[Glashütte Original] I bought my second watch
I'm not a collector, I never even thought I'd buy another watch in my life; but here we are. I bought my first watch 14 years ago when I was 20 and got my first full time pay check after leaving school (normal age to finish school in Germany back then). It was a Rado Sintra that I've been wearing pretty much every day since. It is yet to get its first scratch - ceramics and sapphire are just incredibly tough.
I've worked a lot since then. Finished uni, moved countries, climbed the corporate ladder, left to start a company. Recently, my liquid net worth crossed into 8 figures for the first time and I felt like commemorating the occasion. While I don't exactly live modestly, I also don't usually buy big ticket items. I don't own a car and I rent a nice but relatively small apartment.
I looked at a lot of watches but there was only a single one that I really liked. It's this Glashütte Original PanoLunarTourbillon. It was love at first sight. So I walked into one of their boutiques and just asked if I could buy one. They told me to write down my details on a piece of paper and promised to reach out. To my astonishment, they messaged me a few days later and offered me a watch. Fast forward a few months of contemplation and today I received it in the mail. I'm pretty happy. It'll get lots of usage on days when my Rado wants to sleep in.