/biz/ - Business & Finance

based and redpilled
they don't even have atomic radio or triple sensors like my $200 casio protrek

>>15892684
I should honestly thank people who are stupid enough to pay 10s of thousands, because it contributes to the marketing and ensures it's a luxury brand (and the brand makes nicer looking watches).

Then thanks to all the retards who paid that much, I get to spend $300 and get the exact same benefit. LMAO

>>15892732
>Then thanks to all the retards who paid that much, I get to spend $300 and get the exact same benefit
Based and redpilled. Luxury watch buyers are imbeciles.

>>15892651
Ive worn a $15 casio watch for 6 years and don't see the need to get an expensive watch ever. My grandpa is giving me his Rolex according to his will and that's probably the nicest watch I'll ever own. If I ever get fuck you money I'd buy a Patek, but watches are a money sink and not worth it if you aren't rich

>>15892651
Everyone who makes it should get one, only to show off your power level to other HNWI in order to gain their trust. It's like a secret handshake for a secret club that you made it.

>>15893045
The point is everyone who makes it can still get a $300 one and save $39.7k

>>15892651
Where can I buy a legit fake one for $300? Spill the beans anon

>>15893178
Well, if it's fake it's not legit, right?

If you meant the most realistic type of fake, then I guarantee the common search terms you'd use on Google to find them would yield reliable fakes. As for mine, I got it off of Kijiji (sort of like Craigs List in Canada), probably from a guy who bought it from those chink suppliers that I mentioned earlier.

It's not hard to fake a watch/it's harder to find a replica that doesn't look real.

>>15892651
Based and redpilled I do the same

>>15892898
It’s used as a store of value where I am. They increase in value with inflation, the second hand market is very liquid here. So some like the idea of it as a saving mechanism and that they can wear as well it as well to show.

>>15892651
>>15892732
>>15893169
>>15893199
poorfag cope
40k is literally nothing for me, it's cute you try to make it seem like it's some sort of big deal. pocket change. you haven't made it until you LITERALLY do not care for money at all.

>>15893648
>literally do not care about money
>still needs to find a way to prove you have more money than everyone else by buying niggerbling
Cope.

>>15893648
Not OP but with 40k I can...
Invest
Save
Eat Fast Food Everyday
Invest for Self-Care
Travel with Minimum Budget

You don't see a lot of the billionaires rocking all the good stuff. Part of them are doing it for promotions.

>>15892651
Absolutely based
I personally own a $200 Diesel watch which watchfags would happily buy for $9000 if it said Rolex on it
What's worse is they think women care about watch or can tell between a real/fake rolex

>>15893767
walk past any watch store

full of young chinks and arabs, the odd 80yo boomer. they are the new consumer generation not westerners.

>>15893767
$200 bucks seem fucking expensive for a fake

>>15892651
some models retain their collector value you literally earn money while wearing an expensive watch.

There is a noticable difference between replicas and the real thing. If you've handled both you'd know. Also the crystal on a genuine Rolex will last nearly forever, unlike cheap Chinese garbage that will scratch easily. Rolex is a sports watch, these cheapskate replicas don't hold a candle whatsoever to actual real world rugged use. You can also send your Rolex in for reconditioning anytime and have it brought back to factory condition 15-20 years down the road if you so desire. They hold value exceptionally compared to any other brand. If bought used your cost of actual ownership is quite low. Comparable to a $1000 watch that lost 90% of value in two years or ownership. Cheap Chinese garbage or beautiful everlasting future family heirloom. The choice is yours.

>>15894166
>sports watch

Fucking watchcucks are all retards. A $40 Casio is all anyone needs. It tells the time and has an alarm and a light and a timer.

Imagine deciding not to invest your money in stocks and paying for an expensive watch instead.

>>15893648
I love a LARPer who doesn’t even stop to consider that the reason he’s not rich is that he isn’t as focused on and disciplined in their work and with money as people who actually worked their way up

>>15893767
tru but diesel watches are too big desu

>>15892651
Yeah I never buy real shit anymore. What's the point when I can buy direct from China? Idc if it's real or not tbqh.

Banker here 2.5 years. What faggot watch for ~$2000 should I get?

Expensive watches only plays a part when you are making business with old money. It’s a sign that you made some money in your life and your not a pleb that’s only acting. If you desire things like this because you saw them in the rap video then you are a complete moron. Also
> I bought a 300$ dollar knockoff
When some used Casio or Seiko for 20$ would do the job of being comfy and stylish timepiece

Based and redpilled wearing 100$ automat Seiko that my grandfather gave me.

>>15892651
People buy that shit for themselves too, not only for social signalling. Besides, a Rolex holds value quite well. Faking that you're rich when you're not also seems kind of pathetic and exhausting as well.

>>15895929
I mean usually it's not hard to pick out lower class people who are more interested in signalling than who actually hold wealth.

