Max $$$ you're comfortable with on your wrist?

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jsducote

·Apr 27, 2019

My daily driver has been, for the last 20 years, a titanium Breitling Aerospace ($2k new). I joined the speedy Tuesday club ($4.5k new) about 6 months ago but also put a NATO strap on a €15 Russian POS and am putting it into rotation with a preowned Carrera I just picked up. None of them are beaters though. I mostly drive a desk, so they come off the wrist if they're going to get seriously nicked.

 

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lillatroll

·Apr 28, 2019

I wear all my watches, not that any of them are worth tens of thousands. If I am going away I take a watch that is easily replaced such as my sea master or speed master. I wore my speedmaster every day for over a year while in East Africa. No one ever noticed it. In fact a swatch got more comments because it was something most people had heard of. I gifted it to a local colleague who could not believe that someone would give away an 80 dollar watch. He thought I had too much money and not enough sense but was more than happy to.get the watch.

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ICONO

·Apr 28, 2019

staristheanswer

Get used to the negativity from some of the old members.
There are some smart playing as..s among us.
But I guess you are used to negative people you are from the same continent. 😜

It’s not necessarily a case of ‘negativity’, or indeed, of being a ‘smart ass’

It’s just this thread …or a close variation…is re cycled every 6 months,…usually by a new Member

It simply becomes a little tedious…hence the mild flippancy

If you want to see real ‘negativity’…there are much richer seams to mine…

https://omegaforums.net/threads/2913-3-relisted-with-new-movement-franken-alert.72419/

 

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ericmtl

·Apr 28, 2019

Traveled east-asia for 3 month last year I was with a friend who wore a 90's mid size rolex the whole time , people probably assumed it was fake but I was wearing a 50$ wood watch and I never got some much compliment over a watch in my life, ended up giving it to a tour guide near the end of the trip, goes to show you if your out to stand out most of the time its the simplest one who will stand out. (personally I also don't take chances wearing anything expensive in areas I don't know)

 

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jud

·Apr 28, 2019

My daily is a Damasko DS30. MY wife got on my me because I called it a beater, but my lone Seiko SKX she bought me, so while the Damasko is 4x the price of the Seiko, it does not have the same sentimentality to it.

 

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mr_smith

·Apr 28, 2019

jud

My daily is a Damasko DS30. MY wife got on my me because I called it a beater, but my lone Seiko SKX she bought me, so while the Damasko is 4x the price of the Seiko, it does not have the same sentimentality to it.

Similar for me... I'm more comfortable wearing a Seamaster 300 Master Coax in some cases because it doesn't carry the same sentimentality that others do, even though it's worth more than the others in $$$$. And, being a current model, if I had to, I could replace it or parts more easily.

 

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peterkirk01

·Apr 28, 2019

Just remember , most watched are fully insured so no matter what you wear if something unfortunate happens you can claim and replace.

 

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Evitzee

·Apr 28, 2019

peterkirk01

Just remember , most watched are fully insured so no matter what you wear if something unfortunate happens you can claim and replace.

Most watches are not fully insured, and once a watch goes out of production it often is not easy to source a good replacement. I wouldn't let insurance guide me as to how or where I would wear any particular watch.

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Dan S

·Apr 28, 2019

peterkirk01

Just remember , most watched are fully insured so no matter what you wear if something unfortunate happens you can claim and replace.

Probably not true in the context of OF. As has been established in previous threads, many OF members don't have special riders for their watches, and obviously the standard limits on homeowners/renters policies won't cover most watches being discussed here.

Yes, most watches in the world would be covered under the standard limits, but they also wouldn't meet a typical deductible.

 

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mancio

·Apr 28, 2019

Mmmmm, well that is very related to how much money you have.

If my bank account was flooded with money i would wear a 16528 without really think about that. Since is not it i think $500 is my limit for "if i break it i really don't care"

 

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mjb

·Apr 30, 2019

I went on a trip once and wore my "beater" Invicta/Casio/Seiko Japanese quartz instead of a nice Omega or Rolex. Later I realized that the polished case on that thing was probably more noticeable than a nice discrete brushed finish like on my "nicer" watches. So I got rid of the beater.

