When did you BUY your own first luxury watch worth more than $8k? Just curious to know your Age/Salary/watch/price of watch when you bought it!

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16, Rolex Daytona. I worked all summer washing cars, cutting grass, doing a paper route. I was so proud of myself and felt so accomplished to buy it with my savings. Like I WORKED for this! My dad covered the $12,500 I was short.

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I have a few that are worth more than $8k, but I actually never spent more than $8k on a watch yet. Maybe one day I will splurge a little.

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26, Rolex GMT master ii Batman.. once I accepted my current job at google ($187tc) I used a connection to get a priority order with an AD so I got it for MSRP

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How do I get an AD? Please connect me 🥺

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Rolex Sub-date just a couple weeks ago. 36/340K

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44, Cameron DSSD, 12k. Making a couple hundred k by that time. I had purchased a bunch of nice watches previously, but nothing $8k+.

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Money shot 🤩

26, 80k, about 14k with taxes.

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Interesting. I was debating a 7k preowned watch on discount. Same wages, good savings. Brother told me to wait for 150k.

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32 a few weeks ago for the Batgirl from an AD. Third watch I owned over 4K

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I have purchased few watches below $8k including my Rolex sub few years ago. My first watch I spent over $8K was AP RO 6 years ago making approx $130k. The next one I bought was GO rose gold in 2019 making $200k. Now I make over $400k and have not purchased a watch past 2 years. Itching for a new time piece. Either VC or a gold watch

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At 26/$140k I bought a Seamaster and El Primero 38mm at the same time and that was over $8k total lol

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24, black ceramic daytona, was making around 100k when I bought it.

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Where can I buy a nice used Lady-DateJust Rolex and be sure it’s authentic? Can’t afford to buy a new one now 😂

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21, 120k, datejust 41 blue dial on jubilee strap, 9600$

22, 130k, Submariner 41mm black dial, 8700$

24, 160k, PP Aquanaut Chronogroph whitegold 58‘500 $ (as an investment piece)

I have built a good relationship with my AD over the past few years and have purchased all watches at their list price.

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I wrote you a message with all the details.

Wife has bought all my watches as part of significant life events. Rolex Explorer II for a wedding gift…36 and our combined income was ~$300k.

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This thread made me realize how frugal my husband and I are. Made a combined income of 1.5M and we got…a vintage Rolex Datejust.

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Out of curiosity, what do you and your husband do for work? I assume it’s not consulting unless one of you is an MBB partner

When you were 16 you might have even been able to get a discount on one of those

Yeah Watches were a bit “out of style” in the mid 2000s to the general public.

25, 10K watch TC 140K

32; Rolex Datejust 41; $9k; $205k

I was in my early 30s, wife and I are earning earning ~$260,000, and the watch cost about $10,500. I've definitely spent a lot more since then.

36, $320k TC and bought a DJ41 fluted on jubilee from an AD. I did have a couple of nice watches ( Omega, Cartier) that I purchased in my early 30s but they cost less than $5k each.

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