Finally got my first decent automatic watch and managed to smack it off a door frame and scratch it up within the first week. Now all I can see are the scratches on what used to be a perfect bracelet and bezel. Is it normal to be bothered by this or is this just mental illness.
This is also a big problem for me. I hardly ever damage a watch, this happened probably 3-4 times in over 20 years of accumulating expensive watches.
Two times I sold the watch (Rolex GMT Master 2 in steel) and bought the same watch again, one time I got the case laser repaired (Rolex Daytona in steel) and one time I got the whole case replaced (Blancpain Fifty Fathoms in titanium, which is more or less not repairable, it was sent to Switzerland to try to repair it).
Over the years I have changed when I wear what kind of watch. When I wear short sleelves I only wear ceramic, Carbotech (Panerais) and gold (precious metal is easy to repair) watches so mostly throughout the summer. In winter I switch to my steel watches.