Watch Collecting Quotes

If I have a weakness, it's for timepieces - if I see one I like and can afford it, I'll buy it.

I sort of collect watches.

I'm not one of those crazy collectors - I don't have a hundred watches. Only five or six. But I do like to wear a nice watch, especially if we're on the road and I'm wearing a nice suit.

I have always been a big fan of watches.

I've got two Rolexes that I'm very proud of - a gold Presidential that was a gift and a white gold one I gifted myself. I'm trying to step my game up and get a few more of those.

I've always loved watches my whole life. When I was growing up, I always thought of having a great watch as that next step - of making it, of a rite of passage.

I've spent as much as 30 grand on a watch but it's not about flaunting my wealth. I don't have many extravagances but watches are my biggest one. I must have 30 of them now. I've been collecting since the age of nine, when I won a black TAG in a karting event.

My only market analysis was to look around and see that, in one way or another, most watches are inspired by watches that were made in the 18th and 19th centuries. If I wanted a watch like that, I'd much rather buy the real thing at auction than a replica.

I like a few vintage Rolexes, and Panerais are good. I'm not into sports watches - I like chronometers.

Rolexes never lose value, so I started getting a couple of them. I like them. Not only do they look good but they work very well.

I collect watches because I'm always late, and I need to know exactly how late I'm going to be - in order to come up with a good excuse.

I love watches, for sure. The watch I love the most is Richard Mille because it's part of something that started from zero.

Every man needs a good, solid watch. My favorite watch is the Presidential Rolex. I own many watches, but this one is usually the one on my wrist. I buy mine in the Diamond District in New York City. Classic.

I keep telling everybody with pride that my first-ever timepiece was a Cartier.

I actually have a number of lovely watches from the International Watch Company.

I really like watches and have about eight.

A fine timepiece is part of dressing like a gentleman. When I first made a little money, I bought my first watch which was a Rolex Daytona. It was just one of those things that said I was successful.

I have a weakness for watches. I have to stop myself buying more.