Determine your watch price
In most cases, the cost of an hour, this test, but there is no formula for determining how much to spend. However, you should consider the cost and quality, as it can be much cheaper to buy a beautiful clock, which in the past few years as an economic "disposable" watches. But there is nothing wrong with that as long as a good collection of fashion watches, if the destination.
All watches in the price affordable to luxurious, including a Swiss watch. So that makes it a little more expensive than others?
Typically, mechanical clocks, the nature of their movement, are more expensive than quartz watches, but there are a number of other factors that determine the cost of the clock.
In connection with the movement, even in low-cost models, it is part of a well thought out and very functional elements, with all the latest technologies. Expensive in the movements, all parts, whether functional or not, it was with great care. All components are polished steel, bridges are decorated and chamfered, all sides have high quality and rigorous testing, in brief, the production standards are very high.
Case materials vary. These include plastics, resins, stainless steel, metal (usually brass), gold, gold and precious metals. Check back in a field or in the documents accompanying the watch for the release of the metal content. Plastics and resin composites are generally less expensive and are mainly used in fashion and sports watches. Stainless steel is a solid metal, often in sports watches.
Prices for gold watches varies depending on the thickness of the plate, which is measured in microns. Gold can be from 2 microns to 30 microns thick, and much more. Precious watches are 14K or 18K gold, silver, and in some high-end watches, platinum.
In addition, different types of glass, but with fewer parameters. Generally, glass, glass-like to protect the clock is made of plastic, glass, minerals, or synthetic sapphire. Plastic is usually cheaper, looks at the market, while it is resistant mineral glass. Sapphire crystals, more expensive than mineral glass, are not only stable but also very resistant to scratching.
Bracelets hours may also affect the price significantly. There are strips of plastic, rubber, leather and exotic skins from $ 10 to hundreds of dollars. In addition, a metal bracelet may be a cheap metal, based on precious metals, specially developed tungsten carbide or titanium.