How do you mentally make sense of your collection?

[Bwana]

Categories:
1)Winter watches-tend to be slimmer/smaller diameter design, rarely have a timing bezel.
2)Summer watches-tend to be my larger watches, usually have timing bezel in play.
3)Dress watches-saved for special occasions, or a night out with Mrs.Bwana
4)A collection of all of the above, including redundant/upgraded pieces....and not sure why I still own them ?

[Rdenney]

There is no way to "rationalize" my collection and I can't think of any compelling reason to apply the word "strict" to how I choose which one I wear on any given day.

I once bout a Poljot Sturmaskie chronograph because it was available and cheap. I wore it for a while but it was (is) erratic. I researched the Poljot and found the story a bit in compelling (ripoff of Valjoux 7633, etc.)

Years later, I bought an Ebel for dressier occasions. I researched the Ebel brand. I bought another, and researched the movement. That led to a discovery of forums, Zenith, high-beat escapements, A. Schild, etablissage, horological beauty, the Jura mountains, the Community of Precision Watchmaking, the Watch Snob, column wheels, the PLAAF ST-19, Lemania, Zodiac, the Swiss Franc, and an understanding of bankruptcy, not necessarily in that order.

No rationalization whatsoever.

Rick "following it where it leads" Denney

[OhDark30]

Poljot bought the machinery to assemble the 3133 movement from Valjoux - hardly 'ripping off' the movement

[Rdenney]

Poljot bought the machinery to assemble the 3133 movement from Valjoux - hardly 'ripping off' the movement

That has been disputed. Lysander did a tear-down comparison some years ago and found many differences--plate thickness, bridge design, screw and alignment pin locations, date-change mechanism; all of which suggest that Poljot worked from fresh drawings and not from the original machines.

Rick "wondering if this is a myth" Denney

[Der Amf]

Oh this so deserves its own thread

[OhDark30]

That has been disputed. Lysander did a tear-down comparison some years ago and found many differences--plate thickness, bridge design, screw and alignment pin locations, date-change mechanism; all of which suggest that Poljot worked from fresh drawings and not from the original machines.

Rick "wondering if this is a myth" Denney

I saw Lysander's comparison
Here's a history of the movement by polmax3133, another respected f10 member who knows his (Poljot) onions:
http://www.polmax3133.com/history.html
He notes the changes and improvements

[Nokie]

I am not mental about my watches, but they do play heads games with me.......

[scottjc]

I love the idea behind this thread but don't know where to begin...
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[Colin63]

I think watch collecting is a simple pleasure, and I still love discussing design, history and mechanics

I just like shiny, pretty watches.

[KennethRSloan]

I mostly wear American made RR grade pocketwatches. My current spreadsheet (gotta get that database up and running) has 88 entries for pocketwatches (a very small number are "movement only"). The wristwatch section is puny - only 5 entries - but there are 3 "in the mail" (one should arrive tomorrow!). I service all of my pocketwatches before wearing them; there are 28 listed as "can be worn" (but 3 will come back from the shop realSoonNow and join their ranks. I haven't quite figured out what my policy will be on these new fangled wrist-thingys.

My usual practice is to march more-or-less chronologically through the "wearable" pile - rotating once per week. Currently, I'm at 1912...