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Do i love it. Is it reliable / serviceable. And IMPORTANT... Is the company worthy, or just smoke and mirrors marketing and priced like HOPEium.
Lots of Big Box Store marketing nowadays. More money out there means the Big Box Store brands' accountants must keep their ads and auction results flowing. Any PERCEIVED weakness of pricing or 'desirability' in a brand is NOT acceptable by the company's bean counters and CEO. Smoke and mirrors...
Be VERY careful out there in 2026. Please do not fall prey to marketing and the illusion of 'rarity'. Some brands make over 5,000 watches a year, so they are not that rare at all. The Everything Bubble is gone. We live in interesting times.
Question for the forum.
When I am considering a new watch ( probably more often than I should ) there are usually 3-5 things that I consider, in this order. 1. Does the dial grab my attention and is it appealing to my eyes 2. Is the shape of the case interesting or cool looking ...
How does it fit in or replace
Within my current collection. If it doesn’t make the collection better, I don’t buy it.
Well
You don’t have to replace. But if you are adding, do so in the context of everything you have.
My motivation is simple........Will chicks finally think I'm cool and attractive.
And that Key Lime Pie watch is STILL making me drool every time I see it. I doubt I could wear it, because I'd look like a drooling fool all the time.
I subscribe to the first three on the list
And then, is there something special? For example - a Patek calatrava or the Credor eichi ii. I'm not bashing PP, but the Credor (at least for me) is in a different class. Thanks for a very interesting post!
What’s important is that I love the piece, no matter what anybody else says.
If anyone anywhere makes a disparaging comment about its looks, size, value proposition, price, etc., it should not bother me one bit.
I mean....
it's always been the totality of things that appeals to me or not.... Everything you pointed out yourself I am in agreement with. It simply has to work together cohesively and be subjectively appealing on the design/technicality/functionality spectrum. Th...
Criteria
The watch has to have a certain je ne sais quoi. In other words, it needs to call to me. I have to experience a deep and emotive longing for a particular piece. It’s quite a subjective thing. In other words, I just have to have it. Notwithstanding, I occa...
Great topic and watches Larry!
My criteria is very simple and straightforward. 1) It needs to sing to me, in other words does it evoke emotion from me? If not, I move on. 2) Does it actually fit my wrist? Or is the watch wearing me? It is a wrist watch after all and very high on my lis...
Well said, Aquaracer!
Everything you said I am in complete accord with. One thing I’ve realized is that there are beautiful, innovative and interesting watches flooding the market now which can be had at modest prices. This fact bodes well for the times we make mistakes and ch...
Agree 100% my friend !
I used to think you need to spend several thousand on a watch for it to be a “nice watch.” When in fact, the ones I enjoy the most cost much, much less. Adding to what you said: Essentially, “Aim small, miss small…” Overall, in general, I've found that I’...
Jesse, that is a very thoughtful answer! Thanks for all the detail, I agree with many of your points.
I personally have gone back and forth on getting a dress watch and as much as I would love a Cartier or ALS, I don’t really feel they represent me any longer, I seem to find most of my joy and love from sports watches, granted a couple of my sport watches...
Relative position in the collection for me
In particular, I spend a lot of time trying to give thought to where/when I may wear a particular watch, which often means that a new model may have to displace another one to get in. As a result I have gotten more aggressive getting rid of watches I don'...
Hi Larry, to me it depends on the state of collecting you are in
- what can you afford in general depending on your always changing life cycle - what are the must-haves that appeal to you - the more bases you have covered the more difficult it gets to fill a gap My criteria were different 30/20/10/5 years ago compared ...
Do i love it. Is it reliable / serviceable. And IMPORTANT... Is the company worthy, or just smoke and mirrors marketing and priced like HOPEium.
Lots of Big Box Store marketing nowadays. More money out there means the Big Box Store brands' accountants must keep their ads and auction results flowing. Any PERCEIVED weakness of pricing or 'desirability' in a brand is NOT acceptable by the company's b...