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The best mental test is to think “can I light this money on fire and be okay?” If not, don’t buy the watch lol

I want to come onto your channel, and I want to interview you!!! I think it would be a blast. 😊😊😊.

This is hands down my favorite video you’ve done. You’ve done a great job unpacking a lot of the psychology of purchasing, and the value of self-respect above self-shame.

Yeah it’s funny… I no longer feel comfortable spending very much money on watches at all. I love Tony because he is authentic, he enjoys and knows about fine watches… and he does not judge you. He’s an awesome watch guy and his message in this video is spot on. Be comfortable in your own skin. You don’t need to buy anything to impresses anyone. You like Rolex? Watch Tony Gamble videos! They are free! (And Tony is awesome) great video Tony

My next watch will cost me about £50,000 ... A. Lange & Söhne. That makes me nervous. But I already have several watches in my collection worth over £70,000 and that doesnt make me nervous. In fact the opposite. Grand Seiko, Rolex, Omega, Cartier, G-Shock MRG, Hanhart... love my watch options. But that Lange... oh boy... 😮

New intro is badass

Love the content Tony! What are your thoughts about the Cartier tank must xl on leather. I know you owned the solo, but considering the current prices for the must xl would you recommend it?

Kind of like Johnny Paycheck?

Great conversation to be had! Being new to watches just a year ago, I relate it to a guitar collecting journey. You have to work your way through the Epiphones and Mexican Fenders, to standard models, then into custom shop or vintage if you want. After playing for almost 30 years, I have a small but awesome guitar collection. I started my watch collection with an Omega Speedmaster and will add a Sub at some point. Will put away a little money at a time so it won’t be a big deal when the time comes.

Hi Tony, I like and appreciate your common sense which is not so common in today's world anymore. One thing that irks me is that many people in this habit of watches think that what they have on their wrist defines who they are. I don't buy more expensive pieces then about $6000 because I have a self imposed $ limit and it serves me well my friend. I like the Rolex Presidential but get more satisfaction out of a multiple watch collection made up of omega, Tudors, GSs,and my all time favorite piece a early 2000s 41mm reverse panda Navitimer. My friends don't judge me by what's on my wrist and neither do I. Hey man, continue to keep it real ok?

Hi Tony, great video. Tons of great advice here. It is so important to learn what you like and experiment with more affordable watches. Especially what size, thickness, dial designs etc. Speak to you. It is much less stressful spending $300 on a Seiko deciding it doesn't do it for you and selling it on for $200. I call this watch rent.

And soon you are saying 50k will really sting !

Everyone gets a trophy, everyone gets a Rolex!!! Some in society have forgotten or never learned that you have to earn what you want.

Great advice on that question Tony. Thanks for that.

If you can’t afford to buy it twice than you can’t afford to buy it!

My advise would be build up your collection, if you can’t afford to miss the money you can’t afford it. Great video as normal Tony. Loads of good watches at cheaper prices.

Good advice Tony. The minute you get that nervous feeling, it’s time to say no

I kinda get the anxiety part to the Rolex deal. At least for me it took a while to understand where it came from. It’s not anxiety caused by spending the money. It was anxiety caused by the “who am I to own/wear a Rolex”. Growing up below the poverty line, having a mom that had to steal sometimes to feed and cloth me, being a high school dropout ect ect bla bla. Over the last 20 years I worked my ass off and started with Tissot and Citizen and moved up from there. Now … Fuck it man! That’s who I am to wear a Rolex. Great advice Tony👊. Hope your you’re all good man.

Question for you man. So I inquired about a few Rolex Watches from my local Ad almost 3 years ago. Those watches include , Rolex Submariner.41m black dial with date, Rolex Sea-Dweller, Rolex Deepsea and the long awaited Daytona. Now I get the Daytona is a long stretch however I have a very long spending history with this Ad to include a rolex,breitling, Tag Heuer and a lot of other nice jewelry from not only the same Ad but the same sales guy. At the same time I contacted them I also contacted another AD in the area with zero spending history and about a year later was contacted and was chosen for the Sea-Dweller which I purchased. Do you think with the spending history I have and the relationship I have with the first AD that it’s a little ridiculous I haven’t been contacted about one of the watches I inquired about almost 3 years ago? I continue to keep in touch but I am being told it’s not up to the sales people on who picks who gets what watch it’s the owner. Which I have met with one time and it was a very pleasant experience. Figured I would get your thoughts on that. Thanks man and love what you’re doing with the channel and also love the watch collection!

You got a better color for that omega strap? White strap is really killing the contrast and making the seamaster look cheap! Next to sub... white dial and white strap looks so wrong, man. Looks all faded out and lost that attractiveness of contrast

HI Tony, my first watch was a Rolex sub date I waited on an AD list for 1 year in 2000, I saved a lot of money by not buying all the cheaper watches, I still love the sub

What's the difference between being able to afford vs. saving up. Is saving up the definition of not being able to afford 🤔🤑

Someone needs to wash out your mouth with soap.

