Hi all,
Curious to hear about the perfect collection (and about rep hoarding too). I went from gens as a young adult, mostly low to mid tier Swiss watches, to Asian holiday market reps of watches I could never justify buying, then fast forward a few decades and I've been building a collection which is a mix of my gens and reps from TDs listed here. The rep game at this level is fascinating, especially as I was a watch buff before discovering this side of the scene so the idea of cloned movements and super reps is a world I never thought existed.
My question is, did the more experienced rep collectors start out with an idea of the perfect collection, or just go all out like a starving man who discovered all you can eat buffets? I built my collection with my first few large purchases, but have since been adding and swapping certain reps for the same one from other factories, so I think I'll be just trying to perfect that ideal, yet small collection (although I can see how some want to expand theirs).
Interested to hear your thoughts. Cheers.
Curious to hear about the perfect collection (and about rep hoarding too). I went from gens as a young adult, mostly low to mid tier Swiss watches, to Asian holiday market reps of watches I could never justify buying, then fast forward a few decades and I've been building a collection which is a mix of my gens and reps from TDs listed here. The rep game at this level is fascinating, especially as I was a watch buff before discovering this side of the scene so the idea of cloned movements and super reps is a world I never thought existed.
My question is, did the more experienced rep collectors start out with an idea of the perfect collection, or just go all out like a starving man who discovered all you can eat buffets? I built my collection with my first few large purchases, but have since been adding and swapping certain reps for the same one from other factories, so I think I'll be just trying to perfect that ideal, yet small collection (although I can see how some want to expand theirs).
Interested to hear your thoughts. Cheers.