Would you give up your entire collection for one dream watch?

**pepperami** · Jul 5, 2015, 10:14 PM

Flipping in extreme to buy your 'grail'

Has anyone done it or contemplated doing it?

**Seriously** · Jul 5, 2015, 10:19 PM

No, because that would imply a very expensive watch, and I have no desire to actually wear a very expensive watch.

Obviously my idea of very expensive is different to someone else, but after about a £1000/(£1500 maybe) ** for a single watch I'd start to worry about it on my wrist.... damaging it and stuff.

(**My upper limit for a watch.... ok £2000 tops

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**is that my watch** · Jul 5, 2015, 10:20 PM

not a chance I enjoy the hunt on some of my watches but have never really had a grail piece I would give my whole collection up for not going to happen

plus all my grails are so reasonable price just they don't come along that often

**crownpuller** · Jul 5, 2015, 10:35 PM

No way, José

I have a couple or three that I'd never willingly give up (for sentimental reasons).

**Nokie** · Jul 5, 2015, 10:38 PM

Nope. Many girlfriends are better than one good one......

**tribe125** · Jul 6, 2015, 12:44 AM

My collection wouldn't pay for my grail, which is the effectively unobtainable FP Journe Chronometre Souverain.

At prices I can afford, I already have two watches that might otherwise be grails - Datejust and Speedmaster. I have one outstanding grail, the Explorer 14270, but would I sell the DJ and Speedmaster to get one? No, and actually that trade would leave me with cash left over. Would I sell my other watches to pay for an Explorer? I might do.

So, trading all for one doesn't work for me, and while I hope to end up with just a few watches, just one would never satisfy.

**Raza** · Jul 6, 2015, 12:52 AM

I already have my grail, so no. And it's not a watch you can wear doing the dishes or anything like that, so it's not suited to be an only watch.

**Henry Krinkle** · Jul 6, 2015, 01:00 AM

I don't have a tattoo for a reason. I get bored with things. One of almost anything isn't enough. Add to that the fact that I can't even imagine a "grail" watch for myself and my answer is a solid no.

The size of my collection is quite ludicrous and could definitely be trimmed down to a...dozen (?)...but not one.

**Seriously** · Jul 6, 2015, 06:05 AM

Originally Posted by Henry Krinkle

One of almost anything isn't enough.

Does the wife know about this?

**whatmeworry** · Jul 6, 2015, 06:16 AM

No. I tried to do this in the past when I got a grail (my Explorer), and proved to myself that I'm not capable of doing it.

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