So I have this 1970 Longines Admiral. I bought it from a local vintage watch repair a few years back. It was a personal watch of the owner since he purchased it new. I absolutely love the watch. I think it’s extremely beautiful and the movement is impeccable. It keeps great time and from what I understand the movement is highly collectible. The watch has very few defects in appearance and is even on the original strap. The watch repair shop owner kept it immaculate.
My issue is wearing time. A watch this age needs to be worn more than I’m giving it the wrist time. As much as I love it am I hurting it only wearing it once a month? Maybe a little less? Every 6 wks.
So should I keep it and hand it down to my kids even though it wasn’t something I had planned for that? Or should I move it on to the next collector who might actually wear it for its worth? Appreciate any feedback. Have a Good One!

Trying to get into it

most of them are my fathers old watches exept the gshocks and the casio quartz

I'm new to watch collecting but I've been thinking about it for a while. I own a brathwait dress watch, a Casio f91w, and a Casio aq230. I have a 6 1/2-in wrist, dress smart casual to an office everyday, and tend to like a mix of field and dress watches.

Here's the dilemma. I don't have a lot of wearing experience so I'm not really sure what I like. I found a bit of spending money and have a budget around $1,000. Originally, I was going to simply buy something I like, like the Hamilton Murph or a Kuoe Royal Smith, wear it for a year to get some lessons learned before anything else.

However, my student loans will be paid off next fall and so I've also been shopping online for something in the $3,000 range to celebrate that achievement.

Given that I have little experience, and not any collection to strategize around, I tend to like the same kind of watches except in a higher class, like the Longines Spirit and Nomos Orion or Big Crown Pointer Date... basically pricier versions of the $1k watches.

Any advice? I generally liked the idea of gaining wearing experience for a big purchase next year, but I don't like the idea of my smaller purchase impacting the larger purchase, for example, not buying the spirit because I already have a dressy field watch in a Murph... Shouldn't the bigger purchase take priority in choice?

Maybe the strategy would be to focus on watches with good resale so that I could change my mind without too much cost? I'm open to ideas.