I'll be honest. I have bought many watches because I believe I can' fix em & 'flip em' for a nice little profit.
I feel slightly dirty thinking it, and buying them, as this honorable hobby is a kinda brotherhood - but I tell myself it is to aid my collecting of watches that I want to keep.

The problem is this... why is it I fall in love with the watches that I want to flip. The watches that attracted me to them because I saw £ signs. I wasn't taken in by them, I didn't want them, they were a financial decision. So... why is it that it's these very watches that become dear to my heart?

A prime example is an old, battered Leonidas 'Chronographe' valjoux 22, 60 minute. There's no paint left on the dial, the case is worn and old. God knows when it dates from - 1940's, 1920s - I have no idea. It was the first vintage watch I bought, and for a long long time I've been meaning to sell it, but I have come to admire it, and love it, I dug it out tonight, as I think I should sell it, but I don't think I can.
Caring for these timepieces makes me poorer, but my soul richer.

How many of us out there share this (beautiful) affliction?

Cheers
Stewart