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Yes Robert

I wrote from my heart, and my painful observations.
I was once a blue collared worker who hit a glass ceiling. I could not afford pieces above $8000. That was on a low-medium wage in Singapore. I tried to hang around the big boys but sadly, there was always a divide.
Now, many years later, I’m in a upper middle millionaire household. As the person who posted wrote - expensive watches are like buying toilet paper for the wealthy. Yes it is. But I never forget where I came from, and when I cannot afford something, I will not pretend I could, or try to play the game, but rather, work on myself, my game, to rise up to a higher level, to find the means to sustain the hobby.
I basically have the cars, the houses, the watches, the unobtanium italian suits, the shoes and everything, but I am down to earth, and when someone asks me how I got here, I told them it is all about “preparation”, grit, and perfectionism. In fact, I rather groom someone up and enjoy seeing his success, than sit back and watch dogs eat dogs. It is an abundant world, not a win-lose world many think it is.
Maslow’s Hierarchy is real. For example, look at Aperna. He basically trumped the Dive Watch collection category rather easily. But the road to his field, as a doctor, was likely not easy. What we are seeing is just the tip of the iceberg, in watch collectors, and the base of the iceberg is often filled with grit, hard work, tenacity, and maybe some help from family support and status.

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