I promise, I'm not a spy from Citizen. I'm just a curious guy who is new to the hobby. I often watch YouTube videos about watches and it's very common to see "10 AFFORDABLE WATCHES YOU MUST BUY!" or a Teddy Bulbasaur video that says "This watch is super affordable & has an entry level price point" then the watch is $595. Hell, right now I'm watching a video about Citizen & the list is saying affordable is under $1000. My limit currently is $250 for a watch. MAYBE, if I save for a bit I'll raise it to 300. (Disclaimer: I'm in Japan so $250 goes much further. I have a Seiko 5 cement for $120ish.)
I know we all come from different backgrounds and have different financial situations. "Affordable" for you may not be affordable for me. That is perfectly fine. I'm just very curious as when collections are shown in this sub, I like to Google the watch. Often times it's a multi thousand dollar watch.
Thank you all & I'm looking forward to hearing your stories.
It's different for everyone, the best advice I could give would be to not spend too much thought on the haves and have nots. In any hobby, luxury ones especially, you can do that all the way up to the millions.
Enjoy what you got and if you find a watch that's a bit out of reach within reason, make it a goal to save up for. For the most part that expensive watch isn't going anywhere. For example a submariner can be bought over 5 years by saving up 150 bucks a month.
Half the fun for me is researching a watch, staring at it endlessly, and then when you're ready to buy being able to find a good deal on it!