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

Aug 31, 2014,13:16 PM
 

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, you have the same watch in steel, and I think that will help offset the feelings of missing the gold version.

Keep us posted as to what you might replace it with!

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...So this is good-bye

 
 By: Alex83 : August 31st, 2014-11:35
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 ...  

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... 

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...  

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... 

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...