5 Watches You Should Avoid | Watchfinder & Co.

[Music] if you're looking at buying your first premium watch or even if it's not your first rodeo it can be a bit daunting trying to find the one that's right for you you may have an idea of what you want perhaps even a brand or a type of watch but there are still a whole load of pitfalls to trip up on when you finally take the plunge and enter the market never mind what you do want here are five kinds of watches you should most certainly avoid if you like these videos and want to see more please help the channel by subscribing don't forget to click the notification bell to impatience can do funny things to the human brain one of which being the bypassing of whichever gland it is that tells you to be sensible in the clear light of day you know what's right what's best but in the thick of the hunt the bloodlust has a funny way of clouding judgment say your savings jar is full and you're ready to treat yourself to that Breitling navitat you've been promising yourself for a while perhaps it's discontinued hard to get hold of and there are none available in any of the usual places you look so you look a little further afield to somewhere you've not really heard of before that doesn't have any reviews or perhaps even to a certain popular auction site and it's there the pictures are a little blurry there's no phone number but yet you can feel your credit card finger twitching if you weren't blinded by the width of a new purchase you'd hear your sensible gland screaming red raw that's why this is the first watch you should avoid the one from a non reputable source have patience wait a while hold out for the best example from a trustworthy source because while the worst you can expect would be to lose all of your money completely the best you can expect from shopping from a questionable outlet will be to always wonder whether or not the what you bought is really everything it was supposed to be try as the manufacturers might to convince you a premium watch is not a practical asset it tells the time sure and that's a useful thing but that's it's secondary to the ownership experience and enjoyment of wearing a handmade timepiece so it stands to reason that buying said watch is as much a purchase with the heart as it is with the head it's like buying a house you want to love it feel at home in it picture your future there it's more than just four walls and a roof it would be a pretty miserable existence if you purchase your home based just on investment opportunity after all a family of four wouldn't fit in a one-bed city apartment so this is the next watch you should avoid the one that's just an investment buy the watch you want the one you've been looking forward to getting the one you'd be happy to wear day in day out because if you don't you'll only end up moving it on and replacing it with something you actually want it's a nice bonus that a premium watch can cost you zero or even earn you a profit but if you get the what you really wanted then you're probably not going to sell it anyway look around and you'll find some incredible watches out there as a fraction of the original price from brands that you might not have otherwise dreamed of owning we're talking endgame pieces the kind that would be welcome in even the most exquisite of collections it's a tempting proposition especially when you're talking about a watch as appealing and as rich with heritage as this breguet it's a watch from the manufacturer that invented the tall beyond and it'll cost you less than a rolex submariner tempting very tempting but you've got to be careful there was a time when a Ferrari 360 moderner could be purchased for around thirty thousand pounds the price of your average family car with a few bits like air conditioning and parking sensors thrown in like the Breguet equally tempting but here's the folly the Ferrari may have cost the same as a family car to buy but it certainly won't cost the same as a family car to run it costs more a lot more so this is the next watch you should avoid the one you haven't considered servicing costs for high-end watches can have service intervals as frequent as every two years with associated costs of 500 pounds plus depending on the complication if you're not careful you could end up with a bill that costs almost as much as the watch itself the Internet is a marvel of the modern age a wealth of education and knowledge greater than every library and scholar in history but there's a trade-off because with all of that useful knowledge comes as many opinions if not many many more and opinions are fine they form the basis of the statements and reviews from which we form our own judgments we've never lived in a better time for researching something before we buy it but there's a downside to that too think of the restaurant or hotel or waffle iron you are thinking of buying and reading through reams and reams of positive reviews until you reach that one guy who didn't for reasons he's made perfectly clear through the use of capital letters like it you know it's nonsense you know you should ignore it but it sticks in your mind like a splinter so say you've got your eye on an Omega planet ocean you love the way it looks really like the in-house movements the brand's heritage etc etc and you're confirming your thoughts by dipping your toe into the comments on one of the many popular watch forums and there he is that one guy who thinks it's rubbish who thinks you should get a Rolex or a tag heuer instead and somehow his passion is so compelling that you start to doubt all the confidence you had only moments before and feel yourself being swayed towards the Rolex or Tag Heuer that really you don't want that's why the next watch you shouldn't get is the one someone else tells you to get other people's opinions are just that opinions you and only you know what will make you happy there's that impatience again only this time it's whispering something about the watch you can't quite afford yet you've been saving for a while you're almost there but just not quite thing is the little voice says you could have a cheaper watch right now instead it doesn't matter that the watch you originally wanted has been occupying every other thought you've had for the past year or that it's even started to creep into your dreams because all of a sudden the possibility of buying a watch now has become overwhelmingly tempting you'll look at everything that costs as much as you have and think that you love all of them infatuations spreading like norovirus through every watch that crosses your path just think you could get up and go out right now and in an hour you'd have a new watch the temptation is almost painful this right here is probably the hardest of all the watches to avoid the one you could have now over the one you really want but still need to save for it doesn't take a genius to realize that the desire for the watch you could have now is fleeting a short candle that will have long burned out before you even get back home it's a guaranteed path to regret okay so we've covered some of the watches that you shouldn't get but it still remains to be seen which watch it is that you should get and the answer is simple get the watch you want no fuss no gimmicks no brand snobbery nothing the watch that you like is the one that's going to give you what you're hoping for don't let anyone tell you otherwise how about you what are some of your tips for watches to avoid let us know in the comments below discover more exceptional watches at watch finder dr. dot uk' if you enjoyed this video please like and subscribe if there are any other watches you'd like to see reviewed please let us know in the comments below

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Length: 8min 36sec (516 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 17 2018

Reddit Comments

[u/GriffonsChainsaw]

Enough of the "what watch should I buy" stuff, how about some "what watch should I run away from" stuff?

1. Don't buy from dodgy sellers. That way lies madness.

2. Don't buy something just so you can sell it later. Personally I can see why people do this but it is kinda sad to me, but then I don't have the money to play with to even attempt it.

3. Don't buy something that you won't be able to maintain (again this channel with a car comparison, not that I'm complaining).

4. Don't buy something someone else said is better (troubling statement from someone who does just that but of course there's a difference).

5. Don't buy the one that isn't the one you're saving for. This sign can't stop me because I can't read. Although on that point, and this isn't in the video, I say make a list, let it grow, and pare it down occasionally. See what you're still obsessed with, what really still calls to you.

[u/wonderfullylongsocks]

This is probably my favourite Watchfinder video so far - it gets to the heart of what watch collecting really is about.

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The title was kind of weird, but this was well worth watching

[u/Josuelaker]

Great video. Thanks for sharing it.