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Whats the most you've ever spent on a watch

palmerc2 said:
The thing to understand about watches that cost more than most cars, is someone buying one already has a handful of cars worth more than the watch. They don't work paycheck to paycheck, by the time they wake up in the morning they have made more than most people do in their lifetimes.

The poster in post #10 referenced the brand Patek Phillipe, that's chump change compared to other watched they sell, such as this one that's almost $1 million: LINK

Same idea goes for the Bugatti Veyron, who would throw down over a million dollars on a car? There was some sort of study done on the average Veyron owner, which had: 4 mansions, 2 private jets, 12 high end cars, and 1 yacht. **Don't quote me on the exact figures, it was something around those lines.

It's all relative....


EDIT: my figure on the average Veyron owner is kind of off...

The average Veyron owner has 3 jets, 1 yacht, and 84 cars: LINK
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That's kind of stupid... why would anyone want 84 cars...

If I had 84 cars, I would throw away at least 74 of them...
 
Tanegashima said:
That's kind of stupid... why would anyone want 84 cars...

If I had 84 cars, I would throw away at least 74 of them...
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Same, I would be pretty satisfied with 10. But when money is absolutely no issue, it's really not that bad. I'm sure if you said that to someone with 84 cars they'd say "why would anyone want only 10 cars?!"

One of those "what I would've done" scenarios. Hard to make any judgement unless you are actually that person.
 
I received a Tag Heuer watch as a graduation gift ages ago. Most I've ever paid for a watch is about $300 - but it only told time.
 
$3200 on my Rolex Air King 14010m from 2005. :cool:
 

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I have a Tag that was 3800 dollars new. I think. It's been several years. I rarely wear it.
 
SHNXX said:
bought my first high-end watches last year
$29k+tax Patek Philippe Calatrava reference 5127
$16k+tax Breguet (Reine de Naples, actually for the lady)
Rolex GMT Master 8K plus tax
Rolex Datejust

A diamond decorated junky Dior watch for the lady - 15k plus tax
Chanel j12 with Diamond - don't remember

A few old Cartier Pantheres. ..
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Drool. Id kill for a Patek.

Most I have spent is $1500 on a Ball Trainmaster for my husband, and 1K on a Raymond Weil for me. Ive got my eye currently on a 6K Ebel though, but I just cant warrant that kind of change for a battery operated watch. Maybe for a smart watch, though...
 
drchimrichalds said:
Drool. Id kill for a Patek.

Most I have spent is $1500 on a Ball Trainmaster for my husband, and 1K on a Raymond Weil for me. Ive got my eye currently on a 6K Ebel though, but I just cant warrant that kind of change for a battery operated watch. Maybe for a smart watch, though...
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Ditto on the Patek. :) But why not go for a unique Rolex (good compromise between price and quality)?
 
$4.5K on a Seamster years ago.

I'm worried that I'll be so used to a certain quality of watch, I'll never be happy with what's being produced by Apple.

There's also the disparity between quality watches and lesser ones, and the general public's ignorance of it. It's something that Apple could use to their advantage, as many fashion watch brands do. It wouldn't surprise me if Apple sells the watch as a "premium product" when it's actually low quality Chinese crap, understanding the average person won't know better.

There are good quality watches made in China, but they're few and far between and many of them are actually being made for swiss companies. Hamilton for instance has most of their cases made in Hong Kong. So there is hope for Apple. I just hope they don't sell out to the lowest bidder on this one.

There's also the quality of the bands and straps. I can't wear a watch with a cheap band, and good bands are going to cost you in the watch world; easily in the hundreds of dollars.

Call me a pessimist, but I just don't see Apple having legions of cheap labor pumping out large sums of quality watches.
 
