The OP basically revealed his motives in the first line of his post, i.e. "watch afficiandos might apreciate this"
Basically, I have the cash to buy something which although in reality is simply a functional device, I can gain myself recognition amongst like minded individuals who like to overtly display their capacity to acquire items of value, and/or like to go on and on about how excessively well built said item is, but in this case I can't quite afford one of them watches so I'll go for a pen instead.
Just wait for my pencil thread!