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No? I’m sorry as much as I would like this to be true luxury watches are a sign of external wealth / conversation pieces for the wealthy (5/100M range I would guess)

Might not be the case for the tech wealthy crowd as I know these circles less

But for the traditional/family/business wealthy crowd watches are an easy icebreaker, especially if you mention you don’t care about the price and you like them for x other reasons

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Sheesh, you get a Valerii Danevych with a flying tourbillon for yourself and to save the planet .. not for others to gawk at . . .

> conversation pieces

I get that those $250K one of kind Bugatti/Ferrari watches that have the guts of an internal combustion engine or the functioning planetary solar system on display inside them are good for conversation pieces since they're unique, but What conversation can you make about a bog standard $5k-$10k Rolex?

  - Hey, nice watch.
  - Yeah thanks, it's a Rolex, it's shiny, golden and it tells the time.
  - So kind of like my Casio?

So most expensive watches are just Vablen goods.

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