Especially at this level of expense there is a big opportunity cost involved. I've decided to hold off and look into a more modest timepiece, just feel like it would be too stressful to have a single luxury item that is so expensive. I'm not there yet, maybe in a few years or to mark a bigger milest

Got it sorted out a few months ago with that recall .. been all good. But it does make you really wonder about 'value' of these timepieces: Patek 5004 or 458?!

Off topic but on your subject of 'rewarding oneself', upon a nice return from one of my private equity investments I splurged on this toy.

You are right - this is probably fantasy land in my mind. I guess if I could truly afford a watch of this level I would not be sweating the details to such a degree and if I truly loved it I would just get it. So this is probably a sign for me to chill out and keep working, perhaps find something at

All true and well known, manufacturer has to amortize their R&D costs and all the rest. However, so do other firms. It still begs the question of what the true additional costs are that PP incurs to make their MR vs JLC, VC, etc to make it that much more costly ..

She is not that amused by the idea but she has enough faith in me that I will be there to provide whatever is necessary for our family, as I have always done. I am fortunate to have a lot of discretion in these kinds of things. Truth is that this purchase would not impact our lifestyle in any way, i

I think there is some truth to your comment about 'the stars lining up' - the 5078P is available, it is the most 'affordable' grand complication from PP that includes a MR, and it also happens to be one that looks wonderful and has a case size that I like. So there are a number of things that are co