to consider spending £525 on a watch for myself for xmas??

[smeeinit]

am i???
ive fell in love with a gucci watch and think im going to have to have it!
trouble is i was going to buy myself a personalised number plate for xmas and dont want to dissapoint myself by not getting it?!!
so do i just buy myself both or is that very unreasonable?

smee, you worked for it you spend it how you like, and enjoy
I would not buy a watch that cost that much though, DP brought me a white gold and diamond bracelet that cost almost £800 and I never wear it as I am so worried I might lose it

smee, buy it. you've worked for it, so enjoy.

but, i do have to agree with catsmother. quoting the precise amount is a little nouveau riche...

smeeinit here is the plan. buy watch in lewisham market or Airdrie market that leaves you @£500 squids to get mashed, go out on town with me. i can really show you a good time, with that much money. get so drunk you will forget what real gucci looks like

Smeeinit, Life has its ups and its downs. I am not being catastrophic, but even if in a year or so things should not work out for you, and your income levels drop, you might regret NOT celebrating your successes if you dont buy that watch.

I have been where you are now, on a high salary with a big multinational internet firm. I bought white gold and diamond necklaces and ear rings. I went on the holidays. I bought a DKNY watch, not because it was a classy label, not because it was expensive (compared to yours it wasnt), but I just LOVED the way it looks. The battery is off, and it needs sending to Italy costing £50, so I have to forget about it. After my "up" I have over the last few years since leaving my job and starting my own business with my dh had to learn to live on less and less and less.

At the moment I have a thread about having only £88 in my account, well, it is overdrawn by now, no money coming in in the foreseable future, I will just have to take things as they come, and feel sad for the items I cannot buy my kids such as a new winter duvet for my son. I am piling him high with blankets, it will have to do for now. My point is: I dont regret buying a few luxury items for myself when I could. I am glad to have experienced the up, and I have a lot to learn from "the down" yet.

Treat yourself!

Smeeinit you spend your hard-earned on whatever you want - if it doesn't mean anyone else going without there's no reason not to treat yourself if you can afford it.

psst - I have to confess I am not keen on that watch though. But if that's what you want you go for it, and the numberplate as well.

ok, firstly to all those who think its "obscene" to spend that amount of money on watch, huh? its my money im spending,not yours,not my childrens,not anyones apart from mine.
i make absolutly no apoligies for specify the amount i would spend on myself for whatever i was buying,if i have to mention again that ive been on the bottom of the financial pile for a very long time and personally wouldnt be offended that someone specified how much they could spend on a watch. just as i wouldnt be offended now if someone decides to post "im buying myself a brand new merc for £25k"

overthehill if you are referring to my children,then this year they will get what they havent be able to get on other years..........exactly what they ask for.

theevildeditrta do you think im id be prancing around with my wrist waving in the air for everyone to look at my marvellous watch and how much i spent on it???

Even if you can afford it, which I certainly cant, wouldn't you be terrified of losing it or damaging it or something? Or is that just me being overly paranoid?!

smeenit
spend your cash as you like but i think that watch is horror!

omega are nice
and if you do need to recoup on it later, its better to have classic watch imo

i nearly blew similar on watch, found out i was pregnant whilst dithering, so now have lovely cotbed!

buy it, wear it and enjoy it

no i wouldnt be afraid of losing it,getting it nicked,breaking it or anything else that could go wrong because ive already looked it to insuring it!

Hey Smeeinit, get yourself the watch, get yourself the number plate, prance around waving it in the air( this is a must, you dont spend that kind of money to hide it away!) and have a bloody good christmas, no one knows whats around the corner, our jobs are so erratic, so enjoy it and have a lovely time this year

You were not trying to upset anyone with less money, i know i could neevr afford something like this, but you CAN and im not offended by you!
i thought i was flash asking dp for one thats £130

I do think in a few years you will have tired of the watch and it will no longer be fashionable as it's not a "timeless timepiece".

The number plate, well my family don't "do" personalised number plates as they are seen as "nouveau" and having being brought up with this idea, it's one I just can't shake despite mixing with loads of people who do have personal plates. I just keep my mouth shut and put monety in a savings account for a rainy day instead.

smeenit
my objection is just that i dont like it

if ever thinking of it as investement look at swiss classic time peices
you could get lady rolex (though i like mens watches!) for not much more if the same
am sure this would affect exchange value
this is a fashion peice
hth

smeeinit - if you can afford it and you want it - buy it. I personally don't like the style but then I'm very traditional when it comes to watches; I'd go for something like this but that's my taste, not necessarily yours.

If you're buying it as a longterm investment piece, I would definitely go for something well-made and "quality", rather than fashion. But if that Gucci watch is your absolute favourite and you love it - get it and may you have much pleasure from it.

i've read parts of this thread and smeenit don't keep apoligising and explaining yourself, if you like the watch, have the spare cash as you have said then go for it. I personally am just that you can You have done well to get yourself in a position to be able to buy things liek this for yourself. Go on treat yourself

On mn you will always get jumped on for specifying things like how much you want to spend on a watch. i started a thread about weight lose. In the title I said, along the lines of, i've got a hefty x stone to lose. I got told, only by one person, that I was insensitive to those with loads more to lose. IMO you just can't win on here. I just started a new thread to keep the peace.

Smeeinit,
I have in my circle of friends some very wealthy women, some have "old" money, and some have "new" money. (I however come in the category "no money". They all have one thing in common. To the untrained eye you would not see the brands, the high quality clothing, the high quality watches, the shoes the bag. It is very modest and subdued, you would have to know to realize what they are wearing. They dont talk about how much things cost, you dont see Gucci watches or Prada handbags, yet they ooze of style.

think number plate thing really naff..........would defo get that watch.

Why would you feel guilty, you earned it! Enjoy it!

Totally with Kerrymum on that one. Go for quality and style, not fashion items.

About time pieces, they do make valuable heirlooms.

My grandfather was a fisherman at the beginning of the 19th century. He did winter fishing in the arctic ocean, region Spitzbergen in the coldest and stormiest wintermonths. He had in his posession a watch. It was his confirmation present. A gold locket watch with his initials intricately engraved. Despite being so close to the magnetic north pole, the watch kept perfect time, he used to check with Greenwitch mean time before each journey. My grandfater died (leaving two little sons)on one such haul, but his watch was retrieved and given to my father, who gave it to my oldest son as baptizm present. It is utterly priceless.

The watch is now close to a hundred years old. It has been recently cleaned, and it keeps perfect time.

My DH did something similar a couple of years ago. He really wanted a nice watch for his 40th birthday but we couldn't afford it at the time. However, we bought it for Christmas instead. He earnt the money, nobody was going without and it was something he had wanted for years so why not?

The good thing about the watch is that if push comes to shove he can sell it and get a fair proportion of the money back again. You can't do that with a personalised number plate though.

And for those who think it is insensitive to mention the price - you have to mention the price or the OP is pointless. Why would you be asking for input on spending £10 or even £100 on a watch? £500 is a lot to spend on yourself but why not. I don't understand the attitude that says if I can't have it then nor can you. I am sure that smeeinit worked hard for her 'lucky breaks' I doubt very much real luck came into it.

I would have the watch and not bother about the numberplate but then I would never want one no matter how much money I had.

Not at all, I've been eyeing one that is advertised on television quite alot lately, I've just looked it up and it is 59.99, It looks so much more expensive.

Maybe you should buy 2 watches Smee - one to hand down to each child.

Totally agree with Kerry and Scarry. i'm a total sucker for proper watches and will save for years to get my dream timepiece...........but not everyone can afford them so didn't want to go there.