yep -- sometimes it seems that the "luxury" watch industry strains to find ways / gimmicks to produce watches that will be expensive enough for customers to pay the big money to impress their friends. like someone paying $50K for a watch, then asking whether he needs to wind it or shake it or whether it is battery-powered . . . or paying that much for a chronograph, and then asking what the buttons do.

to paraphrase Vonnegut and Alstott, conspicious consumption is a fine spectator sport!!

Jeff

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: Lets not forget these are the people that also
: buy the super exclusive watches. I for one
: am happy that they do as we would not have
: those kinds of masterpieces produced
: otherwise.

: As Kurt Vonnegut put it 'We were put here to
: fart around". The more money you have
: the grander the spectacle.