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Confessions of a Watch Geek

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Post by ansgri »

If you want a watch that looks like a Russian oligarch just curled up around your wrist and died, you might be interested in the latest model of Rolex’s Sky-Dweller.

Beautifully written.

Re: Confessions of a Watch Geek

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Post by gloves »

I'm not a watch geek, but I do love them.

The thing I love the most is they are quite unique in the sense they can be passed through the generations and become more than an object.

The watch my grandfather gave to me before he passed away is, and will always be one of my most prized material possessions, which I also hope to pass down to my children one day too.

It's why a fitbit, apple watch or the like will never do for me.

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Post by travanx »

gloves wrote: post #3

I'm not a watch geek, but I do love them. The thing I love the most is they are quite unique in the sense they can be passed through the generations and become more than an object. The watch my grandfather gave to me before he passed away is, and will always be one of my most prized material possessions, which I also hope to pass down to my children one day too. It's why a fitbit, apple watch or the like will never d…

I still remember getting my first paycheck after graduating and buying a Breitling 15 years ago because I liked the logo. And got a cheaper Rolex when I started my first company.

We were watching a TV show where someone gets a Patek as a gift and told my significant other that's a really expensive watch. She had no idea. Then I went onto explain how cool different mechanical watches are because you can hear the different movements tick. She didn't think so.

I wore a fitbit for the last week.

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Post by drvdevd »

ansgri wrote: post #2

If you want a watch that looks like a Russian oligarch just curled up around your wrist and died, you might be interested in the latest model of Rolex’s Sky-Dweller. Beautifully written.

Agreed. I actually don't care about watches, personally, but I found the author's writing compelling enough to remember why I care about some things that just might not be considered "practical". Very inspiring.

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Post by Philomath »

Nice article! I really enjoyed the smooth writing style of the author. He really made me engage with the story. To be honest, I also love watches but I find myself not using it when I wear it, making it practically useless. It might be because I'm always working with my laptop and thus I can watch the time at the screen.

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Post by huhtenberg »

professorumbra wrote: post #6

I'm a big fan of mechanical watches, but I think the market nowadays is too much about limited editions and unnecessary flamboyance. How many different "limited" Omegan Moon Watches are there, for example?

The mid-to-high-end watch market (in the $1K-50K range) is going through a _major_ crisis right now.

For past several years they've been aggressively raising prices due to steady Chinese demand, which now has been all but extinguished by a combination of several factors. So the watchmakers are now is a pickle of situation - watches are massively over-priced, their "normal" customers are well aware of that, but they can't lower prices without damaging their "lux" image and upsetting those who bought at a current price level. Some try and introduce cheapened models (like steel Pateks), but it doesn't seem to be working well for them. Fun times.

http://wornandwound.com/bloomberg-reports-swiss-watch-export...

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