The Simple Watch

[freddy333]

[maxman]

The "simple watch" Is a good thing Mike

[mbjoer]

Nice.

Hopefully some good VC (and PP, Breguet and Lange) reps will come of this trend.

[Demsey]

What kind of prat would spend $540 on a shirt? Ken? What could you do, say, for a dozen sans the DV label?

Same quality.

[dluddy]

Might be simple but it's a $14K watch

[freddy333]

Might be simple but it's a $14K watch

Problem?

[valerian]

Nice ad. I like the somber mood.

Might be simple but it's a $14K watch

I guess simple doesn't necessarily mean cheap. Think of classic design.

Two of my favourites, not cheap at all:

DayBed by Eileen Gray:

Chair by Werner Max Moser:

Val.

[Member X]

It does seem that, to a certain extent, you pay more for 'clean design' (i.e. less lol) in designer world

$540 for a shirt though? I ask anyone to justify what on earth about it costs that much to make.

[valerian]

It does seem that, to a certain extent, you pay more for 'clean design' (i.e. less lol) in designer world

That is rule No. 2 about beautiful stuff: The less chi-chi you want, the more you pay (Rolex Bling watches being a famous exception, of course).

Rule No. 1 being that no matter what it is, if it's the most expensive solution it's the one I like the most (same exception as above applies).

Val.

[lanikai]

Might be simple but it's a $14K watch

.. maybe the shirt is Egyptian cotton ..man those shoulders are tiny .. doesn't do an Armani justice..

[DuDro]

The beauty and worth of such time pieces is in the movement...

[Member X]

Rule No. 1 being that no matter what it is, if it's the most expensive solution it's the one I like the most (same exception as above applies).

Val.

LOL

I seem to have that rule too...

[robbnj]

The beauty and worth of such time pieces is in the movement...

Sorry, but I'm not buying it any more (literally).

For example, some complications sell for $200K, but they are "made by hand and take several thousand man-hours to produce".

OK, so one watchmaker spends a full working year building one watch. How much dos he get paid for that year?

How much of the rest of the money goes to advertising & intermediate profits?

Gen mfgrs. hate the rep industry because it shows how ridiculously overpriced the gens are. Screw the logos and branding; buy a good homage that is made with a true ETA (or other) mvmt. and you've got a watch that is as good as (or in some cases better than) the gen.

Take a gen Rolex & swap the movement for a good-quality non-Rolex one. It'll look the same, tell time the same, and might even require LESS service.

It's all hype and brand posturing, IMHO.