Are Breitling having a laugh?
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Then again, you can reason all three of those, a nicer car is actually, you know nicer, a more luxury expensive car is, well, more luxury, often a smoother quieter and more comftable ride, or a more expensive faster car, is faster, most people won't use it, but plenty of people speed down motorways and like to show off hitting 60 before everyone else from the lights.
A nice pen won't generally cost you much, but a well balanced pen can be more comftable with a better grip or a better feel as you write, generally you aren't talking about much money and servicing is rarely in the £100's
Art is often collected as originals as an investment rather than getting prints which are worth nothing. Likewise prints are just that, prints, posters no texture, art loses a lot.
Personally for me all three are also a waste, but thats life, and you're right everyone does choose to spend their money on different extravagances.
Of course, compared to a car, a more expensive watch can be faster, you just don't want it to be
I've never really got expensive watches, not for the price but, I think big tacky gold/silver watches look just that, tacky not good or nice. Ok there are nicer expensive watches but so many people by a stonking great big Rolex which screams "I really love the film Wall Street and am stuck in the 80's" . I don't "get" watches at all though, every other device we pretty much can't live without has the time on it, and I've always had a pretty accurate "body clock", i can generally feel what time of day it is anyway.
My breitling was overhauled a couple of yrs ago...i had it cleaned, polished and a new battery put in....cost me £450 ****ing £'s
...i nearly had a heart attack....saying that they did a damn good job on the cleaning of my watch...when it came back it looked literally brand new....im not looking forward to the next time i have to get my Breitlings battery changed...that itself was something stupid like £100...£100 to change a freaking battery.
...i nearly had a heart attack....saying that they did a damn good job on the cleaning of my watch...when it came back it looked literally brand new....im not looking forward to the next time i have to get my Breitlings battery changed...that itself was something stupid like £100...£100 to change a freaking battery.
although the chepo digital ones will keep time better than very very expensive mechanical ones
Its unbelievable how cheap a lot of people on this forum seem to be!
What on earth is wrong with buying decent things? I assume you also have indesit appliances, george clothes, and a citroen car with an attitude like that?
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Only having a joke with you mate, personally i couldn't justify that much and if i did i would want a 10 year warranty at least! If you say its not worth the repair why bother.. sell that one add some more money to the budget and get a better watch
A watch tells the time.. you cant get better than that but i understand its type of jewelery passion.
A watch tells the time.. you cant get better than that
but i understand its type of jewelery passion.
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Its unbelievable how cheap a lot of people on this forum seem to be!
What on earth is wrong with buying decent things? I assume you also have indesit appliances, george clothes, and a citroen car with an attitude like that?
.Beko, Yes and a Rover
.I have spent more on my PC's than my car.
Just curious, why would a watch need a service? Is it just a case of keeping the movement clear and accurate?
I got a m1000DB in the sale not long ago and I love it.
I can see where people are coming from though.
The watch has largely lost it's function over the years, it's basically become nothing more than a fashion item.
I can see the irony though that a £10 Casio is technically the better time keeping device though than something costing over £1000, as it will require servicing to keep it in working condition.
Myself, I like watches and have a few of them. Only one is what you could call expensive though, and that's a Tag that my Father bought me when I was 21.
I think the other issue is that while I appreciate a good well made watch, that can obviously be quite expensive, there are also clearly a lot of very expensive watches that have a bit too much going on, if you know what I mean. Where people end up walking around with these huge great big timepieces on their wrists which have numerous unnecessary dials and such.
The watch has largely lost it's function over the years, it's basically become nothing more than a fashion item.
I can see the irony though that a £10 Casio is technically the better time keeping device though than something costing over £1000, as it will require servicing to keep it in working condition.
Myself, I like watches and have a few of them. Only one is what you could call expensive though, and that's a Tag that my Father bought me when I was 21.
I think the other issue is that while I appreciate a good well made watch, that can obviously be quite expensive, there are also clearly a lot of very expensive watches that have a bit too much going on, if you know what I mean. Where people end up walking around with these huge great big timepieces on their wrists which have numerous unnecessary dials and such.
Beko, Yes and a Rover
I have spent more on my PC's than my car.
Just curious, why would a watch need a service? Is it just a case of keeping the movement clear and accurate?
Yeah, the movement dries up and slows down over time. My Omega was losing loads of time due to not being serviced for ages, a lubrication service later and its absolutely spot on. They are completely mechanical devices so its understandable that they will require a lube every now and again
Well it is a forum where a large part of forums are dedicated to making mid range cheaper parts operate faster and better than the high end expensive ones
True
I have the technical side of this forum collapsed and away from view, so i sometimes forget its roots but how much cooler would it have been if they'd spent £70 on a set of lock picks and a balaclava and stole it in a daring midnight raid!
A nice watch is one of the only (if not *the* only) pieces of interesting jewellery a man can wear without looking like a *****. A wedding band doesn't count as interesting.
For others a watch is for simply for the function of telling the time.
For others a watch is for simply for the function of telling the time.
It doesn't.