zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

It's easy to be interested in watches, and talk about watches -- we all do it. Talk is cheap. But lets discuss what moves me enough to "pull the trigger".

In other words, forget what I talk about, where have I put "money where my mouth is"? This should tell you more about what I'm interested in than conversations.

I don't distinguish between my watches and my wife's. It's kinda pointless, since she wears mostly mens watches these days.

Collection: 10% ladies, 90% mens

I'm passionate about Omega, but not exclusively. In fact, the last three I purchased were not Omega.

Omega 63%
no other brand over 3 watches

I care about what movements are in the watches, and the idiosyncracies of each movement

80% mechanicals (54% auto, 26% manual),
18% quartz,
2% tuning fork

27% chronometer, not including any quartz

What are the age of watches I own . . . mostly vintage

About 35% of my watches are from the 1990s to present
25% from the 1970s and 1980s
23% from the 1950s and 1960s
17% from the 1920s to 1940s

I don't own any pocketwatches or stopwatches -- 100% wristwatches.

How many chronographs versus time only versus other complications?

25% of my watches are chronographs
50% have a date, in some form
19% have additional calendar complications, like day, moonphase, etc.
10% have a GMT, world timer or dual time display
9% have a countdown timer or alarm

I have more gold and "dress" watches than the other moderators.

35% are solid gold
5% are titanium
14% are plated
32% are steel
and the rest are base metals and plastic.

I like unusual pieces of very limited editions. Usually they aren't particularly valuable, just not often seen.

11% of my watches are editions less than 2,000

That's a quick overview, without getting into specifics. You'll see the specific watches when various topics come up.

key words for my interests

vintage
movement oriented
some complicated watches
dressy & some gold
seldom seen watches

Sam