Didnt some respected reviewer who got an early look say that the bands are some of the best he's ever seen?
 
bransoj said:
Didnt some respected reviewer who got an early look say that the bands are some of the best he's ever seen?
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It was Benjamin Clymer at Hodinkee.

http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/hodinkee-apple-watch-review

And that leads me to my next point. Apple absolutely, positively, indisputably NAILED its straps and bracelets. In addition to offering a bevy of options from leather to fluoroelastomer to link bracelets to Milanese, it is here that you really see how much attention Apple was paying to the way people wear watches, and the how bad existing options were.

The Apple Watch can take an integrated strap or bracelet, or one with wire lugs. It totally changes the look of the watch, and swapping them couldn't be any easier. Changing straps is one thing, but the attention to detail on the straps and bracelets themselves is downright incredible, and when I mentioned above that nothing comes close in this price range, it is very visible when talking about straps.
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Surferlife said:
$4.5K on a Seamster years ago.

I'm worried that I'll be so used to a certain quality of watch, I'll never be happy with what's being produced by Apple.

There's also the disparity between quality watches and lesser ones, and the general public's ignorance of it. It's something that Apple could use to their advantage, as many fashion watch brands do. It wouldn't surprise me if Apple sells the watch as a "premium product" when it's actually low quality Chinese crap, understanding the average person won't know better.

There are good quality watches made in China, but they're few and far between and many of them are actually being made for swiss companies. Hamilton for instance has most of their cases made in Hong Kong. So there is hope for Apple. I just hope they don't sell out to the lowest bidder on this one.

There's also the quality of the bands and straps. I can't wear a watch with a cheap band, and good bands are going to cost you in the watch world; easily in the hundreds of dollars.

Call me a pessimist, but I just don't see Apple having legions of cheap labor pumping out large sums of quality watches.
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I had the same feeling initially, but then I realized that even though the Apple watch is technically called a "watch," it's completely different from a luxury timepiece. In the same way that Michael Kors watches are not competition for Seiko, Hamilton, Tag, Rolex etc. They satisfy a different niche. (Even if they make the build high quality)

Another way to think about it... when digital watches came out, they were technically more advanced than a traditional watch; however, the market for mechanical watches still survived (and flourished).

To me the Apple watch is more of an iPhone accessory. People will buy them for style and function, but it's not replacing a luxury timepiece anytime soon.
 
palmerc2 said:
The thing to understand about watches that cost more than most cars, is someone buying one already has a handful of cars worth more than the watch. They don't work paycheck to paycheck, by the time they wake up in the morning they have made more than most people do in their lifetimes.

The poster in post #10 referenced the brand Patek Phillipe, that's chump change compared to other watched they sell, such as this one that's almost $1 million: LINK

Same idea goes for the Bugatti Veyron, who would throw down over a million dollars on a car? There was some sort of study done on the average Veyron owner, which had: 4 mansions, 2 private jets, 12 high end cars, and 1 yacht. **Don't quote me on the exact figures, it was something around those lines.

It's all relative....


EDIT: my figure on the average Veyron owner is kind of off...

The average Veyron owner has 3 jets, 1 yacht, and 84 cars: LINK
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Exactly.

The real rich people are not like the watch aficionados who are posting their one or two nice watches here
 
$199.99 + Tax for a pebble steel yesterday. Im seeing how the whole "smart watch" thing feels. I know the :apple:Watch will have more stuff than the pebble, but its a good starting point.
 
I used to own a really expensive fossil watch that my grandpa gave me for a Christmas present. It was like a $200 watch.
 
$100 I think on some DKNY watch 10 years ago. I'm not a jewelry person or that into fashion so I can't justify spending anything above $200 on a non-smart watch.
 
MasterRyu2011 said:
Not confused. I got the Moto 360 as a gift. I was planning on getting it anyway if it I didn't get it as a gift. Anything else?
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My bad but remembered seeing that you posted in this thread a couple of days ago and included the Moto 360.

MasterRyu2011 said:
I've gotten three watches in my life.

Moto 360 - $250
Some random Guess watch - $100
Casio Calculator watch - $50
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