Re: What's a proper watch?
 

Wow, a guy that thinks a Spitfire bought years ago was £10k makes a dumb statement, quelle surprise!

By still going strong, I meant it has never been serviced ( recommended every 2.5 yrs)

Re: What's a proper watch?
 

Is this some kind of meta irony? Or do you also not know the price of a Spitfire bought years ago?

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Of course I know the price of a Spitfire bought years ago, I'm the one that bloody bought it :lol:

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Yeah, well of course EVERYONE knows a) that the picture is of an IWC Spitfire (just so you're clear: probably no-one on here knew, and I only found out by googling), and b) that they didn't cost £10k 8 years ago. That's sarcasm, in case you didn't realise.

The dumb statement was yours: "still working fine" after 8 years, as if that's remarkable. Perhaps even dumber not to have it serviced if you spent £8k (go one, tell me a wrong -- everyone's dying to know) and didn't have it serviced.

Still, no doubt you like the passive-aggresive understated swank equivalent. There may be a superfluous "s" in there.

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I'm pretty sure they didn't make a smart version of this. This does not allow you to text people or read your messages.

Re: What's a proper watch?
 

I find it hard to believe that these things appreciate.

The prices of new ones go up. That's called inflation. At best I imagine that you might be able to sell a second hand (gettit) one for the price that you paid for it.

This is not a liquid market.

This logic may not hold for super rare specials but the average semi-mass produced one isn't going to fare well. They are not rare- I can go and buy any of these in Dubai mall tomorrow.

That's the truth folks.

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I have no idea what the bolded part is meant to mean?

As for the rest, my takeaway is that you are pre disposed to making up random facts to fit a missed attempt at humour. (that's a shot, in case you didn't realise:lol:)

Re: What's a proper watch?
 

https://www.swatch.com/en_gb/watches/suuo400-sundowner/

Re: What's a proper watch?
 

Shit. I thought it was going to be a retirement fund. :rolleyes:

Re: What's a proper watch?
 

I wear a Seiko every day, and I looked at a replacement, but I found it hard to find a Seiko for MORE than about $150 - they are perfectly respectable "every day" watches, but there aren't any even moderately fancy Seikos, at least not that I could find.

My mother bought me a watch last year, she wanted to buy me a fancy one, and I settled for a Tissot - a nice Swiss watch, but not silly money. They seem to start around $400, and come in a variety of styles, some are "automatic", most are quartz. I only wear mine on special occasions - mostly nights out with Mrs P, but Iike it enough that I might get some others in different styles in future.

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This thread has become a wind up.

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At the end of the day a nice watch, no matter how much you spend on it, is just an instrument of vanity. That's all there is to it.

(it doesn't help that whilst browsing duty free yesterday I spotted a pair of Essex boys in their lacoste and trainers shouting 'oi Kev and oi Stevie' to each other as they compared the pros and cons of various quite expensive watches).

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:cool:

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You're starting to tick me off.

Like everything, cars - houses - shoes - clothes - etc
I drive a pretty crap car by 2017 standards, so later this year may change it at flippin' last. I could replace it with something similar but I won't, I want something nicer.

That then projects the image that I'm wealthy or doing well or better than others, which, as a human is what 99.9% of us want to be able to do. Showing off is totally natural, normal and part of being a human being. People who deride it are closet liars or part of the 0.1% who are so self satisfied they don't need any external gratification....at which point they're smug which means they sort of do need it, through smugness.

Well. That's what I reckon anyway.

Re: What's a proper watch?
 

That's simply your financial personality. Many people like nice things, others don't much care.

I wrote about this recently and talked about it on the last radio show. ;)

https://financialuae.me/2017/01/09/w...sonality-type/