Is it meaningful to wear a relatively expensive watch but don’t know anyone around me?

First of all, let’s understand one thing: do you buy a watch for others to see, or for yourself?

Buying a watch itself is a reflection of one's own value and taste, and it is also a symbol of one's status. In terms of the consumer class, in fact, most people in China do not know watches. They only know whether you are wearing a watch or not.

Those who know a little about watches will know about watches like Tissot, Longines, and Rolex, but they won’t recognize them even further. On the other hand, wearing a watch can also help you find like-minded people with similar sexual interests. If others can’t get your watch, no matter how much you talk, all they care about is “how much it costs” and “which country it’s from.” There is no point in going down.

Although there are many people who wear watches, there are only a few who play with watches. Only a few people can distinguish the brand at a glance and distinguish the authenticity. But a relatively low watch and a relatively high watch bring completely different confidence and temperament to an individual. Otherwise, you can definitely compare them.

Of course, wearing a watch means you don’t know anyone around you. On the one hand, it also shows that your own values ??and tastes are different. You don’t need to follow what others say. The most important thing is to be yourself.

I remember that thirty or forty years ago, some people wore watches to keep time and facilitate work. However, there were not many timekeeping tools at that time. A watch was a real luxury item that only a few people had. Nowadays, the timekeeping function of watches has been weakened, and most people wear watches as a way to match their clothing and add the finishing touch. Most of the famous watches on the market range from thousands to tens of thousands. Generally, middle-income people can afford them. It depends on whether you like them or not. When rich people buy watches worth hundreds of thousands or even millions, it is a symbol of status and capital to show off. Rolex, Omega, IWC, etc. that cost tens of thousands of dollars a piece are just like women's handbags and the like, just for decoration.

People who like watches will be addicted when they see the watch they like. People who don’t like it say that you are too full to spend so much money on a piece of iron. Everyone has their own hobbies, it depends on how you understand them. Those who wear watches do not necessarily show off their wealth and have high taste, and those who do not wear watches do not necessarily have money or taste. But in general, wearing a suitable watch is much more tasteful than hanging a gold chain around your neck!

In the early 1980s, when I started working, my father gave me a Guangzhou brand watch. Although the price was only more than 90 yuan, you could only buy it with a coupon, which was also a rare thing. In the early 1990s, I gritted my teeth and spent more than 800 to buy an imported Innerge dual-calendar mechanical watch. This brand was very popular in China at the time. My father is a doctor, so he wears this brand for his work. He bought it from Wangfujing when he was working in Beijing in his early years. I remember it was a three-hand watch without a calendar, simple and elegant. Since the emergence of a large number of new timekeeping tools such as electronic watches and mobile phones, people have paid less attention to wearing watches.

In recent years, as the quality of life of Chinese people has improved, watches have begun to rise again, and China has become a large market for internationally renowned brand watches. My interest arose again and I started paying attention to watches again. Just as I like photography, I also like the precision craftsmanship and artistic quality of mechanical watches. I think buying a watch is not to show off, it is just a consumption behavior, do what you can and just like it. Nowadays, there are many watch brands, and there are many brands that are close to the people, and the public can afford them. They are a pursuit and display of enriching their lives and improving their quality of life. When people's consumption level reaches a certain level, they will always pursue a higher quality of life, which is also a manifestation of the progress of social civilization.

Buy your favorite watch that you can afford financially, and enjoy the confidence and pride brought to you by the beauty of machinery and technological civilization. Why not? Whether others understand or recognize you has nothing to do with your pursuit, unless you really want to show off.

My family photo, but unfortunately I can’t find it in Guangzhou.

This is really asking for trouble. Feeling bored?

This is simply the fault of the watch, and it is not the fault of the audience.

This is like riding a bus wearing fur and complaining that the passengers don’t know how to appreciate it and don’t know how to rub it politely.

On what occasion, what clothes to wear; whom to meet, what topics to talk about. That's the rule.

Even if you are pretending, you must find the right opponent. Otherwise, the audience will not know what you mean and will laugh at you.

