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Re:Watches Are yet Another Easy Way Rich People Make Their M... by tlackemann on Thursday March 21, 2019 @10:20PM (#19459140)
The thing with expensive watches is they recommend to send them in for maintenance every 2-or-so years which isn't cheap, I know sending my watch costs me ~$500 for maintenance which was about 1/4 of the total price. Granted, it comes back looking brand new but I'm skeptical to believe that my watch will be appreciating greater than the costs of owning it. Then again, my watch isn't rare or crazy expensive, I just happen to really like it.
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Re:Watches Are yet Another Easy Way Rich People Make Their M... by SamReidHughes on Friday March 22, 2019 @02:47AM (#19460135)
That's a bit too frequent. More like 5 years... or longer if you can get away with it and don't care.
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Re:Watches Are yet Another Easy Way Rich People Make Their M... by pcurve on Friday March 22, 2019 @12:36AM (#19459644)
What watch do you own?
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Re:Watches Are yet Another Easy Way Rich People Make Their M... by fgonzag on Friday March 22, 2019 @03:03AM (#19460192)
For the price of the watch (mid-end) and the price of the maintenance (fairly high end), I'm guessing Omega, but maybe a Breitling ? Doubt it's a Tag because of the maintenance cost

Cartier, Rolex, Patek Phillipe, and those brands don't really have watches in the $2K range.

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Re:Watches Are yet Another Easy Way Rich People Make Their M... by lvturner on Friday March 22, 2019 @05:25AM (#19460780)
Rolex recommends every ten years for maintanece, unless you damage it or notice it not keeping time correctly.
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