Whats the most you've ever spent on a watch
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handsome pete
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I respectfully disagree.
enzo thecat
macrumors 6502
This mentality is why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
What do you think costs more; the Apple watch or a $29,000 Patek?
The Apple watch does. Fine watches, if bought properly, can APPRECIATE in value. In 10 years your ugly, obsolete Apple watch will be worth $0. The Patek will most likely go up in value. They say a fool and his money are soon parted. The guy with the Patek will still have his money. You wont.
Irony: People on an APPLE forum judging how other people spend their earnigs.
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People used examples here of watches appreciating and really, none of them show more appreciation than a less than poorly performing stock portfolio. If you were smart, you'd buy $350 for an apple watch and spend the $28,650 in a well diversified stock portfolio.
enzo thecat
macrumors 6502
You completely missed the point.
The point that investing in watches is a really bad investment and that people who are rich probably have better investments?
I don't view watches as investments.
I also don't plan to sell any of my watches.
HereBeMonsters
macrumors 6502
That is the one of the most garish, ugly and cheap looking things I have ever seen. Classy is the last word that could be used to describe it.
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Not since the early 20th Century..no..
But having said that, I do have a few pocket watches, including a lovely 1912 Omega that my wife bought me for my 30th Birthday (which was in 2012, so the watch was 100 years old then) and a late 19th Century Waltham.
Rarely get the chance to wear them these days, although last year I broke my wrist in a fall off my bike, so wasn't able to wear a wristwatch. I felt like such a hipster carrying round a pocket watch everywhere!
iZac
macrumors 68030
I rotate various watches from:
Masayuki Kurokawa
Uniform Wares
Stock
NAVA
Starck
Alessi
...and a couple of joke Casios
I only wear quite simple or slightly quirky design watches. Nothing clunky and metallic.
They normally run £100 -£150 each.
There is no way I'm replacing a collection of watches for different situations for an overpriced disposable Apple thing that won't look half as good (subjective, I know) on my wrist...
Masayuki Kurokawa
Uniform Wares
Stock
NAVA
Starck
Alessi
...and a couple of joke Casios
I only wear quite simple or slightly quirky design watches. Nothing clunky and metallic.
They normally run £100 -£150 each.
There is no way I'm replacing a collection of watches for different situations for an overpriced disposable Apple thing that won't look half as good (subjective, I know) on my wrist...
HereBeMonsters
macrumors 6502
I rotate various watches from:
Masayuki Kurokawa
Uniform Wares
Stock
NAVA
Starck
Alessi
...and a couple of joke Casios
I only wear quite simple or slightly quirky design watches. Nothing clunky and metallic.
They normally run £100 -£150 each.
There is no way I'm replacing a collection of watches for different situations for an overpriced disposable Apple thing that won't look half as good (subjective, I know) on my wrist...
Ooh, I like those. This is what I'm wearing today:
enzo thecat
macrumors 6502
The person whose comment I commented on say rich people do...
No I absolutely did not say that. Like I said, you are completely missing the point. I imagine you have a lot of preconceived biases and trying to make you understand is probably fruitless.
It sounds like you have preconceived biases
I understand trying to limit purchases of things that depreciate but I wouldn't say rich people are generally good at this (maybe Warren Buffet). But the thing is, if you buy something that depreciates and costs a relatively small amount than it is probably more financially prudent than buying something that costs a lot and appreciates a tiny amount rather than putting that money elsewhere where it can appreciate more.
iZac
macrumors 68030
Nice! I've been eyeing up a Braun recently too. The Dezeen Watch Store is often a good place to go for some interesting designed watches - it's a nice coincidence that it stocks half my watches and overlaps our preferences...
HereBeMonsters
macrumors 6502
Blackstick
macrumors 65816
Stainless steel submariner is well over $8000 new today.
Sodner
macrumors 68020
Good lord! Damn, best purchase I ever made!!
I am an Apple Fan but I doubt I'll get this sort of use and value from the
Watch though I will still be getting one. 
AppleDApp
macrumors 68020
HereBeMonsters
macrumors 6502
It's a Mondaine, as far as I know it's just called the "Automatic" as it has the Swiss auto movement, rather than the quartz that most of them have.
Mine has a day date function, though they did do an older, smaller one, that didn't.
I've had it about 5 years now, and was going to swap it for the new "stop2go" version they released, until I heard of the problems with it.
AppleDApp
macrumors 68020
What problems? The stop to go would be a dream Mondaine to have.
HereBeMonsters
macrumors 6502
The problems I've heard have been mainly about the movement not keeping accurate time. It's supposed to sweep a minute in 58 seconds so it can jump at 12 o'clock every 60 seconds, but I've heard of it fairly quickly gaining anything up to 5 minutes a day.
Another one I heard was the jump happening at the wrong time. I went to look at one in John Lewis - it was stopping at the 55 marker, jumping 2 seconds and sweeping round from there.
And the other thing people have said is that it's quite fragile. A small bump has totally knocked the movement out of whack, and it's had to be sent back for repair/replacement. So far I've not heard of them charging for this, but they will do one day.
As for being the "dream" Mondaine to have, I respectfully disagree. My dream Mondaine would have the stop2go functionality, but the automatic movement to provide a smooth sweep of the second hand. The current stop2go is just not smooth enough.
AppleDApp
macrumors 68020
Didn't realize it was quartz. Now I'm disappointed.