Watches

I don’t wear any of my watches. I have an extensive collection of Luxury Swiss Timepieces that I keep in a safety deposit box at the bank and I just use my iPhone 15 pro to check the time. It’s best to not risk scratching and devaluing your horological investments.

I wear every watch I have, even my late father’s Rolex that’s about 10x as expensive as I could afford to replace. I’m of the opinion that watches aren’t investments and you shouldn’t buy anything you are afraid to wear and potentially damage or lose. Obviously there’s other philosophies like collecting antiques for display, but for new watches, buy what you’ll enjoy

I definitely have watches that are collection pieces, not wearable watches, but these are all vintage to antique, and mostly pocket watches. Pocket watches are great for this since they can make interesting display pieces, especially if shown under glass with the case opened to display the movement, and this is true even if they are inoperable.

But, otherwise, I tend to wear my watches, even ones from as far back as the 1930s, albeit sparingly. I can think of cases where it's reasonable to wear, for example, a tiny 1930s Harwood Automatic, but I've never had reason to wear an 18th century pair cased verge fusee on an ornate chatelaine. My wardrobe is entirely lacking in embroidered waistcoats and powdered wigs, so I just don't have anything that would go with it, but it's makes for a fascinating display piece.

Buy watches that you wear, not watches that wear you (I.e. own watches that are versatile so that their wrist time are not limiting)