Hi guys, the question is simple, I am trying to learn from your mistakes because I don’t have money to make my own.
And I thought we could share some stories too.
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Quality over quantity
Seiko Sumo. I kept thinking it’d be cool to have a 44mm watch as a skinnier guy. I saved up for months to buy it. After a few wears, I decided it was way too big and went back to 38-40mm watches. Now it just sits in my watch case
Be wary of used Citizen Eco Drive watches. Citizen discontinues movements quite regularly so you will find it hard to get it serviced 5 to 10 years down the road.
I bought a Pepsi 16710 - was recently serviced, unpolished and bezel had started to fade giving it a really unique colour. It photographed well and I was looking for a statement piece to add to my collection. The reason i regret it is because I don’t like date windows and especially not cyclops but i thought I would get over it finding such a treasure.
It lasted about 3 months until i sold it - ended up losing some money too which made it even worse. The regret wasn’t losing the money though it was not listening to my own set of rules/preferences when it came to watches and fell into the flex/hype of it.
I bought two Daniel Wellingtons and later found out how they were Chinese watches just with their branding on it for which they were charging way too much money.
Note: This happened before I got into watches…
Currently - I am proud to own a Tissot PRX and the GOATED Casio A168w 😊
Next one I am planning to pick up is the Seiko SRPD51K1 - Always wanted a diver ! ❤️
Many regrets in the comments could have been avoided if people had tried the watches on before buying.
Cheap so I don’t really care about the money but I was disappointed when the buckle tongue broke on my Swatch a week into owning it. I wouldn’t buy another Swatch.
I’ve found that sticking to my rule of “if it doesn’t make your heart flutter when you try it on, don’t buy it” has kept me from many regrets. That said, I did buy a modded Seiko monster years ago that never felt quite right.
I would avoid buying cheap watches. It is better to own just one perfect watch than 10 watches where you are happy 90% of the way. Just a single tiny point of discontent would take away most of the enjoyment of owning a watch. So just save up and buy an expensive watch where everything will be perfect.
Some watches were too big or too heavy. That’s most of my regret.
Love my DJ41 though. Light and stunning
I bought this 1983 Seiko 7a48 for the funk factor on Ebay several years ago. It was very cheap, excellent external condition, but the chrono function was not working properly. My intention was to have it fixed up or do it myself, but I never got around to it and it still sits there today in an unworking state. I still like the weirdness of it, but the integrated bracelet is awful!
I had a 15-spot box full of $800-$1500 watches. I sold 90% of them and bought a JLC polaris chrono. Now I am definitely a quality-over-quantity guy.
