I never did, but an in-house movement under $10K sounds dreamy. The finish might be dog shit. What I learned recently is that some companies have what they profess to be an in-house, but it will be an ETA or a Valjoux workhorse with some in-house tweaking. It isn't like Rolex or Grans Seiko where they completely do their own thing.
Thats one reason I really like seiko. They single handedly made Asian horology what it is today.
GET DAT BRIETLING BOOOIIIIII!
I just perused the Constant site. Nothing really caught my eye, but I liked one of the steel bracelets they use on the sports models very much. I'll keep an eye out for them. Rifht now, I'm mentally backlogged with about 15 watches I want and I will be 60 by the time I get them all if I was going to do that.
I don't want to have more than 8. With higher end watches, I'm looking at $800-$1500 to service every 6 or 7 years. That is a lot of maintenance.
I am not wealthy enough to have a large collection. A friend of mine collects by cycling his collection. He seeks out watches he thinks will be true collectors pieces for different reasons, and when he reaches his "limit", he sells them for no real loss and replaces with another. He gets to collect watches and find new ones he likes, in exchange for not hoarding. It's a pretty good system.
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