So due to some changes in my life, I am thinning out my watch collection as I really can’t justify the money I have tied up in watches right now. I’ve had a great time collecting these pieces and had a reason why I bought each and every one. There are attributes I really love about each watch which is making it hard to decide where to cut. Hopefully in the future I’ll be re-acquiring a few of these that I let go now. I’m finding that deciding which ones to move and which ones to keep is extremely hard. I’m writing this post to put my thoughts on paper and help myself decide. Any advice or reasons why I should change my mind on the must stay/must go and which direction the ones on the fence should go would be greatly appreciated! So here goes:
The watches I sold so far:
Breitling Navitimer 01 LE – I'm a big fan of this watch and this is one watch that I'm definitely going to pick up again down the road. I had the LE but I think others have a stronger draw towards the LE version of this than I do so I let this one go. In the future I’ll go for a non-LE because I prefer the black date wheel.
Breitling Montbrillant 01 – This watch fit my wrist perfectly due to my small wrists and it's 40mm case size. I think it’s a really beautiful watch, but after owning it I prefer the stick markers over the Arabic numbers so if this one is ever re-acquired it will be without the Arabics.
Baume Mercier Capeland Flyback – Beautiful dial, but this was a pure impulse purchase and it never worked its way into my rotation. It was collecting dust so off it went.
Breitling chronomat 44 – Bought this because I wanted the new in-house movement and hoped the new bezel font would grow on me. The font grew on me a bit, but I never loved it so it was sold.
The must keeps:
Breitling Blackbird Blackeye Blue – This is a no brainer and a must keep for me. It was a wedding present from my wife and I absolutely love everything about this watch. Love the blue dial with black subs, the more muted brushed finish and the faceted bracelet is the best bracelet of any watch I've ever seen.
Omega Speedmaster Speediorite – It’s the only Omega I own and I love that the dial is made from an actual piece of a meteorite. Seems fitting for a space themed watch. I like the manual wind and the 42mm size fits my wrist perfectly. Can’t find any faults with this watch.
Glashutte Original Panoinverse XL – I’m a big fan of open faced/skeletonized dials and this one is beautiful and unique in my opinion. The detail and the fit and finish of this GO is really top notch.
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