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What you say though is not that surprising, often when money is not a problem people will simply buy the most expensive regardless of whether they know what they have or not.
My closest friend is much the same as this, he buys the very best in everything and then he will do something like get me to defrag his 7K computer, he basically knows how to turn it on and do a google search but everything else is just for show.
Not all genuine watch owners are like this very many do have a vast knowledge of the watches they buy but most of these types do find their way here at some point.
Ken