Willard -Anyone else prefer a "cheaper" watch to their posh stuff?

I give you naff: https://www.watchcrunch.com/TickyBurden/posts/rabbit-hole-2-complete-24438. 🤣

Price doesn't factor into my enjoyment of wearing a watch, today I am wearing my SKX 007, I enjoy wearing that just as much as anything that is more expensive in my collection. 

To me that is what being an enthusiast is all about. 

If you love the Willard and fancy the green version I say why not. 

Quite a few collectors have multiple variations of the same watch. 

I love all my watches. so, I don’t feel disappointed when I look down at my wrist. As for the same watch but different variantions? Absolutely! Tissot PRX Green, Blue, and Silver!❤️

Even as I’m wearing my BLNR, my new Murph 38 is living in my brain.  I’ve been deliberately putting off swapping them out for days.  I’ll probably change when I get home from work today.

Seamaster 300 or 300M (Pro)? I've got the white dial SMP and I always forget how much I love that thing. It's my main summer watch on a rubber strap but I got it out over the last couple days 

I recognize the feeling. My favourites tend to be the higher end Casio watches and I always feel a bit "guilty" for not putting on one of the Swiss pieces !

I never look down and feel disappointed if I'm wearing one of my nicer watches, but I do often feel more comfortable wearing a Smiths, Phoibos, Islander, or one of my other lesser priced ones. Even though I wore a Rolex GMT-Master II for 30 some odd years (it was a tool watch in those days), now I almost feel like a fraud if I'm wearing an Omega or Panerai. Weird,  perhaps...

OMG your collection🤯

300, Spectre look alike. Love the Pro but bit too flashy for the company I keep ( biker/grebo)

Thank you sir!🙏 I recommend you checkout collection from @JaeBust. He has an AMAZING watch collection🥰! And many others from WC as well but too long to list!  Welcome to WC!🍻

I love my blue Willard  It’s a big watch that suits a small wrist better than most it’s size due to the case shape and lug to lug . I also like the Hamilton cushion cased Chrono also .

Don’t really think about price much when choosing what to wear. My Scurfas steal a lot of time from the pricier ones I have. My 10-year old SKX013 also gets a good amount of playing time.

I‘d argue a Willard isn’t particularly cheap. This thread has the potential to go south particularly quickly. 
What is value? You can build an NH35 build for around £90-110 if you source parts carefully, or £150-200 if you buy from trusted sellers. If you build it yourself I’d wager it is worth a little more to you. I’m doing a custom graff dial in a RO case, it’s probably costing me £150 in materials, but I’m not factoring in my time or design fee. I’m probably going to do the same for an NH34 GMT build afterwards, and I need some tooling for the dial.

Anyway - I also paid £50 a pop for these two. They are perfectly functional, and unless I told you they were £50, it means nowt.

I also paid £12 for this:

again, it’s got an FHF movement with a roulette date wheel.

Come and slum it with us simpletons, you’ll have a lot of fun.

PS:

One of those is the best watch in the world. The other is a Vacheron.

I don't do Posh Watches, depending on your definition of Posh of course. I just can't wrap my mind around the idea of spending over $2000 on a watch. Although, there was a brief moment a while looking at a Tudor Display Case my mind started to change. Maybe there is a benefit of living somewhere that high end Watch ADs don't exist; most high end watches to be found here are Hamilton and Tissot.

My favorite two Watches in my collection are my SKX009 and my G-Shock. Anything that bumps my love for them tends to not hold in the long term.

Sorry, I didn't mean to come across as a watch snob & realise the Willard is a grail for some folks. I'm over 50 & been into watches since the late 90s ( GShocks & Seikos), more seriously since 2013 ( got divorced 🤣)

Really was just interested in others perspective.... probably best summed up as "more expensive doesn't equal more satisfying".

Thank you for your comments folks...you're a bunch of enablers & I now feel justified getting the Green Willard next ( & probably a blue, followed by the X etc 🤣🤣)

First off, I think you are getting a sense for what you really like: it's your wrist so wear what you love. I understand Example: I happen to love dive watches. I am also the guy who sold a Submariner and gave one away. Kind of sacrilegious not having a Submariner in a dive watch lovers collection... I say nope. I have plenty of expensive watches I love. My go to divers are the Marathon GSAR and Seiko Marinemaster. The Willard is an awesome well built daily diver. BTW, your Omega pieces are beautiful. You will find days when you want to wear them. Nothing wrong with the Willard hogging wrist time. IMO the Willard is a great value. I don't build watches I wear them. 

Prefer a less expensive watch over a more expensive one, no not really.  Not that I don’t wear less expensive watches and do enjoy them. The only thing coming to mind that comes close is preferring to wear a Tudor over a Rolex. 😉

Thank you, @Jt0909, for the mention. A Willard? Never! Blasphemy! I only collect the posh stuff. 🤪😜

Sometimes this feels a little too ostentatious:

So I'd substitute it with this:

Depends on the place and crowd.

Ha - if I decide to part with the VC I’ll let you know…

Personally I am enamored by the watch and not the price/cost/value. 

Anyone who has read my posts knows that I don't really care about what people think of me. I wear my watches for myself not for them. It's like my car - what matters to me is how comfortable and easy to drive it is on the inside. As long as it is respectable on the outside that's fine - I am not on the outside when driving my car - so it only matters what's on the inside.

On the other hand, I love to share the wrists shots with other enthusiasts and to see what inspires them. Often, something that inspires y'all will inspire me too - that's why my collection has gotten out of hand.

Here are some of my favorite watches at/under $150 in cost (from low to high)...

My $70 Timex for when the Eagles last won the Super Bowl...may it happen again this year...

Aureus Acapulco 202 for $90...love those Portuguese days...

Helvetia WWII Military watch for $100...

Vostok Komandirskie for $110...

Aragon Divemaster III for $119...my favorite watch to take into the pool or ocean...

Dugena Sports Surfers for $129...

Aragon Caprice "Aventurine" for $129...

Westclox Hexagon for $130...

Anker 04 World Time Diver for $145...

Yema Rallygraf Glace for $150...

I think there's a certain freedom in wearing a beater. By beater I don't mean lacking in beauty or emotion. I have a Vaer vintage style watch that makes my heart go pitter patter. It's gorgeous, but very affordable with a meca quartz chrono movement. 

I know the feeling, I find myself bouncing between my Willard and my Samurai I love them both, in my mind I can’t get over how cool and tough aNed how much watch you get for their price 🤘🏼

I made the switch.  I think I’ll be wearing this for days.

I get what you are saying. However, I did get the Tudor BB GMT. Yes it is expensive but worth it. You can never go wrong with Hamilton- best bang for your buck, period!

I agree, I enjoy wearing my Sharkey Willard homage, they brought these out before Seiko did the reissue. Seiko movement, sapphire crystal with anti reflective coating, solid and links, milled clasp. I bought the Seiko reissue and sold it as the Sharkey was just as good. I wear it more than my Rolex or Doxa.

Being expensive doesn’t always connect to how much enjoyment you get out of a watch. But on average I like my expensive stuff more because it’s better finished ect, however; once you attach memories to watches that can trump all that. For instance I got married in my seiko alpinist so I’d never sell that one

How are you coming across as a snob?

Meh, Rolex only sets the standard in marketing prowess so unless it's a sky dweller....meh

I want to branch out, but keep ending up at vintage Seiko.