an interesting one; we learn so much as we go, and the best way to learn is through experience. Your photos are great and I am glad you shared them. Also, as Nicolas says...

Both are gorgeous, Alex, and one is still yours! [nt]

By: CaliforniaJed : August 31st, 2014-16:54

Thanks for sharing...

By: doobooloo : August 31st, 2014-21:14

A kind of semi sweet beautiful story... thanks for sharing. I must say the RG + blue dial is drop dead gorgeous. Perhaps it would have been a little more versatile on a strap, but then, the AP demands full metal! Looking forward to seeing what takes its p...

Surely I would not have let it go

By: Alex83 : September 1st, 2014-07:27

If it was one very particular FPJ of yours... ;)

How do you manage ….

By: tic-toc : September 1st, 2014-00:23

…… in the midst of bidding farewell with this watch, and yet be able to take such great pictures. Does photography comes with watch collecting ??

No regrets!

By: shafran : September 1st, 2014-03:22

I too had sold a watch or too that I loved. But if you are not wearing it saw I wasn't, then it is silly to keep. A watch is meant to be on the wrist, not loved from afar. I am sure its replacemen(s) will make you much happier!

Well

By: Alex83 : September 1st, 2014-07:24

I thought why not keep some nice souvenir-pictures of it before letting it go?! ;)

My father always told me to not be attached to "toys".

By: JerryW : September 1st, 2014-07:23

Because we do not need them and they are only things. Look forward to your future watch endevors. Best, JerryW

That's very good Advice...

By: SALMANPK : September 1st, 2014-21:19

Hope all else is well with you. S

I am loving my steel version more each day!

By: passetemps : September 19th, 2014-02:01

So easy to wear, and yet so classy, so purely perfect... No other watch is like this. And, most importantly for a daily wearer supposed to live with you: --> the more tiny scratches it has, the less shiny the polished surfaces get, ...the SEXIEST it be...

Love these " watch postcards "! [nt]

By: amanico : September 19th, 2014-02:20

Indeed

By: Alex83 : September 19th, 2014-05:04

The fountain is amazing, one of the most interesting modern ones I've seen, personally I have more respect for historical ones such as Trevi, Cibeles, etc, but it is true that the Burj one is a fine piece of art and engineering, I love the water drops cho...

We love the same watches and the same fountains :-) [nt]

By: passetemps : September 19th, 2014-06:25

Now that you mention it...

By: bsodmike : September 22nd, 2014-12:26

I too went through something similar. By Christmas 2011 I purchased my very first AP - a 15300ST, Royal Oak with black dial (which I still have to this day) and then in February 2012 (just a few months later) added the 15300OR in Rose Gold, with the white...