If it ain't solid gold/titanium or platinum I'm not spending over 10k

If you’re spending $10,000+ on a watch that isn’t precious metal, you didn’t buy luxury you bought marketing. Complications are the watch industry’s favorite magic trick. $400 Casio keeps better time than your $40k tourbillon... Achronograph is just a stopwatch… we solved that in 1975. A perpetual calendar is impressive until you realize your iPhone does it better for free. Meanwhile… Steel = basically fancy plumbing material. Gold / platinum = actual stored value. If the watch market collapsed tomorrow, your steel watch becomes jewelry. If you're kids aren't into watches they can get the previous metal value. A gold watch becomes money you can wear. Complications justify engineering nerd points....Precious metal justifies five-figure prices. Anything else is just Rolex-level hype wrapped around stainless steel.