Author Topic: What are the MISTAKES you made in this hobby? (Read 20262 times)

takashi78 · « **on:** October 11, 2012, 03:22:44 PM »

Be it a purchase, the path you took anything related to this hobby.

When i reflect back, there wasnt a single watch i bought that i "regretted".

Its the kind of watches i guess.

My mistakes would be the flea market finds. Nice and unique it may be, but the hassle of the watch being 2-5mins slow per day, taking it to service is just not worth it IMO.

Lucky i only made 3 mistakes buying in the flea markets. Lesson learned. Lucky not too big a mistake.

How bout you guys?

Is there a watch you bought that you thought WTF was i thinking?

Below is was my first flea market buy. Lovely Genta designed (originally) microrotor movt.

The other pics i cant find in my photbucket anymore.

dpkong · « **Reply #1 on:** October 11, 2012, 03:38:45 PM »

Mistakes?

Joining watch forums and developing desires for watches that just seem to get more and more expensive...

ivanswk · « **Reply #2 on:** October 11, 2012, 03:49:31 PM »

^ haha knowing some u

and keep telling me that i need a rolex in my life hahaha

maybe the swatch i bought during school time, should have save the money and get a rolex instead

dennis.T · « **Reply #3 on:** October 11, 2012, 04:29:09 PM »

First mistake is I shdnt pull the trigger on TH carrera which is my first "luxury" mechanical watch ..

2nd mistake is browsing on Watch forum..

3rd is my impulse buy n sell..

Last mistake is why my father is not lee kah seng??

dpkong · « **Reply #4 on:** October 11, 2012, 06:02:58 PM »

Quote from: dennis.T on October 11, 2012, 04:29:09 PM

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Last mistake is why my father is not lee kah seng??

technically not a mistake since you didn't have a choice in that decision...

terrenceterrence · « **Reply #5 on:** October 11, 2012, 06:11:58 PM »

Hey if your father is poor, then you are born unlucky,
If your father-in-law is poor, then you are stupid.

just ask the kazakhstan bloke

and also the richest unemployed gentleman of Malaysia

G.MAC · « **Reply #6 on:** October 11, 2012, 07:50:39 PM »

More of the impulse purchases i made at the beginning of this hobby.

hanz079 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 11, 2012, 08:02:33 PM »

I think it's less on what I did and more on what I should've done.
What if we can wind back the time to 15-20 before with the knowledge we have now?
HOSEI LIAO!!!

tonykpk · « **Reply #8 on:** October 11, 2012, 08:52:45 PM »

The first mistake was putting poison on the wrist, the second was increasing the dosage of poison to make it more potent. fr tony..

nayo · « **Reply #9 on:** October 11, 2012, 09:07:40 PM »

I shouldn't have started this hobby.
I shouldn't have started this hobby.
I shouldn't have started this hobby.
I " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "
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takashi78 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 11, 2012, 09:43:53 PM »

What about one watch you bought that was a mistake?

Maybe my question was too broad and vague?

IWCking · « **Reply #11 on:** October 11, 2012, 09:53:40 PM »

Every one which I bought was a mistake and the mistake seems to get bigger and bigger

dpkong · « **Reply #12 on:** October 11, 2012, 10:20:06 PM »

Quote from: IWCking on October 11, 2012, 09:53:40 PM

Every one which I bought was a mistake and the mistake seems to get bigger and bigger

support you

and the funny thing is, we just love to keep making the same mistakes...

dpkong · « **Reply #13 on:** October 11, 2012, 10:24:08 PM »

Quote from: takashi78 on October 11, 2012, 09:43:53 PM

What about one watch you bought that was a mistake?

Maybe my question was too broad and vague?

So far, I don't think I have made any in this regard. It usually takes me a long time to purchase a watch starting from the day I develop an interest in it until the day i actually buy it. To me, it's like a test of time, how much I really like it and whether I really want it.

