Let’s face it- the majority of people, whether they own a watch or not, often wonder what it really feels like to wear a luxury watch on their wrist. On the other hand, many people are also skeptical about luxury watches because they don’t know the actual benefits one can bring.
After wearing my own luxury watches for several years, I have compiled nine different benefits of wearing a luxury watch. I have found these benefits throughout the years of wearing them, and I want to share these benefits that I discovered with you.
If you’re running low on reading time, I have made a nice infographic of the 9 benefits that I found just for you!
In the rest of the post, I will be expanding on each of these 9 benefits, so without further ado let’s jump right into them!
1. Wearing A Luxury Watch Can Develop a New Passion
Wearing a luxury watch can develop a new passion and hobby for watches. Once you wear a luxury watch, you can ensue an admiration for the art and design put behind them, which may spark a new hobby for collecting and wearing luxury watches.
I vividly remember experiencing this after I got my first luxury watch for the first time and wore it. I developed a new passion that has never left since. My first luxury watch ever is a gorgeous Panerai Luminor that was gifted to me by my parents, and when I saw it for the first time, my face lit up.
I believe it was this moment that planted the seed for my passion for luxury watches. I remember during the whole day when I got the watch itself, I was just holding it in my hand and admiring how well put together it was.
My passion and hobby is the whole reason I wear and collect luxury watches in the first place: I love the craftsmanship, design, and art behind luxury watches, and I want to show my appreciation for them by collecting and wearing them. I am so grateful for my parents gifting me my first luxury watch because it developed a passion and hobby that will never go away, which shows that you can create a new hobby as well.
2. Luxury Watches Boost Your Confidence
Wearing a luxury watch can drastically improve your confidence because it can enhance your outfits and make you more fashionable, which can significantly improve your overall confidence.
Personally, I feel much more confident when I wear one of my luxury watches out to a special event. I feel like the watches I wear to make my outfits look ten times better, which makes me feel more confident when I go up to talk to other people.
For example, I was going to a house party one night during my Junior year of high school, and I did not feel like going at all. We all have those days where we just want to lay down and chill on the couch while we watch our favorite show. Nonetheless, some of my best friends convinced me to go.
When I was changing to get ready, I just felt really tired and didn’t feel good about myself. But, once I put on one of my favorite outfits along with my Panerai watch, I felt like THE MAN. My mood instantly changed, and I got a huge boost of confidence because I looked and felt amazing.
This is one of my favorite stories to tell demonstrating how a luxury watch can boost your confidence. In the beginning, I had no confidence and didn’t feel like going to that house party. But when I put the watch on with my outfit, I became much more confident and felt like myself, which can be the case for you if you wear a luxury watch.
3. Luxury Watches Shows Off Your Style
Wearing a luxury watch shows off your personal style and who you are as a person. The kind of luxury watch that you wear shows off your own style.
For instance, I am a minimal, classic, and simple type of dude, and my favorite watch that I have is a white dial Panerai Luminor with a brown leather band. The watch itself is minimal and classic, which mirrors who I am as a person overall: when others see me out wearing this minimal watch, they can conclude that I am a more low-key person.
You may be wondering: “How is showing off your style with a luxury watch a benefit?” When you show off your style through a luxury watch, it shows that you are not afraid to be yourself and show who you are to your community, which people find attractive.
The truth is there are so many people out there who are scared of showing who they really are because of the judgment of others, so being fearless of the judgment of others and displaying your own style through a luxury watch is admirable.
4. Luxury Watches Are Attractive
The majority of both men and women find luxury watches attractive. Many find luxury watches charming since they can boost your confidence and show off your own personal style: you may seem more approachable while wearing a luxury watch.
One day when I went out with my girlfriend to brunch, I asked her, “Do you find me more attractive when I wear my watches? Do you think I should wear them more often or less often?” She. replied to me,
“I always find you attractive, bubs! But, I do like when you wear your watches on dates like this. Something about it just makes me gravitate toward you even more.”
Even though my girlfriend already finds me attractive, she finds me even more attractive and approachable with my watch on, which just goes to show how much a luxury watch can make you more appealing. Ever since she told me that, I try to wear my luxury watch as much as possible.
I dive more in-depth into this whole topic in another post. If you want to check out the full post where I answer whether wearing a luxury watch is attractive or not, click here.
