I fail to see the need, or even desire, to withdraw from enjoyable things in life because of this virus. I've lived through the crash of '87, the dot-com bubble, 9/11, and the Great Recession yet I deliberately stayed focused on life, otherwise you can pretty easily slide into depression and that doesn't help the situation at all. This will pass fairly quickly and life will get back to normal, this is not going to change the world forever regardless of what the breathless media wants to tell you. Wear your watches, enjoy your family, find joy in the small things. If you are financially stable there is nothing wrong with researching and buying a new watch at this time.
I mostly agree with you but the shocks you mention were mere distant blips on the radar for most people. Here it directly impact the lives of hundreds of millions who are under a forced shutdown. Nothing recent compares to this mess.
Should it be 'affected', not effected, in the title? For me, I sold my Rolex Milgauss Z-Blue and picked up a Tudor Black Bay GMT. I'm $3500 to the good and won't be buying another watch until the Covid-19 situation is in the rear view mirror.
Watches are the last thing in my mind right now tbh, Im not even wearing any.
I fail to see the need, or even desire, to withdraw from enjoyable things in life because of this virus. I've lived through the crash of '87, the dot-com bubble, 9/11, and the Great Recession yet I deliberately stayed focused on life, otherwise you can pretty easily slide into depression and that doesn't help the situation at all. This will pass fairly quickly and life will get back to normal, this is not going to change the world forever regardless of what the breathless media wants to tell you. Wear your watches, enjoy your family, find joy in the small things. If you are financially stable there is nothing wrong with researching and buying a new watch at this time.
