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Buying mass produced things is not a hobby lol. Surely going to the store, putting down money, and buying things is not a hobby.
Car enthusiasts drive cars, work on cars, and modify cars. There’s a lot more to car enthusiasm than “I went to the car dealership and bought one”
Art enthusiasts make art or collect original artwork. Art enthusiasts aren’t en mass buying reproductions and calling it a hobby. Buying originals from masters require tracking, sourcing, and playing auctions.
I consider building your own watches a hobby, modifying watches a hobby, restoring vintage watches a hobby, but like, going to the store and buying them is not a hobby.
What about researching watches, learning about movements, about horology, wearing them, sharing that knowledge with others, finding lesser known watches, sourcing vintage pieces, buying a model no longer produced, curating your collection in the flux of buying and selling pieces.
That's a hobby.
Buying an apple watch or a Seiko because you want to wear a watch is just buying a mass produced item. Spending hours learning about brands and movements and the history of different models and having conversations about watches with others who are interested, to me, is a hobby.
There's is a lot more to watches than buying a watch.
Well said. The “buying things is not a hobby” crowd is so boring. Bc of course it isn’t. They say it like it’s some counterpoint-brilliant-eureka concept. Meanwhile just like the OP stated, I learned and got into watches in 2020 and now even went as far as creating a little work station to unassemble (and attempt to reassemble) cheap watches I own. Connecting to people with a shared interest, learning about it, potentially learning a craft, AND collecting/buying definitely makes it a hobby.
They’re conflating the rich guy who buys status jewelry with no actual interest in horology with people that can genuinely claim it as a hobby. (And, again back to OP, my passion for it has diminished a bit from its peak)
Cheer bud
Right, buying watches can get as complicated or elaborate as one wants it to get. This gatekeeping BS is ridiculous