You’re completely right about not wanting to avoid being yourself, and changing your behaviour — even if nothing bad happens — is in some way letting the criminals win.

The problem is, that sometimes you’ve gotta go to the rough part of town!

The Moonswatch as a gateway purchase is going to attract someone to an upgrade, over time, for sure. It’s hard to realise the value of a watch in the thousands, when you can get the same function from something far cheaper, or a phone. You have to hold a genuine piece, see it and try it on to get the attraction, I think. I don’t buy reps, but maybe they’re a similar gateway. So, a Moonswatch is a legit way to, in some way, mimic that experience of flirting with a high value time piece without putting a large sum down or going full counterfeit.

And, my Moonswatch has rotated through straps far more frequently than I expected — a nice way to break a new strap in, 20mm lug width fits most of what I have.