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Originally Posted by Sliver
Hahaha your recollection is fairly accurate. That's what happened I guess.
Wife and I have Hamiltons we got for our 20th anniversary.
Bought my daughter a Murph for high school grad.
Will be getting my son a Hamilton dive watch for his grad this year (crap...should probably get that ordered right away here).
And then, yes, bought an Omega Seamaster. I love it so much. I think I bought it in June 2023. I wear it every day. Sometimes I want to wear my Hamilton...but then I wear my Omega and tell myself I'll wear the Hamilton next week, but I never do.
I guess I'm not a collection guy. My Omega is all I need, but I'll never get rid of my Hamilton because I do love it and I love that my family all has Hamilton field watches.
A bit after I bonded with the Omega I deleted all my subscriptions to all the YouTube watch channels, unsubscribed from the subreddits and stopped looking at watches entirely. I'm a million percent happy with what I have and have zero desire for more or to expand into a full blown collection.
I did see a beautiful watch on an old guy in a restaurant in Canmore a couple months ago. I couldn't tell what it was, but on the way out I just told him I liked his watch and had been sneaking looks at it throughout dinner. He told me what it was and thanked me. I had never heard of the brand, but looked it up when I got home. $150k. Wow. Wish I could tell you guys what it was but my wife and I were pretty surprised at the price. Crazy thing is it looked worth it hah. Wasn't obnoxious or anything...just perfection.
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Hands down though, you had a laser focused watch journey. One of my favourites to witness for sure. You went from poking your head into the room, to identifying exactly the "theme"/grail you wanted to go with and then proceeded to put it on lock down. You might not have variety in your collection, but for sure you have described that your collection boldly represents you without compromise. That's easily something to get excited about.
I am jealous you were able to find a watch to bond with. I'm still trying to find that really nice everyday grail that resonates with me. But the journey is a huge part of the fun.
I once thought I wanted something grand as a grail, but I honestly don't feel like that's truly a watch that I would bond with. I'm really enjoying the Khaki Pilot, especially that 46mm and heft. Your excitement for Hamilton led me to that one and it was an impulse purchase I do not regret. I'm also enjoying the silly "dad bling" (<$200 Crystal covered Seiko and gold Bulova with diamonds).
I'm thinking that ultimately, it may be something big that can fit in any scenario and not be out of place with some of the other final bosses, but something that can pass off as something quite innocuous as well. I don't know if something like that even exists, but we shall see.