Wear a watch and act cool when you go home. No one will recognize you. No matter how good your car is, no one will look at you. No matter how good your mobile phone is, no one will look at you. If you ride a donkey, you will definitely turn heads. High, this is the reality

Many people ask this question what is the meaning of wearing expensive watches or understanding expensive watches. But actually, why do so few people ask, what’s the point of looking at luxury cars and driving luxury cars? In the final analysis, it is because everyone’s understanding of high-priced watches is not rational enough.

Learn watch knowledge

High-end watches generally use cutting-edge technology, craftsmanship and materials, so you can learn a lot of watch knowledge by looking at some expensive watches. Lao Wei gave you an example. Many people may know that Rolex’s diving watches are well made, and they know about the “Green Water Ghost” and “King of Ghosts”, but they may not necessarily know what is special about their watchmaking skills and material selection.

Technically speaking, what Lao Wei first thought of was the Oyster invented by Rolex in 1926. It has an excellent waterproof structure of "lock bottom, lock handle, and lock ring", and the entire body is made of steel turning. Later, it was combined with an automatic winding mechanism to create the Oyster Perpetual watch that is still well-known today. The success of the Rolex Oyster Perpetual DEEPSEA watch is due to a number of breakthrough technological innovations, including Rolex’s exclusive new case structure Ringlock System, which ensures that the watch can withstand tremendous pressure in deep water.

Rolex Ringlock System

And the helium escape valve device created by Rolex in cooperation with the French diving company COMEX is absolutely necessary for deep-sea diving watches. It can be well waterproof and prevent in the deep sea. The cover is broken, the case is deformed, etc. It can be said that Rolex laid the foundation for all diving watches. Many people will feel that all brands of diving watches are mysteriously similar to Rolex diving watches.

Rolex Submariner Date Series 116610LV Green Disk Watch

Hublot is very innovative in terms of material selection. The brand concept advocated by Hublot Hublot is "the art of fusion". In terms of watchmaking materials, it perfectly integrates precious metals such as zirconium, tantalum, magnesium, and titanium with diamonds, rare gemstones, gold, platinum, ceramics, fine steel, and natural rubber.

Hublot Big Bang Ferrari Magic Gold Mechanical Men's Watch

Big Bang Ferrari Watch Hublot is the world's first "magic gold", equipped with UNICO independently developed by Hublot. movement. Hublot’s innovative watchmaking technology and Ferrari’s top racing qualities are combined in an unprecedented way.

Understand brand tone

Secondly, in addition to technology and craftsmanship, many foreign famous watches also have brand tone and brand culture that are also very attractive. For example, feelings, style, and concepts can all make a watch brand possible. So when you read countless famous watches, the culture of these famous watches can become the conversation materials for you to interact with people in your daily life. If you know more about watches, you will have more conversation materials.

Blancpain Villeret series of mechanical men's watches

Blancpain has only two unchanging creeds: "Only make mechanical watches, only make round watches." Advocating refinement and elegance A lifestyle that condenses emotion, art and culture into a vital pursuit of beauty in human life. This concept left a deep impression on Lao Wei in Blancpain's moon phase watches. The most touching thing about the Blancpain-VILLERET series is the squinting "moon face", but the function of the moon phase in the watch is not the same. It always reveals a gentle and elegant classical temperament.

Panerai Luminor 1950 Series Mechanical Men's Watch

Panerai is a design inspiration derived from the sea, positioning the brand as a high-end watch in the sports and leisure fields. Italian design style and Swiss professional technology make every Panerai watch have a distinctive brand style and excellent quality. The crown bridge guard designed by Panerai to make military watches have better waterproof performance, as well as the luminous function of the Radiomir and Luminor series are also worthy of our praise.

Cultivate aesthetics

When it comes to aesthetics, many people feel that there is no absolute standard for good looks, and expensive prices do not necessarily mean good looks. But as a luxury watch, when the price reaches a certain level, it will pursue the ultimate aesthetics. There are many ingenious designs that only appear in high-end watches.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Series Mechanical Men’s Watch

When it comes to watch design, how can you miss the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak series? It is very different from those outside that like round and rounded dial designs. Audemars Piguet's classic octagonal bezel is "naked" decorated with eight steel nails, which have become Audemars Piguet's brand memory. The oversized black plaid decoration on the dial is in relief, giving it a full sense of modernity and technology when worn on the hand.

