Watches - another OCD problem

[Chiba J.]

Not really sure. I've seen it stated that the original lume material was Promethium 147.

Guess I forget to mention that mine is a 6306, basically the same as the 6309 except that this was a JDM only and is somewhat rarer, has a kanji date wheel and also hacks.

[Qinhan]

Kanji date wheel is excellent.

[Chiba J.]

Yeah, I like the kanji wheel. Lug width is 22mm, so lots of strap options. There's also quite a few after market bracelets for this one too.

[Sugar Mountain]

That Kanji date wheel was the first thing I saw in the photo. It's damn cool!

Nice pick-up Chiba.

[Qinhan]

Currently weighing up different NATO options for my sub.

Black + grey striped ("James Bond"):

Maroon + white ("Harvard"):

Black + Sand:

Regular 'ol plain black:

Black with red + white stripe ("Hotrod"):

Black + grey stripe ("monochrome"):

Figured this one was fun as a novelty even though the colourway doesn't really match.  "Selvedge":

Grey with black + white stripe:

Bonus pics for @Sugar Mountain:

[Chiba J.]

I like the black nato and the leather. I don't care for striped natos, but the black and beige looks good.

I've got this one incoming.

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/taikonaut/nato22008b/

Also quite liked this one, but it's a lot of dough for a strap.

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/taikonaut/20b20ezz00c2s01-22b22ezz00c2s01/

[Sugar Mountain]

@Qinhan I like the black and grey Bond strap and the Black and Tan the best. Those two options really chime with the colours of the watch. The B&S leather one is also lovely!

[davito]

Good catch @Chiba J. Looks great

@Qinhan awesome sub mate, looks sweet on the leather

[Anesthetist]

Bond, Harvard, or the distressed leather IMO.

[ben2t]

i like the watch. 

[ben2t]

it may take me years to save for Tudor,
This will work for the time being.

[Finn666]

what watch is that @ben2t …my eyes are too bad? -.-

[davito]

@ben2t:

Great watch @ben2t

@Finn666 ^

[Finn666]

ups, my bad! thanks d.

[davito]

No worries Sir have a look at them there is also another nice sub model which you could like @Finn666

[Finn666]

i think i may hold back for the "real deal"…no more second pieces to tide me over

[davito]

Yup do that although i like those hommage/repro pieces quite a lot

[ben2t]

thanks guys, for the price its accuracy is quite impressive that it only lost 15 sec in 11 days.

[tigerpac]

For those of us with a rotation of watches.  How often do you guys have to wear a piece before you consider selling?    Been mulling over the idea of selling my Aqua Terra 8500.  Only gets 1 day or so a week of wear.  Thoughts?

[ddtrash]

@tigerpac

As soon as I recognise that one of the watches is getting minimal wrist time and there is another piece out there that grabs my attention more, then the out of favour watch generally gets traded.

What I have learned is to try ( Not always possible ) and take your time over the next purchase to ensure you get it correct, especially for more expensive watches that you view as "keepers".  On cheaper watches I don't really obey this rule and allow myself some trading fun.

If the thought of flipping the Aqua Terra continue, in my experience there is only one fix, sell it and enjoy choosing the next watch.

I am sharing a similar thought process at the moment over one of my collection that I find a little underwhelming.

Good luck for the hunt and have fun!