Bought a new watch. Thoughts?

[thebestMAX]

Very nice first choice. Cant go wrong with a Nomos.

Careful, watches can become very addicting.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Nice watch OP!
Mine that I wear everyday is not as fancy :

 

[squirrel dog]

nice watch op , I got a Steinhart the end of last year .

 

[Murloc]

I legit read homos the first time.

Clean design and elegant anyway.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Very nice! I love automatic watches and bought myself a TAG-Heuer Carrera Calibre 5 Automatic a little over a year ago. I wear it constantly. It is identical to this one.

I'd like to get a Rolex Daytona at some point because I dig the complications of a chronograph movement. Plus, it's a Rolex and they hold their value better than TAG.

My wife has a Cartier Tank automatic men's watch (she likes big watches).

 

[ponyo]

You guys have hairy arm. It takes the focus away from the watch.

 

[DigDog]

im thinking Nixon

 

[herm0016]

LOL nixon...

it is jewelry, and some of us appreciate the work that goes into a well built mechanical movement.

i have a marathon pilots watch that I love. and an ecodrive that I wear when i need a watch and am in harsh environments.

 

[lxskllr]

Found the last watch I regularly used. Paid ~$7 for it :^D

Battery's dead, but it kept good time

 

[MtnMan]

And just like a $40 Timex, it keeps time. And with a Timex Indglo I can read it in the dark, much more functional.

 

[DigDog]

LOL nixon...

it is jewelry, and some of us appreciate the work that goes into a well built mechanical movement.

i've owned a few watches, never anything expensive. the best i have is a replica of a rolex, it looks just like the original, has the same 4-ticks-per-second movement, it's winded by wearing it, and it's extremely accurate. was 250 euro.

i also owned nixon and diesel, and the nixon the banks i had was a piece of garbage - it didn't keep time (~10 minutes off per day) and the adjustment wheel pin broke off. the glass (supposedly tempered sapphire glass) scratched the first day on a subway ride. however, the chassis was gorgeous, and it was imho the best looking watch i have ever worn.

my diesel watch was much better, actually kept time accurately (~1 min/day), didn't break, and looked good:

mine was a variant of this one.

reason why i dont wear any of these, is that i actually need my watch to be accurate, to the minute. my train is a 08:34 and i can't show up at 8:36 and hope it to be there. and my phone keeps time way more accurately that this lump of metal on my wrist.

i would wear a watch now ONLY to go clubbing. and i dont go clubbing. it's only useful as a fashion item, because as timekeepers they suck. And no, im not gonna spend $3k to buy a watch that keep time and looks good.

 

[JulesMaximus]

i've owned a few watches, never anything expensive. the best i have is a replica of a rolex, it looks just like the original, has the same 4-ticks-per-second movement, it's winded by wearing it, and it's extremely accurate. was 250 euro.

i also owned nixon and diesel, and the nixon the banks i had was a piece of garbage - it didn't keep time (~10 minutes off per day) and the adjustment wheel pin broke off. the glass (supposedly tempered sapphire glass) scratched the first day on a subway ride. however, the chassis was gorgeous, and it was imho the best looking watch i have ever worn.


reason why i dont wear any of these, is that i actually need my watch to be accurate, to the minute. my train is a 08:34 and i can't show up at 8:36 and hope it to be there. and my phone keeps time way more accurately that this lump of metal on my wrist.

i would wear a watch now ONLY to go clubbing. and i dont go clubbing. it's only useful as a fashion item, because as timekeepers they suck. And no, im not gonna spend $3k to buy a watch that keep time and looks good.

My TAG is pretty accurate. Just checked it and it is about 20 seconds off the time on my iPad and I haven't adjusted it in more than a week.

 

[Chaotic42]

Nice. Watches are the one piece of jewelry/clothing that I actually like. I normally wear my Gear Fit 2, but at work and such I like my Citizen:

 

[brianmanahan]

And just like a $40 Timex, it keeps time. And with a Timex Indglo I can read it in the dark, much more functional.

yep those are the kind i like. 10$ digital casio, older than y2k, still ticking the seconds away

 

[DigDog]

My TAG is pretty accurate.

and it was ... two grand?

 

[JulesMaximus]

and it was ... two grand?

It was more than that actually. I bought it new from an authorized TAG dealer and I have the box and papers for it.

 

[QueBert]

Floyd Mayweather's new watch, I think it's ugly but it's cool looking in a really weird ass way. Costs as much as an actual Ferrari. I watched a few YT videos on it, and I'm still not entirely sure how you tell time on it lol.

 

[MrSquished]

three of my favorites:

 

[FeuerFrei]

This is a better photo of it to show the colors



And it's absolutely not a no-name brand. It's a newer brand, yes, but they have a LOT of followers. They're also located in Glashutte so there's some history behind their location of manufacture.

Ah, a shot of color makes a difference.
The second one you posted hints at space exploration/astronomy. Face reminds me of a planisphere. Blue background is the sky. Amber dots are celestial bodies. Hands are stylized rockets (use imagination). And the brand name rhymes with "cosmos." Theme could be developed more, but the elements are there.

