It's inevitable unless you spend your life in a padded room. I wear my watches knowing it is going to eventually get a scratch here or there, I still try to be reasonable and wear a g-shock when I am working on my jeep or other things where dings are almost guaranteed.
6mm_sniper
joined 11 months ago
congrats of digging yourself out of debt! I am doing that now, had some health issues myself and my mother over the course of 3 years I went $50,000 in debt. looking forward to having it all paid off in about 2 more years and going to celebrate by treating myself to a nice watch in cash probably looking at the $5-10k range the AT is on my list along with a couple of the spring drive GS and an IWC.
10 of my 12 watches are $60-$500 range, the other 2 are $900 and $1700. I would say $200-$500 is affordable to me, $1,000-$2,000 for something special.
Anordain some of the sexiest dials I have seen. enamel fume dials
Laco and Stowa - Fliegers from 2 of the original companies. but my favorites are actually Stowa marine classic line are really beautiful
Formex, Marathon, Sinn etc..
some known among the knowing watch community but the general public have no idea about any of these
Gratz on the new job and the new watch! This on my short list for my next buy, it looks great but I need to see one in person before pulling the trigger.
exactly I knew I would be anxious when I bought my Jeep, first week took it to a trail I knew was narrow with low overhanging trees and forced myself to not worry about it got some desert pinstripes and never worried about it again. A Jeep without scratches is not being driven correctly!