Timepieces, a stance

I, like most gentlemen I know, love a fine timepiece. A good friend of mine has one of the best collections I have seen to date. He also has the best explanation I have heard for a fine timepiece. I paraphrase, "As I sit here, I am wearing standard looking jeans, a nondescript belt, and a white oxford shirt (it was warm, he was shoeless). There is absolutely nothing about my appearance that dictates my personality, except my watch.". This was an excellent point. He loved a beautifully constructed, mechanical, timepiece and he only bought ones that said something about him. I also have a nice watch or two, and each one represents some part of me. In a day where our cell phones are never far, and every moving object we enter has a clock, a watch is not as much a necessity as a nice, all be it utilitarian, item for a man to wear.
The justification for an expensive timepiece is unfortunately illustrated in one of my most hated ads. "You never actually own a Patek Phillipe, you are simply holding on to it for the next generation". It has to be the snootiest ad I have yet to see, but shit, our fathers hand down their legacy in whatever form they can. For most men, the materialization of that is a watch. And a good watch, will be handed down to the next generation. I do not intend to own such a timepiece from such a righteous brand, but I do intend on handing a fine timepiece down to the next generation. Does that make me a hypocrite? Probably, but hell, nobody's perfect.