The Omega Speedmaster is a very nice watch. It commands a premium price and is probably worth it. But the Swatch "Moonswatch" is really a cheaply made piece of junk that is sold for $300, even though it is probably worth $50 or less.

If you want this style watch, and don't want to spend the $7,000 to $10,000 for real thing, then you could buy the Swatch homage for $300. Or, you could buy a Pagani Design homage for $60, which is a much better watch than the Swatch version.

Here is a video comparing both homages.

https://youtu.be/ufzRySvVuY0?si=uC3k9MJdoHG5_8PM

I have the same watch. I purchased it at a BMW dealership back in 2001. As I recall it wasn't that expensive and was probably around $50 at the time. It is definitely NOT a Swiss made watch, and seems like a typical cheap Chinese automatic since the "automatic" function only seems to have a one hour power reserve. But it still works as long as you are willing to hand wind it.

I wouldn't buy it if it was free.

Of course, taste is very subjective, and you might love this style, but to me this is an extremely ugly watch. If I wanted a watch that ugly, I would just buy an Invicta and save myself $369.963. Or, I could buy 10,000 Invicta beasts for the same price.

If you think about it.... since you can only wear one watch at a time, no sane person would own more than 9 or 10 watches. That is a large enough number to have a watch for every purpose and for every occasion. Having more than that number is wasteful and redundant.

Well.... I must be truly insane, because I own over a hundred watches. And I keep buying more. This makes me a hoarder and not a collector. Like those people who save every newspaper and magazine they ever bought, and have them piled high. Of course, hoarding watches is less dangerous, since they aren't flamable, and they don't take up a lot of space.

Only a handful of them are what you would consider "good watches." One Rolex, one Omega, two Tissots, one Longines, and a few others you might consider as collectable. All the others are just cheap watches that I found interesting or unusual in some way, and just wanted to own. I enjoy wearing a different watch every day, so I have plenty I can rotate into use. This means, I can own a lot of watches, and still afford to eat.

I just love these things, and I don't care if they will increase in value, or if they will impress anyone else. In fact, almost no one even notices the watch I am wearing, unless they are another watch freak. And those people are pretty rare today, especially in the small rural town I live in.

The woke snowflakes ruin everything they touch. There is no escaping it. They just feel they have to do this. And it will only get worse until we stop tolerating them and pretending they are saying something important.

Salespeople can get away with being uniformed when their customers are less informed than they are. However, once the customer knows a lot about something, then the salesperson becomes unnecessary and is reduced to "taking orders" only. And this makes it difficult to sustain the higher markup in retail stores.

The two best examples of this are probably in computer sales and digital camera sales. Initially, their customers knew very little, so they depended on sales people to help them make a buying decision. Thirty years ago, retail stores flourished and salespeople earned fat commissions whether or not they knew anything about the products they sold.

But once the customers learned more about these products, many knew more about them than the people selling them. And when that happens, the product becomes a commodity, and the mail order or online retailer becomes a much cheaper source. The customer knows exactly what he wants, and the only questions left is "how much does it cost" and "is it genuine?"

So most brick and mortar retail shops for computers and digital cameras have closed, and online retailers have flourished. Not many customers need a salesman to help them select what they want. Once the customer knows what they want, then it just becomes a question of price, availability and warranty.

You pay more at the authorized watch dealer, not because they are helping you make an informed decision, but because it is often the only way to get something in high demand. Plus, you feel there is a greater chance that the item is genuine, and not a fake.

Here's mine...

Keeps good time..... fairly stylish..... pretty well made.... cheap as dirt.

I think I paid $7.99 for this watch. Naviforce's slogan should be "A wristwatch for the price of a strap."