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原文在此,最后一句我不知该如何翻译,另请高明吧,我这边快开学了:
Unlimited funds would not have much impact on my choice. I buy watches as they become avialable to me when I can afford them. Since I read about Behavioral Economics I have become very conscious of how I set values.
If I had enough to buy a Premier Maxius, a 72 American Grade A 50th anniversary Gruen, an Edward Howard or an Illinois Diamond Ruby Sapphire, all in equally fine shape and about the same money, it would depend on the hisory. It the 72 had been at the 76 exposition and compteted it would be my choice. If not, and the Waltham Maximus also had a Kew certificate, I'd take it. Lacking pedigree I'd go for the Howard.
Pedigree and history have become much more important to me. I have an English made watch with five generations of fairly significant Americal history related to it that I have had hours of fun researching. It has also seen major alterations so as a pristine example its gone but what a history it has!
When you buy a very clean watch what do you do with it after the victory lap? How long can you enjoy it after you have locked it away? A more humble Waltham watch that served in the US Civil War as a Naval deck watch or went to timing trial and shocked everyone or the mid grade Waltham watch that Jacque David took back to Switzerland has mopre appeal than an ultra high grade watch no one ever relied onexcept to show status.
Now my interest is school and competition watches as well as watches with researchable inscriptions. These tend to be very high grade because such watches were usually bought by people with ample funds so, in my view I get the best of several worlds this way. I would rather get couple of these, or just one than a very pristine Edward Howard that never spent more than few moments out of its box. A school watch by a very successful regleur (One of the people who regulated watches for time trial competition) with an original observatory rating certificate would be my top choice.
BTW I give a talk on provenance of time pieces and how to find it for local **s who will pay my travel expenses.
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