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If you're a multi millionaire, yes.
Otherwise Nope.
IMO, the only thing worth $100K is something that you can live in and does have wheels. 🤠
Absolutely not
I honestly don’t think it’s worth 5% of that. It’s like these paintings that are worth millions, and look like they were drawn by a 6 year old. Makes no sense 😜
Of course it is not worth 100k
Nope!
How can THAT be $100k when this one is, with all of the gems:
Never. No watch is worth that money if you ask me. However when it comes to super high end luxury, I suppose people with money enough don’t really care about cost so much.
Never. No watch is worth that money if you ask me. However when it comes to super high end luxury, I suppose people with money enough don’t really care about cost so much.
The truly wealthy buy these things like we buy hamburgers.
Um. Hmm. No
Nope.
Asking people who will most likely never have $100K in discretionary funds what their opinion is on spending $100K on a non-essential item seems to be just another backdoor opportunity for watch bashing. Especially after the Bulgari post.
It just looks like the other end of "enthusiasts" dissing the value of Ali Express watches.
Is the aim of these types of posts to build a sub-community on a foundation of mutual dislikes?
"Hey, I hate this watch I've never experienced first hand! Whose with me?"
No watch should be worth that tbh
Obscene!
For me, no.
"Objectively": in a way that is based on facts and not influenced by personal beliefs.
The watch, in fact, exists. Some people, in fact, will spend $100K on a watch. People declaring that in "truth" since "no watch is worth that" (to them!) means it can't possibly be worth it to anyone else is being objective? Looks more like wealth shaming.
I welcome the wealthy who want to display their watches on this platform. I get it, someone loves their Casio but what's the harm in welcoming expensive watches to the platform rather than having them be villified oftentimes by budget buyers?
Cool if it's not for you. Every watch isn't for everybody. I'm supposed to praise the thrifty Ali Express buyer (and I do!) but ridicule the A. Lange & Söhne guy because that's not the waters I'm swimming in?
Either this community is a welcoming space for all types of watches and all types of collectors or we're all just fronting. I for one am too old to front.
What I'm hearing: "I'm so much smarter and have way better taste than all those foolish rich and famous people." There can't possibly be any envy at play there right?
One can't know what the buyer of a $100K watch feels when he or she slips it on and how much that feeling is worth unless one has experienced it.
One can claim that "objectively" a rare baseball card is only tattered cardboard yet there are some that exchange hands for millions of dollars.
Your Wrist, Your Rules. Do You. If the watch isn't for you yet you're claiming to be an "enthusiast" consider spending your time sharing watches that you're "enthused" about.
Wealth shaming? That’s a little out of nowhere lol.
If I had the money I would spend too much and too many things. I have no problem with anyone showing of their watches, I welcome it even, as I like watches and love to see them (expensive ones included!)
Also not quite sure where you hear I'm so much smarter and have way better taste than all those foolish rich and famous people.” In my statement. No where have I mentioned taste, intellect, or calling anyone a fool. I actually mention I have no issue with it at all?
I have no problem with people spending their money on what they want.
Subjective value is value for sure. It is what makes brands what they are and makes them ‘worth’ more.
Perhaps objective was not the right term to use, but I feel the point still stands. At a certain level a watch is worth only the materials and labor put into it.
Another level of value added is the brand, the story, the history, etc.
Perhaps perceived value and real value would’ve been better terms, I’m not sure.
To use your baseball card analogy, at some level it is only ink on paper. And on another level it is worth millions (what I would call perceived or subjective value)
Perhaps it is all a matter of perspective.
Hope you have a nice day, and are wearing a nice watch (:
Wealth shaming? That’s a little out of nowhere lol.
If I had the money I would spend too much and too many things. I have no problem with anyone showing of their watches, I welcome it even, as I like watches and love to see them (expensive ones included!)
Also not quite sure where you hear I'm so much smarter and have way better taste than all those foolish rich and famous people.” In my statement. No where have I mentioned taste, intellect, or calling anyone a fool. I actually mention I have no issue with it at all?
