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.
In my experience, being "into" watches doesn't mean I have many watches. In fact it's the opposite. When I first got into the watch world I bought entry level seikos, skx013, ect.
All fine.
But then I tried a BB58 on and it ruined me.
It was my grail.
I made a mistake by buying a Lorier Neptune. Not because it's a bad watch. It's actually fantastic. But I was trying to fill the gap of the BB58.
Long story short. During the time when BB58's were hard to come by at AD's.
I happened to stumble into one and walked out with it.
Now I only have 3 watches in my rotation.
BB58 for nearly every day.
Seiko SKX013 for more "active" days. Sports and such.
Seiko Cocktail Time Presage (bought it for my grandfather and he recently passed so now it's a part of my rotation)
Moral of this long post is.. if you have a grail watch in mind.
Save.
Buy it.
Be done.
Unless it's some ridiculous Richard Mille. Then I would say correct your taste first hahaha. (they are mechanically impressive. But the pricing is repulsive)