1. 1st year of collecting watches, I was influenced by quantities. At that moment, I try to collect watch for each brand. Start with Tissot, Certina, Mido, Lumino, Seiko. Not to forget designer watches. Guess, CK, MK. Fossil.
2. 3rd year, I start to know the watches type, function or movement. Again, I try to collect each function or movement. Start with date Quartz, Chronograph Quartz and solar powered watch. Diver, pilot or dress watch. Then I learn about automatic movement. Automatic day, automatic day date, automatic chronograph follow by manual wind and mechanical alarm. At this moment, I start to look for a quality movement. I'd discover about Nivarox mainspring, Nivaflex NO mainspring, glucydur balance wheel, chronometre, incabloc and many much mechanical watches terms. So my collection shift from quantity to quality. I wear automatic watch much this day. I had realized how much that I had waste my money and time hunting for a quartz watches sometime I had wear it only once a month. But that is my journey. Learning curve in a world of horology. The collection shift to Longines, Tag Heuer, B&R,Oris.
3. Now, my collection had shrunk less and less. I had let go a few Quartz watches that I had rarely wear to save some cost to change the battery . I Start to aim higher. I got influenced by brand and the quality of the movement or craftsmanship. I take time to make a decision before buying any watch. I have to restrict my visit to any watch shop
for window shopping. I have to start saving for a better watches. Now I'm aiming for Omega, Breitling, Grand Seiko or first Rolex maybe...maybe. The journey is still long away . Wish me a luck
