Watches

I was thinking, if you had true interest you wouldn't be so poor and could afford some decent watches yourself.

I once met a rich guy in his 30's, he was wearing a royal oak chronograph and I was wearing a Timex lol, so we struck conversation about watches, he told me he bought based on his jeweler recommendations, basically hot watches that were good investments too, that might be the case here.

I mean, they're popular for a reason. All of them are great watches, and they don't necessarily mean he's not an enthusiast. Just like people with new Porsches and Ferraris are still car enthusiasts (SUV excluded). If I had the money, my collection would probably include a lot of these, too.

I'd probably pick up an A. Lange perpetual Datograph, a gold Speedmaster with a green dial, a white gold dress watch and a few "beaters" to make up the rest.

I dont think this is something that could be planned ahead of time. Also it seems it would kind of loose its charm if you could just buy anyone you want all the time.

Like i am currently considering my next watch (arent we all). But i am kind of in the early stage, so there are still multiple ways it could go and multiple candidates for each.

Either the kinda dressy but still capable way (tudor 1926, longines spirit, nomos club campus...) or maybe the yet-another-sporty-one way (longines spirit zulu time, certina titanium diver, tudor black bay GMT, tudor ranger...) or the now-i-really-want-something-weird-and-unique way (longines legend diver, Oris big crown pointer date bronze, rado true square skeleton, something from cuerbos y sobrino...).

But with this kind of budget i could just literally buy all of them, plus all the grails in the 10-20k range i have been dreaming of but wouldnt otherwise get anytime soon.

And that would pretty much kill the joy of figuring out this choice. So you are almost forced to escalate to crazy expensive stuff. However i would like to not just go the most hyped way with it. But the only watch i know that i would want and is expensive enough to not just be able to buy 20 is the H. Moser Endeaviur perpetual calendar. But even that is just like 80k i think.

If I had that money I’d do the same thing to make all my coworkers seethe and cope about it on Reddit

Id buy

Vacheron Constantin 1921

Rolex Daydate 36 champagne dial

Patek Philippe 5230P-001

JLC Perpetual Calendar

AP Royal Oak Jumbo

Theres a reason some of those watches are popular

I’m a whore for limited edition so I’d pick all limited editions

Post this story and the photo on r/watchescirclejerk.

Cliches exist for a reason. If everyone on this sub was magically given enough money to buy a 5711, most of them would choose the watch over any other. Same reason a salesperson would push it if given the opportunity: The hype watches are well-known and safe choices for someone who just wants to buy a nice watch at that price range. Most watch purchases don’t involve any sort of passion or actual interest in watches. Even when you’re spending tens of thousands of dollars on a watch, it’s nice to know you’re getting something safe that is a consensus pick. It’s the same thing that happens on this sub most of the time: People ask what watch they should get at X budget. Only in this person’s case, their budget is much higher.

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