Watch Addiction

[FK1million]

Anyone finding they are becoming or already are a watch addict?

We only really wear one at a time so why the need to have 10, 15 20 plus watches?

I have been buying quite few watches latley and everytime I buy one I say this is the last one.

Anyone else have this problem

 

[efajri]

Anyone finding they are becoming or already are a watch addict?

We only really wear one at a time so why the need to have 10, 15 20 plus watches?

I have been buying quite few watches latley and everytime I buy one I say this is the last one.

Anyone else have this problem

Yes, I am a watch addict. I hoard watches and I don’t wear them. I currently have about 25-30 watches sitting in my closet.

I bought and received 3 watches last month. Last week I received 4 watches and this week I am expecting 2 more coming. I also have paid one last night and I should expect to see the QC sometime next week.

Why do I buy so many? I don’t know. Maybe because I can. Maybe my childhood wasn’t that happy as my parents didn’t buy me enough toys or the toys I wanted; so I buy my own toys.


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[palaufreak]

I'm addicted to watches. I thinkof watches all day, go in puretime relegiously to check new arrivals as soon as I wake up. Always feel impatient cause they don't release a super rep of my fav.

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[Tusubasa]

My limit is 5 ???? I try to keep the number as low as possible, I feel guilty for some reason having too many watches ???? and try to get rid of them if I am going to buy another watch, I've got about 10 watches at the moment, I don't really know what I'm going to do ????


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[efajri]

I'm addicted to watches. I thinkof watches all day, go in puretime relegiously to check new arrivals as soon as I wake up. Always feel impatient cause they don't release a super rep of my fav.

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Yep, me too...I am thinking of watches all day. I am on RWI all the time. Everyday, I stare and flip through all the web pages of Intime, Toro and all the TDs and add watches to my wish list. I also check M2M on RWI, RWG and Repgeek to see if there is anything good or the watch on my wish list.

 

[capice]

naaahhhh.I am not addicted.....I am only on the fora in the morning when I get up, during coffeebreaks, during luncj, after diner
About 40 keepers, rest is for sale to get more keepers....
Here is half of the collection...

 

[Ams55557]

To be clinical, addiction is:

1. You sometimes use more than you would like to use. For example, one drink leads to more drinks, or one line of cocaine leads to more.
2. You continue to use despite negative consequences. For example, you continue to drink even though it has hurt your relationships.

So using that standard,
1) I can control the purchase of watches. I don't buy 10 per day. Buying one doesn't lead to buying more all day long until I physically can't take it.

2) The risk of >real< negative consequences is minimal. First is the legal issue. I'm not too worried about it as prosecution is very rare. Another risk is going broke. Nope. I've got plenty of discretionary income to use for this, or vacations or whatever. I won't be robbing a gas station to buy a noob, I can guarantee that. My relations have improved as I have given some reps away as gifts as well as I now have a nice hobby around the house (fixing reps) to do instead of clash of clans.

So, for rep/watch buying I don't meet the criteria.

Now, for RWI, TD sites and other watch related time in front of the computer -- perhaps I have a developing unhealthy obsession with going on the sites multiple times a day to read about stuff. But even that has very few consequences to worry about and will likely diminish in frequency over time....maybe.

 

[FK1million]

Well at least its not just me

capice01 wow and thats half of your collection I was looking through them deciding which ones I want to add to my collection.

 

[nvrp813]

naaahhhh.I am not addicted.....I am only on the fora in the morning when I get up, during coffeebreaks, during luncj, after diner
About 40 keepers, rest is for sale to get more keepers....
Here is half of teh collection...

You know you have a problem when you look at this picture and think "I wonder if that Explorer II has the correct hand stack" lol

 

[pancorjackhammer]

To be clinical, addiction is:

1. You sometimes use more than you would like to use. For example, one drink leads to more drinks, or one line of cocaine leads to more.
2. You continue to use despite negative consequences. For example, you continue to drink even though it has hurt your relationships.

So using that standard,
1) I can control the purchase of watches. I don't buy 10 per day. Buying one doesn't lead to buying more all day long until I physically can't take it.

2) The risk of >real< negative consequences is minimal. First is the legal issue. I'm not too worried about it as prosecution is very rare. Another risk is going broke. Nope. I've got plenty of discretionary income to use for this, or vacations or whatever. I won't be robbing a gas station to buy a noob, I can guarantee that. My relations have improved as I have given some reps away as gifts as well as I now have a nice hobby around the house (fixing reps) to do instead of clash of clans.

So, for rep/watch buying I don't meet the criteria.

Now, for RWI, TD sites and other watch related time in front of the computer -- perhaps I have a developing unhealthy obsession with going on the sites multiple times a day to read about stuff. But even that has very few consequences to worry about and will likely diminish in frequency over time....maybe.

Denial

 

[pancorjackhammer]

naaahhhh.I am not addicted.....I am only on the fora in the morning when I get up, during coffeebreaks, during luncj, after diner
About 40 keepers, rest is for sale to get more keepers....
Here is half of the collection...

You need to cut down on the Rollies : )

 

[up_right]

You need to cut down on the Rollies : )

I think he needs to step up his game!

 

[Conrad]

Horology is a wonderful, expensive time consuming hobby.

There will never be a last watch for a watch addict IMO. There are just too many great designs and complications to explore.

So stay calm and order a watch.


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[Kdawggy]

I suck dicks to buy ticks.

 

[efajri]

Some of mine

 

[pancorjackhammer]

my IWCs.. two watches ago

 

[Drifter]

I don't feel so bad after all..haha

I had the 5 watch rule which now has extended to 10. Then guilt kicks in and I will offload few and then J will miss them so I will order them again.. of the 4 recent orders I have ended up keeping just one and flipped the rest.

I think that's the fun of it.

I am already thinking what's next on the trial list...hahaha..

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[llvicente1023]

I dont know but i suffer on this same mental issue too. I started with a measly 3 watches a year ago giving reasons on why should i just limit it to only 3 during that time. i dont know but as other members just keep on posting, i am drawn and visualizing “hmm... that looks good on my wrist.” After a few months, I found myself on a shopping spree trying every TD as much as i can. Now i ended up with 8 watches up to date and probably extending it to 12 just to fill up some empty spaces in my watch box. Darn! There goes an excuse again.

 

[llvicente1023]

Some of mine

Some? That would mean there’s more right?

 

[efajri]

Some? That would mean there’s more right?

Yep, the ones in a card board box not worth to display. LOL