I carry insurance on any watch that costs more than $1000 and then I just don't worry about it. I'm comfortable wearing a $15K watch only because I've done it for so long that it's just second nature to me.

 

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larryganz

·Apr 30, 2019

I worry less about the $$$ value of the watch, and more about the difficulty replacing it in the event that it should be damaged, lost, or stolen.

 

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larryganz

·May 1, 2019

@Archer I love your beater. I have one myself but I baby it, since for me it would be harder to replace than some others.

This my beater - it's the watch I wear when I hike or bike, swing a club or travel, and on most days when doing nothing special. I might wear another watch from my collection once a week, and I do take off all watches if I'm working on my car; but I probably wear this 300 days a year and try not to worry too much about it.

It's practical while looking great, I love the chronograph feature, and with the dive bezel I can time a second event at the same time. As a bonus the Ti is very resistant to scratches and dings as well, and the Ti adjustable clasp from the Ti MC300 makes it fit my wrist well all year long.

 

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77deluxe

·May 1, 2019

larryganz

@Archer

This my beater - it's the watch I wear when I hike or bike, swing a club or travel, and on most days when doing nothing special. I might wear another watch from my collection once a week, and I do take off all watches if I'm working on my car; but I probably wear this 300 days a year and try not to worry too much about it.

Great beater.

 

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mblease

·May 2, 2019

CWC are my go to for a beater, be it vintage or new. My SBS quartz has been dragged around the highlands of Scotland with me bikepacking and taken all kinds of bumps and knocks like the badass it is. My RN 1980 is my other do anything watch although definitely stands out a little more than the stealthy SBS.

 

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jimmyd13

·May 2, 2019

I don't think it's about money (perhaps I should rephrase that and say I never think about money?).

I had a 2998. I was always very conscious about wearing that watch. To the point that I wasn't comfortable with it. It wasn't a pristine example. No-one would have noticed an extra scratch. Still, I couldn't' gel with that one.

I currently have a nice old 5513 in the collection. I think absolutely nothing about wearing that anywhere. I've found myself weeding tomatoes while wearing it.

My "beater" is a pretty rare Seamaster reference from the early 70s. It's a cal 10xx and can be repaired if I break it. I have given thought to buying two or three glasses for it in advance of me putting a serious scratch or crack in it. The case and glass, I believe, is unique to the reference:

Now, I must be going through a 70s phase because I also have some automatic Seiko chronographs that I wear while working on site.

What I can say is that I don't own a watch that I won't wear. I'm careful with the mint examples of mid century watches; wary of 18ct gold cases but they are all simply machines that can be repaired or replaced.

 

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Wryfox

·May 2, 2019

The thing is, I worry about every watch I wear. As an electrical engineer, I don't wear a watch everyday (no metal jewelry) so I lose the habit of avoiding contact, and then when I do wear one I seem to whack it on everything.

Oddly enough though, the watch collection keeps growing.....😀

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Larry S

·May 2, 2019·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

I insure my watches. I too worry about not being able to replace. Especially my 2014 GMT M2. (Which I used to wear everywhere) I seem to be building up a collection of expendable Baltic, Victorinox and Timex.

 

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valkyrie_rider

·May 2, 2019

I think is not only a matter of financial value, but also of the difficulty of replacement.

If I loose my Seiko Marine Master 600 (paid 3K on it), I would be sad but I know it can be easily replaced.

If I loose my vintage unpolished Speedmaster Mark 4.5 with blue soleil dial that I paid 1.6K, I would be devastated as that would be extremely hard to replace.

 

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Stripey

·May 2, 2019

Whatever I can insure.

I’d probably not wear a gold Rolex sub out at night (maybe a sign saying mug me instead), but might wear a Planetarium (if I could afford it!)