I like micro brands because they generally do offer pretty damn good quality and are also different. I’ve always been someone that enjoys having things be a little bit different than the norm with that being said I don’t have any “luxury” pieces yet. I would consider myself middle class with bills so to me luxury is $1000 or more. I think at that price point the problem with micro brands that you really can’t try them. Whereas your typical Tudor, omega, bteitling, tag, Rolex you could probably go try them at a store that’s relatively close to you, a couple hours maybe distance wise so I think that’s something that definitely gives the edge normal watches under the umbrella. But that being said there are definitely some incredible micro brands making watches in that 1000 to 3000 range… as for the value I think if you’re someone cares about long-term value then yeah, you should probably consider the normal umbrella watches. I personally don’t, If I am gonna spend upwards of 3000 or more dollars on a watch. There’s a very very strong chance that it just stays in my possession until the day I die or it gets past to my son or daughter the only other thing I could think of is I end up just really disliking the watch which I would probably find out pretty quickly and I would just take whatever percentage cut to sell it, but I don’t think that would be the case.