Semantics behind purchasing expensive watches...
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Gazzab said:
CinqAbarth said:
Don't get it at all.
I buy a watch once every few years.
My current watch is the 2nd most expensive I've ever bought - a Swatch Big Mountain Pro.
Bought because I liked the look of it in the shop window.
My previous watch cost me 30 quid and is still going strong.
Before that, I'd spent a massive £100 on a watch to wear for my wedding - which is now 11 years ago.
They all tell the time and cheap watches can look just as appealing to me as expensive watches.
Expensive watches are a bit 'loadsamoney' to me.
I agree. All these idiots with nice watches, nice cars, big houses, great holidays, big salaries etc - all tossrs. They should jack it in , but a 15 year old fiat and get a job flippin' burgers! ;-) I buy a watch once every few years.
My current watch is the 2nd most expensive I've ever bought - a Swatch Big Mountain Pro.
Bought because I liked the look of it in the shop window.
My previous watch cost me 30 quid and is still going strong.
Before that, I'd spent a massive £100 on a watch to wear for my wedding - which is now 11 years ago.
They all tell the time and cheap watches can look just as appealing to me as expensive watches.
Expensive watches are a bit 'loadsamoney' to me.
I'm with Pesty on this one.
I'm almost 100% certain that I'll never buy a watch that you can get in a typical high street jewellers.
It's nice wearing a watch that no one has heard of, and it doesn't atttract as much attention.
It's a bit tedious trying to explain to people who make the watch and how much I paid, and then hearing them say something like "you could of got a Tag/Omega for that much". You also get people that just can't see the point in spending more than £50 on a watch, and then they look at you as if you're mad, yet they piss all there money up the wall on drinking and going out. Still, different people enjoy different things
These are the sort of people that only know about the watches you can buy in Ernest Jones and Goldmsiths, and then think they are the best along with Rolex because they have such strong marketing.
I buy watches mostly on looks, if I'm honest. I know some of the watches that I want aren't from the best watch makers and they don't have the most history, but as soon as I see the watch, it just hits a certain button, and that's when it goes on the list.
I've not even worn a few of the G-Shocks I've bought, no real point in buying them other than I like the looks of them and know I will wear them at some point.
I'm almost 100% certain that I'll never buy a watch that you can get in a typical high street jewellers.
It's nice wearing a watch that no one has heard of, and it doesn't atttract as much attention.
It's a bit tedious trying to explain to people who make the watch and how much I paid, and then hearing them say something like "you could of got a Tag/Omega for that much". You also get people that just can't see the point in spending more than £50 on a watch, and then they look at you as if you're mad, yet they piss all there money up the wall on drinking and going out. Still, different people enjoy different things
These are the sort of people that only know about the watches you can buy in Ernest Jones and Goldmsiths, and then think they are the best along with Rolex because they have such strong marketing.
I buy watches mostly on looks, if I'm honest. I know some of the watches that I want aren't from the best watch makers and they don't have the most history, but as soon as I see the watch, it just hits a certain button, and that's when it goes on the list.
I've not even worn a few of the G-Shocks I've bought, no real point in buying them other than I like the looks of them and know I will wear them at some point.
I'm on both sides of the fence here.
I buy watches on their appearance (mainly) but they have to have a certain amount of technical content, depending on the cost.
I also need a bit of exclusivity, so I choose non mainstream watches (I bought a vx220 over an Elise in a similar manner)
So:
I bought a Victorinox maverick as a beater over the usual G-shock most builders I know wear.
I bought a Zenith el primero rainbow flyback bcause I loved the look of it and appreciated the quality of the movement. I decided against a Rolex at this point, but I'm being drawn back.
I still see watches as male jewellery though, bar clothes It's about the only 'adornment' I would consider....bracelets, necklaces and cufflinks are a no-no in my life.
In saying all that, I'm sat here waiting to pick up a £6k watch on Saturday, and I'm REALLY questioning whether I should do it. I've researched it for 2+ years and I've still not 100% convinced myself.
I'll no doubt be happy when I buy it and wear it for a few months, but sooner or later it will go back to the safe and the beater will come to light again...
I guess the bottom line for me is 'if you like it and can afford it, why not?'
I buy watches on their appearance (mainly) but they have to have a certain amount of technical content, depending on the cost.
I also need a bit of exclusivity, so I choose non mainstream watches (I bought a vx220 over an Elise in a similar manner)
So:
I bought a Victorinox maverick as a beater over the usual G-shock most builders I know wear.
I bought a Zenith el primero rainbow flyback bcause I loved the look of it and appreciated the quality of the movement. I decided against a Rolex at this point, but I'm being drawn back.
I still see watches as male jewellery though, bar clothes It's about the only 'adornment' I would consider....bracelets, necklaces and cufflinks are a no-no in my life.
In saying all that, I'm sat here waiting to pick up a £6k watch on Saturday, and I'm REALLY questioning whether I should do it. I've researched it for 2+ years and I've still not 100% convinced myself.
