In a couple months I'm going to graduate from university and for that occasion I really want to buy my first forever watch.
I have recently stumbled over a vintage vacheron constantin that I absolutely fell in love with however someone else bought it before I could muster up the courage to buy it - a close cousin of the same watch is still available but it's in yellow gold rather than rose gold like the one I really wanted to have. So I'm wondering if I should buy the yellow gold vintage vacheron or if I should buy a new watch (I'm currently thinking about the Nomos Club Sport Neomatik or the Grand Seiko SBGY007).
It's really rare to find a vintage vacheron constantin in rose gold so I feel super down about missing my chance and this one and the yellow gold cousin are the only ones of the type I could find. I think yellow gold might be too flashy for me though.
Would you wait and hope for another? Would you buy the yellow gold cousin? Or would you just buy a new watch instead?
Well it's just a couple but they are pretty much fixed (so far): "- only having 5 watches max" "- Only buying watches (I plan on keeping) on special occasions" "- not overspending" "- never buying a watch to flip that I wouldnt mind keeping" "- Each watch doing something different" "- Not going over 40mm" "- doing a ton of research before each purchase." Something that's not a rule but really gives watches bonus points is also a 19mm lug-with. Because that's the size I have most straps from.