I don’t think it needs to be a looking like new thing. I can accept that things get damaged now and then and that’s part of normal use, but I too am in the camp of really looking after my stuff. I wouldn’t say I’m that that worried about looks, things get knocked and bumped, that’s just life. I drive a 30 year old Nissan which I throw my kids in the back of along with their pens and sweeties. It’s going to get marked, but mechanically - I check the levels and tyre pressures every week, I change the oil and filter without fail every 5K miles, I grease up all the grease points whilst I’m under there, wheels off and check the brakes once a year..... you get the idea. It’s cheap enough and easy enough to do so why let it slip?? And that’s nothing special. It’s just an old Nissan at the end of the day. Same with my tools, whenever I use them I clean them with a good old oily rag and put them away - I spent a fortune on them, and they deserve to be looked after. Watches, I wear them and I use them. I like to have them well serviced, but looks wise I’m not to worried.
Personally I do t think it has anything to do with wealth. If it’s in your nature to like to look after your stuff, you just do.
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