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...thank you

 

for the friendly welcome and the thoughts on monetary/emotional value.

I think you are perfectly right, that the personal preference, the "love at first (or second) sight" is of pivotal importance, no matter what the price is.
With watches the problem is often the same as with a few other things in life: only too often the really appealing stuff is most expensive. Of course this is very often due to the special attention that is paid to detail and craftmanship!
At least my taste regularly seems to run in this direction. How much I would prefer my inclination to tend towards the reasonably priced items! Funny enough I do not bother that much about cars, housing, clothes or food - but when it comes to watches... the problem begins!

Tomorrow I will get to see the interesting watches in reality. Let´s see whether they start "speaking" to me.

Kind regards,

anaesdoc

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Value for money relation in top brands?

 
By: anaesdoc : January 22nd, 2009-11:26
Dear fellow watch-enthusiasts! For quite a while I have been browsing this page and been amazed by the fascination that sophisticated mechanical watches seem to exert on a lot of people worldwide. What I repeatedly asked myself and discussed with a collea... 

Value is subjective...

 
By: DRMW : January 22nd, 2009-12:04
Hello anaesdoc! Congrats on your first and interesting post! You raise a very good question. Value in my opinion is subjective. How do you put a price tag on happiness/enjoyment/desire with anything(watch, car,etc)? The Purist philosophy has always been t...  

First, a warm welcome..

 
By: W72 : January 22nd, 2009-18:55
to this forum. It is a good question that you've asked. However, I do not think there is a good answer. Value as you have suggested is measured through dollars and cents but for any hobby, in this case could be call as an affliction, is more than monetary...