 

[DigDog]

It was more than ($2000) actually. I bought it new from an authorized TAG dealer and I have the box and papers for it.

well, the only thing i can say is, i hope for you that the watch increases in value.

watches have two "values", a factual value, and a perceived value. for historical reasons these two have been linked, but it is less so these days. the factual value of the watch is that as an object, it tell the time, accurately. the usefulness of this, and therefore the value, is almost nothing these days, as smartphones do the same but better, and also you really need to buy a high end watch, in order to have it tell time accurately *always*.
the perceived value, is as an object of envy. call it art, power, macho, they are all the same emotion, which is "ooh look he has that object to prove he is better than me". (whether you feel this way or not, is irrelevant)

now, this perceived value changes depending on the beholder; if you work in business, say, constructions, or banking, a good brand watch will help prove that you are a serious person .. and i'm sure every social tribe has their list of "bestest to worstest" watches, with Rolex having been at the top for a long time.
(a moment of pause as i need to say that my friend Tony, watchmaker, has ripped a new one to rolex for being over-expensive without reason at all)

there will be people who love a rolex, and there will be people who worship a casio, because chelsea's jose mourino was once spotted wearing one. there will be girls in the disco who will rather you'd wore a Diesel or Nixon than a rolex, because those are the status symbol objects the recognize and therefore value.
it really depends who you need to impress with the perceived value, and some targets will respond to any big ol' brick of gold-colored metal. some other will need you to invest in rolex because it means reputation, while they might look down on someone who wears a more sophisticated watch, just because they do not recognize it.
finally some people will look down on you for wearing something too expensive.

i have had people both tell me that wearing a replica rolex was "good reason to never deal with that person", and that "it signifies the person values money and is therefore a smart man whom they'd do business with".

if you are one of those 0.1% of people who needs a watch for its original purpose, then, well, good choice.

 

[WelshBloke]

What's the fascination with mechanical watches? They are more inaccurate than Quartz movements and more maintenance. I'll take a good looking quartz watch over an identical looking mechanical watch any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

Because they are works of art and the height of workmanship.

https://youtu.be/I1L15xehfEA

 

[gorcorps]

I've never seen a better definition of "diminishing returns" as the watch market. Anything more than a few hundred bucks and I'll never understand how to justify anything more just to tell time. Yes, I understand the craftsmanship that goes into a mechanical watch... but I just don't get it.

 

[Carson Dyle]

I've never seen a better definition of "diminishing returns" as the watch market. Anything more than a few hundred bucks and I'll never understand how to justify anything more just to tell time. Yes, I understand the craftsmanship that goes into a mechanical watch... but I just don't get it.

I'm betting you don't listen to vinyl, wear skinny jeans, ride a fixie, shave with a straight razor and have a sleeve tattoo?

 

[WelshBloke]

I've never seen a better definition of "diminishing returns" as the watch market. Anything more than a few hundred bucks and I'll never understand how to justify anything more just to tell time. Yes, I understand the craftsmanship that goes into a mechanical watch... but I just don't get it.

So why not buy a $5 digital from the guy on the sidewalk then? Why spend a few hundred bucks?

 

[JulesMaximus]

well, the only thing i can say is, i hope for you that the watch increases in value.

watches have two "values", a factual value, and a perceived value. for historical reasons these two have been linked, but it is less so these days. the factual value of the watch is that as an object, it tell the time, accurately. the usefulness of this, and therefore the value, is almost nothing these days, as smartphones do the same but better, and also you really need to buy a high end watch, in order to have it tell time accurately *always*.
the perceived value, is as an object of envy. call it art, power, macho, they are all the same emotion, which is "ooh look he has that object to prove he is better than me". (whether you feel this way or not, is irrelevant)

now, this perceived value changes depending on the beholder; if you work in business, say, constructions, or banking, a good brand watch will help prove that you are a serious person .. and i'm sure every social tribe has their list of "bestest to worstest" watches, with Rolex having been at the top for a long time.
(a moment of pause as i need to say that my friend Tony, watchmaker, has ripped a new one to rolex for being over-expensive without reason at all)

there will be people who love a rolex, and there will be people who worship a casio, because chelsea's jose mourino was once spotted wearing one. there will be girls in the disco who will rather you'd wore a Diesel or Nixon than a rolex, because those are the status symbol objects the recognize and therefore value.
it really depends who you need to impress with the perceived value, and some targets will respond to any big ol' brick of gold-colored metal. some other will need you to invest in rolex because it means reputation, while they might look down on someone who wears a more sophisticated watch, just because they do not recognize it.
finally some people will look down on you for wearing something too expensive.

i have had people both tell me that wearing a replica rolex was "good reason to never deal with that person", and that "it signifies the person values money and is therefore a smart man whom they'd do business with".

if you are one of those 0.1% of people who needs a watch for its original purpose, then, well, good choice.

It will never be worth even half what I paid for it. Probably one of the worst investments I've ever made quite honestly but I didn't buy it as an investment nor have I ever bought a watch as an investment. I bought it because I've never owned a nice mechanical watch and I wanted one. I don't care what it cost or what it is worth. It has been on my wrist since the day I bought it and it will continue to be worn until I pass it to my son and get something else.

Almost nobody recognizes a good watch and I think I've had one person ever comment on it. It keeps good time though and I wear it all the time. It is on my wrist right now.