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Just a personal observation and reflection over how much one’s tastes change over the course of time in this hobby. I’ve built, owned and seen a lot of pieces over the last decade (wow, has it really been that long?), and where I am now in my collection is the furthest, and yet still true to where I started. As with most who enter this hobby, I used to be interested primarily in Rolex; the iconic Sub 16610 specifically. Didn’t take me long to jump into the world of vintage Sport Rolex and then the fascination with Daytonas came into play. As tastes matured, I became more and more fascinated with tourbillons, and an admiration from afar for things like perpetual calendars and repeaters. Now, as I look at most of my collection while it’s home visiting me from the bank vault, I notice a pretty overwhelming theme; simplicity. While I still love and adore the complications (and would love to eventually move into building some of the more complicated vintage Pateks), there is just something to be said for the balance and classic design of time only pieces. I've also found myself going further back in time for vintage preference; the 1940's and 1950's seem to be an interesting period for me. And since a thread is worthless without pics, I will try to convey in images what I am trying to express (and not very well I might add) in written word… (please excuse any dust, smudges, imperfections, poor placement of hands, etc; these are straight off the camera, so likely crude and unrefined ) And to be fair… I do still have one(!) chronograph… But how could I resist? I'd like to know if others find themselves on a similar path... 100 watches to 10, vintage to modern, Rolex to Cartier, big cases to small... I wouldn't be surprised, as the hobby is very evolutionary in and of itself. Still, I would love to hear from others as to their thoughts on the subject as well as their own journeys

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You know mate, I really do like this strap. Great work!

Guys, jwilliams is possibly just another troll posting some scam site. He joined, posted some potential scam site and disappeared.

First off, Ubi, that is a fabulous collection. I have watched your Patek builds over the years, and have liked every one of them. Watch collecting, accumulating and building are for most of us a dynamic and fluid process., like life itself. Life is a journey, and we all change over the course of the journey. I doubt that there are many here who have been in this game for more than a few years have the exact same interests that they had years ago. Some of us over time have gone full circle, returning to the watches that first caught our eyes many years ago. Those first Rolex 1665's, 1680's and their contemporaries were cast aside for newer, more complicated, bigger, gaudy watches. But over time, as one get's older, there is a slow but inexorable turn toward simplicity, not only in watches, but in all aspects of life. We pass through phases in life, and as some have described, our tastes mature as we go forward. I see a lot of beautiful contemporary watches, and they certainly sing the sirens song, but with most of them, it is pretty easy to suppress the urge to own them. It's sort of like seeing a beautiful 25 year old woman, certainly a lovely work of art and most desirable, but at my age, best admired from afar with fond thoughts of time gone by. Same with watches, some are lovely to look at, but best seen on someone else's wrist. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I was thinking the same!! Huge balls!

wow. insane build! very stunning

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1940's PPCo today...

Not sure what the steel was on the rep but nothing compares to the overall lustre a genuine Rolex has! That said it compared qiute well and did not have the dull finish in low light that the reps used to have in the past.