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[Question] Anyone losing interest in the hobby? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by MotherAd1865@alien.top to c/watches@style.land

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Like a lot of people, I got really interested in watches during the pandemic when I had extra time on my hands, and disposable income that I couldn't spend on other things. Like many, I dove head first into learning as much as I could from Youtube, websites, books, etc.

But now a few years later, does anyone else feel like they're losing interest in the hobby?
I still love the watches that I bought, but now I'm more likely to spend my disposable income on trips/restaurants/concerts etc.
How do you keep the passion going when the initial love affair is over? And when I'm not actively buying new watches...

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[–] Shepinion@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

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