Owning a nice watch

[Kinkladze 1]

Bought - just short of £5k saw it last week second hand in a jewellers over £7k. Lovely watch. Wear it all the time. For about the first month I thought about just using it for special occasions but then thought - waste of money - so now wear it all the time. Got to get the use out of it for that money.

Top stuff. I think it’s been discontinued now which maybe the reason for the rise in value.

 

[andyhinch]

My father in law owns a non working Bulova watch that we're trying to get repaired for him
We've taken it to a local independent jewellers who are very honest and said that it needs to be looked at by a Bulova specialist
Can anyone recommend one?
We're in mid Cheshire so anywhere in the triangle of Manchester, Liverpool, Chester

Try Cheshire watches in Wilmslow mate, I know they do a lot of in house work, worth a phone call.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

I've got 5 watches: A FitBit, a Casio Illuminator, a G-Shock, a Citizen Ecodrive and a Slo Watch.

G shock is about 24 years old. Needs a new battery, but still works. Casio is at least 5 years old and pretty much my everyday work watch. Fitbit I wear all the time outside of work, and the other 2 occasionally in formal and semi-formal settings. They all tell perfect time, and need adjusting twice a year when the clocks change (apart from the FitBit which updates through the WiFi app).

My mate has a Breitling which is about as accurate as a sundial in the rain. He pays more money to get it serviced every 18 months than my 5 watches cost in total.

 

[Phil1]

I've got 5 watches: A FitBit, a Casio Illuminator, a G-Shock, a Citizen Ecodrive and a Slo Watch.

G shock is about 24 years old. Needs a new battery, but still works. Casio is at least 5 years old and pretty much my everyday work watch. Fitbit I wear all the time outside of work, and the other 2 occasionally in formal and semi-formal settings. They all tell perfect time, and need adjusting twice a year when the clocks change (apart from the FitBit which updates through the WiFi app).

My mate has a Breitling which is about as accurate as a sundial in the rain. He pays more money to get it serviced every 18 months than my 5 watches cost in total.

His Breitling must be a snide then because I have two and they are both extremely accurate still after 10 and 12 years.

 

[bluealf]

Don't even possess a watch, in my job it would get scratched to fuck, so have gotten used to not bothering

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

His Breitling must be a snide then because I have two and they are both extremely accurate still after 10 and 12 years.

It's 100% Genuine.

 

[lust overlord]

Don't even possess a watch, in my job it would get scratched to fuck, so have gotten used to not bothering

Same here.

Bought a titanium watch with scratch proof glass.
Bloody strap pin broke.
So now,don't bother.

 

[Bill Walker]

If I bought an expensive Swiss watch how much would I expect to pay for a new battery roughly ?
Like a Breitling or Tag.

 

[Resurrection Joe...]

If I bought an expensive Swiss watch how much would I expect to pay for a new battery roughly ?
Like a Breitling or Tag.

TAG batteries cost about 60-75 quid to replace....thats about every 3 years...

 

[andyhinch]

Same here.

Bought a titanium watch with scratch proof glass.
Bloody strap pin broke.
So now,don't bother.

There’s a clock on my phone, who needs a watch ?

 

[paulchapo]

Expensive watches, like jewelry, are just about the boasting. I have no idea why people feel the need. Also if you wear them out and about you make yourself the target of every lowlife out there who of they steal it from you can make a quick few quid.

Having said that it could be a good investment to buy one and lock it away safely as some do increase significantly in value over time ( No pun intended.)

 

[crublue1]

Expensive watches, like jewelry, are just about the boasting. I have no idea why people feel the need. Also if you wear them out and about you make yourself the target of every lowlife out there who of they steal it from you can make a quick few quid.

Having said that it could be a good investment to buy one and lock it away safely as some do increase significantly in value over time ( No pun intended.)

The good thing about a rolex is you can use it as a knuckle duster to gently persuade said low life to re-think his life choices.

 

[Phil1]

Expensive watches, like jewelry, are just about the boasting. I have no idea why people feel the need. Also if you wear them out and about you make yourself the target of every lowlife out there who of they steal it from you can make a quick few quid.

Having said that it could be a good investment to buy one and lock it away safely as some do increase significantly in value over time ( No pun intended.)

Tbf I bought most of my watches years ago when I used to flash my cash thinking I was a Billy big bollocks. I don't even wear one these days but they are all in a safe locked away to pass on to my son one day when he's old enough.

 

[TheBlueDune]

Expensive watches, like jewelry, are just about the boasting. I have no idea why people feel the need. Also if you wear them out and about you make yourself the target of every lowlife out there who of they steal it from you can make a quick few quid.

Having said that it could be a good investment to buy one and lock it away safely as some do increase significantly in value over time ( No pun intended.)

I bought a semi-decent watch after I did a well paid piece of work overseas.
It serves as a reminder that I should get personal rewards for myself and not just spend the cash on wine, women and song, or waste it.

 

[dickie davies]

Unless its an accutron any half decent watchmaker will be able to work on this, assuming its a mech movement. Not sure why they say it has to be a bulova specialist.

It's an Accutron Spaceview

 

[dickie davies]

Try Cheshire watches in Wilmslow mate, I know they do a lot of in house work, worth a phone call.

Cheers

 

[paulchapo]

I bought a semi-decent watch after I did a well paid piece of work overseas.
It serves as a reminder that I should get personal rewards for myself and not just spend the cash on wine, women and song, or waste it.

Well I wouldn't call the latter wasting it, you are creating great memories and having lots of fun. To be fair whatever people send their money on is their business and if watches and jewelry make them happy why not? I bought a Seiko world timer watch in Singapore for £40 in 1981. The battery ran out and it has sat in a draw for decades now. I have no idea if it's worth anything but when I bought it I felt the dogs bollocks lol.

 

[lloydie]

I had a Jaeger Le-Coultre Reverso, a truly beautiful thing. I bought it when a relationship fell apart and sold it when I no longer wanted to be reminded of that and wished to move on. Trinkets are lovely, but real life is where it's at.

That's the Grail dress watch for me, would pair well with my Atmos. Would happily swap for my pie-pan connie but you're right, life comes first.

 

[oldius]

That's the Grail dress watch for me, would pair well with my Atmos. Would happily swap for my pie-pan connie but you're right, life comes first.

(messed up quote, sorry)

It was so well made and so elegant. I would have another, just not that one, for obvious reasons.

 

[asgoodasitgets]

Expensive watches, like jewelry, are just about the boasting. I have no idea why people feel the need. Also if you wear them out and about you make yourself the target of every lowlife out there who of they steal it from you can make a quick few quid.

Having said that it could be a good investment to buy one and lock it away safely as some do increase significantly in value over time ( No pun intended.)

Like a nice car then, or nice clothes, or a house ?
I don’t know why people bother .