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Curious to hear any insights into year-specific watch quests. Do you do this? Or do you simply focus on watches you’d love to own and the year doesn’t matter?

My focus has shifted from hunting the latest cool releases to securing year-specific watches to mark great moments. It’s one reason why I’m excited to join this group. I’ve enjoyed watching Fed’s content and know he comes across a ton of cool watches across many brands and years.

Goal is 5 watches:

1974 birth year. Hunting a 1675 Pepsi or a Patek but very open-minded on this one.

2004 wedding year. Hunting a specific watch I’ve wanted my entire adult life: Daytona 116520 white dial. Cliche yes, but I just have to have one. I’ve found several opportunities in the $25k range but have been advised that this watch can be found for $20k so the hunt continues!

2006 first born. Secured a 14060 Sub no date, 2-liner. Matches my son’s personality to the letter. My first Rolex and it's perfect, can’t get enough of this watch. Excited to pass it down someday.

2008 second born. Still searching the perfect watch to match his personality. Eyeing a Milgauss but not locked in. Would love to diversify beyond Rolex but still searching for the right watch.

2025 was a huge milestone year and will be something big but in no hurry.

These are all expensive and specific hunts so it does limit me a bit. I’ve been picking up some cool microbrand watches under $2k to help get my fix in the meantime (Farer, Kuoe, Zelos).

Here’s another watch I was excited to inherit from my father in law. it’s a Piaget Polo Quartz from the 1980s and I want to get it back into working order for my wife. It’s pretty spectacular to hold in person. Model is 861 C 701.

Rather than try to open the case back, I’m also going to take it to a repair guy in Minneapolis. Hoping it just needs a new battery. Should I have him do anything else to get it in working order or should the message be that ‘less is more’?

Again, never taken a vintage watch to have it repaired or serviced so would love any advice! Thank you!

I was fortunate to inherit this watch from my father in law and just love it. Some basic research tells me it’s a Movado Calendograf / Triple Calendar from the late 1930s to 1950s. That’s about all I know about it so feel free to let me know if you see something else!

It’s not in great shape so I’m taking it to a watch repair guy here in Minneapolis to see what he can do. I’ve never done this before so any advice would be great on what I should have the repair guy do or not do (polish? replace anything? clean?).

I’m excited to see if we can get this working again!

I’m looking for the silver black bay 58. Wa t a good deal on one like new box and papers…

I just discovered that for one year, Omega made their own version of the Reverso. To small for my wrist but pretty damn cool collectible peice:

https://www.chrono24.com/omega/omega-reverso-equinoxe--id44273641.htm