A few mistakes easy to make in the watch world

If you’re new to watches, let’s take a look at a few mistakes that watch industry geeks tend to make that can change some of your stubborn attitudes about watches.

Thinking the movement is all there is to a watch

The movement, while the most important component of a watch, is not the whole story. Movements like the Lemania calibers, Valjoux 72, 7750, ETA 2892, and Peseux 260 have been in use for years in dozens of brands with a range of prices. Don’t let watch aficionados who like movements influence your choice. The construction of the case, the design of the dial, and the exterior decoration should also play a part in rating a watch as good or bad.

Disrespect for Rolex

All watch enthusiasts have an “ambivalence” about Rolex. When you don’t know anything about watches, you think Rolex is the best watch brand in the world. You may even find it hard to believe that other brands are more expensive than Rolex. But when you really know about watches, after you get in touch with Jaeger-LeCoultre, Vanguard, Patek Philippe, Lange, Vacheron Constantin, etc., you will think that Rolex is in the “middle of the road” in the watch industry. They prefer hand-finished, rare and limited edition watches. However, after owning them, because they are expensive, not durable, and often need repair, they think “Rolex is actually not bad”.

While Rolex has had many different reviews, it is undeniably one of the more reliable and trusted watch brands in the world today. It is one of the leading representatives of watchmaking, so it can be called the “popular king” of the watch industry.

High price, complexity equals high quality

“You get what you pay for.” Many people who are new to watches think that the price of a luxury item like a watch equals its quality, and that the better the watch, the more expensive it is, and the better the watch.

But that’s not true. For some veteran “players”, they prefer a well-made, elegant watch to a fancy-looking one. As for the price, just don’t spend your money on something that “looks expensive”.

Taking a single calendar for a perpetual calendar

The perpetual calendar was invented by Patek Philippe in 1996, so those calendar watches from the mid-20th century or earlier, even if they weren’t perpetual, they were single-calendar watches that required manual adjustments in February, April, June, September and November. And the perpetual calendar is the only one that needs to be manually adjusted in February.

Watches are just for investment

Many people think that expensive watches that are beyond their means can only be used as an investment, in other words, they don’t actually like watches, they just happen to have the money to get into an expensive watch.

But in fact, there are still very few of these people, and their real purpose is not really an investment, but perhaps just a way to give themselves something to regret. So don’t blindly follow those who say a watch is a good value, because they really like it and you’re just someone who sees it as “the same aesthetic”.

Not all Rolex black bezels are called “Bakelite”

The Rolex Diagonal 6263 does not have black Bakelite, nor does the Yacht collection. The Rolex watches other than the 6542 do not have a bakelite ring, it is just a model used by Rolex for a short period of time.

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