It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Subscribe to our Patreon, and get image uploads with no ads on the site!
Base theme by DesignModo & ported to Powered by Vanilla by Chris Ireland, modified by the "theFB" team.
Comments
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Citizen Eco Drive
£200 - 300
Understated, well built and not a financial status symbol.
Red Arrows Limited Edition models are very nice, as is the Royal Marines and Blue Arrows Editions.
I accept that some might take the view that it is simply a statement of how much money you have (or perhaps more accurately how much money you borrowed to buy it...) - though you could level exactly the same criticism at someone playing a 'posh' guitar. Possibly a double standard? Those Squiers have the same notes on them as a Suhr!
Personally I think there a many reasons for buying a nice watch. Assuming it is not a quartz one - which I believe Tags are - with a quality Swiss watch you are buying a beautifully crafted piece of engineering, with history and heritage. There is something precious about that level of craft - it hasn't been thrown together, with built-in obsolescence so they can sell you another when it breaks (or when the 'new one' is released).
They can also be a good investment. I bought my Rolex 27 years ago for £1095. A new one is £5500!
I would never sell mine. I've owned it longer than any guitar, it has been a constant companion throughout my adult life, as a single man, a married man, a divorced man, as a father, through successes and failures.... I will leave it to my son and hope it becomes a family heirloom.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
I've also done the Martin thing. Had mine for 21 years - which works out at about 15p per day....
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
I didn't buy them as status symbols, I bought them as I was deadly serious about my playing. The most I ever earned from playing in a band was about £20...
The argument can be extended to anything - cars/clothes/coffee makers/hi-fi/phones/computers/tablets, etc. You drive (IIRC) a BMW presumably not because you are a professional driver but because you appreciate the quality of it as a 'driver's car'. Some may take the view (I don't incidentally - I'm purely playing devil's advocate) that you chose that car as a demonstration of your wealth.
I think it is perfectly possible to choose to own something more luxurious than the entry level of anything without necessarily being a 'show off'.
If you fancy a quality Japanese automatic, I can recommend Creation Watches they manage to deliver to the UK in about 5 days and never seem to get touched by customs? (even if they did it would still be more economical than buying in the UK)
I know you're in UAE Sticky, so you'd have to check with them about delivery there.
Edit: actually I've found your watch, a Swiss Jazzmaster
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
About 5 or 6 years ago I went through a patch were I was Gasing for a Brietling Navitimer, I tried one on in a jewellers and the size was a worry as its a lumpy ol thing. I then spotted a new model by Rotary in Argos, looks similar and has virtually identical case dimensions.
So I bought that to see if I could live with it. I still have it, it gets stacks of abuse, the glass still has that polished look about it, the chrome is still completely intact. For £50 ish it's a great machine for telling the time, it even has big numbers on the dial so I can read them!
I havent managed to break it yet and have no intention of buying a real one. The only irritation is when people spot it I feel compelled to tell them its a copy, cos I don't want them to think I've blown close to £3k on a wrist watch.