Hello all,

I am new here but wanted to have a basic discussion and tell a little of my story and get everyone's own opinions. Here goes,

So, I'm 31 worked my ass off my whole life so of course we want the finer things and watches are on of them. Well, only jewelry I wear actually. Now, a little background I have a few gens of different brands. Gen milgauss was my first and really only watch above 5k. I have my TAG, 3 Movado and a Junghans that I received from someone. I also still have my ESQ that I bought for $300 or so back in HS and it was my first one that I truly earned myself. And my breitling that got stolen years ago - insert sad face.

Now, I love love love watches. I am in awe by some of them. I found myself inside a watch shop recently and was considering purchasing a DJ 41 blue bc I fell in love with it. This was right before I joined here. Then I started seeing how good some of your reps and Frankens are and I can't stop thinking of how I can get so much more for that amount of money. Now here's my train of thought,

I was willing to spend $9500 on a watch but there are reps now that are SOOO close to originals (minor flaws) for $400. So, I've never been the guy that wore all the fanciest stuff but watches I always have had a decent piece on my wrist. So I see the reasoning not to buy them all over the place and people say "what if someone inspects it when You're out?"
1. I'm sorry I'm not letting someone inspect anything of mine that I don't know and even if it someone I know they most likely won't.
2. I truly don't care what someone else that I don't know thinks about me and if the person I am with thinks badly then screw em.
3. If someone called me out at let's say a restaurant like "that's fake" I am not the type to get upset like oh no I got caught being a fake. I am not trying to be something I am not I am just a fan of a certain watch so if I can't afford the actual gen version should I never be allowed to have a close second without being criticized?

For example the watches I love most are a tad bit out of my price range and by tad bit I mean a lot! Daydate ice blue is close to $50k? Sky dweller is reasonable for around $15k but still a lot and Daytona SS w white dial oh and plus the DJ 41 in blue w jubilee. Now even if I could afford the gens I mean I would have to have hit the powerball before I ever spent $50k on a watch that I'll wear once a month if that. (I wear my gen about that often)

What do you guys think? PS sorry for the long post and if there's been a discussion already