Out of lurkernation

[josjevee]

Evening all,

Time for this Dutch noob to come out of hyber- (lurking)nation and start participating. Although, I'm only at Toadtorrent's stage 1/2: Learning to talk, starting to crawl. Have a few reps in the mail now, from various TDs, but also very much browsing the forum, searching and reading everything and nothing. The Paneria catalogues have occupied my evenings this last week. So for now, I'll stick to the introduction.

Have been a car enthousiast for ages now, but only recently did I dive into the world of watches. An obvious link, many would agree; I'm just amazed about how long it actually took, now that I am discovering the beauty of it. Given the size of my wallet, rep's are most definately the way forward, although some vintage gen definately are on my wishlist.

I've experienced it somewhat with a few (specialized) car forums, but the (rep) watch scene on this forum is truly amazing. This world of watches keeps on unraveling itself and there are so many cool things I'm discovering. Just like with cars (enthousiast doesn't really cut it; obsession comes closer). The lines, shapes, colour (combo's), straps, technique. There's an endless row of combinations and I'm just getting started with learning (new) brands & models. The human factor of it, the community feel here on the forum (for the little part I've so far seen of it), is the other inspiring part, that keeps on pulling me to the forum every day.

Like my taste in cars, I already have a diverse list of watches/brands that I like. although like with cars, I have a soft spot for the 'odd one out', the special ones, and less of a liking for 'regular' stuff. Dare I say it, but Subs don't do anything for me (and it's just one tiny part of them, that 'ruin' it for me). Living in Denmark, I've come to like Danish Design. Linde-Werdelin watches are in a way exactly that in the watch-world, and of course the fact that they only started recently and are the odd one out, makes that I'm drawn to them.

I'm glad to have arrived here, I'm planning on staying for a while, I hope to be asking some (not-too-much) Noob questions soon and probably before you know it, I'll be selling highly modded reps to make space for a gen.

Thanks,

josjevee

Ps. Almost forgot. What's on my wrist now? A Skagen '521LBLB1'. Skagen is a (young) Danish brand. Had it for two years. This model is actually a good example of my taste: black (particularly with both case and dial), 'not-round', simplicity. However, seeing more and more watches, I think I'm acquiring new tastes :-)

[Jkay]

Welcome! I have a Skagen as well .. it's a Department Store brand in the USA. A very very thin watch.

[cornerstone]

Great of you to 'delurkinate'!