I like patina, but being a massive narcissist I'd rather generate said patina myself rather than buying someone else's, if that makes sense. Therefore, a NOS watch is quite desirable.
Agree totally.
You can forgive scratches much more readily if self generated .
Hard to forgive someone else scratching your timepiece .. same with the car tbf
Or the worn look .. at one point I changed the bezel insert for a black one but my friend told me to put the old one back on .. patina was ‘in’