Ya. Most collectors learned the hard way when they are well into a decade of collecting. That’s when the watches they purchased earlier in their collecting phase will start to break down and require servicing. Even those that you don’t wear will also need servicing at the 10 year mark due to the oils inside the movement drying up.

I learned the hard way when watches in my collection broke down one after another. I remember spending over $20k in one year just on servicing fees before I started to sell watches that I don’t wear that much anymore. In the past, I had a sizable collection but had to consolidate into a smaller more manageable collection due to not wanting to maintain all of them.

So end up wht is your collection now?

Mostly Omegas and Rolexes. But am moving into quartz watches now due to the lower maintenance costs and cool factor.

Mostly Omegas and Rolexes. But am moving into quartz watches now due to the lower maintenance costs and cool factor.

PRX is a steal if you only got few k budget…

If 10k+ budget Tudor could be the best choice..

Your money your decision…

Million dollar question is where are you going to get your NOMOS serviced? It’s using in-house movement and there are no official service centers here locally.

Seasoned collectors know to avoid brands with in-house movements and no official service centers to supply spare parts. Those two who voted NOMOS must be noobs.

Btw owning more than 2 automatics you’ll need a watch winder unless you’re willing to hand wind every 2 days lol.

Quartz easier my G shock never disappoints

Pull the winder and leave it in the box. A few of mine has been like this for years. Daily wearing the casio f-91w now lol.

It’s still not in-house. In-house means unique movement produced and used exclusively by the brand.

You don’t call Hamilton and Tissot watches with ETA movements in-house even though it is made by ETA and they are all part of the Swatch Group.

So, the same logic applies to Tudor and Kenissi. Kenissi also makes movements for Chanel, Breitling and a lot of other micro brands.

I like Nomos also. Service ah? It’s an excuse to travel to Germany ones every 5-7 years I guess 😂

Service turnaround times are around 4 weeks for most brands but can be up to 6 months for PP and AP.

I guess you are retired or don’t work as you will need to stay in Germany for 4 weeks while waiting to collect back your watch from servicing.

I like Nomos also. Service ah? It’s an excuse to travel to Germany ones every 5-7 years I guess 😂