H. Moser&Cie Endeavor Series Mechanical Men’s Watch

But not everyone likes this complex mechanical design and dial decoration. Many people are pursuing simple style. A sense of low-key. H. Moser & Cie.’s dial design is the best example of simplicity. Inspired by ancient pocket watches, H. Moser & Cie. Endeavor has carefully designed a small seconds dial at 6 o’clock. The dial still uses the iconic H. Moser & Cie. Fumé smoked plate.

Henry Moser & Cie. Endeavor Center Seconds

There is nothing else, but it seems to reveal simple confidence, I am just that Simple design, but you can recognize me immediately. This is thanks to the special smoked dial of H. Moser & Cie. which is unforgettable.

Go deep into the soul of watches

It is said that the movement is the soul of the mechanical watch, and high-priced watches are often the range of movement technology experience of big brands. Only when you have the cost can you be willful. Heap technology. The movement is the battleground for high-end watches. What these top brands compete for is the core of the watch - the movement. From the movement accuracy, polishing level, appearance, etc., we can say three things. Three days and three nights. Here are two watch brands that I recommended to you a few days ago.

Piaget, founded in 1874, has been established for nearly 140 years. In 1957, it successfully developed a 9P winding movement with a thickness of only 2.0 mm. In 1960, it launched a 12P automatic movement with a thickness of only 2.0 mm. 2.32 mm, after setting world records for the world's thinnest hand-wound and automatic movements respectively, Piaget is still rewriting many historical records.

Piaget Altiplano series mechanical men's watch

Since there is an ultra-thin Piaget movement in terms of thickness, who will it be in terms of precise travel time? Zenith's legendary movement El Primero is the most famous movement in the history of watchmaking and is currently the most accurate series production movement in the world.

El Primero is the automatic chronograph movement with the highest vibration frequency, 36,000 revolutions per hour, accurate to 1/10 second, and kinetic energy storage for more than 50 hours; 176 patents, 180 classic movement types , and thus developed 500 movement styles. Therefore, Zenith’s chronograph has become one of the most accurate chronographs in the industry.

Zenith EL PRIMERO series mechanical men's watch

It is true that many people buy watches for others to see, but there are also many people who buy watches for themselves to use for their own taste.

Mechanical watches are almost the most sophisticated mechanical equipment accessible to ordinary people. Whether you know the people around you or not depends on whether you do it for yourself or for others to notice and envy you.

I have bought many watches over the years. Except for two Omegas, most of the people around me don’t know them, except for some recent friends who have been popularized by me about watches.

If you need others to know you, then buy a big brand known to Chinese people. Rolex and Cartier are the most suitable. Of course, if your life circle is relatively wealthy, then buy Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet and the like. If you don’t need others to know, in addition to these two brands, there are also Lange, Glashütte, Frank Muller, Roger Dubuis, and even more niche Henry Moser & Cie., Parmigiani Fleurier and the like.

For me, I don’t care if other people know me, because I mainly buy watches for myself to admire and wear.

In our country, young people in many places earn only a few thousand dollars. , But, if the owner buys an A4 and the west buys a Q5, it’s all a loan. When I go out to play, all I smoke is Chinese, I spend thousands of bucks when I go to a bar, and I only eat big meals.

If you are from that city, you will definitely feel the same way as I described - there, the circle culture is like this, everyone is acting out, they are used to pretending, and everyone pretends to each other. Very contented.

In our country, there is also a place where the social culture is different. A brick dropped on the street will most likely kill a big boss who earns hundreds of thousands a month just by collecting rent. But the people in that place, A Supra is enough for transportation, and no one is keen on buying a Range Rover or X6. If you happen to work in this city, you probably understand the low-key attitude of the wealthy locals around you. Even if they earn several million, they would not dare to work for 2,500,000 to 80,000 yuan in that city.

There is no way. We are different from each other. If you want to buy a watch, whether it makes sense to care about the feelings of the people around you and ask questions depends on the people, the circle and the atmosphere around you.

If your net worth is average, at least not much more than the people around you, and no one wears a famous watch, then there is no need for you. Did you know that many people know you well or have basic judgments about you? If you wear a watch that is beyond your current class, not only will you not be envied by others, but you will also be regarded as a middle-class person who has no money.

If you are worth a lot and your friends are about the same - then it is unlikely that no one knows a better watch, so this should not be the case.

