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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]About a month ago I stopped into [b]the jeweler our family does business with[/b] to put my name on a list for a Rolex. The plan was to give it to my son on his 16th birthday in March of 2027. Friends told me it can take a while to get one. Out of the blue I got a call this weekend. The watch arrived Friday afternoon. Am I crazy to give it to him for his 15th birthday?[/quote]

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Rolex screams parvenu, my dear, but you are free to do whatever you want. Your son probably relies on his phone, but if HE wants a watch, and of the Rolex type, why not? Maybe you should ask him first.
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I’m certainly not buying him a Nautilus or Royal Oak. His group of friends have all developed an interest in mechanical watches suddenly.[/quote]

His friends have the interest but does he have an interest? I’ll play along, on the chance this post is real.  My kids wouldn’t want this so I say no.  They would want a car.

I’m not opposed to expensive gifts if you can afford them.  We bought our oldest a car and will buy our second kid one at 16.  We would never spend thousands on a watch.  [/quote]

He’ll get a car when he gets his license. I’m talking about a birthday gift specifically.[/quote]

You didn’t answer my question. Does he want this? Does he actually want a Rolex? If he does, get it.  If he doesn’t and won’t appreciate it, you are wasting your money.  We could afford it but my teen would prefer a pizza than a Rolex.  [/quote]

He specifically mentioned a Rolex.[/quote]

Then there is your answer. Get your child the gift he wanted. [/quote]

Hmmm. A bit odd as most 15 year old boys would prefer something else.[/quote]

Typical around here -- people thinking that what their kids would want is what every kid would want, or, more often people just having a random opinion based on nothing.

Culture varies. Not just from country to country, but from community to community. From school to school. From friend group to friend group. Folks around here are constantly revealing themselves as too narcissistic to see that. Or maybe people are just soooo desperate to run their mouths anyway?

There are some kids who would want a Rolex. There are some kids who would prefer something else.

The bigger issue is whether or not to buy it (and that is the question OP asks) -- and again, that's going to be cultural. But in the US at least, the position that it isn't reasonable to buy a 15 year old boy a Rolex for their birthday because they are young for that expensive of a watch is pretty defensible. [/quote]

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