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Very rarely will anyone notice your watch. Even speaking as somebody who does look at watches it's awfully hard to tell what somebody's wearing with certainty u

Very rarely will anyone notice your watch. Even speaking as somebody who does look at watches it's awfully hard to tell what somebody's wearing with certainty unless you're pretty close to them. I generally won't comment even when I do spot something interesting, partly because they probably don't want others' attention drawn to it.

jgalt212 10y ago
not true. I saw a prospect we were pitching was wearing a Daytona and I knew immediately we wouldn't win or lose based on price. for the same reason, I wear modest watches to client pitches. too pricey they'll assume we are making out better than them and thus we won't be enforcing the "clients first" mantra. The same also goes for hotels. When I travel to clients and they ask where I am staying, I'd be a fool to say the "Four Seasons". If you stay at the Marriott, they assume you product is priced fairly.
- bartread 10y ago
  I think you've actually just validated my point: you are conscious of the watch you wear, and so I suspect you notice what others are wearing. You and I notice because, to some extent, we're both interested. Your prospect wearing the Daytona probably noticed what you were wearing too, but we're a very small number of data points: most people wouldn't notice. I doubt most people even know what a Rolex Daytona looks like, for example, and why should they? Of course, when I go to a meeting I'm aware that perception matters, and in certain contexts there's a good chance I'm going to meet somebody wearing a nice watch who might make judgement about me based on what I'm wearing (human nature sucks sometimes). So I'm not going to turn up for a pitch wearing one of my Seikos (even though I love them) because they're probably too affordable and, frankly, too casual (Orange Monster anyone?). What I need is something classy and relatively refined without being flashy or ostentatious. Eventually, specifically to fulfil that role, I bought a used Omega Seamaster (which has become just about my favourite watch because it's so versatile). I'd certainly think twice about wearing a Rolex for a pitch because there's always the risk it might make you look expensive, but I wouldn't think twice about wearing the same watch in a social context. Why? Because I love a good timepiece, and since none of my good friends are into watches they never notice what I'm wearing anyway, so I can get away with anything within reason. (Btw, I'm talking about stainless steel models here; if you're talking gold that is a different matter because just by its very nature it's attention grabbing.)
  - jgalt212 10y ago
    > when I go to a meeting I'm aware that perception matters I would posit that any meeting you go to where you are trying to sell something perception matters.

jgalt212 10y ago

not true. I saw a prospect we were pitching was wearing a Daytona and I knew immediately we wouldn't win or lose based on price. for the same reason, I wear modest watches to client pitches. too pricey they'll assume we are making out better than them and thus we won't be enforcing the "clients first" mantra. The same also goes for hotels. When I travel to clients and they ask where I am staying, I'd be a fool to say the "Four Seasons". If you stay at the Marriott, they assume you product is priced fairly.

bartread 10y ago
I think you've actually just validated my point: you are conscious of the watch you wear, and so I suspect you notice what others are wearing. You and I notice because, to some extent, we're both interested. Your prospect wearing the Daytona probably noticed what you were wearing too, but we're a very small number of data points: most people wouldn't notice. I doubt most people even know what a Rolex Daytona looks like, for example, and why should they? Of course, when I go to a meeting I'm aware that perception matters, and in certain contexts there's a good chance I'm going to meet somebody wearing a nice watch who might make judgement about me based on what I'm wearing (human nature sucks sometimes). So I'm not going to turn up for a pitch wearing one of my Seikos (even though I love them) because they're probably too affordable and, frankly, too casual (Orange Monster anyone?). What I need is something classy and relatively refined without being flashy or ostentatious. Eventually, specifically to fulfil that role, I bought a used Omega Seamaster (which has become just about my favourite watch because it's so versatile). I'd certainly think twice about wearing a Rolex for a pitch because there's always the risk it might make you look expensive, but I wouldn't think twice about wearing the same watch in a social context. Why? Because I love a good timepiece, and since none of my good friends are into watches they never notice what I'm wearing anyway, so I can get away with anything within reason. (Btw, I'm talking about stainless steel models here; if you're talking gold that is a different matter because just by its very nature it's attention grabbing.)
- jgalt212 10y ago
  > when I go to a meeting I'm aware that perception matters I would posit that any meeting you go to where you are trying to sell something perception matters.