IWCking · « **Reply #14 on:** October 11, 2012, 10:24:32 PM »

Quote from: dpkong on October 11, 2012, 10:20:06 PM

Quote from: IWCking on October 11, 2012, 09:53:40 PM
Every one which I bought was a mistake and the mistake seems to get bigger and bigger

support you

and the funny thing is, we just love to keep making the same mistakes...

Exactly donald. This hobby is not costing me an arm and a leg now. Sigh. When i told my wifey thats my last one... She said yeah right...

sshark · « **Reply #15 on:** October 11, 2012, 10:49:35 PM »

Getting into this hobby is a big mistake.. the rest of the journey was just too small a mistake to mention

IWCking · « **Reply #16 on:** October 11, 2012, 10:55:01 PM »

A wise one said "the diff between a boy and a man is the price of his toys"...

Godzillaz · « **Reply #17 on:** October 12, 2012, 06:56:13 AM »

Buying a lookalike watch from microbrand thinking it can be a cheaper course of entry(PAM or Rollie). I done this on too many occasion that I rather not list them all.

It doesn't work!

I end up with a watch that remind me I should have wait until I get enough funding. Now it sits at a far side of the corner, unloved

That shouldn't happen to any watch. I'm going to horology hell for this.

Regards
Tyler

tonykpk · « **Reply #18 on:** October 12, 2012, 07:20:26 AM »

When we love n like it , we buy it. after some time when we got tired of it n try selling it we felt it was a mistake buying it in the first place. Well that's human nature., but here is something for thought: we always complain about our shoes until we saw some without feet..regards tony

Quote from: takashi78 on October 11, 2012, 09:43:53 PM

What about one watch you bought that was a mistake?

Maybe my question was too broad and vague?

ck77 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 12, 2012, 08:37:18 AM »

Mistake?
Letting go a chance to buy a moonwatch with cal 321 for RM8k back in 2006

sshark · « **Reply #20 on:** October 12, 2012, 09:08:41 AM »

someone has to pay for his lessons

Everdying · « **Reply #21 on:** October 12, 2012, 09:30:44 AM »

Quote from: ck77 on October 12, 2012, 08:37:18 AM

Mistake?
Letting go a chance to buy a moonwatch with cal 321 for RM8k back in 2006

its better to have loved and lost, than to go bankrupt (like kiyosaki)

meoramri · « **Reply #22 on:** October 12, 2012, 10:07:00 AM »

I don't think I have made a mistake yet in this hobby because of the lessons learned earlier in life. I would like to share it with you guys.

When I first started collecting stamps when I was very young, I just collected any stamps I could lay my hands on. I then realised the mistake of that strategy as it creates a collection that is purely random. To keep me in check, I learned to write something about every stamp I've collected and from this journal/diary/log book, a distinct collection philosophy was formed. I researched what I wanted and then proceeded to try to get it.

I started collecting watches when I touched 40. I followed the same strategy. I started researching/writing about it and from there, my collection grew following a certain direction.

Enkidu · « **Reply #23 on:** October 12, 2012, 11:27:28 AM »

Quote from: takashi78 on October 11, 2012, 09:43:53 PM

What about one watch you bought that was a mistake?

Maybe my question was too broad and vague?

IMHO, if someone feels getting into the hobby is a mistake, then perhaps his hobby is just hunting, seeking and buying watches instead of collecting and appreciating the watches he bought. His primary interest lies in the thrill of doing the transaction, be it at an AD, a private seller or through the web. The watch is the secondary interest.

I guess Peter Takashi's question is whether we have made any mistake buying a watch which we later find inappropriate. In my case, yes, there was such a watch. Bought a Fortis 24-hr watch many years ago in Singapore. My deepest regret. As the hour hand went round once in 24 hrs (instead of the usual 12), reading the time required some effort from my inflexible brain.

takashi78 · « **Reply #24 on:** October 12, 2012, 11:52:55 AM »

Yups thats one i mean.
If there is any watch in particular sounded good on paper, looked good, tested, bought then later found out for one reason or another was not right.

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Author Topic: What are the MISTAKES you made in this hobby? (Read 20262 times)