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Title: My curent collection - ewch
Post by: ewch on April 06, 2011, 11:41:48 AM

Hi all, since am new here, would like to share my current small and modest collection.

My old faithful... a gift from my dad back in 1988.

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc96/ericwanch/tag1.jpg)

My first high end watch - Omega Bond Seamaster

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc96/ericwanch/Bond2.jpg)

IWC Flieger Chrono

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc96/ericwanch/DSC00047.jpg)

Stowa Marine Original

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc96/ericwanch/IMG_0072.jpg)

And my latest acquisition... PAM 000

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc96/ericwanch/IMG_0646.jpg)

Title: Re: My curent collection - ewch
Post by: ewch on April 06, 2011, 11:49:46 AM

Oops!!! Missing one.... Tissot T-Touch Expert Titanium

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc96/ericwanch/P1050150.jpg)

Here's one of my wife... Omega Speedmaster Automatic... Love the mother of pearl dial

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc96/ericwanch/P1000086.jpg)

Title: Re: My curent collection - ewch
Post by: woodykids on April 06, 2011, 11:58:48 AM

All nice watches u got there

Title: Re: My curent collection - ewch
Post by: ewch on April 06, 2011, 01:36:09 PM

Quote from: woodykids on April 06, 2011, 11:58:48 AM

All nice watches u got there

Thanks!

Title: Re: My curent collection - ewch
Post by: TheHobbit on April 06, 2011, 10:56:53 PM

Nice, I like the Tag.

Title: Re: My curent collection - ewch
Post by: ewch on April 07, 2011, 06:54:33 AM

Thanks! Tag is the oldest watch I hv now... 23 yrs exactly. Still working but quite battered. Thinking of spending some money to get it refurbished.

Title: Re: My curent collection - ewch
Post by: kokies on April 07, 2011, 12:55:03 PM

The IWC and Omega is very nice, good luck bro, must be very difficult for you to pick your choice among so many good ones

Title: Re: My curent collection - ewch
Post by: ewch on April 07, 2011, 01:49:19 PM

Thanks Kokies, it is true that choosing a watch is getting quite difficult contrary what some may think. Being bitten by the watch bug and having constant itch to add to the collection (also juggling between available budget and wife's mood  :D), it come to a point that I've to decide what are I'm looking for in my collection. From many forums that I've joined and visited, I came to the following conclusion as to what motivate a WIS;

1) Loyalty to certain brand - thus collecting majority releases by that brand.
2) Diversification - based on perhaps design, creativity, movement complications etc.
3) Status - luxury and rate brands.
4) History/Lineage.

I tend to go for history/lineage now - IWC for the B-Uhr lineage; Omega - diver watch (but my grail is actually Speedmaster - the original moonwatch - next on the list of acquisition); Panerai - link to Marina Militare and naval equipment.

Title: Re: My curent collection - ewch
Post by: kenixck on April 07, 2011, 03:45:09 PM

back in '88, that tag is equivalent (if not higher) to pam/rolex nowadays already ...

i would place it higher than the Omega given that time period ...  ;D

Title: Re: My curent collection - ewch
Post by: ewch on April 07, 2011, 04:06:25 PM

It was indeed a tidy sum of money those days though cost less than 4 figures. It was a gift from my dad as encouragement for being accepted into uni. Only thing was that it is a quartz movement otherwise it will be a vintage one day. I will surely keep this forever due to sentimental value.

Title: Re: My curent collection - ewch
Post by: kokies on April 08, 2011, 01:36:10 AM

Yeah it's better to keep the Tag, i also remembered that those days this was a very nice watch