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Yes, because it's inconceivable that a veblen hobby community would ever decide something that costs a few thousand is "the best" as opposed to "beginner". The
by gizmo 3y ago
Yes, because it's inconceivable that a veblen hobby community would ever decide something that costs a few thousand is "the best" as opposed to "beginner". The entire concept of a "beginner" watch that costs $15,000 or thereabouts is such obvious gatekeeping.
Ferrari is exactly the same. You first have to buy a starter Ferrari or two in order to get invited to Ferrari events which in turn might get you an invitation to buy a limited edition Ferrari. Gatekeeping all the way down to maintain artificial scarcity. One might have wheels and the other keeps time (poorly) but they're the same and the scarcity is the product.
- throw0101b 3y ago> The entire concept of a "beginner" watch that costs $15,000 or thereabouts is such obvious gatekeeping. A beginner watch is a Seiko SKX (now the 5 line) at US$200, one can also do Hamilton field watches, Longines, Stowa, Nomos, Omega or IWC, etc for a few hundred to a few thousand. Watch Youtubers like The Urban Gentry, Teddy Baldassarre, etc, cover (and own) watches from all sort of price levels (as do folks in /r/Watches, where you'll see state of the collection (SOTC) posts that have Casio G-shocks).
- dharmab 3y agoMY beginner watch was a Casio AE1200. It's about $30. https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/casio-ae1200wh-1a-world-timer-value-proposition https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/casio-ae1200wh-1a-world-ti...
- Staple_Diet 3y agoMy friend the AE-1200 is no beginner watch, but rather the epitome of watchmaking.
- ksaj 3y agoYou two should get a room. I mean, a club. Epitome is quite a strong word in an industry with so many greats.
- sonicanatidae 3y agoOr youtubers like Marshall of WatchRevival. https://www.youtube.com/c/WristwatchRevival https://www.youtube.com/c/WristwatchRevival