If the only thing that bothers you is being called out? And don’t mind what which watch you wear, as others have already said you should look at buying a vintage DJ you can find something that looks good on eBay or Chrono24 for around $2500, or a vintage watch in general, Or buy a brand new DJ36 for around £5650. The question you have asked and the way you have asked it, can you see that some people may see it as coming across as being shallow?
Many members on these forums buy reps because of the way they look and as a hobby, and not just concerned with impressing others, buying a watch because of the way it makes you feel. Obviously there are people that are only concerned with impressing others, but I think most members do not have those concerns here, that’s more a place for other networking platforms.
Many have skills and those watchmaking skills that take years to learn. If you take the time to read through the many threads here you will see how members build watches just from a case upwards, it kind of an art in it self, point being is, these are among the sort of people that seeing your thread, and have seen this type of question many times before, and they have also been mocked.
You may even find yourself getting more into the forum over time and talking up the hobby more seriously in the future, and seeing and understanding how your question has come across the way it has from some of the responses you have had on this occasion in a different way, after gaining more knowledge.
As for now, have a look at the vintage DJ’s, then maybe head over to the Rolex website and configure a DJ36 they start at around £5650 or an Oyster Perpepetual, I think they start at around £4000.
I’ve only been a member on the forums for about 1 year, I knew nothing, didn’t know ARF from BP. Ive really enjoyed being part of these forums and learning. So as I said you may find yourself appreciating and understanding the forum in a different way in the future. Don’t take some of the comments to heart. You never know we may see as a top watchmaker that we are all sending are watches too!
A quick edit to my post, as you mentioned worrying about being robbed as this is something I worry about as well living in London. Maybe just wear the watch for your photos?
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