The question is always - Where do I begin ? I did with my Watches. Rationale - I love watches. Like everything else I have plenty of watches collected over a period of 20 years. It also helped that I did a short stint at Swatch - the makers of Omega, Longines etc - which added to my love of watches and the collection.
Sadly, over the last few years, I have neglected my watches. Dead batteries, dysfunctional clockwork, broken straps, lost watches - even lost count of the number of watches.
Stuffed in a Ziplock bag in the back of my wardrobe lay waste a few Balmains, Longines, Tissots and some fun watches like CK, DKNY, Swatch and some Indian classics like a collectors edition of HMT, Tanishq Raga and an antique Favre Lueba !! The entire month of Nov 2013, I scoured the city for a good watch maker/fixer and finally found one in a small suburb. Every two to three days I visited him and got one of the watches fixed and in a month's time had all of them top condition.
Watches are like little children, they want you to take them out often and enjoy their company. This cannot happen if they are stuffed at inaccessible placed at the back of your wardrobe in tacky plastic covers. Hence I invested in good leather Watch cases/Watch boxes. Yes, these are available and not too expensive. They have open display, so you can choose your watch for the day.
So at the end of the day I have 11 good watches. The others I have given away to folks who would enjoy them more than me. 11 watches is definitely not anyone's definition of minimal. But from 30 odd non working/not used watches, I have 11 excellent watches that are worn and enjoyed on a daily basis. Each watch is a collector's edition or has a personal relevance for me.
Sadly, over the last few years, I have neglected my watches. Dead batteries, dysfunctional clockwork, broken straps, lost watches - even lost count of the number of watches.
Stuffed in a Ziplock bag in the back of my wardrobe lay waste a few Balmains, Longines, Tissots and some fun watches like CK, DKNY, Swatch and some Indian classics like a collectors edition of HMT, Tanishq Raga and an antique Favre Lueba !! The entire month of Nov 2013, I scoured the city for a good watch maker/fixer and finally found one in a small suburb. Every two to three days I visited him and got one of the watches fixed and in a month's time had all of them top condition.
Watches are like little children, they want you to take them out often and enjoy their company. This cannot happen if they are stuffed at inaccessible placed at the back of your wardrobe in tacky plastic covers. Hence I invested in good leather Watch cases/Watch boxes. Yes, these are available and not too expensive. They have open display, so you can choose your watch for the day.
So at the end of the day I have 11 good watches. The others I have given away to folks who would enjoy them more than me. 11 watches is definitely not anyone's definition of minimal. But from 30 odd non working/not used watches, I have 11 excellent watches that are worn and enjoyed on a daily basis. Each watch is a collector's edition or has a personal relevance for me.
No comments:
Post a Comment