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My Mom Guessed my Moonwatch Price at 50 $

UmarKhan
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Hi,

I just had my heart broken when I asked my 60 years old mother about her estimate of my Moonwatch Sapphire price. She estimated it at 50-60 USD.
 
redpcar
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Not surprising. We play the "guess how much" game in my office all the time. It tells time: $60.
 
Walrus
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One of my work buddies is an African American preacher besides working with us. I only bring up race as imo many African American preachers are really snappy dressers. We sit down often for theological discussion, he has a doctorate in theology so I do appreciate his knowledge

So he is dressed to the nines everyday but it kills me seeing him wear a big gold tone Invicta and other invictas, some do look nice but I can’t help but thinking how much even a nice Hamilton or Seiko would complete the look.

Now he doesn’t tell me I shouldn’t wear a tie dye under my button up shirt ha ha. So I should just let it be. I also want to avoid the price discussion.

I know to each his own I really try to live like that but I can tell he is trying with watches and there is nothing wrong with liking invictas. I obviously need to put more thought into this.

Maybe I’ll lend him a presage or some such watch to try out.
 
ErichKeane
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Just goes to show you: Wearing a watch to impress anyone but yourself is a waste of time. Basically no one cares/doesn't understand the value of anything besides 'tells time'. Unless you get something gold & coated in diamonds, no one is going to know it is any better than a casio.

When I showed a buddy I bought my GMT Master, he asked why I didn't just "spend a little more and get an Apple Watch".
 
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Thats why i love my thorn seamonster 300
It looks like a seamaster 300 and Even has a 4hz eta based Movement in it. And is still under 200€
I find it insane that there isn‘t that much difference to a 4000€ watch anymore. China is catching up fast.

But it hurts a little bit to hear your storys. But like erich says, probably our connection to the watches matter the Most. And i love to talk to somebody wearing an Omega. The conversation is imediately nice.

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ErichKeane
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Thats kinda cool!

That said, spend some time inside of a Chinese movement and you'll see the difference. I had an ST19 that was held together by plating, so 1 time thru the cleaning machine and it didn't work. I did a ETA 2824 clone where the whole keyless works was basically the same, just rough cast and not nearly the right shape. AND all 3 of the chinese 'replacement' sets were the same.

It took all 3 plus the original to fix the watch, and I sent it back with a "this works... for now".

So far my attitude on the Chinese movements is: "this works, but only just barely".
 
redpcar
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"eta based" is a stretch. ETA looking at a meter away is more like it. If they give any trouble, chunk it. Cost is higher to repair than replace. Much like the NH based movements.
 
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So far my attitude on the Chinese movements is: "this works, but only just barely".
Maybe that should be "cheap movements" as China is producing some great stuff these days with Celadon, Behrens ( a 14 gram watch ) Atellier Wen, CIGA and Qin Gan to name just a few. 2 or 3 members in the AHCI as well.
 
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Nobody notices. Nobody cares.

The only watch I've worn that has ever garnered an admiring comment is the Shameless Hussey 1959 Omega Seamaster with 520 movement and a redial. Every once in a while the "Great Unwatched" spy it and comment approvingly. Bought it cheap off of Ebay not too long before joining Omega Forums. Was pleased as punch with the purchase.

Joining the Forum was a mistake for I soon learned that this was a redial.

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bsowers34
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IYKYK is all I can say. IDC what people think about my watches.
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ErichKeane
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Ron_W Ron_W
Maybe that should be "cheap movements" as China is producing some great stuff these days with Celadon, Behrens ( a 14 gram watch ) Atellier Wen, CIGA and Qin Gan to name just a few. 2 or 3 members in the AHCI as well.
Perhaps, but I've not had those on my bench. I had one of their super-clone 3135s (in a 1200 sub clone) at one point that is the same lack of manufacturing quality as above. Other than the movement being clearly cheaply made, it coulda passed as a Rolex.

Perhaps others are better, but I've not seen one yet.
 
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Only my wife notices my watches if it's a watch she's never seen me wear before. When she asks, "how much did that one cost", my answer is always, "fifty bucks."
 
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I respectfully disagree. There are many people who are thieves or worse who absolutely notice your watch and have a good idea of how much they are valued.
 
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"I respectfully disagree. There are many people who are thieves or worse who absolutely notice your watch and have a good idea of how much they are valued."

Oh No, will my Invictas never be safe!
 
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I buy and wear watches for myself. You lot are the only ones who give a darn what anyone is wearing, that's why we all come here and show off what we are wearing.
 
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UmarKhan UmarKhan
Hi,

I just had my heart broken when I asked my 60 years old mother about her estimate of my Moonwatch Sapphire price. She estimated it at 50-60 USD.
If she ment value she is not far off! Price is off course something else.
 
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