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Massive watch dilema

Whole different ball game as I am learning. I have 3 skaagen watches and a few others. My Omega is a family heirloom and buying a quality watch is creating just that. My grandad will never see the grin that his watch has given me but investing in something you will never see is a wonderful part of life that I never appreciated. That said I am emotional at the moment, tears over my dads high end coffee machine sum that up
 
GB72 said:
Whole different ball game as I am learning. I have 3 skaagen watches and a few others. My Omega is a family heirloom and buying a quality watch is creating just that. My grandad will never see the grin that his watch has given me but investing in something you will never see is a wonderful part of life that I never appreciated. That said I am emotional at the moment, tears over my dads high end coffee machine sum that up
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Odd how you should say that, when my grandma on me dads side died I picked her bread board as a keepsake. It is the wobbliest piece of timber you can imagine, but it is me grandmas wobbly bread board.
 
Odd feeling. My dad was so proud of his coffee machine. As a family we did not do posh things but coffee, port and cheese were always worth the money. This weekend I fired up up my first espresso on his pride and joy machine and blubbed like a small child
 
I love watches. I just do.

I have a longines, a breitling, a tag, a cartier, several seikos, and two vintage omegas.

Next up would be an iwc pilots watch. Possibly.
 
There's a shop in Burlington Arcade on the right hand side as you walk towards Piccadilly from New Bond St. that has a window full of vintage Rolexes, that by the sound of it would turn a lot of you dolally with wanton desire. :mmm:

Oddly I don't give a monkey's chuff about jewellery but in recent years have found myself drawn to watches, and if I suddenly became wealthy I'd certainly fill my boots in this particular establishment.

Until then it's gonna have to be my 60s Timex red LED display à la James Bond.
 
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Just one other thing to consider when you buy an expensive watch, is the ongoing service costs. They can be steep on top end models, even more so if vintage. A friend has a 1970's Omega and the service will cost almost £1k. I had a low end TAG which was causing me problems and ended up buying a replacement rather than spending £400 on servicing.
 
I've also got a thing about watches, but would never spend the fortunes that some do. I hanker after a TAG though.
Got about 3 or 4 Skagens, a couple of really nice Seiko's, and a Pulsar that I love.
 
I went big on an IWC a few months ago - I love it but am still not sure that I can justify the cost of it. One thing worth bearing in mind is that you can make quite a big saving if buying tax-free when travelling (which is what I did) - about 15% or whatever the relevant rate of duty is, which adds up to a fairly big number when buying an expensive watch.
 
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I went big on an IWC a few months ago - I love it but am still not sure that I can justify the cost of it. One thing worth bearing in mind is that you can make quite a big saving if buying tax-free when travelling (which is what I did) - about 15% or whatever the relevant rate of duty is, which adds up to a fairly big number when buying an expensive watch.
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I know I have mentioned Christopher Ward here before but I wanted an Aviator Watch and do like IWC but I had the one in this link. Loving it and a great price:

http://www.christopherward.co.uk/watches/aviation/c8-44-auto-skt.html
 
I had 3 in front of me when I bought a nice timepiece, the omega planet ocean with orange bezel, the IWC chrono pilots watch and a Rolex sub. The omegas felt really big when I had it one but its was a nice watch, I may still have one someday. The IWC was cracking when I had it on, very dressy watch and it very nearly won. I ended up with the Rolex though because I loved the look of it when I had it on and it can go well with casual wear or sports wear. If I ever buy another watch it will be either that IWC or a Bremont pilots watch.
On another note, omega and IWC can be haggled over, from an authorised dealer there's no haggling with Rolex.
I initially struggled with spending that amount on a timepiece but you're only here once mate, I'd say just go and get what you really want.
 
Simbo said:
I had 3 in front of me when I bought a nice timepiece, the omega planet ocean with orange bezel, the IWC chrono pilots watch and a Rolex sub. The omegas felt really big when I had it one but its was a nice watch, I may still have one someday. The IWC was cracking when I had it on, very dressy watch and it very nearly won. I ended up with the Rolex though because I loved the look of it when I had it on and it can go well with casual wear or sports wear. If I ever buy another watch it will be either that IWC or a Bremont pilots watch.
On another note, omega and IWC can be haggled over, from an authorised dealer there's no haggling with Rolex.
I initially struggled with spending that amount on a timepiece but you're only here once mate, I'd say just go and get what you really want.
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The omega planet ocen wth orange bezel. Thats my ideal watch👍😜
 
It's quite a thick watch when you have it on, a wee bit loud and flashy but it's really nice. If you aren't fussed about buying brand new have a look on chrono24. Might get a good buy second hand on there.




Plus a few others I tried






Go and try some on then walk away for a few days/weeks, let it play over in your head because it's a fair amount of cash for a timepiece, then go and get the one you can't get out of your head. The one you're thinking about when you should be concentrating on the 3ft putt on the 18th😂
 
Really not that bothered about watches, just use my phone if I need to know the time (£23 a month but it does lots of other things too ;) )

Having said that, I have been tempted by the lovely clean lines of a white faced Mondaine :)
 
Ive got a few Rolex....datejust which wifey bought me 30 years ago,a new GMT and Day date. Bought my son a Rolex Sub Bluesy for his graduation. He's not got it yet as he doesn't graduate till July....thinking about a blue/black or pepsi GMT...or maybe just the iconic black Sub.
 
I'm a bit of a watch fan too, although I don't own as many as some on here. Oddly enough, whilst i love watches, I don't really wear them that often these days. My fav's are a Seiko kinetic that I bought in Japan back in 1996, and a solar powered, nuclear signalled Casio Edifice that I mostly wear these days if I wear...... Love some of the TAG watches, and the Seiko Sportura but my fav at the moment is the UNO24

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Being a little sentimental I have a 1974 Seiko Speedtimer 5 - the year i was born. I like the fact we have both been going the same time....

However, if I had the spare cash I might be tempted by a Bremont Martin Baker.
 
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