# Watch Geeks - Opinion on first "Swiss Watch" **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 23, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-geeks-opinion-on-first-swiss-watch/42327 "2008-01-23T18:43:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-geeks-opinion-on-first-swiss-watch/42327/13 "2008-01-24T02:40:48Z")
> [@Treads4Heads](#): > > Can you justify that amount for a watch? Or is just another “see how much I can spend on something” type of deal? Honestly, I don’t see how it could be interpreted any other way. Really, I mean more power to you if you want to drop a few thousand on a watch, but at the end of the day, it tells you the time (and whatever other BS features you feel you need). I don’t see it as a symbol of status, nor does it impress me to find out someone spent that much on a watch. If anything, it almost makes me question their sanity, and why they finance other expensive items they own, due to prior astronomical investments in the telling of the time. But again, if you got to the flow, do what you got to do… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-geeks-opinion-on-first-swiss-watch/42327)._