What to Look For When Buying a Watch? - Watches in Dubai

When buying a watch, you’re buying craftsmanship, aesthetics, history and prestige. It’s often an act of conspicuous consumption (or the opposite). Brand is important, and brand values vary from person to person. Fashion wrist watches can be bought in Dubai at high reasonable prices or one can easily buy branded wrist watches online at the comfort of their homes.

There are, however, some things you can consider.

• A mechanical watch will always be “classier” than a quartz watch. Quartz watches are by any measure more accurate, but remember that the value in a watch is largely symbolic. The crafting of a mechanical movement is what makes a watch special, and what makes it different from the clock on your cell phone.
• Watches are defined in part by their complications. More complications mean a more complex movement and generally a more expensive watch. Sporting complications mean a more casual watch. Consider what complications you might like before you buy.
• If you plan to wear the watch very regularly, an automatic (or self-winding) watch is a good choice. It will capture the movement of your arm to power its mechanism.
• A sapphire crystal will be more durable than plastic, and scratch less. This is typically a feature on watches costing more than $500.
• Movement geekery is rampant in watch world - know that many watch brands do not make their own movements, so before you buy a very expensive watch, familiarize yourself with the landscape.
• Watches have grown larger and larger over the past fifty years, after growing smaller and smaller for the previous fifty. Remember that if you’re buying a fine watch, you’ll want to keep it a long time, so what looks like exaggerated cool now will look distasteful later. Keep the size modest.