5 Types Of Watches That Suck To Own

The vast majority of

watches

and aspects related to their ownership are generally positive and amazing, but that being said, not all

watches

are created equal and there are some pieces that can be heavier than others, so in this video we are going to look at five

types

of watches that can be shit, so for this video this will be my opinion. I'm going to do my best to give logical reasons why some of these watches might be more likely to fall victim to this classification than others, recounting some of my experiences as a collector and speaking to thousands of collectors over the years, and another thing i will mention is that not all watches are going to be put in a box so it might be a bad watch for someone else but it might be a great watch for you so just follow your own protocol and reason why What do you collect something so the holidays are finally here and we have some amazing deals on Teddy baldasar decom for Black Friday and the Christmas season.

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suck

to have it and don't be mad at me.

I know there are some. people who love this. I own many of these

types

of watches, but we need to talk about the vintage topic. SO vintage is a loaded animal and I want to break it down in several ways: one of them is that vintage watches can certainly be great watches to buy. You can find excellent vintage watches at reasonable prices, but there are also many disadvantages why vintage watches can be a burden for many, so first of all they are more delicate than their modern counterparts and you should be more careful with them. Generally, you will have to take more care of them.

You see people taking off their watch to wash their hands commonly with vintage watches because back then water resistance was not a guarantee. I just find that there are more reasons to take off an antique watch before doing something than a modern one. look simply given its construction, some of the materials and a variety of different factors, then you have the whole service element, which can be difficult for a variety of reasons, you have who can actually do it, which is a question for many antique watches . There is someone close to you who can do the job or you have to send them away, that's quite an obstacle to navigate.

You have pieces. Do they still make them? They're available? How am I going to navigate? Have? To create this Franken clock, when I go to repair my clock, what do I have to do here? This is a reality for many watches for which parts are currently no longer manufactured. You also have to worry about the timeline, how quickly will I get the watch back? the cost also associated with this because of all these factors because not many people can do it, not many people want to do the work, you are going to be charged to do that work, when you can finally find someone and when you are combining this. with difficult complications let's say a vintage chronograph maybe a triple calendar something like that yes they look beautiful but there will be a price to pay given some of these other points I mentioned Parts schedule who can really do the job is a more select company they will be able to do it and finally you also have a watch that is typically less functional compared to its modern counterparts.

Water resistance is sometimes an afterthought. You also have to try these watches, but I'm personally not someone who would do that. Recommends going diving with a vintage dive watch even if you tried the stamps, if you want to do it that's your thing you can do it but in my opinion it's probably not worth the squeeze then you have quick set dates if you've ever had an old clock that does not have a quickly set date. You will know the pain there and how much longer it may take. Hacking seconds isn't always something you'll see too and then a shorter power reserve, so combine that with the lack of a quickly set date could be more tedious if you haven't worn the watch for a while and have to set the date. many days in advance again.

Owning antique watches can be absolutely a pleasure, but there can also be many that can become projects and the cost of ownership is much more expensive than many people realize. For number two on our list, we have unestablished brands, so let me start by saying that I am a big believer in small business if you are someone who values ​​having direct communication and connection with a smaller organization. Someone who owns a small business. I mean, I'm all for this. I'm a big proponent of this idea, but when it comes to watches, it can create some complications if the right people are not there. the helm and sometimes you run the risk when dealing with unestablished brands, one of them will be customer service, you'll see that with a lot of upstart brands, like a Kickstarter brand, it's about getting that seed money in the door and just trying From figuring out how to use all the resources to produce the watches, staying in business can sometimes be a fluke where after-service care isn't even something that appears on the radar until it's too late and then you're a customer.

