30th Birthday "Dilemma"

A bday purchase...go for it!

Since I did this for my 35th:

I can't really offer you any unbiased advice.  Given that, if your wallet will stretch to it and it will be a forever piece for you, I'd say go for it!

I've considered that watch too. A perfect birthday present for yourself. Enjoy

If you can afford it, buy it! We are only here once, as far as we know. Pull that trigger now!! 🔫 

I love my Steinhart! If you've read my review, you know what I would advise ;-). 

Go for it.   I really like my steinhart.

Go for it! I'm a big Steinhart fan and in particular their homages to no longer available watches. It's a beautiful watch.

Do it! I have a few Steinharts...okay 6, I have 6 Steinharts.  They are well made, good looking watches.  Have worn my Steinies for years now and I can count on zero fingers the number of times anyone has asked if it was a real Rolex.  

You're not helping my case and I'm very grateful for it😮‍💨

It's a very well written review, I love that style of watch too! 

One caution, pretty sure this is only in the 42mm case.  The Steinhart cases, both 39mm (like mine) and 42mm, are flat with little curve. I would recommend the 42mm for a 7 inch or greater wrist, but not smaller. I don’t know the lug to lug off the top of my head but they are out there online.  Confirm it’s a size you’re comfortable with.  If it is, go for it!

You could also give yourself the birthday present of not imposing a made-up pressure-filled deadline on yourself. Don’t get me wrong, if you can afford this gorgeous watch and you love it, then go get it. But if you’re really torn about the money, the fact of your birthday isn’t a real deadline. Breathe, de-stress, wait, and let things unfold. Getting it when you‘re 30 years, four months, and three days old won’t make you love it less.

If it came in 39mm it'd be even perfect-er. I wear a Panerai routinely and it tends to disappear on my fat wrist, so I'm definitely trying to downsize a bit. 

This is a very sobering comment, and very appreciated! Do you celebrate decades with watches yourself? 

So you'd be right for the most part but it hits all of the boxes as far as aesthetics. If I wanted a higher end equivalent I'd have to look towards Tudor, and even then it's not worth it to me. 

Not really how I’m wired. Not against the idea, just not my approach to acquiring things or to marking milestones. I’m more a believer in the idea that the watch/car/shirt I happen to have when X happens becomes significant, rather than the idea that X is happening so I need a significant new watch/car/shirt when it does. Again, to each their own with blessings, but it’s just not me.

As for my comment, again you should do as you wish and be happy. I’m neither an authority nor a pontificator. I just have had a lot of genuine emergencies in my life, so I’m always on the lookout for times when I can reclassify something as non-compelling and deal with it when doing so will bring me peace. And peace, along with happiness and health, is all I’d wish you for your 30th. If that means buying a Steinhart today, then go nuts and enjoy. If that means NOT buying a Steinhart today, then that’s also good.

I'm on the same page with you with regard to the object being part of the experience. It adds to its significance for me, and I'm sure it's cliché but it makes the watch seem more like a companion than a timepiece. 

I'm finding that I'll never be happy or content with my collection, regardless of how long I've been collecting or wearing watches. I'm following the idea of "whatever you can life with" after a very trying 2022 and it seems to be serving me well, so I need to be doing some sleeping on this piece. 

Also, cheers from the island! 

My birthday is on Wednesday too!!  but it’s not my 30th….

I say do it!!  

I got my 40th birthday watch at 41.4 🤣

it makes the watch seem more like a companion than a timepiece.

I agree with this 1000%.

I'm finding that I'll never be happy or content with my collection

I’m facing this too. There are just so many watches out there. A way bigger universe than that of (mainstream) cars, where I used to obsess before getting into watches.

And greetings right back, from the other side of the Tappan Zee, oops I mean Cuomo, Bridge!

Hope that 1.4 wasn’t too painful!

Buy it, its fantastic.

Wrong crowd to seek permission from - but we wholeheartedly endorse all new watches.  The 3 0 seems plenty big enough to celebrate.  👍😀

You can’t feel the difference of 1.4. 

Birthday watches to yourself are exempt from the no more watches rule. 

From the image, this looks pretty snazzy, so yeah go for it. I would also suggest you a Raven Trekker if you r up for it. 

Anyways, happy 30th birthday! (Early wishes)

I think it's a great buy. I have owned the same watch myself in the past.

What did you like and dislike most about it?

LIKE:

• Retro vibes, build quality, the fact that it was homaging something made in super limited numbers in the 1950s and never again, so I felt 'OK' with that.

DISLIKE:

• I was never fully into the way there was no writing in the bottom half of the dial, ie: above the six o'clock. It always felt like something was missing; felt off-balance. I know there have been a number of watches, over time, that have had this vibe, but I could never fully shake the feeling that I wasn't into all that blank space on the dial. Another dislike was, cards on the table, that it was a Steinhart. It makes solid, quality watches, but I've taken a real sharp turn away in my general collecting from microbrands, and brands in general that have only popped up over the last 10, 20, whatever years. I'm personally moving more towards well-known heritage brands. So that also got to me a bit, although not originally.