/wt/ - Watch Thread: Aspirations Edition

What did you sell?

Also these.

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still have the gold Seiko? that thing is gnarly, i love it. I actually have no clue what that is

Maybe throw in a cheap watch winder. They're either going to love it or hate it. See it as a pet they need to keep alive or an annoyance. You said the goal is to get them into horology, if they can't like a seiko 5 they're probably not for the hobby.

These are the latest additions.
The LM Special and Spoon digital.
I do still have it yeah, it's just a 1980 Seiko 5 but it looks really nice. The plating is a bit worn but I don't mind.

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>Now there may be a brief conversation when he is gone about "how does he afford that" but no one 'judges' him for driving that car,
Yeah exactly. I'm not saying that people will spend a lot of energy judging you for wearing a too expensive watch either. I'm saying that they will think it's a bit odd. To varying degrees. Your car example is a good one, because people will typically think it's strange that a middle class person drives a ferrari too. "why didn't he buy a 30-50k car instead?" - it's absolutely a perculiar thing to see someone buying above their own range.

Your other point about people spending a lot of money on other expensive things, I find that not to be particularly true unless they have the money. A woman won't normally buy a purse in the 10k price range unless she has more than average amount of means. Some do, and we typically think it's weird when we see it.

>you also overestimate the general public's knowledge of watches.
Absoutely not, everyone knows what a Rolex is and that it's very expensive. Now I've already added that they might not know exactly how much it is, but most know it's on the level of a cheaper-end car. That's why Rolex is so famous being the "fuck you I'm rich"-watch.

I know there is a guy in here who are now trying to tell me that people don't even recognize the logo of Rolex, but here at least everyone does. And I mean 99% of the population in all ages above 14.

I find that most people do not have that type of expensive hobbies having headphones to 10k.
But you're bringing an interesting point. Yeah there are expensive hobbies. For example people own boats. But there is a difference in people's perceptive of what is ok to spend a lot of money on too. This might be unconscious, more or less. People will not react to anyone spending 10k on a sparetime boat, but they will react to a 10k watch.

Cool collection you got there m8

Can I see a good or wrist pic of that Seiko? Been looking for a good used Bronze/Gold, from back in the day, that is fucking awesome.

I'm considering picking up a mickey mouse watch too. But I'd like to find one with Donald Duck instead, albeit that is not at all as iconic as the mickey one.

i just own a g shock