You really have to pay the consequences for that, even though the watch with its service value looks really great, another thing I will mention is that warranties don't really mean anything. You know, 10 year warranty if the brand has only been around for 6 months, how do you have any history that it's going to be backed by a brand that maybe isn't as well known or as established in the industry? I don't mean to say you should be skeptical about it. everything and it's not great that the brand is putting their money where their mouth is, but sometimes you have to dig a little deeper into that and what the promise really is here and if they can keep it;

There is also generally less community documentation. and support when you look at a very popular watch, you can go to places like Facebook forums, uh, different watch forums. Reddit online, you can see that there are other owners who are giving their own ownership story and what they may be experiencing, whether it's going on. the service process or going through some of the similar later brands Market type considerations for different strap or bracelet options and just general points that an owner would be concerned about and there is information available to you for smaller brands, there just isn't as much of that community aspect, so sometimes you have to navigate this on your own and ultimately it's a little bit harder to let go if you change your mind, if you're a mainstream brand there's usually a built-in market of people looking to get that watch which is not always the case with an upstart niche brand that is not as well established, so in those cases you may have to bear the cost if you are ever going to change your mind and try to leave it behind again.

I'm a big believer in different brands of microphones and the things you can have fun with with watches are all about individual expression, so it's not always about thinking with your brain, but just having a good balance between that and, if you feel like something might not be adding up. or there's not a lot of credibility around something, don't always be the first person to take that risk or just try to get more information before doing it. Next, we have mechanical complications and I am going to point out one because of the way they appear frequently in the industry and almost every brand has a watch of this type of complication and that is chronograph complications, yes, sometimes they are fascinating to see, sometimes they are useful and there are a lot of cool things that come with them, but there are sometimes also hidden costs and different obstacles that come with owning those watches when you look at a luxury sports car if you only see it for the sticker price, sometimes That doesn't tell you the whole story, there are many other additional costs that come with owning that car.

You could say the same about certain watches and even an entry-level value chronograph, which is as simple as you'll find, you'll find that the maintenance costs many Sometimes they go over $500 and for some people that's going to surprise them and if you get caught with a watch out of warranty that really

suck

s because in some cases you may have bought that watch for around $2000 and then a good chunk of that goes straight to service of that watch. I think people just underestimate the cost of some of these things and chronographs are complicated if you ask a lot of luxury watch manufacturers what the hardest watch to repair is one of the ones they will commonly say is overlooked is a chronograph, are much more complex than we realize that just because we see them so frequently they are ubiquitous in watches, making them a type of watch in themselves.

This is seen even further when you start getting into luxury complications that cost over $1,000 for a complete overhaul of a movement I don't want. to scare people away from buying a chronograph or a perpetual calendar, anything like that, but just be aware of the cost associated with it, maybe look for some service cost and when buying used products, especially outside of a warranty window, just keep this in the back of your mind, for the next type of watch number four, we have the watch that costs more to maintain than the complete watch. Now I get tagged and post all the time about different crazy watches with complications, like a Chinese turbon for around $1,000, which from afar looks legit, you know, it looks like it's a turboon, it's all good, but then you start thinking about do it with your brain and you realize, wait, why would I want to own that, even if it costs ownership initially?

It seems fine, you don't. Don't start taking into account all these other elements that could be a problem: a turbon when you get that service for one, will exceed the price of what you'll normally see with some of these more affordable turbans, which is notable, let's give them a applause for figuring out how to do it for this price, it's pretty crazy, but when something goes wrong, which most likely and inevitably will, they will have this problem of where can I send it, if they will actually help me and what it will do. cost be any brand that sells a turbon for $1 to $2000 for example will have a hard time making it worth it for their customer and honoring any warranty because the cost to repair it will be almost like producing a complete watch in itself and That is, if you get a response from some of these brands, going back to the additional point about thinking about the upstart brands and what really comes with this brand, are they going to be true to what they stand behind in the product that they offer you?

We are also seeing a lot of brands using seagull chronograph movements and I think it is an attractive movement, it is a movement that has an interesting history that goes with it, but it costs quite a bit of money to maintain because it is a column wheel. chronograph movement and you find it in watches sometimes even for less than $500, that's ridiculous and amazing to see when you first get it, but then there's the cost of repairing it in the future, it might even be better to just replace the movement per se. Some big brands are using seagull movements and this is something that needs to be kept in mind in the conversation.