Down to earth 🌏 I can tell by watching every single episode how much you know about watches, but I also see HOW MUCH a you know about life, you’re a great person Tony 🫡

Nice topic! Liked and new sub here 👍

“A watch is a luxury item that nobody needs” Tony I have visualised owning and wearing the watch many times. Trying to see where it would fit in my lifestyle and if it’s even a need. Quite frankly the above quote sums it up for me - I know I would be doing because of the UA-cam hype(“gotta have the mint dial”) and I know I don’t need it nor can afford to part with such an amount at this point. I did save up yes ( granted it was not particularly for a watch ) but the idea of spending it ALL on a watch got me into panic mode and me asking myself all sorts of questions as I know I can use the money on another things. How it started was - I was just looking for a watch, just a basic nice watch, in fact it all started with looking at an Apple watch. The thing with UA-cam is as you watch content you start getting recommendations as the algorithm picks up your search. Not long after I was looking at Tag Aquaracer and Tudor. Upon visiting the AD’s to look strictly at Tag’s & Tudor’s I naturally saw Rolexes and fitted one, it was a 2 tone Jubilee & Flutted. That’s where the Rolex “want” was triggered. Soon after I started going to AD’s looking for one ( mint green Jubelee, flutted as UA-cam creators would say that’s what you need ). Putting my name on lists & learning how rare and difficult it is to get offered the watch. Some AD even tried to get me to buy a Tudor BB with a “promise” the next Rolex would be mine. Which I refused. All this “hunt” intensified the feeling of “I gotta have this watch”. Naturally during this ‘hunting’ process I have tried on BB 58, 54 Omega Acqua terra’s, Rolex OP, you name them. But when UA-cam hype tells you, you gotta have a mint green DJ that’s what you gotta have right. It’s a grail watch. All the terminology and watches I never knew about when I was just looking for just a smart watch. All of a sudden nothing was good enough. The internet had educated me, now I am mint green Rolex guy! It wasn’t until this past Monday I walked into yet another AD ( as I was in that area ) and also getting the same story about availability and putting my name on the list there too. As I was walking out I saw this green Jubilee + Flutted and enquired about. I was informed it is allocated already. I requested I be called should the customer decide not to take it. 30 munites later I received the call - the customer was not gonna take it.. and I can have it. That is where ALL the panic started and all sorts of thoughts went on my mind as reality hit. Now that I finally can have it - do I really want it, also can I really afford it. Thank you Tony for this video it has helped to put things into perspective and to remind me of what I already know.. at this point in my life I can’t afford to spend this amount on w watch & most importantly I do not need it as I do not even have a scenario where even wearing one would make sense. It would just be in the box! I was at the AD yesterday too - put it on the wrist and still just couldn’t do it. I have not bought the watch and after all the thoughts and this video I will NOT! Remember I am just a 40 year old guy that was just looking for an apple watch! To Tony 🫡🙏🏾

I was the same way when I bought my first DJ 41 for around $15k I thought I was insane why did I spend so much money on a watch to me the watch looked like it was not worth more than $10k I thought I gotten ripped off I bought it from an authorized dealer! almost five years ago, I didn’t know anything about watches😂 Today I am so happy about it was a good decision even though at the time I had no idea what I was doing. If it’s the Dj 41 fluted bezel jubilee bracelet green dial it’s very beautiful watch it probably trades a little bit above Msrp but remember if the watch is around $10k plus 7% tax and platforms like Chrono 24 charges a commission fee of 6% so 13% on $10k is a loss of $1,300 if sold at Msrp if you need the money and it’s going to cause a lot of stress don’t buy it. If your money is just sitting in a savings account earning 2% interest and you don’t need the money I would 100% buy it. Get the chrono24 app and look at what people are asking for that exact watch configuration from lowest asking prices to highest. I don’t have any money right now but in about a year I will and I would buy from you at Msrp😂😂😂 I almost bought it for my wife six months ago my authorized dealer had a 36mm but I have to much credit card debt right now. Rest assure the watch is worth every penny of it and 10 to 20 years from now it will probably be worth 50% to 100% more

If you can treat it like a casio/seiko then yes, you can afford it. It's not just about having the money to buy it.

Hi Tony. Been watching your videos for over a month now. Yesterday on the Friday Q&A I was hoping you would have seen my question. I just woke up now it’s 05:19 South African time and I go to UA-cam and you are on my timeline and bang.. you’re addressing my question. I am about to watch the video Let me get coffee ☕️

I had the same anxiety before buying my Rolex, a 124060. All those feelings left when I put it on my wrist and walked out the store. Second Rolex a 126710 didn’t have those same butterflies just excitement.

Movado lolo wow the frame mall watch lolol

My first watch purchase was $250.00 in 2006. My most recent watch purchase in March of this year was 18k. I never thought I’d be able to afford that kind of watch but thank God I can. However, it’s all about what you’re comfortable with.

