/fa/ - Fashion

[Anonymous No.15986843]

how do i stop wanting expensive watches.

[Anonymous No.15986850]

start practicing Buddhist detachment

[Anonymous No.15986902]

>>15986843
Buy one

[Anonymous No.15986903]

[Anonymous No.15986989]

>>15986843
Why do you want it to be expensive?

[Anonymous No.15987040]

>>15986843
>>15986902
this lmao, you'll realize real quick it was the prestige you wanted and not the actual watch when you wear it for two months straight and nobody compliments it. Paying any more than $500 for a watch is a waste of money.

[Anonymous No.15987053]

>>15987040
>Paying any more than $500 for a watch is a waste of money.
this.
literally nobody cares about watches these days.
unless you're a richfag who hangs around other richfags then you are literally wasting your money because a silver fossil watch is enough to impress normies.

[Anonymous No.15987127]

>>15986843
>>15986902
came here to post this

[Anonymous No.15987153]

>>15987040
it should really be something you do for your own personal enjoyment, because nobody cares.

[Anonymous No.15987177]

>>15986843
Try to make yourself like Vostok or something else with character and in the $100~ range. Fucking rappers are wearing swatches now, buying a luxury watch gives you about as smart of an investment as buying a new car.

[Anonymous No.15987222]

>>15986843
You either do or you don't

[Anonymous No.15987244]

>>15987153
I agree but that problem is 99% of guys will read this and go "yeah cool, that's totally me. I want it for my own enjoyment. *imagines girl he knows complimenting his watch* "just for me. I want this for myself"

[Anonymous No.15987247]

>>15987153
>my life will be so much better and I will love myself so much more if I just bought a Rolex
Anyone who thinks this way belongs in an asylum

[Anonymous No.15987254]

>>15987247
>>15987244

Then you shouldn't own watches at all, you missed the point. or honestly just buy a replica and larp it up

[Anonymous No.15987262]

>>15986843
>paying $5000 for a steel 3 hander
>buying a watch with fake aged patina

you could have gotten a vintage omega for half that price and also not be a faggot

[Anonymous No.15987265]

>>15986843
Acquire a smartphone

[Anonymous No.15987290]

>>15987254
Again I totally agree they shouldn't, but like I said, the problem is that none of those people think that describes them. They think because the fantasy they have involves them being complimented, that they are buying it "for them" not considering that is entirely dependent on other people giving a shit, which as we both know they won't. So I don't think the solution is to say "don't buy it unless you want it for yourself" because most guys, sad as it is to say, don't actually know how to tell if they want something because they want it or want something because they want other people to like it.
I'm not sure how to solve that though, maybe tell people "don't buy it unless you are comfortable with no one else liking it" or something?

But yeah seriously people should just buy replicas or fuck just get a god damn Invicta because most people think flashy and expensive are the same thing anyway

[Anonymous No.15987300]

>>15986843
stop reading threads and watching videos about them

[Anonymous No.15987371]

Buy a Seiko SARB033 or 035 and you’ll be completely sated.

[Anonymous No.15987433]

>>15987371
>Seiko SARB033 or 035
>$800 usd

[Anonymous No.15987749]

>>15986843
Realize that a cheap quartz can look just a good as an expensive watch.

[Anonymous No.15987778]

>>15986850
pic rel

>>15986843
Don't tie your happiness to objects. I'd love a Lange but it will never happen.

I bought a Sinn 556 which in the watch world is poverty tier but more than 80% of the population will ever spend on a watch. I absolutely adore. People might notice it in passing they will probably never comment on it and never assume it cost as much as it did.

Also liking watches doesn't have to translate into blind consumerism.

[Anonymous No.15987808]

get a replica watch
reptime subreddit has good info

[Anonymous No.15987858]

>>15987778
this was a gift, he wears a digi beater for practical purposes

[Anonymous No.15987860]

[Anonymous No.15987897]

>>15987858
He owns and wears a collection of Rolex. There are a lof of pictures of him wearing a solid gold day date with a blue dial. He seems to own a few at least one two-tone datejust

[Anonymous No.15987905]

>>15987897
Obviously not imply Dalai lama is a consumer whore. Just that you can appreciate watches and craftsmanship without becoming a slave to consumer culture.

if you go on reddit who can see people who have "collections" and it's nothing more than a trolley dash of utter shit. You can enjoy watches without constantly consuming thousand in watches, the same as you don't need to go buy old masters paintings to enjoy art.

[Anonymous No.15987909]

>>15987778
1,000$ on a watch nigga!(eBay used price) Let me hold summin

[Anonymous No.15987910]

>>15987897
does it count when they are all gifts? he was already given his patek at age 7 or something like that

[Anonymous No.15987917]

>>15987910
Yea I mean he's obviously enjoying them for what they are. I doubt he cares that it's a Rolex. I was just being facetious. I agree with your POV. OP sounds like he needs to get off the hedonic treadmill.

Watches can either be enjoyed as art/for the craftmanship or as a status symbol. Obsessing over purely expensive watches suggests op is doing the latter.

[Anonymous No.15987918]

I own 3 Tudors and a Rolex Oysterdate and I love them because they hold sentimental value to me, but luxury watches are a meme and aren't really all they're cracked up to be. I'd not waste my money if I were you. Go out and buy something around the £500 mark and you'll be equally as happy as you would be if you bought something for over a grand.

[Anonymous No.15987922]

>>15987905
the dalai lama is so far from what westerners think he is it's not even funny. I don't care that he wears a rolex but the tibetan buddhism he represented was seriously fucked up. See parenti for a brief overview
http://www.michaelparenti.org/Tibet.html

[Anonymous No.15988051]

Expensive watches don't mean high quality. Got a michael Kor and it scratches really easily.

[Anonymous No.15988107]

>>15987177
t. Knows nothing
Luxury watches hold their value WAY better than cars. Hell, Rolex's steel sports models resell for higher than msrp.

[Anonymous No.15988118]

>>15987917
I think what OP meant is that he's unhappy every watch he likes happens to be expensive, rather than him liking watches because they are expensive.

>>15988051
This has to be bait

[Anonymous No.15988893]

>>15987290

kind of sad to think about really. maybe I'm just different but a watch is the last thing I would want to be complimented on. It would be nice to talk watches with someone else who is into it, but otherwise no, Id rather be complimented on how my clothes look or how I smell or something like that.

[Anonymous No.15988898]

it's fucking 2021. who even wears watches anymore?

[Anonymous No.15988899]

>>15988051
supreme bait

[Anonymous No.15988990]

>>15986843
Buy a really expensive one then stop caring.

Feels good.

[Anonymous No.15989016]

>>15986843
buy them, give them to me, then regret spending the money

[Anonymous No.15989994]

Anon! There are SO many watches in the sub $100, sub $50 even. If you find a reputable shop I'm absolutely convinced you can find a second hand Casio or perhaps even an absolute capolavoro from my beloved Seiko.

Good luck Anon, and remember, don't let the watch snobs tell you that there's some barrier to entry to enjoy the wonderful hobby that is horology :)