I was a bit of a watch hoarder myself, had some 10 or so nice watches (none over around $250). But stopped wearing them around 10 yrs ago after an incident that could have been much worse.....got the watch caught on a load of drywall as it shifted. Now I just check my phone for the time.
There's a difference between being an enthusiast or aficionado and snobbishly ridiculing all sub-$4K watches and any filthy, bottom-feeding peasant willing to wear one.
I've been a mechanical watch guy for a long time. I have a watchmaker's tool kit and occasionally buy lots (as in a few at a time) of old mechanical watches in need of repair and try to repair them myself. My success rate is probably 30-40%, but the lots are cheap, so I have fun. I have ended up with a few, as that numpty in the video above described as 'mid level' watches, including an Alpina Avalanche automatic chrono, a Fortis Fleiger, and a few ETA watches. But remember what he said about ETA watches: THEY'RE FUKCING $4IT, FUKCING $4IT!!!!! THEY'RE $4IT!!!!!!!!.
For you enthusiasts, here's a vid that WolfGTI linked to me recently.
I used to buy phoney Rolexes, we called them Rorexes, in Taiwan all the time and give them to friends and family.
Quartz movement ones were $25, selfwinding movement $50.
I gave one of the $50 Rorexes to my Dad, about the same time a friend of his got a real Rolex. His friend had to bring his watch in for repairs about three times in the first two year he had it, Dad's Rorex just kept ticking.
Didn't watch all of it, but did find it funny. I would hate to hear what he would say about my collection (8 or 9 watches that have combined total of just over the $1k range he is ranting about).
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