Hi here, for the context I’ve fallen into watches about 2 years ago thanks (or not) to a friend of mine. I currently have “low-end” watches for the most part (quartz, solar quartz, mechanical, automatic), which I do like to wear. However I’m thinking about investing in another piece. I have several options in mind but the price would be almost as high as my whole set put together. Money is not the problem here as I won’t be in the red after this purchase, but rather the purchase itself. I’m in this sub since a few week only, and I often see great collections full of Omega, Oris, Rolex, GS and so on that makes me feel, if not poor, at least cautious.
So, here come the questions I’m wondering:
- How do you guys convince yourself that it’s a good idea to put 1k€+ in a watch?
- Financially speaking, do you have a thumb rule (according to your net monthly income for example) about what cost seems reasonable when you fall for your new watch?
Feel free to share your watch journey :)
A good reason to buy an expensive watch:
- you really like the watch and looking at it or playing with it makes you very happy
Bad reasons to buy an expensive watch:
- show off your richess (not only is it dickish, it also actually doesn’t make you happy)
- investing (there are far better ways to invest money)
- impressing others (the vast majority of people won’t even notice that you’re wearing a watch, and even if they did, they couldn’t tell the difference between a JLC with a meteorite dial and a $50 Diesel watch).