>>15892651
Why don't you wear a nice seiko automatic instead you fuggin poser.

i have multiple watches:
Tissot Quart PR100 with sapphire glass, bought in 2008 from money i got from selling guild wars ectoplasm on ebay
50 year old Zenith automatic watch I got from the best friend of my dad (he is a wealthy german boomer)
Orient Automatic (2014) watch with sapphire crystal glas
and finally...
pic related. Citizen. bought 2 years ago.
It has everything I need
>sapphire glass
>titanium body (lightweight and resistant)
>eco drive (perfect precision and still no need to change batteries)
>simple classic look

its just perfect and I paid around 200€ for it

>>15896399
just found a pic of my Orient. it actually looks better than this in reality..but i am not into automatic anymore. its just useless. like people who refuse to read digitally because "books have soul"
Quartz is just so much more precise and the Citizen titanium Quartz watch is 70% lighter than the Orient steel automatic

>>15892651
Watches are for morons.

>>15892651
Why bother to buy replica in the first place? So people can see you and think you've made it?

Imagine being that wealthy when money stops to be a problem. Buying a watch worth $40,000 is like buying a mars bar. If you won't make more than $10,000,000 you will never understand the mind of a wealthy person. You could ask other questions like: why to buy mansion with a swimming pool when you can buy a flat or a studio...

You are on the different level. You can't understand shit going on on the higher levels until you reach them yourself...

>>15892651
Rolexs are what poor people think are nice watches, ever poor person that gets any amont of money goes out and buys a rolex. You can spot new money immediately because of rolex. High end watches in general though, are rich peoples autistic micro engineering hobby. Watch autisits will talk for hours on how their watch works. Really, its about the design and the degree of precision the watch was made.

>>15892651
>wearing a watch in the current year

It says what time it is on your phone, genius.

I have a Nautica watch I really like but seldom wear it because it's kind of obsolete.

>>15892651

Unironically my watch. It cost around 200 USD and its unironically everything you need. A replica is stupid, if someone catches you you will look like a retard attention seeker. Grab a nice watch who is classy and enjoy your compliments. You don't anything else, for real lmao.

If you have fuck money yes, you can buy a nice patek philippe or a rolex but if you still havent made it just buy a nice watch with a nice brand and good quality/price and you are set.

>>15892651
I have 800,000,000,000 watches from around the universe.

>>15892651
$40,000 for a watch is fucking stupid, but if you have that kind of money to throw around then good for you. $300 for a cheap china knock-off to try to trick people into thinking you're more of a baller than you really are is just as dumb though

>C A S I O
>A
>S
>I
>O

If you're trying to convince boomers you're a baller, you haven't made it. You're just on a nicer treadmill

>>15892651
because anyone who cares enough about expensive and useless wrist gimmicks will be anal about their brands

>>15892651
Wow. You losers are still wrist watching in the 21st century?
How droll.
Step up your game, lads. It will force you to upgrade your entire presence around your new epic pocket watch. More buttons, obviously. A vest. Cuff links, An icy, sun baked, manly stare.
Hotties will be asking what time they should come over for dinner every time you whip it out, and swing it on that chain. Hypnotic. Irresistible. It's nearly a self fulfilling prophecy, really.
What time is it?!

>>15896871
Dont forget the fedora!

>>15896580
>being an electricity cuck

>>15896900
>not using the sky as cosmic watch

>>15896899
checked
Goes without saying, of course.

>>15896912
Based, and AncientWisdomPilled

>>15892651
The only watch I have and ever will buy.
I recommend.

i paid $300 for this bad boy and i think it looks way better than a fake chink rolex. i wouldnt be caught dead with a fake rollie OR a real one because both make you look like a tryhard

>>15893633
You live around drug dealers? That is why you niggerbling, so your assets can be cashed in to get you out of jail as bank accounts will be frozen.

>>15896964
So a fake rolex sub makes you look like a tryhard but a plagiarized rolex sub doesn't

>>15897023
unironically yes

>>15892651

Ask yourself that same question - why bother spending $300 on a fake Rolex watch when you can get a little digital Casio thing for under $10? Why piss away $290 more?

>>15897808
if you wear a $10 casio you better get a members only jacket and a tactical bowlcut to go along with it because you look like a dork

THIS is a sports watch.

>>15897808
Because Casios look ugly and retarded and you look like school shooters.

You think people wear a Rolex because it tells the time or because it looks cool? Dork.

>Watch as a status symbol

I always thought this was stupid and outdated. Somebody who has made it has no use for a watch. Knowing the current time, down to the second is important to wagies who have appointments they need to be on time for, but not to somebody who is free to do as he pleases, when he wants to do it.

