Obviously we all have our own circumstances, so I’m generally wondering: there is a difference between the watches we dream of and the watches we wear.
When I wear mine, I need to be not too flashy for clients while keeping it professional. I earn $105k as a middle manager in wealth management (MCOL), and the nicest watch I own is an Omega Seamaster ($5.9k).
Affordability aside, I’m weighing how much “nicer” of a watch can I get without “out-wearing my wage”.
I’d love to hear how others have approached this intangible; I can make my own decisions just looking for anecdotes.
I made just over you in like the past couple years and I did like a collection speed run, sub date, sub no date, moon watch, Batman, planet ocean. It didn’t affect my finances and in the end made me a few k for selling and resetting my personal intentions. Point is I was a tradesman with a dirty man job and watches no one gave af about. Do you