They come from the ultra-connected generation and at the forefront of new things and yet, their 30th birthday watch will be a sure value in watchmaking.
Since January 2020, Orso transfers 250 euros per month to a savings account. The objective of this tidy sum is not to constitute a real estate contribution for a first apartment, but to treat yourself to a Piaget Polo watch for your 30th birthday. “ A classic watch that I will never get tired ofexplains the young doctor. Thirty is still quite a milestone! We take stock of his professional and emotional life… So I’m giving myself this gift. Which surprised my parents, who got their first beautiful real watch at age 50. »
Matthieu, thirty years old in two months, is looking for the model that his parents and a few relatives wish to give him, to mark “ passage to the other side of the barrier ”, as he says. “ I hesitated with a suit, but it’s less timeless. I don’t drive, so it won’t be a car and, as I wouldn’t go out and buy a watch on my own, without a special occasion, now is a good time.» Between a Rolex Datejust, a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso and a Cartier Tank, his heart swings…
For Matthieu, Orso and the others from the first ultra-connected generation at the forefront of innovation, their 30th anniversary watch will nevertheless be a sure value in watchmaking. “A beautiful classic watch is like a beautiful classic jacket: no need to add a sleeve, it works just as it ishe continues.Being neither an expert nor a navy diver, I am not interested in new things and innovations. I want its design to be simple to match my curved platinum wedding ring, therefore more original. Let its bracelet be made of steel because a leather bracelet is cheaper to buy later. And it comes from a historic watchmaker: a suitcase is Rimowa, jeans are Levi’s, a watch is Cartier. »
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A reflex that Nicolas Amsellem (founder of the Les Rdresseurs site) has been observing for some time, in his expertise office at 5, rue Auber (Paris 9th), where amateurs and initiates come to ask for advice. “The watch in France is more and more popular, and rarely bling. It remains a tradition in the sense that it is still offered a lot, more than it is bought for itself he analyzes.So these are families, women who come to see me with a budget of 3,000 to 5,000 euros for their son, their husband, an engagement or the passing of a decade. Most leave with a risk-free model: you can’t disappoint with a beautiful gold Omega or a vintage Reverso, which no longer has any Versailles connotations! Traditional references have a bright future ahead of them.» With a bonus point if the model has a rating, which will make it even more desirable and make it a smart investment in the long term.
This taste for classicism is not exclusively masculine. Thus, Anaïs and Salomé recently received a gift of a Panthère de Cartier, Agathe, a Tank from her father, dating from the year of her birth… “Your thirties are the last chance to ask your parents for a nice gift. Afterwards, it’s for our apple!adds Louise, who recently wore the Chanel Première.With the explosion of vintage sites, it’s not that complicated to find one at a reasonable price to convince them.»
And to add, to the precious object, a symbolic value. As was the case for Margaux, whose watch represents the common passion shared with her father for watchmaking. “Together, we shop antiques and often play the game of “if you won EuroMillions, what would you buy?” For me, it was the Rolex Oyster Perpetual, in 26 millimeters, a small size for my thin wrist and a white dial so that it remained discreet, so that it wasn’t the “Roro”. Not long ago, for my 30th birthday, my father managed to find it at a dealer. I will remember this box that he handed me all my life… I’d love to change it for ten!»
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