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Tom, Im really trying to understand your reasoning

In Response To: Rolex? ()

: Frankly? I think Automatics are brilliant. But
: remember, before battery operated watches,
: ALL watches were winders.

Simply not true, autos were here way before quartz watches took hold.

: Personally, I feel that I made a financial
: mistake when I bought the 5 autos that I
: have. In a few years, they will all start
: dying. I thought I was investing in quality.
: Poor investment. Like investing in a
: Ferrari. Stupid me.

Why in the world did you spend thousands of dollars on watches without knowing what you were getting into? There is no investment in purchasing expensive luxury wristwatches, again, 99% of it is personal satisfaction. Put your money in the stock market if you are looking for an investment. Watches RARELY maintain value and RARELY appreciate.

: If you look at who wears Rolex, it's usually
: people who want to LOOK wealthy, because
: they really aren't. Wealthy people seldom
: wear Rolex. Probably because they know it's
: a waste of money.

Funny, virtually everyone I know that owns a Rolex does have money, as it takes serious bucks to own one. Wealthy people usually buy Rolex FIRST because they are usually clueless as to what they are actually buying, but just want it for STATUS.

: Well, to late now with my
: "collection". However, I'm not
: dishing out 300 dollars to have my stupid
: Omega serviced. I have better things to do
: with my money then to spend it on a watch.
: If I do get it serviced for that price, I'll
: sell it afterwards and buy a Swiss Army :)

You dished out $1900 for the watch and dont want to pay for the upkeep? What the f*&^? $300 every 4-5 years or so is not a significant expense, when it seems you have enough disposable income to afford it. I mean come on Tom, I am having trouble figuring your posts out. First you come on ranting about a service to your Omega, now you want to sell all your watches and buy a cheap quartz watch. Seems a bit strange to me. Again, as I said earlier, with routine maintenance, the watch(es) will last a lifetime, so bite the bullet, and spend the $300 to get it fixed and keep it. You will lose much more than $300 if you decide to sell it.