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[QUOTE="SubbaBub, post: 4818823, member: 523"]
It's more difficult to define since taste, rarity, history all come into play along with price.  I have a 1 of 100 limited edition from a microbrand that only serious watch nerds would accurately recognize.  Cost me about $600, but people comment on it way more than my Rolex, even fancy watch people.  Is that luxury?  I know I'm never selling it.

I personally look at price groupings as follows (mechanical watches)
Under $500 - entry level mechanicals
$500-1000 - lots of quality options here
$1000-2000 - some good some crap in this range. Bit of a DMZ in terms of quality
$2000-5000 - entry level "luxury"
$5000-20000 - mainstream "luxury"  most of your known brands live here.
Over 20k -  same as previous group but with fancy metals and exclusives
Over 50k - redonkulousness

What most of the general public consider luxury starts around 5k but you can still pick up quite a nice watch with a good deal of cred at almost any price.  Anything over $1000 will have the smartwatch crowd questioning your sanity.

If you spend any time on watch centric boards like watchuseek ot r/watches, you can follow what people are buying.  Chrono24 is the place to search for brands/models.
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