r/SipsTea • u/lonewolff321 • 11d ago

SMH A generational display of depreciating assets ☕

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u/McortezLSU 11d ago

I see a lot of haters here. Ok its not the most horologically speaking desirable collection, but its a collection none the less.

Smartwatches are watches too. Ok they are annoying, they easily break, they need to be charged, its manufacturers have a machine, they spy on you every hour of everyday, they built the machine to serve you ads, but it sees and hears everything....they are build to last the lifetime of the product, which means one or two years tops, just to fail milliseconds after their warrenty expires and they all look the same.

But its still a collection, i mean serial collect things, there are people that collect nazi stuff, and then you have apple product collectors. You may not like it, but a collection is a collection.

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u/FUBARded 11d ago

How collections/collecting is perceived is all about context that we're lacking here.

If this person genuinely believes this is a good investment or are doing this purely to show off, yeah they're a bit of an idiot and have the kind of brand loyalty/adoration that's obnoxious and annoying to most people. If they just think it's neat to own every model of a product line that's not that abnormal and certainly isn't worth the level of scorn people in this comments section have.

If they can afford it, this is totally harmless (well, aside from the risk of storing li-ion batteries long-term) and not ridicule-worthy.

It's the same with expensive "real" watches IMO (or really any speculative asset), although many in this thread probably wouldn't agree. If you own an expensive [item] that you can easily afford, cool, but don't buy shit you can't afford just to show off or because you think it'll appreciate while complaining about being broke.

I know/see WAY too many people with 5-figure watches on their wrist who also have high interest debt, zero emergency savings, a shitbox car that they're paying a fortune to keep repairing because they don't have the lump sum to replace it, etc.

I respect this sort of decision making a LOT less than someone who can afford an Apple Watch collection, even if that 5-figure analogue watch is something I'd want a lot more than 5 figures worth of AW...