Affordable price range?
I was writing a post about something I heard the other week and that got me curious.
What do you consider to be the "affordable watch" price range?
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Jason
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7.00” / 17.78 cm
$1000 or less
Casio under 60 is affordable
G-Shock under 200 is affordable
Seiko under 200 is affordable
Seiko presage under 300 is affordable
Seiko Prospex under 400 is affordable
King Seiko under 1200 is affordable
Microbrands under 500 is affordable
Omega under 3k is affordable
A Chinese homage under 150 is affordable
An Invicta NH35 under 60 is affordable
A Chinese Mechanical Chrono under 200 is affordable
A Swiss Mechanical Chrono under 2k is affordable.
I think is most based on the watch vs an actual budget.
Though I have spent $5K on a watch. I said $500, I think it's the amount most reasonable for a majority of people's budgets.
You can get a Casio, Seiko, Citizen and Swatch for less than $100 and have a quality watch. Just my opinion.
I guess it depends on your budget and how wealthy you are. I put under $250. For me that's about right. I have and would spend more of course, but the budget end is where I want to be.
"Affordable" is a relative term, so it will have a different definition for each individual.
$1000 or less.
I can "afford" considerably more than I'm actually prepared to spend on a watch. So the term has little meaning to me at least.
It depends on income.
Half a grand is a lot of money—a very sizable and considered amount— in all the major dollar currencies and most people cannot justify spending a grand on a wrist clock. There are some that try to justify this as being “affordable, but it is very tone deaf, especially for the “well it’s all relative” crowd and further when they try to compare it to commodities that just don’t exist in the same level of importance or everyday usage as a luxury or “nice” wrist watch (often cars or cellphones).
I think past $250 to roughly $500—and maybe to a grand—“attainable” is a much better word. I’m perfectly fine with “value for money” being thrown around, too.
Half a grand is a lot of money—a very sizable and considered amount— in all the major dollar currencies and most people cannot justify spending a grand on a wrist clock. There are some that try to justify this as being “affordable, but it is very tone deaf, especially for the “well it’s all relative” crowd and further when they try to compare it to commodities that just don’t exist in the same level of importance or everyday usage as a luxury or “nice” wrist watch (often cars or cellphones).
I think past $250 to roughly $500—and maybe to a grand—“attainable” is a much better word. I’m perfectly fine with “value for money” being thrown around, too.
I was thinking affordable typically being in the $100 or less, or $250 at the top. What spawned this poll was a couple of watch videos. In one, the host mentioned how a some watch (I forgot the model as this was weeks ago) that was perfect for college students was very affordable at $1000. When I first went to college, I never had even close to an extra $1000 lying around. When I spent $60 to replace my watch, that was steep for me at that point.
The other video I saw, a different host claimed anything in the $2000 and under was affordable.
Even now, most people I asked who were outside of watch collecting were in the $100 or $250 and under category. A few complained having to buy their wives Apple watches, and typically opt for free offers or those $15 a month options.
On one hand, I get the relative term with someone's income. However, there is a general consensus that I think is out there. Like $10 for a burger and fries would probably have most people go "ok," while $200 for a simple hamburger and fries is going to cause most people have a "wtf" moment.
I was thinking affordable typically being in the $100 or less, or $250 at the top. What spawned this poll was a couple of watch videos. In one, the host mentioned how a some watch (I forgot the model as this was weeks ago) that was perfect for college students was very affordable at $1000. When I first went to college, I never had even close to an extra $1000 lying around. When I spent $60 to replace my watch, that was steep for me at that point.
The other video I saw, a different host claimed anything in the $2000 and under was affordable.
Even now, most people I asked who were outside of watch collecting were in the $100 or $250 and under category. A few complained having to buy their wives Apple watches, and typically opt for free offers or those $15 a month options.
On one hand, I get the relative term with someone's income. However, there is a general consensus that I think is out there. Like $10 for a burger and fries would probably have most people go "ok," while $200 for a simple hamburger and fries is going to cause most people have a "wtf" moment.
Totally agree