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I think the answer is YES!!

Happy 2011!

Mike Wood

but don't know what you would do.

Have a good 2011 Mike.
Best
Graham

an even quicker way to the bankruptcy courts!!

Best regards Graham!

MW

What an amazing collection !!!

A dream for all of us.................


All the best to you and your family and many more watches

Godspeed

ag

the disease is highly contagious!!

MW

I LOVE the scans as it really hits you in the face!!

And still 30 years to go my friend!

give me the Subs!!

Have a prosperous 2011 my friend!!

MW

this is what I expect from you !!
go on and don't stop before 100 !!!!

my "centenary" is so far away (unless I count in the GMTs, Explorers, Daytonas...)

Keep well, Maestro!!

MW



Edit: spelling!

would I need a waterproof watch?

has friends!

I guess we both know they'll be burying me in a green coffin with a gold coloured crown on it!

But hopefully, not too soon....!

...still a couple to go.....or as P says: buy a bigger tent...

Cheers,
Mark

you Dutch guys are teaming up against me!!

I am being sent messages of encouragement which my bank manager may not approve of..!

to you and the VRF family m

I don't think (or, should that be "hope"?) there are 65 milSubs left out there...

Best wishes to you Michael!

MW

......and I thought you stopped at 50............I am speechless....

Fifty Subs seems such a long time ago

Best wishes to you!

MW

who will show us in some years these beautiful pics with 65 gmt s ??????

so - all the best for the next 65 years of collecting.....

sämi

and I can possibly scrape together a collection of 6.5 GMT-Masters...

who will show us in some years these beautiful pics with 65 gmt s ??????

so - all the best for the next 65 years of collecting.....

sämi

First of all... i am sure there are already way more then the 65

And then we have the GMT,... the Daytona's... the Prince.....


And.....

You will never be able to stop my friend. Next week another old SBS guy will walk into your shop.. look at you with puppy-eyes and you will think....'hell the Aston or 6062 will come next year'

But thruthfull... i hope you will never stop. You are the rock-star of this show... role-model for many new collectors.

Right a book!!!
Sell 2-3 of them and archive your new dreams.

But never stop collecting!....in your own special way!

Thanks for everything!!!!!!


Bernhard

VRF.... as here there are guys like you and MW that don't appreciate only manual winding cosmographs ( either PN or not )...........

it took me around four hours setting up 65 Subs for the first pictures.... any more watches, and I would need a support team!

My friend, I so envied the picture you posted after your children gave you the home made watchbox for father's day... five watches, each one a grail, but so wearable... I am still jealous

What a good/bad problem: reducing one hundred sports Rolex to just five that I could actually wear...

No Mike you keep going till you've got 350 + and
then have your own Christies or Sotherbys sale....
From the proceeds of said sale you
buy an Island in the Indian Ocean and take up scuba
diving with a Timex , the first watch you bought...
Then someone writes a movie script about your story
you make $30 million from the movie and start collecting
Pateks !! Collecting never stops it just changes direction
now and again.... Nice collection by the way !

Best regards

Grahame.

I had a friend who amassed a great watch collecton, and then sold it at auction.

For the next few years, he spent so much more trying to buy it all back again

I hope to learn from the lessons of those who went before me!!!

Will this lot buy me a beach-side shack at The Hamptons...?

All the best for 2011!

Mike Wood



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Ah yes grasshopper the wisdom of a zen collector..........

That lot would buy you quite a nice beach hut with
a view of the Ocean !!

Ditto for 2011

May all your collecting dreams come true.......

kind rgds

Grahame

I have a big igloo camping tent which I nearly used instead!

Stop me now, please!

MW

Youve a long way to go with many more Grails to catch

Stunning collection, well done Mike.

Best for 2011

Best
Andy

I don't yet have "the next generation" to pass my treasures on to....

My best wishes to your family Andrew!

MW

Respect MW

You have the watches to put all others to rest.

And with your collection retirement plan is one of the better I have seen

I could see that "investing" in Rolex watches (the right ones) is a more fun pension plan - than any other I can think off.

Respect

If I was religious I would have found the direction for my prays


/Jan J



Ps

I just hope I can retire when I have "seen" a milsub

buying watch passion; not a sensible savings scheme.

But, if the Gods smile on me, I may have made a modest profit!

Mike--Holy cow!! Unreal collection--you are one blessed man! Good for you! Congrats!!

and why?

Would be interesting to know!

Great model of horizontal collecting at its best.

Heres to many more years of 'work' Mike!

Cheers,

Nick.

the next one!

lets face it anything less than 100 and you'll be feeling like you coulda done better

You were there to witness the MW "Nifty-fifty"... it was for me a pretty big day!

65 must be the number to start drawing my pension... I think I'll be dead and buried long before the "big ton" came into view.

Think I'll buy me a little boat and sail down to 'Stralia.... and then straight across it - the way things are going!!!

Hope you are keeping your feet dry...

MW

stunning Mike,Now i know why you bought next door,keep on going youve got a new semi too fill!Legend picture.

and get yourself a milSub.

Modern Panerais are for girlies

Give the Spice Club buffet a bashing from me tomorrow: it's been a while since I ate my own body weight in Spice Club curry...!

Love to Nita!

other than UP!!!! You know you'll keep amassing the 'Wood Collection', I should know - I became a borderline stalker trying to convince you to sell me a Maxi last year

I'm just proud to have the only sapphire Sub (albeit matte dial) to grace your collection (even if only for a short diving holiday!!).

All the best for 2011!

Ross

those voluptuous belly dancers can sneak the watch off your wrist in the blink of an eye!!

I think our mutual friend in Morecambe may soon be offering some nice blue dial snow-flake TudSubs if the Christmas Fund has a few shekels remaining

Besties for '11!

MW

HELLUVA COLLECTION. UNREAL.

which is self evident from the pictures, there's on one gold submariner in it.

All the best wishes for the New Year
kind regards

John

perhaps I just need to exercise a little more personal discipline and not keep every Sub I come across!

Best wishes to you and Sioux for a healthy 2011.

MW

no one is getting to retire at 65 in the UK the way our government / economy is going

but seriously , you would be bored if you stopped it all
you have been collecting / hoarding for so long, its been a big part of your life

what would you do ? take up golf or something


happy new yr mate

all the best for 2011

Al

Mike,
With just the top shelf in that pic, you can pretty much retire comfortably!! The rest is just play money!! But with this hobby there is no end and no ends means retirement gets pushed further and further LOL!! AWESOME COLLECTION!!!!
Best,
Jon

Mike--Don't even think about retiring--You are just getting into your prime!! Lucky man--What an amazing collection. Jon--fancy seeing you here!!LOL
Happy New Year!!