I have no problem with people spending their money on what they want.
Subjective value is value for sure. It is what makes brands what they are and makes them ‘worth’ more.
Perhaps objective was not the right term to use, but I feel the point still stands. At a certain level a watch is worth only the materials and labor put into it.
Another level of value added is the brand, the story, the history, etc.
Perhaps perceived value and real value would’ve been better terms, I’m not sure.
To use your baseball card analogy, at some level it is only ink on paper. And on another level it is worth millions (what I would call perceived or subjective value)
Perhaps it is all a matter of perspective.
Hope you have a nice day, and are wearing a nice watch (:
Nice to me...
I’ve handled a few watches in this price range. Some higher.
It’s all down to rarity at that point.
Cartier really didn’t make many of them at around 100.
Was it really 100,000? This one sold for 50,000 in 2021. With the rush in pricing in 2022, I’d believe it.
https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/watches-online-dubai-edit/cartier-limited-edition-tank-jumping-hours-wristwatch-ref-2817-061-100-115/116010
Comparing this Cartier with a Richard Mille, I would say that I would go for this Tank model.
Good for him, good for the skilled technicians and craftsmen who live from celebrities’ purchases, good for us who can marvel at unobtainable beauties (plural), good for nerds who wonder what the movement of this watch is. That being said, my most expensive watch costs 1250€ :) so I cannot relate
No
Nope!
Nope
Cool look, but no. To quote Just Go With It, "Why is it so expensive? Is it made out of panda?"
I think they just charge whatever they can get away with. I think brands just try to up their status by charging crazy prices.
#cartier
I do love Cartier watches, specially the Tank series which I believe is beautiful . I want one, I have it in my "soon to purchase" list and I am actively hunting for it but an honest question here for the community:
Am I the only one thinking its prices are a little too high based exclusively on the mechanism and specs?
In an Absurdist Camus world, maybe it has meaning.
Not to me haha
I don't think that watch is worth 100k but once you put the celebrity tax on it....
No, it is not.
I have no judgment on your experience of WatchCrunch. I hope you can appreciate that perhaps others haven't experienced it the same way you have.
Your experience has been different than mine. Is your point that my experience isn't valid and that WC is devoid of trolling and gaslighting? Do you believe that moderator deletes with mute and block options are because everything is so wonderful or perhaps because some users are seeking a way to achieve a more watch positive experience?
I have seen frequent instances of hate and trolling, many now deleted, so I'm mildly amused when I hear crunchers talk about what a Utopia it is. If that's your experience and you believe there is no room for improvement then good for you.
I've kept a folder of screenshots for those who are drinking the "everyone is so kind" Kool-aid and I'm all about creating the community I want to live in which is why I occasionally speak up though apparently some find that threatening. One gets the community one settles for.
Are "we" celebrating watches here or just shitting on stuff outside of "our" reach? One potential clue on whether someone is trolling or gaslighting is to view their collection. The Pagani guy who shits on Rolex or the high end collector who dumps on "Chinese" watches. It's sometimes blatant, sometimes nuanced, but it's there.
The "I'm just asking a question" fig leaf is perhaps the most frequent form of gaslighting and provides cover to the person posing the question. It's often only after seeing that person repeatedly roll that way does one understand what is at play.
I hope your post is just an expression of an alternate view rather than an attempt to invalidate mine.
Unfortunately I can agree with statement above. WC is by far the best watch community around but far from being perfect. We should all strive to be better at it and not bash other, either for low tier "cheap" segment or "unreasonable" spending in high end segment.
Which brings me to even bigger problem on WC which is you simply can't state YOUR experience and/or oppinion without being criticized if not agreed with. So many people take things personal and accusing you of snobbery just because you have something to say that doesn't correlate with their narrative.
Can we all just freely express our oppinion ( I assume the main reason for WC existance is exchange of oppionions in both ways ) without being accused or attacked for it🍻 If I don't like the same things as others I am not beliteling their choice or attacking them personally but just expressing MY oppinion. Of course within civilized manner of communication.