Let’s take a quick inventory of Zach’s major dive watches, past and, well, just past at this point. How could I not have a dive watch in the collection? This, even a year ago, would have sparked a complete meltdown. In any case, in the process of packing it up and sending it to its new home, I realized that for the first time in my watch history as a “collector” and not someone just dabbling and experimenting, I’d be without a real dive watch. I heard Tudor made a bunch of them, although if there were a waitlist, I suppose someone lining up for his third might not be welcome at the front of the line.
And if I really missed the Pelagos, I could always buy another one. There’s always another one right around the corner after all. I don’t get sentimental or emotional about watches. Who knows? Since when does logic and reason play a role in this hobby? Maybe whatever doubts I had about the watch that led me to sell my first example came right back. But wearing it just wasn’t doing it for me any longer. It’s a great watch for what it is – I have nothing bad to say about it.
I was feeling particularly ambivalent about this particular watch that day, thought the idea of pocketing its cash value for something else seemed appealing, and cast a relatively small net to my 1,000 or so followers that aren’t bots.Īs it turned out, the algorithm was working for me that day, and I sold the watch with zero friction to a friendly Instagram user who I knew immediately would be far more enthusiastic about the Pelagos than me. To say I lacked the motivation to take high quality, properly lit photographs and deal with cross posting to Reddit, WatchUSeek, and Rolex Forums (and dealing with the barrage of unwanted trade offers and lowballs that would be sure to follow) would be an understatement. This is the bare minimum amount of effort in selling a watch second hand these days. More accurately, I posted a photo of it to my IG stories with a half-hearted “FOR SALE – DM ME” request.
A few months ago, almost on a whim, I put my Tudor Pelagos LHD up for sale.
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