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How many months of your life is a Rolex Submariner?
A Submariner is one of the few status goods that tends to hold or gain value. Entered at $10,500 into the calculator, it becomes a number of months you would need to work to own one outright.
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A Rolex worn daily for fifty years costs roughly one cent per minute of wear — and retains most of its value on resale. By the strict cost-per-use test, it is cheaper than many fast-fashion watches.
How we calculate the time-cost
- 1We start with your net take-home income — what actually lands in your bank account after taxes, social contributions, and mandatory deductions.
- 2We divide that by your real working hours per week, including overtime, commuting, and any unpaid work preparation, to arrive at your true hourly wage.
- 3We then divide the item price by your true hourly wage to get the raw number of work-hours the purchase costs.
- 4Finally, we convert those hours into a human-readable breakdown of years, months, days, and hours so you can immediately feel the weight of the number.
This approach follows the methodology described in "Your Money or Your Life" by Vicki Robin — one of the foundational texts of the financial independence movement.
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