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gpstar
·I wear them everyday, doing all kinds of activities. I am going ice diving this upcoming Sunday, I will be taking my Seamaster 300 Master Co-axial with me for that one as usual.
Everyday wear or Pride of Possession
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AlphaToOmega
·I suppose everything is relative. If I could afford it I would love a Patek Philippe Aquanaut. If I ever do get one I'd would be totally paranoid about wearing it though. I have decided to only buy watches I am comfortable wearing so if I do have an 'accident' I am less inclined to have a meltdown!
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fc3861
·I suppose everything is relative. If I could afford it I would love a Patek Philippe Aquanaut. If I ever do get one I'd would be totally paranoid about wearing it though. I have decided to only buy watches I am comfortable wearing so if I do have an 'accident' I am less inclined to have a meltdown!
I totally agree with this. I paid less than $1K for my old Seamaster 20 some years ago and have never been afraid. Needless to say, even though I've already put the first scratch on my new Speedmaster, I'm exponentially more paranoid and careful with it than the watch it replaced.
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griffith_500
·I scratched my Snoopy and my Speedy Tuesday this week... It hurts but the joy of wearing them is still worth it...
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cwilkie
·I’ve also just bought my first luxury watch (PO). Wearing it every day and really enjoying the experience. I’m still working from home, but it’s on the wrist all day!
There’s always the chance of it getting it’s first scratch (and it will), however the joy for me of ownership is wearing it. The way I see it, it can always be polished or have the crystal replaced etc. It’s not like an Apple Watch that can end up in the trash!
Regardless, it is a lot of money and I’ll probably still
be moaning as soon as it does get it’s first ding 😉
There’s always the chance of it getting it’s first scratch (and it will), however the joy for me of ownership is wearing it. The way I see it, it can always be polished or have the crystal replaced etc. It’s not like an Apple Watch that can end up in the trash!
Regardless, it is a lot of money and I’ll probably still
be moaning as soon as it does get it’s first ding 😉
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AlphaToOmega
·I totally agree with this. I paid less than $1K for my old Seamaster 20 some years ago and have never been afraid. Needless to say, even though I've already put the first scratch on my new Speedmaster, I'm exponentially more paranoid and careful with it than the watch it replaced.
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AlphaToOmega
·I scratched my Snoopy and my Speedy Tuesday this week... It hurts but the joy of wearing them is still worth it...
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JwRosenthal
·I often wonder why people are paranoid about wearing or scuffing a $10k watch while driving a $60k+ car on roads with morons and leaving them in parking lots with shopping carts flying around like tumbleweed.
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Shabbaz
·A friend of mine text me yesterday he was lying in a hospital with a heart attack. He's 40. Just wear your watches and enjoy them. You live now. You can't enjoy them when you're dead.
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scapa
·Wear. For me, utility is a big part of any pride of possession.
I have one or two vintage pieces I'm careful with, and generally wouldn't wear except under a cuff, but anything modern gets worn and most of them show some battles scars. I'm not much of a flipper, and anything I've decided on I don't baby. I do have a few strictly tool pieces from Doxa, Sinn and Damasko that I use when working out, skiing, adventuring and diving.
I have a ceiling on what I'm willing to spend on a watch, and I don't want them to spend their lives in a safe or case. When my kids turn 18 then they can decide whether to spend $ on refinishing or enjoy the scratches and dings their dear old da etched into their inheritance...
I have one or two vintage pieces I'm careful with, and generally wouldn't wear except under a cuff, but anything modern gets worn and most of them show some battles scars. I'm not much of a flipper, and anything I've decided on I don't baby. I do have a few strictly tool pieces from Doxa, Sinn and Damasko that I use when working out, skiing, adventuring and diving.
I have a ceiling on what I'm willing to spend on a watch, and I don't want them to spend their lives in a safe or case. When my kids turn 18 then they can decide whether to spend $ on refinishing or enjoy the scratches and dings their dear old da etched into their inheritance...
