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Ever since I was a kid I've always worn Casio Digital watches, and I still do. Now I have a stylish looking purple one that I splashed out NZ$59 for because I'm fairly loaded these days and like to make a statement.
Time for me has always been digital, and to read an analogue clock I have to do a sort of mental conversion to digital in order to really get a sense of what the actual time is.
As well as being digital, the main thing I'm looking for in a watch is simple efficiency. I want a reliable digital watch that’s accurate, comfortable to wear and easy to read. Casio watches tick all those boxes and they are surprisingly cheap as well.
The whole idea of trying to show off how bling you are with ostentatious displays of jewelry like watches has always seemed really fake, try hard, and retarded to me.
I don't think I've ever spent more than NZ$100 on a watch and I've never had any desire to.
But I do follow FI racing and was aware that many of the drivers wear stupidly expensive watches that they are sponsored to show off to their fans.
The sort of prices I was imagining on the F1 grid were around US$20k - about twice the price of a Rolex, so it was a bit of a surprise to find out they go way higher than that.
Lewis Hamilton has the dearest watch of any F1 driver. An unreadable abomination allegedly "worth" US$2.3 million.
Max Verstappen has the cheapest F1 watch at a miserly US$6.6K. He let's his driving do the talking. But holy shit, that is the ugliest watch I've ever seen. I wouldn't pay $20 for that stupid looking thing.
If I ever want to look wealthy and bling, I might splash out for a retro Casio. This one would do me. It's a bit pricey at NZ$139 but it has that fully loaded bling look, so if I really wanted to impress, I might consider going that high.
