New watch for my 21st!

RickSri said:
Just ignore the idiots who think spending money on nice things is stupid
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So I'm an idiot for questioning something? Yeah, that figures. I'm not trolling, the OP's free to get whatever the hell he wants; I just don't understand the point in spending that much on a watch that will sit on your wrist and get scratched.

If and only if I had a lot of disposable income would I be considering spending that amount on a watch. Or are you too idiotic to work out where the other 'camp' is coming from? :rolleyes:

Sorry OP, it wasn't my intention to **** on your thread.
 
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Nix said:
To see if someone would be able to give me a genuine answer rather than fobbing me off and to voice an opinion. Why else would I be posting?
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Some people take pride in how they look/feel and a nice expensive watch certainly makes me feel smarter when I go out socialising, along with my vastly overpriced garments too :p but thats another story. Hope this helps, now you wont have to post that response again :p

To the OP, how about this - http://www.tagheuer.com/the-collect...quartz-chronograph/index.lbl?w=CAH1110.BA0850 I think these are around £400-£500

I know some people dislike Tag on here but I have had one on my wrist constantly for 5 years and it's still in great shape and has never let me down, though mine is a more expensive watch than in the link.
 
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I don't like complicated faces and I've got a nice Seiko perpetual calendar watch that was bought for me (for about £350 iirc). It's never missed a beat and I've barely taken it off whatever I've done - diving, paintballing, whatever.

If I was in the market for a watch a watch of that sort of price a the moment, I'd have one of these ... http://www.isseymiyake-watch.com/eg/twelve/models.html. They're not highly speced, but I love the minimalism :cool:
 
Nix said:
To see if someone would be able to give me a genuine answer rather than fobbing me off and to voice an opinion. Why else would I be posting?
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I thought that you were one of the many people who like to come into threads about more expensive watches and say "£5 casio LOL"
The simple answer is that it's nice to have nice things.

p4radox said:
I quite like the look of some of the Archimede watches, which are in the right price-range:


http://www.bigwatchcompany.co.uk/archimede-pilot-and-pilot-bb.aspx
http://www.bigwatchcompany.co.uk/archimede-pilot-chrono.aspx

Automatic too. :)
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I really like that watch with the black strap :)
 
Ben M said:
I thought that you were one of the many people who like to come into threads about more expensive watches and say "£5 casio LOL"
The simple answer is that it's nice to have nice things.



I really like that watch with the black strap :)
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It is a straight copy of the IWC big pilot
 
Ben M said:
I thought that you were one of the many people who like to come into threads about more expensive watches and say "£5 casio LOL"
The simple answer is that it's nice to have nice things.
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Fair enough, but with a lot of these watches it really seems like they're only nice because you're spending a large amount of money on them. Many of the watches I've seen that are say £300+ are absolutely no different to some you could probably pick up for £40 at a jewellers.

What is it, exactly, that makes an expensive watch better than a cheaper alternative apart from the obvious price-tag and perhaps lesser-so: the different sourcing of materials?

Again, there is no sarcasm implied here; it's a genuine curiosity. Basically, justify the price-tag because to me it seems like they just pick the numbers out of thin air to justify their overinflated prestige.
 
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Sorry for the lack of any reply so far, been very busy today. I realise it's a lot but as someone said it's a tradition of sorts. Besides i'd like a nice watch!

Gecco said:
yes get a used breitling
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That's not a bad idea. Anywhere I should be looking inparticular? Seen a few I've really liked recently, mainly Tag's out of my price range!

I'll provide a better response when I have a real computer as apposed to my iPod!

Cheers.
 
22B said:
Some people take pride in how they look/feel and a nice expensive watch certainly makes me feel smarter when I go out socialising, along with my vastly overpriced garments too :p but thats another story. Hope this helps, now you wont have to post that response again :p

To the OP, how about this - http://www.tagheuer.com/the-collect...quartz-chronograph/index.lbl?w=CAH1110.BA0850 I think these are around £400-£500

I know some people dislike Tag on here but I have had one on my wrist constantly for 5 years and it's still in great shape and has never let me down, though mine is a more expensive watch than in the link.
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Really like that Tag. That's certainly the style I'm after anyway.
 
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