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Expensive Watches.
- Thread starter Chris Hobson
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dannybgoode
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My boss's nephew was in the Reds for years. They got given various Breitling watches and he was in for the 50th anniversary so has a very limited edition Breitling Reds 50th.
My boss went to visit him and it was just lying on the windowsill in full view ready to be nicked!
I guess when you don't pay for them and you have half a dozen...
Pam123
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the only time my hubby puts his in the windowsill is to charge it and its upstairs in our bedroom.
Chris Hobson
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Having now given a thought to my old G.Shock watch, I just had a look at those. They still do the inexpensive ones but they have also gone a lot more upmarket too. They now do ones with tons of tech like the Garmin has, but more aimed towards the outward bound, hill walking, surviving while pretending that you're in the SAS crowd. I do like the fact that they have a real analogue face with real hands and numbers. The Garmin looks like an analogue watch when not in sports activity mode, but the numbers and hands aren't real.
Many years ago I had a girlfriend who enjoyed yomping over hills and stuff. On the run up to Xmas I got her quite a few stocking fillers from the Green Shield Stamps Catalogue, remember those? One of these was a watch in the style of a Russian military issue watch, very rugged and outward boundy. She really loved it, I wonder if she still has it.
Many years ago I had a girlfriend who enjoyed yomping over hills and stuff. On the run up to Xmas I got her quite a few stocking fillers from the Green Shield Stamps Catalogue, remember those? One of these was a watch in the style of a Russian military issue watch, very rugged and outward boundy. She really loved it, I wonder if she still has it.
trophywench
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Husband #1 used to like a swatch because they were very slim (but the sheer size of the faces and lack of adjustment to my teeny wrists ruled em right out for me) and as they cost c.£25 apiece in UK airport Duty Free shops when we were annually having European summer holidays, cheap enough to replace as often as needed - usually because he'd worn it to work and then been dismantling or rebuilding something tough, oh dear the face is scratched but still readable - never known to actually fail to tell the time. (However that didn't worry him unduly cos he was never exactly a good timekeeper!)
nonethewiser
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Really can't see why anyone would pay 1000's for a watch except to show off, a watch £50 max is good enough.
Chris Hobson
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"Really can't see why anyone would pay 1000's for a watch except to show off, a watch £50 max is good enough."
That was really my starting point although I go a little higher, a few hundred maybe. Paying a bit more gets you something more durable, if you wear it every day at work and keep it for years you possibly get better value for your money. The Garmin and some of the G Shock watches are packed with loads of tech and do much more than just tell the time. Having engaged in the discussion here I have started to understand a bit more about how some of the high end watches retain their value and, if you are lucky, might even be an investment. I still think that thirty grand is completely over the top though.
That was really my starting point although I go a little higher, a few hundred maybe. Paying a bit more gets you something more durable, if you wear it every day at work and keep it for years you possibly get better value for your money. The Garmin and some of the G Shock watches are packed with loads of tech and do much more than just tell the time. Having engaged in the discussion here I have started to understand a bit more about how some of the high end watches retain their value and, if you are lucky, might even be an investment. I still think that thirty grand is completely over the top though.
dannybgoode
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It's largely relative to wealth though. If you're a multimillionaire then £30k is like spending a few hundred.
Some folk I know have saved really hard because they've always wanted a nice Rolex or Omega say as well as it's a passion that they've finally been able to achieve.
Like anything though - high end watches are not for everyone. But then I couldn't spend even £10 on a set of golf clubs and yet others spend thousands on their kit.
Ditto any other hobby 🙂