Great advice Tony, I still have Movado Linio! 😀

Hi Tony.. nice watch! Thanks for the videos! .. I am seeing videos talking about the waiting list at AD's, that there really is not a waiting list... have you addressed that? New to your videos, will check out older ones, thanks

Tony. Now your videos are popping up on my feed. You speak the truth and have a great delivery style Man. Wore a gucci watch in high school. I got a Maurice Lacroix out of law school paid $1,000 at the mall. Then got into Invicta and Renato lol. Righted the path and got a blusey and it went from there. Never bought to impress people just love watches and the hobby. Lost alot more on watches that I have made but as you say it is the journey. Keep it real 👍

shoudl wear my watch on my right or left hand?

Fluted Jubilee Mint Green 36mm can give him a bit of profit if sold brand new, but if it's a 41mm, it's going to give him a bigger profit. The market is still strong, but only for the highly-sought after dial colours and fluted Jubilee combo: Mint Green, Blue, Motif, or Wimbledon. It's a no-brainer decision, really, unless money is tight or if he wanted to buy more Rolex in the future.

Love this advice! What is your opinion on the Christopher Ward Trident Pro 300? I got mine in black dial 42mm on bracelet and love it. Maybe I’ll get a Rolex someday

Great advice Tony!! This journey started with Movado for me. I am 41 and I bought myself one at $500 in 1999. I was very young and it was a HUGE purchase for me. But the advice here is key. Don’t overspend on anything unless you have the cash to pay for it. Never charge a credit card or take a loan out to pay for any luxury item. That’s insane. You shouldn’t have anxiety about making the purchase. If you do, you aren’t ready. My first big watch purchase was a Tudor BB GMT at $4500 but at that time I could easily afford it. I now have a bunch of higher end watches but I can afford it and I know spending that money doesn’t affect me. I do have a total budget for my collection. If I approach it I sell off a piece.

Btw, looks like Rolex recently increased their prices here, unless I missed something.

- I can afford it but it still makes me uncomfortable to spend that much money on myself. I have no problem spending that kind of money or more on college and weddings for my kids, safe cars for my family etc. But strictly on myself, not so easy.

TG… Very important subject and a great topic and you got it….! You are absolutely correct about this subject, just my opinion…. Truth is, you can wear a Rolex or other fine timepiece and nobody even notices and really they don’t care unless it’s someone who’s into watches and there is not that many out there…. Oh this was a great down to earth, honest video about a subject that is prevalent…! Loved this❤️💯👍5 STARS ✨ as usual…! Greg

Tony, he could have already been on the $50-2000 journey, but that bump to $10k is still a big one. If they’re reading the comments, then I say if you really like the watch (and why put your name down if not) go for it. The model on offer can be your only watch for the rest of your life, it’s that versatile. And assuming it’s a 36mm could also also be handed down to kids. If you have it 10 years it’s cost you $20 a week. That’s a few beers/coffees.

Watch collecting is a journey. Start from the bottom and work your way up. You will find these watch collectors are far more interesting and knowledgeable. Even if some of there watches were not the right choice. That’s the journey. Finally getting the watch you desire is just apart of the journey. Some times the chase for a model can be better than the watch when you do get it. 🤟👍.

Tony that was great idea doing a segment specifically on this topic. Buy what you can afford and don’t get caught up with the hype.👍Watches are luxury item especially when you get into higher end brands. Talking about watches was at Moritz Grossman AD. As you know very limited production. I think they make about 450 watches a year. The AD had MG-003520 limited to only 50 watches worldwide. I’m contemplating in buying it, funny thing remember was offered a 6119R Patek and I passed. Both watches sell for $32k.😁Like to get your opinion Tony.🤔

reasonable thought process TTWT . - < have not seen the URN - in the background > . hope your 'D' DAY was good. ~ JDS/CT

This is great content and advice Tony. I have worked my way up from spending on a Casio Watches up to a Rolex sports models and a little above. People who are not into watches say you spent 10k on a watch. YEA 😂 when I get the Daytona call. I will be in the Rolex show room picking it up, can you pass me the bin I’m just going to vomit a bit. New territory lol.😂 😢😢. Would you like some champagne the Rolex represent ask, owl hell yea🏆. If I was in AP or Patek. I would probably buy a plastic bag, and get three free drinks lol. Thanks Tony.

Thanks for your content Tony. A bit late to the party, work👎. Well I would pay good money to watch you do a hand break turn into a parking bay. But you would have to do a wrist check at the same time. 🕰️ 😂👍🤟.

Hi Tony, we have the same watch! I'm also wearing my 36mm fluted Jubilee Wimbledon today! The bezel is moderately scratched up now. That's a bit sad because it costs a good grand or more to replace it.

Tony, I think this topic is very relevant and down to earth. I love Rolex watches. I am 66 years old and I still have not pulled the trigger on one. I have other things to spend my limited money on. So why am I watching this video you might be asking? Well, I like the subject matter. No one cares what watch I actually wear. In fact, where I live, I have never even seen a real Rolex in the wild. But, I still love Rolex. Thanx for the nice video.