What's YOUR spending limit for a watch?

[gone-rolex-mad]

Guess the DD was the limit for me £10000 used, however I have been thinking about a Patek for £25000, then I realize that I could have a lot of fun for that money. In all honesty I wouldn't spend £10000 on a single watch again. I'll be sticking to steel sports for 4k and under. The SS daytona was the only exception lol!

[Boopie]

Good question.

I got my "Rolex for life" in 2001, so I'm not in the market for a new watch. Plus, I didn't have kids then, and now I do, so their needs (and college way down the road) come first. Given my salary and expenses, I think $10K is about the most I would drop on a new watch nowadays.

With that said, when I was Rolex shopping in late '00-early '01 I kind of capped my watch limit to $5K-$7K, but of course it would depend on the watch. I had narrowed it down to the Rolex Yachtmaster (which I got) and the Patek Phillippe Twenty-4 ladies' model. I did not consider the Cartier, for example, to be in the same league as a Rolex, so I would not have spent that much for a Cartier. Likewise, at that time I would have not spent more than $1K on a Tag.

[MikeyTX]

Originally Posted by Lowflight

I can't justify over $5k for one watch.

+1

[AAMD11]

The most I ever see myself spending on a watch is maybe 5k. I want to get an Explorer II at some point, but I think it will have to be used. I just spent some $3,500 on a Rado Sintra (then again I have always wanted one) So the money I saved over 2 years just for the watch most of it went to that. My next watch will be the Breitling Colt GMT. Which is about 3-4k depending. I really would like an AP Royal Oak perpetual calendar, but 23k on a watch? I dont think so.

[Big_S]

Right now I save about 5% of my net income for watches. Regardless of what my income is, I don't think I would save more than that unless I had a windfall. Of course I save that 5% over a few years until I meet the mark I am saving for, then I pull the trigger. I wouldn't want to spend more than 25% of my take home on a single watch, so if I needed to replace it, it wouldn't be too much of a burden. But then again some with higher price tags are already calling my name...c'est la vie...

[tattooedfagin]

i'm still feeling guilty blowing £5k+ on my DSSD, i've been dribbling over the AP Royal Oak Offshore GP & that'd throw me over the edge

[tattooedfagin]

i'm still feeling guilty blowing £5k+ on my DSSD, i've been dribbling over the AP Royal Oak Offshore GP & that'd throw me over the edge

[Dr. Jones]

I would say $9,000 even at this I would think I had lost my mind.

[Seventh Son]

15K is the max for me..no matter how much my income can increase.

[Carlos98326194]

My max would be the price of a SS Daytona.

[spuds]

GBP£5,000 (ish) so USD$8,000??

To be honest I'm too much of a hardened realist to even 'dream' of spending anything more.

[rolexsubdate]

For a watch, $150-$200 .... For a Rolex, $4999.99 out the door or delivered... Psychologically speaking, the 4 gives me comfort that I have not gone over my spending limit....

[speedo]

my limit is flexible but it has to be in harmony with my income and assets. if i had millions or billions i wouldn't mind paying an insane amount for something i like.
right now i can't see myself paying more than 6-7k usd for any watch and even that i have to think twice.
the good thing is that i am not that much into really expensive stuff. i love blancpain fifty fathoms for example but even if i had the cash i would pick the simplest version and never the tourbillon. same with rolexes, i do not care about gold or diamonds, the only exception being the daytona wg with the meteorite dial.

[newsman]

Probably about $10K USD and only on a cash basis. My first Rolex (DJII) last year was my toughest buying decision in quite a while...not because I couldn't afford it, but because I had to convince myself that one should pay that kind of money for a luxury item...a watch of all things.

My wife is the one who drove that buying decision...insisting that I should have it (justifying it as the proverbial Xmas/Birthday/Anniversary gift.)

Obviously, I'm glad she did because it opened up an entirely new sphere of interest for me in fine watches...and I found TRF--which, alone, is probably worth the price.

So I will buy another Rollie at some point because, like most who visit here, I am now hooked!

[bewithabob]

Originally Posted by SteelerFan1965

That all depends on which watch--some of the watches I really like --like Lange Sohne, AP and some others get up there in price. It is best to not look at them as after a while they start to call your name --both when awake and asleep......

that is it in a nutshell...

[mukulm]

Just spent US$9000 for my first DJ TT a fortnight ago, and it still hasn't settled in.

I type with a soft cloth below my keyboard to prevent any scuffs on my Jubilee bracelet.

[spuds]

Originally Posted by mukulm

....I type with a soft cloth below my keyboard to prevent any scuffs on my Jubilee bracelet.

really????

[zak98]

for me.. $10k would be the absolute max i could spend on one watch.

[PeteNYC13]

Originally Posted by mukulm

Just spent US$9000 for my first DJ TT a fortnight ago, and it still hasn't settled in.

I type with a soft cloth below my keyboard to prevent any scuffs on my Jubilee bracelet.

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-Pete

[SUPERDOC]

what I've learned with my DD..you forget about that price the minute you pay the bill...
the pleasure that watch gives me is priceless...

I don't care about the price, I will pay whatever amount gives me return in value...

Currently have an EVEROSE Daytona in my sights...

[stusrt]

i can't see spending 5 figures -
but 10 years ago - I couldn't see spending 4 figures!

the white daytona SS is on my list, and that can easily be found for under $10k, so I'm still safe...

[Poom]

If you talk about one watch at a time, Brandnew daytona's is the max for me.

[JBat]

I'd probably go $8-10K, but I'd have to save for a while to drop that kind of cash. But I never thought I'd spend $6K before I bought my GMT.

[ESKO]

Originally Posted by Tools

I notice that the older I get, the less I want to spend on a watch....or almost anythng else for that matter.........

Prices for jewelry (and a luxury watch is jewelry) is usually related to income...

If you can drop 10 grand on a tennis bracelet for your significant other, or 20k on a diamond ring; it makes sense to spend twice that on a watch that will last you a lifetime...... or any other figure that you are comfortable with ..........

I love the way you think Larry!
I agree on this!
I think my limit is about $20,000.00 USD on a watch. I'd even buy it used at that if it was a Grail.

[TheDude]

...ever increasing???

[gmaines]

I really can't see spending more tha 12k on a single watch... I just want 2 more and then that is it....really mean it this time.

[Kokyuryoku]

As much as the wife will let me

[Roxas]

About 20K USD, but not for a Rolex of course :).

[biggums]

$100,000 US would be my absolute maximum.






And then I woke up!

[Welshwatchman]

I wouldn't spend more that £2.5m - no way.