5. Luxury Watches Make You Stand out
Wearing a luxury watch helps you stand out above the rest. Since it’s often rare to see luxury watches out and about, people find them eye-catching more than ever when you wear them on your wrist.
When I was talking with my mom about luxury watches and how they make you stand out, she said to me,
“So many people are wearing smartwatches nowadays, which means that wearing a luxury watch can make you stand out over everyone and improve your fashionability. If you have a luxury watch, you minus well wear it.”
My mom makes such a fantastic point. So many people are wearing smartwatches every day, and luxury watches are becoming more and more uncommon. Nonetheless, this is not a bad thing and it can actually be a great thing because it means that wearing a luxury watch can be more eye-catching and noticeable.
I noticed this benefit only several days after wearing my watch out and about. I suddenly noticed how many people looked at my wrist and complimented me on my style. I realized that this happened because luxury watches are uncommon to see, which shows that wearing a luxury watch can help you stand out above the crowd.
6. Luxury Watches Will Always Be In Style
Luxury watches are essential fashion pieces used to enhance your style and fashionability, which indicates that they will always be in style. In addition, luxury watches have been popular for decades and will continue to stay relevant in the future.
After wearing my luxury watch for a while, I came to the sudden realization that luxury watches will always be in style. Ever since I was just a little kid, I heard my family members and other adults around me talking about luxury watches, which showed me how prevalent they are in today’s culture.
I do not see luxury watches going out of style at all. Since luxury watches are essential fashion pieces that are popular, they will always stay in style because of how important they are for the fashion industry. So, if you are wearing a luxury watch out and you’re worried that it’s not “in style”, you have nothing to worry about because luxury watches are timeless fashion pieces.
7. Luxury Watches Show Prestige
Luxury watches are often related to success and prestige. Wearing a luxury watch can display your elite status to others.
To be completely honest with you, this is the benefit that I like the least. While it does show others that you are a “successful” person and it helps to stand out above others, the whole point of wearing luxury watches is to show your appreciation to the craftsmanship and design behind them and NOT to seek attention and validation in my opinion.
If the primary reason you buy a luxury watch is to impress others, then I think it would be a waste of money because people do not care that you are seeking their validation, but only care whether you are a happy human being.
I’ve experienced in the past: I would always buy fancy shoes and clothes that didn’t really make me happy just to impress others I didn’t really like, and it can be the same case for you if you buy luxury watches to impress others. Those fancy clothes never really made me happy, but the design and craftsmanship behind luxury watches do make me happy, which others admire.
I go more in-depth about when luxury watches are a waste of money or not, and if you want to learn more about this topic you may click here.
8. Luxury Watches Are Durable With Good Maintenance
Well-made luxury watches are durable and can last for decades with good maintenance. A luxury watch that is serviced often and stored properly can last for years and years to come.
After wearing my luxury watch often, I recognized how crucial servicing and storing a luxury watch is. After hours of looking through the internet and educating myself more about luxury watches, I found that getting a luxury watch serviced improves its longevity. Not getting a luxury watch serviced can lead to the deterioration of its internal moving parts and increased dirt build-up.
In a separate post, I talk about how often you should get an automatic or quartz watch serviced by a professional, and you can check out the post by clicking here.
And on top of servicing a watch, I learned that storing a watch properly is just as important, if not more important than servicing. If you leave your luxury watch out at night and someone breaks into your house and takes it, then all of the money you put into the watch would just be wasted. Luckily, I dove deeper into this topic and show how to properly store a luxury watch at night; you can click here to check out that post.
9. Luxury Watches Are Fantastic Heirlooms
Luxury Watches are fantastic heirlooms you can give to your kid, grandkid, or other family members in the future since they are long-lasting with good maintenance. Giving a luxury watch as an heirloom creates a bond that lasts a lifetime.
Since my parents gifted me my first luxury watch, I want to do the same with my kids or grandkids. When I do so, I create a special connection with them, and the luxury watch teaches them to take proper care of their personal belongings and provides them all of the benefits I talk about in this post.
I can help develop a passion for luxury watches for my kids so I can provide them all of the benefits exactly how my parents did for me. I think it would be a great idea to give my watches as heirlooms because they may appreciate luxury watches just as much as I do.
In another post I made, I went more into detail about whether you should give your kid a luxury watch or not, and the best time to give it to them. You can check out that post by clicking here.
Luxury watches come with plenty of benefits, but these are the primary nine that have come to me after wearing my luxury watches for years and can come to you as well.