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Aug 12, 2018 15:14:45   #
newtoyou Loc: Eastport
 
That WAS a while back.

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Aug 12, 2018 15:15:20   #
DNW
 
One Rude Dawg wrote:
It doesn't even come to expense. There are a lot of interesting inexpensive watches, under $2000, they are fun to collect, different movements etc. Just as photographers use collect and play with their lenses. There is a lot of history to watch making which is also interesting, the improvements in technology etc. just like cameras. It is not really the price tag, I wear watches I like , use the cameras I like and drive the automobiles I like and don't care if anybody likes it or not. Yugos to Bentlys and all of those in between makes life interesting. A matter of choice. Hard to explain, to each his own.
It doesn't even come to expense. There are a lot o... (show quote)



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Aug 12, 2018 15:15:31   #
mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey
 
Longshadow wrote:
Oh, I don't think he was the pitch man anymore when I purchased this one.


The TIMEX watches he demonstrated all those years ago were mechanical watches, which were very different from the battery powered quartz watch you've been wearing all these years.

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Aug 12, 2018 15:19:06   #
DNW
 
One Rude Dawg wrote:
It doesn't even come to expense. There are a lot of interesting inexpensive watches, under $2000, they are fun to collect, different movements etc. Just as photographers use collect and play with their lenses. There is a lot of history to watch making which is also interesting, the improvements in technology etc. just like cameras. It is not really the price tag, I wear watches I like , use the cameras I like and drive the automobiles I like and don't care if anybody likes it or not. Yugos to Bentlys and all of those in between makes life interesting. A matter of choice. Hard to explain, to each his own.
It doesn't even come to expense. There are a lot o... (show quote)



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Aug 12, 2018 15:49:20   #
therwol Loc: USA
 
mwsilvers wrote:
Well, a waste of money for you perhaps, but not necessarily for others. And I'm sure many out there would say the same thing about the higher end cameras many of us purchase.


I have no problem with people buying what they want if they can afford it.

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Aug 12, 2018 15:51:48   #
newtoyou Loc: Eastport
 
mwsilvers wrote:
The TIMEX watches he demonstrated all those years ago were mechanical watches, which were very different from the battery powered quartz watch you've been wearing all these years.


Good point. Time went digital, I guess I had gotten used to"Look, Ma, no hands".

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Aug 12, 2018 15:53:16   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
mwsilvers wrote:
The TIMEX watches he demonstrated all those years ago were mechanical watches, which were very different from the battery powered quartz watch you've been wearing all these years.

I also have an old Timex self-wind from the early 70's.
Still ticking also (when I wind it...).

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Aug 12, 2018 16:00:55   #
mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey
 
therwol wrote:
I have no problem with people buying what they want if they can afford it.

It was your unqualified "A waste of money for people who have money to waste" statement to which I took exception. I am far from wealthy and don't have the money to waste, but I derive much pleasure from my automatic and manual wind watches, and have never regretted the purchases. For me its not about ego. I don't tell, or even go out of my way to show my watches to others. They are strictly for my own enjoyment.

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Aug 12, 2018 16:01:57   #
newtoyou Loc: Eastport
 
Longshadow wrote:
I also have an old Timex self-wind from the early 70's.
Still ticking also (when I wind it...).


Keep it wound. I believe inactivity is what kills watches. Lube gels??? or something. I have seen a private watch collection.Hi $. They were mostly self wind on a moving base to stay wound. Owner had a valet who kept the others wound. He and I talked.The owner was aloof to the nth as I guess was to be expected. Bill

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Aug 12, 2018 16:12:17   #
mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey
 
newtoyou wrote:
Keep it wound. I believe inactivity is what kills watches. Lube gels??? or something. I have seen a private watch collection.Hi $. They were mostly self wind on a moving base to stay wound. Owner had a valet who kept the others wound. He and I talked.The owner was aloof to the nth as I guess was to be expected. Bill

I have a multiple head watch winder for my automatic mechanical watches. I hand wind my manual wind watches once every day. Its a ritual. I am neither aloof nor have a valet. My entire watch collection, when purchased one by one new, probably had a total original list price of around $15000. A group of similar watches today would cost around 3 times that amount. Since I got my watches at a good discount back then I believe the total original outlay was around $11,000, about the same as a top of the line Canon or Nikon Camera and a few pro level lenses.

The reason for the much higher cost of similar watches today is the current lack of high discounts at authorized dealer and the relationship of the Euro against the dollar. Almost all of my Swiss watches were purchased before the Euro was introduced in 1999 when the US dollar was stronger against European currencies.

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Aug 12, 2018 17:09:57   #
newtoyou Loc: Eastport
 
mwsilvers wrote:
I have a multiple head watch winder for my automatic mechanical watches. I hand wind my manual wind watches once every day. Its a ritual. I am neither aloof nor have a valet. My entire watch collection, when purchased one by one new, probably had a total original list price of around $15000. A group of similar watches today would cost around 3 times that amount. Since I got my watches at a good discount back then I believe the total original outlay was around $11,000, about the same as a top of the line Canon or Nikon Camera and a few pro level lenses.

The reason for the much higher cost of similar watches today is the current lack of high discounts at authorized dealer and the relationship of the Euro against the dollar. Almost all of my Swiss watches were purchased before the Euro was introduced in 1999 when the US dollar was stronger against European currencies.
I have a multiple head watch winder for my automat... (show quote)

Not to infer you were either. This man was. Those watches were, and are good investment. Like genuine Oriental rugs. Thanks again. Bill

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Aug 12, 2018 17:39:38   #
mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey
 
newtoyou wrote:
Not to infer you were either. This man was. Those watches were, and are good investment. Like genuine Oriental rugs. Thanks again. Bill


I didn't buy them as a investment but to enjoy them. Fines watches are generally not a very good investment anyway unless you happen to have rare ones or ones with multiple complications, and they can be very, very costly to acquire. The only watch I own that is worth more than I paid for it is my Breitling which was only manufactured for 2 years with a very limited number of them with the yellow face. It's in almost new condition and worth perhaps $500 more than I paid for it in 2002. As I said, not a good investment.

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Aug 13, 2018 05:40:15   #
Hammer Loc: London UK
 
Hi,

I have some very nice timepieces and admit to a penchant for a quality watch . Why ? I do not have the faintest idea and agree with all those that consider them to be a poor use of resources. However, there are a lot of idiots like me out there . Sometimes I look at my watches and decide not to wear them because I do not want to damage them . What is the point of owning something that you don't use , crazy. But then I do admit to being slightly deranged.

I was looking at the price of some telephoto (500mm) lens and baulking at the cost . Then thought that I have this amount sitting in secure storage for no real purpose . Madness.

Anyone want to buy a used , hardly worn , Omega?

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Aug 13, 2018 05:57:33   #
cincykid
 
I got a Rolex for $120.00 at a Canadian PX in Zweibrucken W Germany in 1968. It still looks great & keeps great time. Do I need it & would I pay $3500 up today? Probably not. I'd buy a D850.

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Aug 13, 2018 05:58:04   #
John N Loc: HP14 3QF Stokenchurch, UK
 
Because they can.

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