Victoria Posted March 20, 2008 Report Posted March 20, 2008 About the Gucci Pantheon Diver Automatic 1,000 Feet (debuting at Basel/SIHH 2008): "Is that a knight carrying a briefcase and purse? Honestly." :lol:
peepshow Posted March 20, 2008 Report Posted March 20, 2008 And THAT is why fashion houses like Gucci, Chanel, Vuitton, et al should stay away from commissioning watches! What a travesty...
anton Posted March 20, 2008 Report Posted March 20, 2008 Well, I hope they've come a long way from using plastic spacer rings in their cases.
HauteHippie Posted March 20, 2008 Report Posted March 20, 2008 LOL. Well, I suspect that watch (along with perhaps a couple Cartiers) is quite popular in the purse carrying knight crowd.
alligoat Posted March 20, 2008 Report Posted March 20, 2008 In Italy, men carry purses anyway- although usually not with straps. Someone the other day was telling me that he thought even Ollech and Wajs was using a boutique firm to build their watches. I guess this would be what Gucci is doing- have someone build a $200 watch, put the Gucci name on it and sell it for $750 or more. It would be interesting to find out just how Swiss these boutique firms are.
offshore Posted March 20, 2008 Report Posted March 20, 2008 Try this equation. "Swiss made" = 50% of the manufactured cost ex Switzerland. "Swiss" Engineering consultant= $80/hr.(based in Switz) = 1 hour! Components ex China= $50.(or much less) voila....1 "Swiss" watch. Just change the numbers to suit. And I certainly know of very cheap watches from China @ 0.10 ea. yes 10cents ea! So even the "Swiss" consultants, may feel underpaid! Offshore
Victoria Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Posted March 20, 2008 And THAT is why fashion houses like Gucci, Chanel, Vuitton, et al should stay away from commissioning watches! What a travesty... Ironically, "travest
anton Posted March 20, 2008 Report Posted March 20, 2008 Try this equation. "Swiss made" = 50% of the manufactured cost ex Switzerland. "Swiss" Engineering consultant= $80/hr.(based in Switz) = 1 hour! Components ex China= $50.(or much less) voila....1 "Swiss" watch. Just change the numbers to suit. And I certainly know of very cheap watches from China @ 0.10 ea. yes 10cents ea! So even the "Swiss" consultants, may feel underpaid! Offshore So, when the 2824 outweighs the rest of its' components in that watch, might one consider that "swiss made" worthy?!?!? and..the reason why I discount these "fashion houses" watches is: It was taken from an authentic Versace watch!
Victoria Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Posted March 20, 2008 In Italy, men carry purses anyway- although usually not with straps.
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