What Motivated You to Buy an 'Expensive' Watch?

[phil1979]

Still the coolest watch on the planet. You can keep your Rolex, Tags et al... this is the way ahead:

www.abouttime.com/business/mnt1/abouttime/invt/r13434152/a_00006web.jpg

[anonymous-user]

hutchingsp said:

anonymous said:

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I guess it's because a car is seen by most as something you use and get a tangible benefit from whereas a watch will always just tell the time.

As another poster said it's something you either get or don't get, personally I do, I figure it's simply a case of live and let live.

It's a bit like people who aren't into cars saying "Why spend alot on a car when all it does is get you from A to B?"

[carrera2]

phil1979 said:

Still the coolest watch on the planet. You can keep your Rolex, Tags et al... this is the way ahead:

www.abouttime.com/business/mnt1/abouttime/invt/r13434152/a_00006web.jpg

Only if you only wear Prada suits.

You'd look stupid in casual gear wearing that 'thing' IMO.

[rude-boy]

Calorus said:

Why do you want a bigger cough? Does your Girlfriend think lung cancer is sexy?

Yes, but not as much of a turn on as my collection of fungal infections.

TBH I always wanted a TAG Chronograph since I learnt to tell the time and had a Williams Scalextric car with it written on

It isn't an expensive watch by the standards of many on here but a fair few notes for someone who only ever wore Casios and a hand me down Seiko (sp?) before then.

It also just seems to feel 'right,' a bit like and Ede and Ravenscroft shirt or a pair of Churchs.

[phumy]

Because i can!!!!

[phil1979]

carrera2 said:

phil1979 said:

Still the coolest watch on the planet. You can keep your Rolex, Tags et al... this is the way ahead:

www.abouttime.com/business/mnt1/abouttime/invt/r13434152/a_00006web.jpg

Only if you only wear Prada suits.

You'd look stupid in casual gear wearing that 'thing' IMO.

The black finish isn't my favourite - I prefer the silver. Couldn't find a decent piccy of that one though. No Prada suit required for the latter version.

[sleep envy]

graduation, 21st birthday present (5 years late) and a treat to myself

my folks gave me half the money towards it so it's got sentimental value too

[alexkp]

phil1979 said:

Still the coolest watch on the planet. You can keep your Rolex, Tags et al... this is the way ahead:

www.abouttime.com/business/mnt1/abouttime/invt/r13434152/a_00006web.jpg

Nah.... this really is possibly the coolest watch on the planet..as it contains the planet....

www.zamazing.org/imaj/zabun/opolkjjh3.jpg

The earth watch rotates at a precise scale version of the real thing, and you tell the time from that rotation. Very limited edition....and I have one in my collection.

[CommanderJameson]

stovey said:

hutchingsp said:

anonymous said:

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I guess it's because a car is seen by most as something you use and get a tangible benefit from whereas a watch will always just tell the time.

As another poster said it's something you either get or don't get, personally I do, I figure it's simply a case of live and let live.

It's a bit like people who aren't into cars saying "Why spend alot on a car when all it does is get you from A to B?"

That's not really true. You can buy a really, really expensive watch (i.e. any mechanical watch, double tourbillon or not) that doesn't do much and is actually worse-performing (i.e. keeps worse time) than a £10 Casio that you used to be able to get with tiger tokens - and very much worse performing than a £70 Waveceptor. The attractions of a fancy watch are not in raw performance (i.e. timekeeping), but rather in an appreciation of the engineering that goes into it. And a double tourbillon is a magnificent piece of engineering indeed! However, I don't buy these things because (a) I can't justify the cost and (b) I have a habit of plunging my be-watched arm into a rack full of equipment, with the concomitant disastrous results for whatever timepiece is on my wrist.

Cars are different: in general, the more expensive the car, the better some aspect or other of it is - be that speed, luxury, gadgets, size, etc.

[Nick P]

Why do I wear an expensive watch?

Because I'm a snob and I despise poor peasants.

[ettore]

phil1979 said:

Still the coolest watch on the planet. You can keep your Rolex, Tags et al... this is the way ahead:

www.abouttime.com/business/mnt1/abouttime/invt/r13434152/a_00006web.jpg

That`s truly horrid. Surely only worn by Austrians and the terminally deluded.

[alexkp]

CommanderJameson said:

concomitant

Word of the day and nice usage.

Edited by alexkp on Wednesday 14th March 13:15

[Adolf]

i wear one to look cool

[justayellowbadge]

I bought my Pateks because there was just no way I couldn't.
The Audemars, Vacheron and Piagets were indulgences, I confess.

However, I could recoup everything I've paid for them very easily, so it is in essence a free hobby.

[Calorus]

anonymous said:

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This is the thing: I don't appreciate expensive cars, I appreciate fast, enjoyable cars.

Whilst the engineering of a watch is impressive, I'd rather spend the equivalent money something interactive.

A good watch is a watch that prevents you from being late, and, it occurs to me that a £7.99 digital Casio will do that with all of the precision you could ever realistically require.

A good car is something that has to be fast, responsive, informative, light, and atractive. A car's purpose is to be driven, and a watch's is to tell time.

[gt]

did someone mention coolest watch on the planet?

www.urwerk.com/watches_201.asp

Edited by gt on Wednesday 14th March 13:30

[carrera2]

gt said:

did someone mention coolest watch on the planet?

www.urwerk.com/watches_201.asp

Edited by gt on Wednesday 14th March 13:30

Yes they did - and you've, rather embarassingly I'd imagine, cocked up your links and put one up of a disgusting twirling rubix cube of a watch. I feel your shame

[-DeaDLocK-]

I only recently kind of "got" watches, but then only those where true craftsmanship applies. Complex and intricate fully-mechanical watches really attract me now, as I know the skill and difficulty that goes into procuding ones. These truly are works of art.

Pieces with batteries, especially where manufacturer is the key consideration, do nothing for me. I like my watches to match my activity, but I would not pay £1000 for a Tag when £30 for a near identical-looking and perfectly-functioning dress watch will do just fine.

[Trommel]

justayellowbadge said:

I bought my Pateks because there was just no way I couldn't.
The Audemars, Vacheron and Piagets were indulgences, I confess.

[boozyhughesy]

phil1979 said:

You can tell a lot from a person's watch.

Yes - the time! ho ho

I bought an expensive watch because I have a small weener and couldn't afford a Ferrari,

On a serious note, I've always liked watches, even when I was a kid I had a casio that told me the time in 24 timezones, did I need it? no! It's just a personal thing I guess, some people like to have expensive watches on their wrist, some don't. It'd be a boring world and a boring forum if we all liked the same things.