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Watches

i've had an obsession with watches since i was little

my advice is dont spend thousands of pounds on 1 really nice watch when you can buy 20 awesome replica's for the same price.

only real watch i have is a tissot which i spent a few hundred quid one, rest of my collection is fake

i never really likes the bulkier watches when i was younger thought they were too garish but now i like the looks of the bulky breitlings and hublots

want a hublot for my next one
 
i've had an obsession with watches since i was little

my advice is dont spend thousands of pounds on 1 really nice watch when you can buy 20 awesome replica's for the same price.

only real watch i have is a tissot which i spent a few hundred quid one, rest of my collection is fake

i never really likes the bulkier watches when i was younger thought they were too garish but now i like the looks of the bulky breitlings and hublots

want a hublot for my next one

You can’t have a collection of fake watches, what you have there is a pile of scrap metal
 
Was thinking of treating myself to a new watch, not sure if to go with a known name like Tag Longines or an up and coming brand like Christopher Ward. The likes of Rolex and Omega are out of my price range about £3000, was wondering is any of you watch enthusiast have other ideas.
Ticka Ticka Timex was the last time I had one!
Once in a London Hotel, two posers from Lloyds Bank, Senior Managers were showing us their expensive watches. One was over 40k. Our IT Manager asked to look, said at that price they must be waterproof and dropped them in two glasses of red wine. They must have been loaded as they thought it was funny and he ended up drinking with them all night.
 

You can’t have a collection of fake watches, what you have there is a pile of scrap metal
not really

you're mainly paying a premium for the brand name

same reason why if you go into a gucci shop the cheapest item in the store is a 175 dollar scarf, the materials don't cost 175 dollars to make that scarf, you could probably sew your own scarf for 1/10th of the price

replica watches used to get a bad name 10-15 years ago, people would go abroad on holiday, pay £10.00 for a fake rolex and within a few weeks the dials would fall off or the watch might stop working.

the counterfeiting industry has become incredibly sophisticated in recent years to the point where now, you can buy a fake Rolex Daytona chronograph that look, feel and function almost exactly like the real thing. These aren't cheap, you'd still have to pay around £1000.00 but it costs a fraction of the price of what you would have to pay just for the name Rolex.
 
not really

you're mainly paying a premium for the brand name

same reason why if you go into a gucci shop the cheapest item in the store is a 175 dollar scarf, the materials don't cost 175 dollars to make that scarf, you could probably sew your own scarf for 1/10th of the price

replica watches used to get a bad name 10-15 years ago, people would go abroad on holiday, pay £10.00 for a fake rolex and within a few weeks the dials would fall off or the watch might stop working.

the counterfeiting industry has become incredibly sophisticated in recent years to the point where now, you can buy a fake Rolex Daytona chronograph that look, feel and function almost exactly like the real thing. These aren't cheap, you'd still have to pay around £1000.00 but it costs a fraction of the price of what you would have to pay just for the name Rolex.
Have you paid a thousand pound for a fake watch?
 

Orient do some nice ones. Won't break the bank either.

Hamilton and Chistopher Ward are good lower price alternatives to Omega.

There's a thriving watch community in the UK. I'm on UK Watch Gang Exchange favebook group. Loads of great knowledgeable guys who trade and sell. I've learned a lot about watches through them. Check out timepiecemonthly. Its a new watch subscription thing. I signed up.
 
Love my Tag Monaco, but really want this beauty
not really

you're mainly paying a premium for the brand name

same reason why if you go into a gucci shop the cheapest item in the store is a 175 dollar scarf, the materials don't cost 175 dollars to make that scarf, you could probably sew your own scarf for 1/10th of the price

replica watches used to get a bad name 10-15 years ago, people would go abroad on holiday, pay £10.00 for a fake rolex and within a few weeks the dials would fall off or the watch might stop working.

the counterfeiting industry has become incredibly sophisticated in recent years to the point where now, you can buy a fake Rolex Daytona chronograph that look, feel and function almost exactly like the real thing. These aren't cheap, you'd still have to pay around £1000.00 but it costs a fraction of the price of what you would have to pay just for the name Rolex.

no you’re not, not one bit. For the base models they’ll use their generic movement but for high end models you’re paying for the skill that goes into making the movement
 

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