Seadweller4000 Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Hey all, I am playing with the thought of selling major parts of my collection in order to fund a genuine. Candidats for example are Seawolf "oldskool" titanium, gen dial, aftermarket AR, waterproofed SOH SOSF relumed, gen diverstrap Pam 111G fully customized Carlos Coste Omega Seamaster Chrono 1. batch, aftermarket AR Omega PO 4th gen with gen diver, aftermarket AR The thing is I love 'em all and I don't think I will be able to buy most of them back as they are discontinued and/or pretty modified. But after I got my Ingy Chrono they just don't do it for me anymore. Strange. What do you guys think? Any input appreciated! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickdick Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 If you love them, simply don't! If you will love the gen piece of your choice more then your lovin'reps, then do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarini Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 HI B, well here is a first hand experience, as u know i sold a bunch of watches to fund my gen exp II purchase in April 2008 same happened in September 2008 when i purchased my gen sea dweller. Do i miss my high end modified watches... sure i do sometimes specially those pieces that were in the pipeline/production for several months going through parts collection various shipping of parts to final assembly. Still personally for me that is i think i made the right move... the way i see it there will always be time to start from scratch buy another rep and go through the parts/assembly/mods procedure all over again as its fun to see that watch change over time... with gens once u have a great opportunity to pickup one of the watches you really love i say go for it in the long run again for me it makes sense. Ball is in ure corner... LAZ has spoken Cheers L. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolfire Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Never sell the Seawolf, mate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadweller4000 Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 HI B, well here is a first hand experience, as u know i sold a bunch of watches to fund my gen exp II purchase in April 2008 same happened in September 2008 when i purchased my gen sea dweller. Do i miss my high end modified watches... sure i do sometimes specially those pieces that were in the pipeline/production for several months going through parts collection various shipping of parts to final assembly. Still personally for me that is i think i made the right move... the way i see it there will always be time to start from scratch buy another rep and go through the parts/assembly/mods procedure all over again as its fun to see that watch change over time... with gens once u have a great opportunity to pickup one of the watches you really love i say go for it in the long run again for me it makes sense. Ball is in ure corner... LAZ has spoken Cheers L. Thanks mate, this really helped me a lot. I should've remembered about our chats earlier... Cheers mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Tricky decision... I've been in the situation where a watch "just doesn't do it for me anymore", so from that perspective, I would say 'sell'. But. I would temper that with the circumstances. If it's just to buy a gen watch, then you need to be absolutely sure that you will actually like the new gen enough after the 'new watch feeling' subsides, that it would still be more popular to you than the others. As you say, some aren't available, or have been modded, so not easy to replace should you actually decide you want those watches again, so from that perspective, I would say 'keep them'. I'm only selling off my collection due to financial need, rather than simply to fund another purchase... If it was just a case of a new purchase, then I'd just save for the new purchase and keep the collection intact, so I'd say to seriously consider the value of the collection, over the potential value and wrist time of the new purchase. If you definitely wouldn't wear the collection any more, and only wear the new watch, then sell the collection and buy the new watch, but if you aren't 100% definite, I'd say hang on to the collection Of course, if you really can't decide, you could always flip a coin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b16a2 Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 SD it's certainly a difficult situation, and Laz's comments sum up my thoughts on the matter too. I think of all of the watches you own though, the Seawolf might be the hardest to part with, as it is such a wonderfully modified watch, and so so rare. However, if you would get more happiness from selling this along with the others to fund another purchase then so be it! P.S. I like the sound of that Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archibald Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 What do you guys think? . I bet your PM inbox thinks you've got them up for sale already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadweller4000 Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 I bet your PM inbox thinks you've got them up for sale already. Haha, no its not that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
its_urabus Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 If you are going to sell the seawolf, give me a price... its one of my grail watches... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakemaster Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 You'll miss them for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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