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I've read your post and I've seen the advice you've been given. You've got a good head on your shoulders for 19, and have made a great decision!

When I was your age, I probably wouldn't have been so rational and analytical. Good thinking, but don't wait too long after you finish your degree to reward yourself. Before too long, marriage, house, babies etc. will start absorbing financial resources, and you'll wish you had done it when you could.

: Just to update, I eventually chickened out with
: the Seamaster and purchased a smart Tissot
: chronograph at 1/5 the cost. It's well made
: enough to see me right through uni and
: beyond, sharing its presence on my wrist
: with a Seiko Kinetic.

: The Seamaster has become something I will work
: towards and if I end up with a half decent
: job I will be able reward myself with it as
: well as the Panerai and Patek that are eons
: beyond my current reach.

: It's gonna get smacked and hammered around with
: my lifestyle and I don't want to end up with
: a piece of bent metal that originally
: hammered the crap out of my wallet. Despite
: their superlative quality, fine watches
: still need caring for.

: What's a 19 yr old doing with an Omega anyway?
: It may sound a little elitist - in the vain
: of the posting by Miroslav (whom I strongly
: disagree with, and who views money purely as
: paper and metal) - but isn't a fine watch
: the sign of a guy who's 'made it'. I'm all
: for the idea that anyone can do what they
: want with their money, and anyone can own a
: fine watch, but I just thought it a little
: inappropriate in my position. With an Omega
: on my wrist I felt I would always ask the
: question, 'couldn't that money have been
: better spent', especially predicting the
: skinny wallet years to come, despite my love
: of Omegas, Panerais and Pateks.