If it's a brand that's maybe less established and they're not as upfront about their service costs, this can really suck. own because then you're looking at a watch that acts like toilet paper, you can only use it once and then what do I do? I have to throw it away and I don't think that's what watchmaking should be about, so that's something that can be a little difficult, there's also the ultra affordable group where you'll see these different watches that are somehow put together very cheaply. The quality control is sometimes not always there and you can find a mechanical watch for around $100 but if something goes right it is wrong and if the quality control is not up to standard and something breaks then you will have to worry about such. maybe repair it and if the cost of the service starts to add up then the money I could have spent on something that was maybe twice as much could have been at stake with quality control being stronger like for me for example if you can find a seyo at a fairly fair price, there are many interesting seyo 5S on the market versus something that will be abroad with no quality control, sometimes it is better to opt forthe more expensive watch if it means better quality control rather than something you're not so sure about as far as the quality standard goes and could lead to more work in the future for me, peace of mind.

Mindfulness and enjoyment are a top priority for the watches I choose to own, but it depends on where you stack them. If you're someone who likes to modify and do this kind of stuff, it's not a big deal, but for me I don't want to do it. I have to add additional projects for watches, especially when the price is starting to go up and now for the last watch that sucks to have, we have the problem that you are afraid to wear it, this can happen in different ways and for a variety of different reasons , but one thing I will say here on The Upfrontes if a watch is causing you stress, if a watch is creating a burden on you and you cannot enjoy wearing it, you should not own it.

Just starting with one way, I think I have seen this happen: the watch is so rare and cannot be replaced this could be an antique watch this could be a watch that was on a long waiting list to acquire and it just becomes In a burden in your life where you are so worried about what is going to go wrong, something is going to go wrong. What happens? Am I going to scratch it? It doesn't really matter what the concern is, but if that's the concern, you'll be less likely to wear it and that will get in the way of your enjoyment and I think this is a watch that ultimately sucks because you're almost a slave to the watch in yes instead of being able to enjoy it in a very similar way.

You have the watch that looks like an investment where every scratch will only scare you. You're just looking for door handles everywhere you go, you just cringe with this watch on your wrist. It's just that, come on guys, you know my stance on this. That's not why I collect watches. I understand there are people out there like that but frankly you have a paperweight you don't have a watch it's just collecting dust in a safe deposit box that's not a watch that's a paperweight or I don't even know what you want to call it but that's how I would classify it, so in my opinion it's another watch that sucks to have.

I don't want to incite fear in people, but do you have this as a reason why people are afraid to use it? You could be a target if it was seen on your wrist if you are wearing a completely gold Day Date and you find yourself in situations where you live in a certain area where you could be a target, you know that robberies and muggings happen and you need to be careful again. I don't want to create a world of panic for people, but if that's going to cause you stress, it sucks to have it and then for the last point, where I see this happening, is where the clock becomes too heavy.

In other words, you buy too much watch in relation to your net worth, it's too big a percentage in comparison, maybe you've heard of the saying when you buy too much house or people who are poor, you could say the same thing. for a watch you can be poor at home you can be poor in watches buy too much watch it gets in the way of your enjoyment buy too much house it gets in the way of enjoying your family you can't buy groceries that's not a home that's a nightmare waiting to happen the same thing It can happen to your watch.

The way I always say this is if you can set the thing on fire in your driveway, have the neighbors surround you and everyone can see it go up in flames, you might shed a tear. because it's sad and it would make you angry. I mean, I'd be mad if he burned any of my watches, but it wouldn't change my world. My world wouldn't change if any of them were destroyed, so keep this in mind if you're stressed. wear that thing and you feel guilty when you wear it that watch sucks and you don't actually own that watch, it belongs to you but that's okay guys that's my opinion here today looking at some watches that suck to own right? agree with my opinions do you not agree with my opinions?

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