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0 pointsgizmo2y ago0 comments

Yes, because it's inconceivable that a veblen hobby community would ever decide something that costs a few thousand is "the best" as opposed to "beginner". The entire concept of a "beginner" watch that costs $15,000 or thereabouts is such obvious gatekeeping.

Ferrari is exactly the same. You first have to buy a starter Ferrari or two in order to get invited to Ferrari events which in turn might get you an invitation to buy a limited edition Ferrari. Gatekeeping all the way down to maintain artificial scarcity. One might have wheels and the other keeps time (poorly) but they're the same and the scarcity is the product.

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throw0101b2y ago

> The entire concept of a "beginner" watch that costs $15,000 or thereabouts is such obvious gatekeeping.

A beginner watch is a Seiko SKX (now the 5 line) at US$200, one can also do Hamilton field watches, Longines, Stowa, Nomos, Omega or IWC, etc for a few hundred to a few thousand.

Watch Youtubers like The Urban Gentry, Teddy Baldassarre, etc, cover (and own) watches from all sort of price levels (as do folks in /r/Watches, where you'll see state of the collection (SOTC) posts that have Casio G-shocks).

dharmab2y ago

MY beginner watch was a Casio AE1200. It's about $30.

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/casio-ae1200wh-1a-world-ti...

Staple_Diet2y ago

My friend the AE-1200 is no beginner watch, but rather the epitome of watchmaking.

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sonicanatidae2y ago

Or youtubers like Marshall of WatchRevival.

https://www.youtube.com/c/WristwatchRevival

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