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Canuck
·A long time ago, our son was wearing cast off beaters that I kept on fixing up for him. When he turned 9, I let him wear my Rolex Air-King, to see if it would stand up. In short order, he trashed the crystal, broke the rotor post, broke the stem, and finally, I took it away from him when he trashed the bracelet. This was all in one year! He was back to wearing disposable watches until he could afford to buy his own. Mostly, today he wears Timex watches, but will occasionally wear one of several decent ones I have given him. The Air-King went back into my collection, after I fixed it up. The Air-King today, with its spiffy NOS genuine Rolex 14-karat yellow gold bezel. After-market bracelet.
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Z900rsdude
·A friend of mine text me yesterday he was lying in a hospital with a heart attack. He's 40. Just wear your watches and enjoy them. You live now. You can't enjoy them when you're dead.
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JwRosenthal
·A long time ago, our son was wearing cast off beaters that I kept on fixing up for him. When he turned 9, I let him wear my Rolex Air-King, to see if it would stand up. In short order, he trashed the crystal, broke the rotor post, broke the stem, and finally, I took it away from him when he trashed the bracelet. This was all in one year! He was back to wearing disposable watches until he could afford to buy his own. Mostly, today he wears Timex watches, but will occasionally wear one of several decent ones I have given him. The Air-King went back into my collection, after I fixed it up. The Air-King today, with its spiffy NOS genuine Rolex 14-karat yellow gold bezel. After-market bracelet.
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berich
·A couple of years ago I put a pretty good scratch into my new-ish Seiko SARB (which was my nice watch at the time). I said "oh bummer" and then realized 2 hours later that I didn't care and still liked wearing it.
So now I wear my new Speedy everywhere and don't worry about it 😀
So now I wear my new Speedy everywhere and don't worry about it 😀
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ToledoJoe
·Wear your speedy! Mine brings a smile every time i look at it. Something cheerful during this awful pandemic. .
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BlackTalon
··This Space for RentI bought my Tintin as a beater so I would not trash the '67 or the '15. And it is still the one I wear 90% of the time. Well damn, now it's worth >> than the '15, but the '15 stays snug in it's suitcase-sized box so my son can break it in when he is a teenager. I think the Tintin is worth more than all my other watches except the #PCA.
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Rado63
·Every watch you wear is going to pick up scratches or nick over time. Many of these can be polished and the watch will look nearly as new when get servicing done. Also if you haven't been used to wearing an expensive watch you will train yourself how to wear it. Example take the watch if you are going to do anything that might have you banging it around such as mechanical work, or house chores. . Be careful walking through door ways. At work be conscious of the desk and anything like a file cabinet that you could reach in or bang into. If you are just a little aware, you can reduce those scratches and nicks, but, they will happen overtime.
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Cephas
·I suppose everything is relative. If I could afford it I would love a Patek Philippe Aquanaut. If I ever do get one I'd would be totally paranoid about wearing it though. I have decided to only buy watches I am comfortable wearing so if I do have an 'accident' I am less inclined to have a meltdown!
I think that is a good position. Back in 2005 I bought a co-axial Omega and one month later I bought a Patek Philippe Aquanaut at the same AD. The Aquanaut was about twice the cost of the Omega, but the dealer gave me a nice discount. These two watches have been my most worn watches over the last sixteen years (daily beaters both), and both have had routine services. The Patek came back from it's last service looking like new, and in fact I think Patek replaced the case, it looks so good. However the watch now not only looks perfect, but is worth several times what I paid for it, and I don't feel comfortable wearing it any more. So... while it is nice to have a watch go up in value, I think this one will have to be sold as I don't really want a 'safe queen'. Just have to keep on beating up the Omega. 😀
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Happy
·Buy it , wear it and enjoy it!! Can't see the enjoyment if it's stuck in a safe??
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dsio
··Ash @ ΩFThey’re meant to be worn every day for decades, scratches are fixable as is everything else when it goes in for service, and it will need servi ce eventually whether you wear it or not so why not take advantage of the nice watch you have and enjoy it
