At 30 years old, do you even have a hobby?

Hobby

Toby is a netizen in my WeChat circle of friends. The interaction between us in the past two years has been limited to dynamic attention or occasional likes. Last week, we finally had an offline meeting with our netizens.

On a hot afternoon, about Zhongshan Second Road in Guangzhou, Toby appeared in front of me on time, brushing his oil head, wearing gold-framed glasses, and polo shirt business wear. There was always a smile on his face. When traveling together, he took the initiative to help me carry a bag full of documents; when sitting down and chatting, in order to share an item, he would first take out his handkerchief and wipe it before handing it to me. These moves added a label "gentleman" to him.

Toby

He said in pure Cantonese: "When I was a child, I was influenced by a relative in Hong Kong. This cousin in Hong Kong was a very representative. I remember that he used to wear a bow tie. You must polish your leather shoes, often combing the messy oil head, and you must go to the restaurant for morning tea in the morning. ". One day, the cousin asked him what his hobbies were. At the time, when he was 13 years old, he was ignorant and unconscious, and he could not answer at all. Finally, the cousin said to him: "Men are a little hobby!" Now, I am impressed.

Twenty years passed, and Toby, who was in his early years, began to understand the meaning of his cousin's words. He realized that life needs to go deeper, so he set a reference example for himself. Lan, Li Xin frequency goddess creative copy, Harlem and other Chinese good voice teacher, learn from these characters who, he had his own summary and analysis, clearer minds want living conditions, that is, from the beginning this time, he was determined to My hobby for old clocks is Go deep.

One of the collection

70's Shanghai brand watch, the dial is oxidized and presents a unique seven-color tone

Collect

The first step of Go deep is to raise awareness of watches. Immediately, he went to Xi'an for retreat study alone, followed the master to learn to repair the watch. He believes that only the knowledge of clocks and watches can provide a basis for the next collection.

After returning to school, he had more understanding of clocks and collections. He set up a personal public account, exported his understanding of clocks and watches into text and shared it. In the process of sharing, he formed an idea: hold one An old Chinese watch exhibition .

Lao Guobiao exhibition poster

He said that the series of research on domestic watches has always been very fond of before, and he really spent a lot of time preparing for this exhibition. Sharing this series of preparation and execution, he likens this process to a "research and curation".

On the day of the launch, many fans came to the scene to visit. He was still the signature smiley welcoming people, showing his collection of works for each visitor, tirelessly doing one after another explaining and sharing, and enjoying it.

Collection of national watch series works

Toby claims that he is just a Collector, not a collector in the traditional sense. His collections are all "mark-up products", such as the transition era of pocket watches to watches; the era of the birth of automatic watches; Time and so on; while the old-fashioned national watch is an independent theme. The value is usually judged from appearance, movement, and brand. He pointed out that factors such as the age, aesthetics, and age of the collectors will make their collections and materials different. For example, the post-70s will tend to love collections, the post-80s will focus on appearance, and the post-90s will be more personalized; for example, the first, second, and third generation collectors are also different. Their judgments and preferences on collections are all Is different.

Collection of works

pleasure

The fun of collecting this hobby can be felt a lot in Toby.

First, keep learning

Toby's job is advertising. Like most office workers, he works on time every day. There are meetings to be held and activities to be performed. Outside of his busy work, he cherishes his hobbies and delves into the collection seriously. There are more and more knowledge points extending from the collection, history, culture, aesthetics, etc. The more he learns, the deeper the angle of thinking, The horizon is getting wider and wider, and at the same time, the more you learn, the more you feel ignorant, and the more ignorant, the more you want to learn more.

Toby talks about the different personalities of history and city from clocks

Second, harvest surprises

Toby flipped a photo from his phone, a small clock he recently collected in Beijing. He said that he didn't realize that he had found the treasure until he bought it. He was hesitant about the clock's movement when he bought it. When he returned home to wipe it, he found that the base of the stop key was a gold piece. After adjustment, the movement was normal.

He said with a smile of satisfaction, and then added: " Looking for leaks can't be forced, you have to get along with it, and occasionally you will be pleasantly surprised, and it is also an affirmation of your ability to collect and judge."

Alarm clock

Third, affect the people around you

A positive hobby brings a fulfilling sense of life. Toby, who has a collection hobby, is naturally happy, but at the same time, he is also very clear that if he wants to persevere freely, he must have the support of those around him.

One of the collection: Sigma with gold in the 1970s, this year opened the "face value school"

He said: "I need to let people around me have a similar hobby, so long ago, I often bought vintage jewelry for my wife, and slowly she also fell in love with collecting old jewelry. Now we can discuss and share together In my public account, she will share her views on the collection of vintage jewelry, and occasionally write one or two insights about watches. ". The two have their own hobbies, and they can chat together and support each other. It can be said that Toby is living very well now.

After listening to Toby's story, what do you think? Do you also have hobbies? Please tell me in the comments below.