Choosing a Watch

In the modern world watches can be seen as a status symbol; the person with the most unnecessary, and expensive watch holds the most status within a room. Certain brands of watches convey different meanings about the person as the watchmaker has become typecast over the years for very different things. For example a Rolex watch is seen as a big status symbol with the wearer being seen as a prosperous person to have enough money to afford such an item.

Certain features on a watch also denote how much of a status symbol it is, for instance the inclusion of leather straps give the watch an air of luxury and jewels encrusted into the face increase the value and therefore the status of the wearer. Cartier watches are well known for producing flash, fancy watches with excellent quality engraving and encrusted jewels.

Although many people buy watches as a status symbol some people buy them for functionality, these watches are built for durability and performance as opposed to style and value. Examples of people who buy watches for functionality are divers who need a water tight, luminescent display for deep sea diving or people who go into dangerous and isolated terrain on a regular basis usually go for Breitling watches as the watches in their survival range have inbuilt survival features such as an emergency GPS signal transmitter, this allows people who get into life threatening situations to press a button and the watch will send out a signal alerting rescue teams of your location and that you are in trouble.

For people who are short for cash, there are many cheaper watches that are produced by these reputable brands as well, most of which are digital displays. Analogue display watches have a certain elegance to them that digital displays cannot replicate, but a digital display is faster to read more accurately and can tell you the time down to the nearest tenth of a second in most cases. There are also replica brands that aren't counterfeit but they make similar models of watches to the reputable big name brands but with different materials so it costs them less to manufacture and therefore you less to buy.

Overall, when choosing a watch to buy you need to know what you want it for, be it function for your job or if you just want functions on it for the usage. Durability for a long life and so you know it will be fine no matter what you throw at it. Accuracy if you pride yourself on your punctuality or if your job involves keeping good time. Status and bragging rights with encrusted jewels and made of expensive precious materials that you can then use to raise your social status within a group.