Hi, read your article – i think you are entitled to your opinion of course, but aren’t you being a little bit arrogant assuming that people who buy them only buy them ‘to show off and not for their own pleasure’? Talk about making sweeping assumptions, and makes me question your motives!

I’d say anyone with over a thousand euro to spend probably has a brain and will also want something of quality – my 45yr old ‘el cheapo’ watch(the humble oysterdate) runs like it’s new!! Only been serviced once. It’s a tool watch, built to last. A Patek Philipe will have a better movement and superior precious materials for sure – but it’s jewelry rather than a tool. That makes a vintage Rolex worth it for me.

JMHO!