Hi all,
Recently I had started thinking about getting a gen for my collection, something that in 50 years time will still be worth something, hopefully more than I paid for it, an heirloom to pass down through the ages. But the problem is what do I get? I got a yachtmaster the other day, hoping that may be what I am after, but alas, after my Pams and a BCE, it is too small and girlie looking. I need a big, heavy man-size watch. But the next issue is still the same - what? I don't imagine spending more than $500 on a Pam, so they are out as a gen. Rollie are now out too I guess, it would be the yachtie or a sub as a gen, and the subs are just too plain. So I have staretd to think maybe I build my own watch....
The questions are: how hard would it be to actually build something from scratch, getting all the parts, cost (at a minimum) bearing in mind I would rather be putting in a Swiss motor, not some $5 chinese movement, time needed to do it well...
I know these are broad questions, but possibly something others have thought about doing too. My next lot of questions on this would be who has actually built their own watch, successes, failures, things in hindsight you would have done differently, bits that were the hardest? I am sure there is a lot more I could ask here, but already there are way too many questions already put forward...
The big question: Is it worth doing??
Recently I had started thinking about getting a gen for my collection, something that in 50 years time will still be worth something, hopefully more than I paid for it, an heirloom to pass down through the ages. But the problem is what do I get? I got a yachtmaster the other day, hoping that may be what I am after, but alas, after my Pams and a BCE, it is too small and girlie looking. I need a big, heavy man-size watch. But the next issue is still the same - what? I don't imagine spending more than $500 on a Pam, so they are out as a gen. Rollie are now out too I guess, it would be the yachtie or a sub as a gen, and the subs are just too plain. So I have staretd to think maybe I build my own watch....
The questions are: how hard would it be to actually build something from scratch, getting all the parts, cost (at a minimum) bearing in mind I would rather be putting in a Swiss motor, not some $5 chinese movement, time needed to do it well...
I know these are broad questions, but possibly something others have thought about doing too. My next lot of questions on this would be who has actually built their own watch, successes, failures, things in hindsight you would have done differently, bits that were the hardest? I am sure there is a lot more I could ask here, but already there are way too many questions already put forward...
The big question: Is it worth doing??
