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Hello All,
I would like to know what sacrifices you have made to fund a watch/luxury goods purchase?

Everything has an economic cost..... we all need to make choices on what to spend our consumer dollars on...

Personally I have done the following:-
1) bought clothing from OP/charity shops
2) bought shoes from OP/charity shops
3) sold stuff on ebay....
4) drove a taxi part time
5) stopped smoking

I would probably say I've been fortunate enough not to have sacrificed anything for my watch addiction.

Yes I've sold a few things on eBay but only things I didn't want anymore, and obviously I could've spent the cash I've spent on my watches on going towards another car, or paying a bit off the mortgage, or I could've had a couple more holidays, but I'd say that was more of a choice than a sacrifice.

As much as I love my watches, I never forget that they are purely luxury items and I'd never want to end up eating out of bins to fund them.

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Driver8

Site Moderator

Same here Just a personal preference and choice...

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Magdalion

- tempus fugit -



Breitling Avenger Skyland
Rolex Submariner Date
Omega Seamaster Professional
Oris TT3 Day Date
Helvetia (1966)

I temporarily had to decrease funding my other hobbies.

As others have said, just personal choice.

These have always been, and will always be, luxury goods for me from my discretionary spend. If I have to 'sacrifice' for them then I am spending too much.

i've chosen not to spend as much on clothing and going out in order to fund my watches. its weird to some but i very much see timepieces as a investment or an "asset on location" and prefer to go without some perishable goods and the occassional experience in order to fund my watch purchases. the last several months have seen me spending very frugally in preperation for my next purchase.

the way i look at is that buying a quality watch will last you many many years, is constantly in use and has a good resale value not to mention the attributed image-related intangibles that go with wearing a nice piece. There's not much else you could spend a few grand on that has these qualities.

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Breitling Super Avenger Blue dial
Breitling Emergency Mission Black dial
Cartier Tank Francaise Chronoflex Bi-Color
Cartier Panthere Bi-Color
Rolex Oyster day-date 18ct
Rolex GMT II S/Steel
Tag Heuer F1 Chronograph
CVSTOS Challenge Chrono steel/rubber

A house!!!!

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Currently:
Avenger Skyland(Black)
Super Avenger(White)

Moved on:
Montbrillant Legende(Silver)
Panerai 312
SOHC 125th Ann. LE(Silver)
Navitimer World(Pearl)
Panerai 441

Sex

Everytime my wife finds out

Taffy has it good. I don't get any whenever I talk about a new watch!!

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Chronomat, Steel/Gold, MOP Dial, 2-tone band (2008)
Super Avenger Black Baton Dial (2009)
Bentley B04 GMT Silver Dial (2013)
Avenger Blacksteel Baton Dial (2014)

I agree with Driver in that, I too see this more as a matter of choice, per se, rather than sacrifice. To some degree or another (unless you are a gazillionare with unlimited funds), we all decide what we need, what we want, we can do without etc. I could decide not to get my Starbuck's coffee every morning for the next 4 years and fund a new Breitling. From a dollars and cents perspective, that is not a bad "sacrifice". From a mental sanity perspective, I would be miserable every day drinking the sh#t coffee that my office provides for free

In the end, I would hope that none of us get too caught up by the Breitling bug to do anything really stupid. Unfortunately, I know too many people who have no clue how to manage their finances - they have good jobs, make good money, are mortgaged to the hilt, have thousands or dollars in credit card debt and they always are whining that don't have enough money.

Free will is a powerful responsibility.

Okay, I'll get off the soapbox (sort of), and just say one last thing:

Do whatever the fu*k you want to – it is your life And, if you live in the USA, wait till the President Elect takes office and he will bail you out of your stupid choices at the expense of the responsible Americans

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Breitling Chrono Colt II
Tag Heuer Professional

THat is probably the greatest post in the last month. True from begining to sadening end. Like I said, the only sacrifice I make is sex with my wife, and after 18 years, that is a small price to pay for a new 'Ling.

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Chronomat, Steel/Gold, MOP Dial, 2-tone band (2008)
Super Avenger Black Baton Dial (2009)
Bentley B04 GMT Silver Dial (2013)
Avenger Blacksteel Baton Dial (2014)

I personally didn't have to make any sacrifices but i always have a little me fund that i keep to one side for these luxuries. I'm a big audio nut too and some of my audio purchases have big $$$ signs next to them and this fund is for that as well. I believe everyone that can put a little extra aside from their cheque and have a little patience can achieve a lot more than they think in terms of aquiring some of the crazy luxuries we dream of.

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Bentley Motors T- White dial

Interesting question!
My very first expensive watch was an Omega Seamaster when I was 21 years old. But what is more interesting is how i got the money to buy it:

I had an accident with my car when i was 19, where another guy crashed with his car on me. However he wouldn't admit his fault and wouldn't pay my damages so I took him to the court. By the time that the court took place almost 2 years had passed from the actual accident (the judicial system in Greece is reaaaaaally slow) so I had repaired the car out of my own pocket.

At the court the judge's verdict was that the other guy's insurance would pay me, so I got almost 3000€. Since I had already fixed the car, i bought with the insurance's money, my very first expensive watch.