RonDesecanto

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Did anyone buy an official Aqua Terra Bracelet after the fact? How much was it?

I bought a 38mm Aqua Terra last year with the rubber strap (I was repulsed by the polished center links on the OEM bracelet) and I love it. I don't th...
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commented on Omega Aquaterra Date Setting ยท

Thats the trade-off you make with jumping hour. Convenient if you mainly wear the same watch and travel often, not so helpful if you dont.

commented on The Hardlex that Iโ€™m supposed to hate, except that I really donโ€™t. ยท

Its not that Hardlex is bad, its not. People make a huge deal out of it when for most people, I feel like its not a real problem.

BUT: when $60 Chinese watches have sapphire crystals (and before you say anything, ones that can be tested with a diamond tester to confirm its sapphire, not just marketing), a giant conglomerate like Seiko has little to no excuse except for penny pinching on most watches (not including exceptions like boxed domed sapphire crystals who do genuinely cost a damn near fortune more compared to their glass counterparts).

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At the risk of repeating the obvious and common talking point: luxury goods are only worth what people are willing to pay for them, not what their true material value is. For its category of goods, $1000 for a Swiss made (even with all the caveats that come with that designation) watch with its level of finishing, this is a good "value". Are there $600 micro band watches that have close enough levels of finishing and Japanese or entry level Swiss movements? Of course, and those are excellent values as well.

Watches are in the modern day a unnecessary good. None of them are "worth" $500, $5,000 or even $50,000. Its all about what people are willing to pay and many thousands are willing to pay ~$1000+ for this watch.

Edit: I do have to say, while I Like most CW watches, I agree to some extent with the part about YouTubers pushing CW and British watches in general. A lot of watchtubers are British and given Britains enormous contribution to the history of watchmaking, I understand the enthusiasm but it feels like $300 watches from Asia get endless criticism while any also ran, barely coherent $1000 product by a British company gets gushing reviews. Still, as I said, theyre only worth what people will pay for them.

commented on Omega SMP on a native Omega mesh bracelet ยท

Iโ€™ve really done a 180 on mesh. Used to find them ugly but after trying one out with the MIDO decompression diver, theyโ€™ve really grown on me.

commented on Did anyone buy an official Aqua Terra Bracelet after the fact? How much was it? ยท

So an update: I reached out and asked omega and the I said itโ€™s $760 which was hoenstly better than I expected. I asked a local AD and they were shockingly transparent. Omega charges the AD about $460 for the bracelet so they were willing to give me a ~15% discount and so I grabbed one.

commented on Let Down by a Grail? ยท

I don't know that I have a grail, abut I did have some watches I've wanted or at least wanted to try for a long time that ended up being disappointing. One example is when I was dead set on buying a Tudor GMT after weeks of research and making sure the style and build is what Im looking for only to finally go to the AD, try on a couple and be incredibly disappointed by how it actually looked and felt in person.

I think a lot of people go through similar experiences of chasing after a watch only to be disappointed by it which is why I think its so damn important to try on as many watches you can as many times you can before buying it so you know beforehand. I see so many people post "oh I saw so and so buy this watch and I was so excited until I got it in the mail and now Im stuck with a watch I don't actually like".

commented on Did anyone buy an official Aqua Terra Bracelet after the fact? How much was it? ยท

I reached out to them last week and unfortunately they said they currently had nothing that fits the 38mm Aqua Terra.