Is it hard to wear expensive watches?

I wear my watches everywhere except work. Work I wear my g shock. But I have a omega that is my daily wear and do everything with it. What's the point of having it if you don't enjoy it. In your watch box does nothing for you.😎 So just enjoy life is a short vacation.👍

No. I bought it, I wear it. Why spend the money to lock it in a cabinet.

I wear my Rolex/Cartier/Omega to pretty much everywhere. Living in east London the ‘risk’ is there but as long as you know how to handle yourself, you should be okay.

If you’re worried about the money you’ll lose if the watch is scratched or stolen, then you can’t afford that watch.

No, no concerns. But then again…

Theft: I wear my vintage Rolex most places. If you are careful and pay attention to your surrounding you should be ok. For instance, would you take your new iPhone out of your pocket if in a dodgy area? Probably not, so I’d keep the watch under the cuff there too. For travel, which I do a lot for work (and to many 3rd world countries too) I have my beater G-shock with me to swap to when needed.

Damage: Use your tools… but within reason. I know a vintage Rolex, or any automatic in fact, won’t like me using power tools, riding motorcycles etc, basically anything with large vibrations. If I feel it could get damaged, I’d wear something else. But don’t be afraid of scratches in your day to day, wear your watch, make memories with it, enjoy it.

Nice! Thanks a lot for sharing!!

Agreed

It's not hard, but I also don't intentionally try and put them in harm's way.

I'm not going to intentionally bash my Rolex into a door frame and go "I dOn'T cArE, iT's A tOoL wAtCh!" or flaunt it in the projects in the dead of night.

It's just like anything else. I'm aware of it, I understand my surroundings, and I enjoy it within reasonable expectations based on my personal life experience.

For what it's worth, I completely understand the source of the question. I never understood those people who shame others for caring about things they own (expensive or not). There's nothing wrong with caring for your stuff.

I think the 24 hour news cycle has driven the fear narrative. I also think the same rules apply today as they did 10 years ago. If you bring attention to yourself, attention will be given. If you act like a tourist, you likely will be targeted. If you’re 70 years old and come out of a private golf club with your buddies and you think that 20 year (in the parking lot) is really hitting on you, your watch may be gone. If you drive up in your lambo so everyone sees you get out, you may be a target. I don’t think those rules have ever changed.

I had no issue up to ~5k

Now I’ve got a 10k watch and yup it worries me. Won’t wear it to work since work is scratch and ding city. And I work quite often.

Security never enters my mind, I’m either in Canada or Japan.

Anyway, I’m still vacillating on whether to sell since I don’t wear it enough 🙄

Depends on where you live, where you walk, how much you walk around vs drive, if you go out alone at night or in crowded places etc. I’m a middle aged novelist/professor who lives in a cold climate. 1) Wearing long sleeves and a coat for most of the year so watch is always covered outside, 2) I’m not going to “the club”, 3) I drive everywhere and if I’m out walking the dog or something I’m in my own neighborhood and if I’m jogging I’m wearing a smart watch or tracker, 4) The only people who see my watch up close everyday are my students . . . And some colleagues. Nobody cares. And my students generally come from wealthy families anyway, so it’s not like they are going to rip me off.

Just don’t wave a gold watch in the air. Don’t draw attention and use common sense. Shit happens but statistically in most places it’s not likely if you’re thinking about context.

I fortunately live in a city with low crime rate. I do wear all my watches on a daily rotation and the new ones get a special 1 week honeymoon. Every ding and scratch does hurt though, but i grow to accept them eventually. The alternative is to not wear them and there's no fun in that.

Not really. As other people have said, I'm usually wearing my Rolex in places it makes sense. I'm not in the bad part of town walking around. It's under a cuff when pumping gas. I'm not going to wear it when I mtn bike, that's just not what I bought a Rolex for.

When I'm at work, a restaurant, the store, I'm not hiding or flaunting it and most random people won't notice or care

I wear all of my watches any where I go in my city. I wear them to work, dinner and out for social activities. If I bought it I'm going to enjoy it.

My most expensive watch is a rose gold Patek perpetual calendar moonphase watch that a family friend sold to me 30 years ago for a courtesy amount that could not pay for a cheap Seiko back then, it was a lovely gesture from a gent who was sadly near the end of his life, I do not regard that watch lightly, however it also does not draw a stupid amount of attention so it is a watch that I wear a lot to run everyday errands and even when I am cooking a family dinner. I just wore it a few hours ago to pick up groceries for dinner, a man wearing a Tag was underwhelmed when he asked to see my watch.

Nope. I don’t plan to ever sell my Omega, so I don’t care about resale. I wear it for me, and if it gets a scratch here and there then I’ll know when I’m old that I got my use out of it.

I have a few luxury watches. The only watch I feel nervous wearing at times is my Rolex Submariner date.

We have some issue's in the UK with a huge increase in watch crime. During my last visit to London I made sure my watch was covered. My other brands don't seem to cause me as much anx.

I wore a Rolex for years in the Army. It didn’t get beat up any more or less than any other watch I wore. When I finally sent it in for servicing a few years ago, it came back looking and running brand new.

The only time I’ve ever worried about it getting stolen was when I wasn’t wearing it.

Inside house/guarded/gated place of employment:

Outside reinforced house:

I wear my watches regularly and wherever. I’ve worn my Hulk to dive bars for punk rock shows. I’ve worn my BLNR on week long vacations as my only watch. Same with my Bathyscaphe.

Yes I leave my Omega at home during certain trips or meetings. Not out of fear of theft or damage, but rather the message it sends. I work in welding automation and focus my efforts primarily in shipyards. This puts most of my conversations with shop foremans, welding engineer, etc and a nice Omega on my wrist could set me apart (not in a good way). Strap on the GShock and forget about it lol

Can’t make memories if it’s sitting in a safe. Wear it! Life happens, nothing stays perfect for ever. I buy my stuff to use it.

Sketchy area means I take my Jeep, wear a Seiko and take certain measures to defend me and my loved ones from harm more so than theft. Elsewhere it's YOLO so I'll sport what looks good with what I'm wearing and I'll drive something more flamboyant. In any scenario situational awareness was drilled into me long before I ever got into watches.

Not at all worried about dings or theft in cities known to be safe (Japan, Korea, Europe, North America) and with normal everyday use, but I'll switch to my G-Shock if I don't know how safe the place is (recently went to rural Vietnam and didn't know what it would be like) or if I'm doing anything that might result in significant shock (sports, power tools etc).

With that said, my nomos and Tudor are both worth 'just' $4k, which I can stomach if I got mugged. Personally I could not stomach the loss of a $14k Rolex or IWC, which is part of why I have no aspiration to own anything like that.

I also do think that wearing a well known luxury watch can make you a bit more of a target and prefer stealth wealth in general. If someone goes after me because they recognized my Nomos Ahoi or Tudor North Flag, I'll have to give them props for their watch knowledge as I give them my wallet and cell phone 😂

That makes sense

How many cars you got?

Well yes, they might get dinged up...but chicks dig scars. 😉

As for getting stolen, well, I don't go stupid places at stupid times to do stupid stuff. AND...I am strapped at all times in public. 👍

So no, I never worry about such things.

The number fluctuates but currently four. I was into cars before watches.

Ah I see. That’s cool