>>15895351
Used Omega seamaster/speedmaster are good choices at that range

>>15898976
You began by remarking on watches as status symbols and then went on to explain they're obsolete for time-telling instead of status.

lol, retard. Time for you to fuck off.

>>15899060

I'm saying the more rational status symbol would be to walk around without any kind of timepiece on you, because it shows that you have no reason to know what time it is.

There are many reasons. One being that no one can publicly mock you for calling out your counterfeit, and being a tryhard poor at a cocktail party.

Another is that some people actually enjoy watches. If you really liked magic cards, and bought a very expensive magic card, it would make sense. Sure, your friends would have played with you anyways if it were a fake, but you probably wouldn’t feel as good about it, it wouldn’t be as special to you.

>>15892651
The Nobody doesn't condone use of counterfit watches, that's like wearing fake nike trainers, kek

>>15899745
>One being that no one can publicly mock you for calling out your counterfeit
Replicas are indistinguishable from the real things, you lying retard. Don't pretend everyone has to be a dumbass like you and get into situations where people can microscope it and feel the weight.

>and being a tryhard poor at a cocktail party.
Cocktail parties are for faggots like you.

>If you really liked magic cards, and bought a very expensive magic card, it would make sense
No, it wouldn't. Being frugal makes sense, even when you have money.

>>15899779
Shoes have functional uses that can't be substituted, retard. With things like clothing, it makes sense to get good quality things that will last.

For a watch to just sit there and look pretty while taking zero wear and tear, why would anyone want to waste money on the real thing?

>>15900086
What the hell are you talking about?
You talk like a 12-year old.

>>15900110
I'm talking about why luxury watches are wastes of money and how they look no different.

You have the comprehension of a downie.

>>15900130
No, you’re making wild assumptions and throwing in repetitive insults that do nothing to further your argument, but sound very childish.

What is your career?

>>15898976
>>15899374
This is correct. If youre going to engage in social signalling behaviour, you should signal something that is important to you.
But for some rich people like Bill Gates, time is extremely important in order to achieve his humanity-improvement goals before he kicks it, and he is on time to the second for his meetings, because despite having infinite money, he still has the same 24hours in the day as you or I do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCv29JKmHNY

>>15900177
Why would I need to further my argument when you haven't given any criticism of any particular point, you buzzing retard? Where at all am I specifically wrong?

>>15892898
>>15897808
>>15898976
the absolute fucking state of /biz/
>what is unforgeable costliness
the right luxury watch is a store of value. it’s proof of work in physical form. you brainlets love bitcoin so much and don’t even understand why it has value.

>>15901132
>the right luxury watch is a store of value
It isn't because it depreciates. Why not take $40k and put it in a high interest savings account instead? I magically don't lose money and instead grow it, retard.
>it’s proof of work in physical form
And the point behind work is to ease you in the future, so why waste it on something that I can get for $300 and reinvest everything else, retard?
>you brainlets love bitcoin so much
No I don't, retard. Try again.

>>15901384
>It isn't because it depreciates.
the right watches increase in value.
>why waste it on something that I can get for $300 and reinvest everything else, retard?
it’s for preserving wealth not for poorfags like you.
>No I don't, retard. Try again.
nice, you’re dumber than i even thought grats.

>>15901436
>the right watches increase in value.
>nice, you’re dumber than i even thought grats.
Hey, retard, are you capable of doing math? Even if some watches increase, out of what will you get more value? A really exceptional watch inflating a little bit or taking all that money you'd spend on it and growing it even safely by 7-10% annually?
>it’s for preserving wealth not for poorfags like you.
You're not even capable of performing simple math equations. (See above.) lolz

>>15901491
i tried. stay poor then.

>>15901554
>i tried
You ran right after being exposed for mathematical illiteracy, retard.

>>15892651
>Unless you're going to let some fag microscope it or something like that, it looks the exact fucking same.
Do the replicas have watch hands that constantly move or in a ticking motion? Cause that's an obvious way to tell if it's a fake.

>>15901564
your 7-10% is not “safe”.
you don’t know what a store of value is.
you’re right, you should buy equities instead of watches because you don’t have enough money to worry about it.
when you have enough wealth to have to think about the preservation of it you will understand.

>>15901603
My simple test is observing with both a real one and replica in my hands at the store. No apparent difference. The retards who write articles or make videos about detecting fakes are seething cucks and know a fake wearer would have to expose himself in a really unique way for a member of the public to determine it's a replica (such as taking it off and letting them feel weight or letting them get close enough to observe for several minutes, etc.). There's no difference - just get a safe.
>>15901630
>your 7-10% is not “safe”.
It sure has been and I'm not worried about it just because a mathematically illiterate retard cried to me over the internet, LMAO

>>15901658
>just get a safe
Woops, meant to write just get a fake.

Go to a store of your preferred brand and look at the real thing. You'll see there's no reason to worry when a local seller shows you a replica.