6/10
I try to live by the "cry once" philosophy, crying when you pay for it rather than every time you use it. I'm not rich in a monetary kind of way, I chose time over money, though some people are smart enough to do both. Most of any type of gear I purchase is used older stuff built with longevity in mind or as someone else stated, at least repairable, by me preferably.
I appreciate though don't own a mechanical watch that works. I've 3 that were my grandfathers including a nice pocket watch. Someday I'll have at least that one repaired. We have a great old mechanical mantel clock that ticks too loud for my wife's nerves but I love it. For now I use a simple MWC analog field watch with tritium so it works in the dark. Most of my cameras are old film though a 1VHS is in the lot also. It's well put together but doesn't have that something the F1 or the M5 does which is shared by the vintage Land Rover 110 or the 70s era Wild-Heerbrugg theodolite, the old DeWalt radial arm saw or the Peter Wright anvil that sings when struck. There is a DSLR in my life but it's one of those rated to 200,000 shutter actuations as opposed to 50,000, bought used and paid less than the lesser quality new. No vintage clothes, but appreciate my Filson tin cloth coat that's made in the states and moves through brush as nylon can't. Haven't ridden in 15 years but a bike may be in my future, an Enfield or old BMW would be swell. Bottom line, for me, is simply that if I'm willing to buy crap it justifies the production of it. Built in obsolescence and shoddy, cheap "craftsmanship" bug the hell out me. I do what I can to meld art and life and I appreciate nice lines wherever I see them.
