Am I crazy?

Just got my watch about a month ago and have been wearing it while working, at the gym, fishing, and really just doing anything with it. The people close to me seem to act like I’m crazy for wearing it in all these scenarios, as if I’m reckless with such an expensive item. While I don’t want to damage the watch or be reckless with it, I bought it to wear it.

I base my thinking on the fact that I wore a Seiko Turtle for years in all these scenarios (and many more), and it was just fine—so why would I need to worry about a $10K watch built with these things in mind? I can admit that the few scratches I’ve picked up did hurt, but I’d rather be in all these scenarios wearing the watch I’ve always wanted and worked for.

Obviously, these are expensive items, and to people who aren’t as deep into watches as I am, it may just look like I’m wearing an expensive piece of jewelry while doing all these things. But thinking back to the root of tool watches, I don’t think guys in the ‘70s and ‘80s were overanalyzing what situations to wear their tool watches in—they just wore their watches, and they were robust enough to handle anything.

Curious if anyone else has had this reaction from people around them or has felt this way. Cheers.

Just got my watch about a month ago and have been wearing it while working, at the gym, fishing, and really just doing anything with it. The people close to me seem to act like I’m crazy for wearing it in all these scenarios, as if I’m reckless with such an expensive item. While I don’t want to damage the watch or be reckless with it, I bought it to wear it.

I base my thinking on the fact that I wore a Seiko Turtle for years in all these scenarios (and many more), and it was just fine—so why would I need to worry about a $10K watch built with these things in mind? I can admit that the few scratches I’ve picked up did hurt, but I’d rather be in all these scenarios wearing the watch I’ve always wanted and worked for.

Obviously, these are expensive items, and to people who aren’t as deep into watches as I am, it may just look like I’m wearing an expensive piece of jewelry while doing all these things. But thinking back to the root of tool watches, I don’t think guys in the ‘70s and ‘80s were overanalyzing what situations to wear their tool watches in—they just wore their watches, and they were robust enough to handle anything.

Curious if anyone else has had this reaction from people around them or has felt this way. Cheers.