I have found my interest in the hobby has changed rather than abated.

When I first got into it I went mad and bought every thing I could, then realised that was stupid and got rid of a load of them. Then I decided that having a few good watches was the way to go, then got bored saving up for them. I now do a lot of browsing on AliX for homages and I can spend hours finding the gems. I can usually get one a month from there and it’s a much cheaper hobby. Lots of fun too as I got over the “I must have a Rolex or Speedy” hype train.

I am also really into micro brands as that is where all the innovation and interesting stuff is. Usually for not much money.

I spend hours trawling Aliexpress and putting stuff in my cart. I can then revisit my cart and drop stuff I don’t want. I have a pretty tight dozen or so watches which have remained in there for a while.
It’s nice and easy to just pick one I know I want when I have spare cash.

But there is lots of fun browsing and choosing.

You can also spend hours looking at straps and bracelets for them as well! :)

It’s me!

I have a tray on my shelf with my keys and coins etc in. I dump everything in there including my watches as I come home.

Self inflicted wounds are the worst :/

Japan seems to be the place to go then :)

Mind you I’d probably be trawling the watch shops for JDM only citizens and maybe some vintage Seikos

You will NEVER see one in the wild.

Unless you hang in those kind of circles.