I'll no doubt be happy when I buy it and wear it for a few months, but sooner or later it will go back to the safe and the beater will come to light again...
I guess the bottom line for me is 'if you like it and can afford it, why not?'
Sounds simple but i'll buy a watch if either I like it or the design intrigues me, I'm as likely to go out tomorrow and buy a g-shock,diesel or bench watch as I am a omega,zenith or tag. Some purchases are impulse buys whereas my more expensive watches have involved saving up, not necessarily for the watch mainly for the gifts to the Mrs who's allowed me to buy the watch!
I have only ever once answered the question is it real as was tipsy and offered a watch by a lucky lucky man in tenerife, and the watch that I feel more worried about wearing is my cheapest rado as to me you can tell its something out of the ordinary whereas to most a stainless steel watch looks like any stainless steep watch until closer inspection.
I have only ever once answered the question is it real as was tipsy and offered a watch by a lucky lucky man in tenerife, and the watch that I feel more worried about wearing is my cheapest rado as to me you can tell its something out of the ordinary whereas to most a stainless steel watch looks like any stainless steep watch until closer inspection.
For me the reason behind purchasing my watches has had more to do with meaning/features of each watch and my personal requirements.
Omega Seamaster Auto: Purchased because when I was a nipper I remember being with my Dad when he bought his and as I personally see him as a success/hero/role model (whatever cliche you want to apply), so I made a promise to myself then, that one day Id be able to, like him, purchase it out of "loose change" at the end of the month without having to save up and thats what I did at 23....plus James Bond has one and Im a big Jimmy Bond Fan :P in the time I've had it (almost 3 years) I can honestly say I could probably count on one hand the number of actual times I've been asked if it were real etc.
Omega Seamaster Auto: Purchased because when I was a nipper I remember being with my Dad when he bought his and as I personally see him as a success/hero/role model (whatever cliche you want to apply), so I made a promise to myself then, that one day Id be able to, like him, purchase it out of "loose change" at the end of the month without having to save up and thats what I did at 23....plus James Bond has one and Im a big Jimmy Bond Fan :P in the time I've had it (almost 3 years) I can honestly say I could probably count on one hand the number of actual times I've been asked if it were real etc.
goldblum said:
Surely you don't mean "semantics"?
I did mean it. I know that 'Semantics' is the study of meaning: a wide subject within the study of language, but not restricted to linguistics per se. Words stimulate concepts and vice-versa and this is also true of stimuli (creating words etc). One major area in semantics is the notion of conceptions of meaning (i.e. words to things or even words to concepts to things). Look into the 'Cratylus' of Plato and 'The Meaning of Meaning' by C.K. Ogden and I.A. Richards. My point is that the concept of expensive purchases is varied and can be expressed in words. Both concepts and words have various meanings.
Thus, my title "semantics behind purchasing expensive watches", I believe, is apt.
Kinhell, that was a bit to clever for me,but then again I am a bit thick! I buy watches because I like them, I have never bought a watch I didn’t like, unfortunately buying watches has become a bit of a habit, however I would say the difference between good watches and jewellery is that watches retain most of their value, whereas jewellery is usually worth bugger all.
What a strange thread.
Bottom line, people that work very hard like to display this to the masses, it's that simple. ( or they might actually like buying these watches and care not a toss what others think )
Expensive watches/car/shoes/man bags/sluts... whatever.....
Some rich people might spend £50 on a watch but 100k on a bottle of wine, or service a car for 15k.
Would you consider 15k rebuild on a race engine for a say a F3000 car a waste of money seeing as it only does maybe 1500 miles before another rebuild? or maybe 1 mile if driven wrong? ( now thats fooking expensive )
My daily car costs me £3 a mile, expensive and a complete waste of money? as it's still going from A - B like all the rest.
Long time dead as they say...
Bottom line, people that work very hard like to display this to the masses, it's that simple. ( or they might actually like buying these watches and care not a toss what others think )
Expensive watches/car/shoes/man bags/sluts... whatever.....
Some rich people might spend £50 on a watch but 100k on a bottle of wine, or service a car for 15k.
Would you consider 15k rebuild on a race engine for a say a F3000 car a waste of money seeing as it only does maybe 1500 miles before another rebuild? or maybe 1 mile if driven wrong? ( now thats fooking expensive )
My daily car costs me £3 a mile, expensive and a complete waste of money? as it's still going from A - B like all the rest.
Long time dead as they say...
Edited by superkartracer on Sunday 22 August 10:31
Miguel Alvarez said:
Slagathore said:
different people enjoy different things
This is me and my mates down to a tee. None of them can understand me spending £2k on a watch. They also can't understand why I don't want to go to a night club and pay £500 plus for a table in the "VIP" section. It also boils down to personal choice, I like Omega so that's what I bought... What other people think is irrelevant & that's why I drive a Renaultsport Clio too.
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