Years ago i had a seiko sarb033. They were affordable then and an internet darling. I wanted to see what the fuss was about. The watch was nice, but i never wore it outside of trying it on once. I was playing a lot of tennis and football (soccer) at the time and my job didnt require formal or business attire. A black and silver 38mm dress watch was sort of wasted on someone who lived in adidas tracksuits.

My idea of a perfect watch was a vintage styled tool watch that looked nice enough and would be suited for 95% of occassions, like a baltic aquascaphe or something like that. Now as my watch collection has evolved, i find myself with way more defined catagories of watches. I dress more business casual now, and have realized you don’t really need a 300m diver for daily life, and a dress watch is really adequate and more versatile than i had thought. I actually picked up a white guilloche dial tonneau with blued hands and really love it. This made me think of the seiko033 and how it really isnt a bad watch, it in hindsight has a lot of lovely design details, it just didnt match with what i needed at the time.

I was just curious if anyone else had had a similar experience, with having a good watch but the timing and circumstance proved to be an issue.