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$4000 is insane for a piece of consumer electronics OR a watch. A watch that expensive is purely status-indicating jewelry. If all you want to do is tell the
by wffurr 13y ago
$4000 is insane for a piece of consumer electronics OR a watch. A watch that expensive is purely status-indicating jewelry.
If all you want to do is tell the time quickly, a $10 quartz watch does the job just fine.
I am sure Vertu or some other ridiculous company will sell you your insane diamond-encrusted titanium penis size signifier with a touch screen and Android Wear integration, but it won't be any more functional than the regular version.
- lewaldman 13y agoThis was, by far the best cost/benefit watch that I found latelly: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VR9HP2/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VR9HP2/ref=oh_details_o... Also, Swatch have some very nice ones, with a VERY good price.
- User8712 13y agoWhy does everyone go crazy about the timex weekender? Am I the only person that thinks it looks like a dollar store watch for children?
- lewaldman 13y agoHonestly, I really like the design. :) Simple, round, small. With this round steel case, you could even exchange the wristband for a brown lethear one and get a more mature look (all this for only 30 bucks).
- vxNsr 13y agoDon't take this the wrong way but: That thing doesn't even have a respectable water-resistant rating, I was very exciting when I clicked on that link because I'm in the market for a new watch, but I need something that can take more than a couple drops of water... For comparison: My first two watches lasted 2 years each and costed me ~$10 a pop plus they had a WR rating of 300m. Sadly they looked kinda juvenile and I needed something with a little more status, but I'm leaning on just going back because they really worked!
- mcintyre1994 13y agoDoes 30m (99ft) not translate to approx 30 meters/99 foot underwater for watches? If you want a watch to go diving in fair enough, but the way I read that it seems a fair bit more than a couple drops of water?
- vxNsr 13y agoso it's strange but that's not quite how it works, Here's a pretty good explainantion of what those numbers actually mean: http://deloachwatchservice.com/other_stuff/water_resistancy.htm http://deloachwatchservice.com/other_stuff/water_resistancy....
- mcintyre1994 13y agoWow, thanks for that! I'm in the market too so I'll definitely bear that in mind. Bizarre that they advertise them numbers without such an explanation.
- lewaldman 13y agoI think all depends on your usage... I personally never bath with a watch on and never go swimming with this particular watch (I have another one that I use mainly for outdoor activities. A Casio rated to 100 meters). I really dig watches, and when you start to collect some of them you actually find it's quite fun to chose the right one for the right ocasion! :)
- VLM 13y ago"A watch that expensive is purely status-indicating jewelry." For those of a certain extreme old age, say, over 30, one problem is not wearing a watch has been a display of wealth for some decades now. The signal is, "I don't wear a watch anymore, I pay an expensive cellphone contract instead". Last time I wore a watch was during the Clinton presidency. For elders like me, wearing a watch would indicate I'm too poor to have a phone.
- pantalaimon 13y agoI think you can get an old feature phone for $10 these days
- VLM 13y agoThat was the whole point of being (well) over 30, when it was far more expensive (well, inflation adjusted, anyway). Put another way the first cell phone contract I was aware of, was four times our current cable TV bill. Or about ten times the landline bill. So that would be quite expensive indeed.
- haldujai 13y agoI can't tell if this is sarcasm or not.. Most over 30 who want to show off their wealth actually do wear a watch, an expensive one at that. I don't know where you get this bs notion that NOT wearing a watch is a sign of wealth. You don't have to be rich to afford a $50-80/mo. contract but you do for that $100,000 Vacheron.
- teddyh 13y ago“You see this watch? That watch costs more than your car. I made $970.000 last year, how much’d you make? You see, pal, that’s who I am, and you’re nothing.” — Blake, Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)