For these purposes, I'm going to define "serious" as worth over $1,000. I'm curious as to how many people have, and how many your wear on a regular basis.
It is hard to know. Are rusty old chronographs serious watches? (edit: the sellers of used rusted parts online certantly think so.)
I find it hard to place a value on my collection. A consignment seller would lowball the values, then maximize them to whomever was willing.
Of course I could look at sold listings. Perhaps I could get that. More likely such things if listed by an inexperienced seller would net perhaps 1/10th of what ever it is.
Tastes also change. So what is over 1K now might have been 69.86 when I bought it at a Hollywood pawn shop in the early 1990s. How easy is it to shift a 2K probably 230 year old enamel painted watch?
I like simple A Schild three hander watches from 1940s and 1950s. I can not think of a more serious watch. And they are likely to last 500 years, and may in some future time sell for more than 1000 fiat semolian sesteri.
All of mine are serious till the Scotch gets poured and then the knuckle-heads in the bunch start with the jokes and become rather boorish, then the songs start and all *ell breaks loose. The 2 Rolex’s get ganged up on fairly quickly, the Scotch is never good enough for them and they become rather snotty.
For these purposes, I'm going to define "serious" as worth over $1,000. I'm curious as to how many people have, and how many your wear on a regular basis.
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