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basically everything in traditional business atire is just demonstration of wealth if you really dig into it.

what about the other ten thousand solid/plated gold watches? rolex watches containing gold are probably all over wrists of people you would be happy to do business with.

don't get me wrong.. 5k for an iwatch is ridiculous

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I have no problem with expensive goods, even gold watches. It's the part of "slap some gold on my Apple device" that is counter-intuitive.

There's no way Steve Jobs thought "what we're really missing is a gold version". It's not zen. It's gaudy.

The few extremely-successful people I've met that have impressed me have been very low key. Can you imagine PG wearing a gold iWatch???

There's a word for judging people by what they wear or how they look...

https://newbeautifulera.wordpress.com/2013/03/30/how-nature-...

The $20k you pay for a Rolex is not for the watch. It's for the craftsmanship and the value of "legacy". A Rolex watch stays in the family. It gets passed around from generation to generation. My grandad had one. He gave it to my dad, who will give it to my brother, and so on.

Not really the same thing at all. Different value notions completely.

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