MichaelC[AP Moderator]
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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...
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?! ;)
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...