You have been saving up for quite some time and you are now ready to purchase a luxury watch. There are so many beautiful watches and great watch brands from which to choose. How do you make sure you are purchasing the right watch for you? We have compiled a list of some of the most important things one must consider when looking to purchase the perfect luxury watch.
When looking to purchase a luxury watch, one has to think about what is most important to them. Here are the questions that one should ask himself:
What is the budget for your watch?
Unfortunately, this is probably the most important issue to consider. If one’s budget is a couple thousand dollars, it is probably best not to even look at Patek Philippe watches. They can lure people in and force them to spend an amount significantly above their original budget. One does not have to spend $30,000 to get a great luxury watch. Pick a price range and only look at watches within that range.
Brand New Watch or Pre-Owned Watch?
There are pros and cons to both of these options. When buying a brand new luxury watch, one is assured that it is of the highest quality. However, the minute this watch is purchased, it significantly decreases in price. Many pre-owned watches are also of the highest quality and would not be differentiated from a brand new watch. When buying a pre-owned watch, one can buy a watch of high quality and performance for a significantly lower price.
When will this watch get worn?
There are sport watches, dress watches, casual watches, and many other types. When looking to purchase a luxury watch, it is important to consider at what sort of functions this watch will be worn. If it will be worn to mostly formal occasions, maybe look into a Rolex Day-Date or a Patek Philippe Calatrava (depending on budget). Find out how to wear this dress watch here . If this watch will be worn on diving expeditions or aviation adventures, Breitling makes watches for both occasions.
Looking for any specific functions or complications in your watch?
Depending on one’s answers to the question above, it may be important to find a watch with specific features and functions. If looking for a dive watch, it may be important to find a watch with a helium escape valve, like the OMEGA Seamaster (insert link to Seamaster page) Professional. For the avid pilots, an IWC Big Pilot is always a great option, as it has a large, legible dial, chronometer movement, and chronograph function. For someone who travels all over the world for business, it will be important to have a watch that displays more than one time-zone, or even a watch that displays the time in all 24 time zones across the world, such as Patek Philippe’s WorldTime watch.
What kind of movement is best for your watch?
It is very important to pay attention to the movement of the watch. The watch can either have a mechanical movement or a quartz movement. Having a mechanical movement greatly increases the quality of the watch, as well as its lifespan. The mechanical watch can either be manual-winding, which requires the wearer to manually wind the watch using the screw, or an automatic, self-winding movement that winds with each movement of the wrist. A quartz movement is battery operated. Watches with quartz movements are significantly less expensive than watches with mechanical movements because mechanical movements will last longer and are assembled by hand by the talented watchmakers of the brand.
Where to buy a luxury watch?
There are several different ways that one can purchase a luxury watch. There are brick and mortar stores where authorized dealers displays brand new watches. Another option is to buy online. One can find both brand new watches as well as pre-owned watches for sale online. Here are Crown & Caliber, we sell a majority of our watches online. Because we have no overhead costs, we can sell the watch to customers for less money.
Aesthetics
What should the watch look like? Some watch enthusiasts want a watch with a rugged look while others want a classic, sleek watch. There are several things to consider: strap, case, dial. The strap can be stainless steel, gold, rubber, titanium, platinum, leather, or several other materials. The case of the watch can be stainless steel, rose, white, or yellow gold, titanium, platinum, etc. The case and bracelet of the watch can completely change the look of the watch. Also, the look of the dial is important. If one wants a classic watch, the simpler the dial the better.
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