If your net worth is good, but your friends are too low and no one knows luxury watches, then why do you care about them? Just go into a circle that matches your net worth.

Do you wear a watch for others to see? In this case, you may feel unbalanced, because judging from the current consumption level, most people do not understand watches.

First of all, "You can use your mobile phone to check the time" is the biggest misunderstanding in my opinion over the years. In special workplaces, try whether it is polite and convenient to always take out your mobile phone to check the time. Watches have always been the most convenient tool for telling time.

But for the same watch, what is the biggest difference between a watch costing several thousand yuan and a watch costing hundreds of thousands? I'm afraid it's your own pursuit of personal quality of life. You are no longer satisfied with just a tool for telling time. You hope to get more fun from the watch, including the history behind it, the beauty brought by mechanical manufacturing, and of course, it looks good enough to cultivate your aesthetic ability.

Most of the time, people around you don’t care what kind of watch you are wearing, if they don’t pursue it themselves. If you hope that everyone can say "wow" and admire your vision and strength, then I'm afraid it's really just mediocre. Beautiful things are your own enjoyment first, and everything else comes second.

But wearing an expensive watch really doesn’t reflect some additional value?

The answer is yes. In fact, you can use it as a way to make friends. If you suddenly meet a person who understands and loves watches in a huge crowd, and praises your choice, it will be like a close friend, and the possibility of you dating and becoming friends will be very high. big. There are many true stories, that is, two people in business suddenly saw that each other had similar tastes in watches, and hit it off immediately. From hobbies to business, sometimes they succeeded just like that.

I particularly admire people who are willing to invest in "beautiful" things. Taste requires experience and money, and success is never achieved overnight. If you don’t have the guts to spend money, you won’t have the chance to meet the right person.

Wear a good watch, please yourself first, and then meet your close friend by chance. This is the best value.

My monthly salary is less than 20,000 yuan. I have just finished paying for my car. I have to pay back 1.30,000 yuan on my mortgage in Xiamen every month. I am 35 years old and I have always liked watches. I think that instead of spending 23,000 on those fine imitations, it is better to spend more than 10,000 yuan to buy a watch that suits your current abilities and status. I’ve seen many people earn thousands of dollars a month and force themselves to wear replica watches, or some really capable people do things that are not consistent with the identity of the wearer of the genuine original watch. A watch is something that enhances your original intrinsic value and temperament, making you more punctual. It is the same as the jade pendant worn by a gentleman in ancient times. If virtue does not match everything, I think the meaning of wearing a watch will be lost. Remember, a truly distinguished gentleman who loves watches will not look at whether the watch brand you wear is high-end or not. He will sincerely recommend you to wear something that suits your status, whether it is an entry-level Tissot Seagull Citizen or a high-end Jiangshi Suge. century.

This idea is very cute. In fact, everyone will go through this stage. When they first start buying luxury goods, the first and second bags must be for everyone to recognize and admire. If they don’t recognize them, they will even Intentionally stir up the topic for others to see. I remember when I bought my first LV, I pretended to be in the photo by accident, and then posted on WeChat that it was raining today and my shoes were all wet.

Everyone was very supportive and asked about the new bag they bought. Does it look good? How much does it cost? Where did you buy it?

I think the value of buying this bag is basically there. . I was very proud of it all day long, but the novelty wore off after about a week. After that, when I looked at the bag, it looked like a normal bag, and I didn’t feel much at all. I definitely like it, but I don’t have any special desire to show off to others.

For a long time, I never announced any luxury goods I bought to the world.

Until the first time I bought a Chanel bag, I took a photo and said that now I am starting to eat dirt. Then there was another cry from below, saying that I have money.

So I can completely understand the feeling of a person who bought a good watch and wants others to know. The biggest fear is that no one else will know, so respect your heart. If you want to know, you might as well shout loudly or post on WeChat Moments. He said he bought a watch and accepted compliments from others generously. However, after you get over this novelty, you will find that this watch always belongs to you. No matter whether others find it or not, it is your wealth and you will be very happy.

Don’t think that letting others see is a way of showing off your wealth. Just wanting to receive praise and admiration is a very normal vanity. . A watch is not stolen, it is bought by your ability.