trailboss Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Of cause the top end is not overpriced. Buy a Lang & Sohne or a Glasshutte and you can see where the money went but the mass manufactured stuff like Rolex, Briet etc is wayyyy over the mark. It takes a skilled watchsmith a year or more to turn out a Lang and a machine less than a day or two to make a Sub. How can you say that a watch that costs less than 500 bucks to make is not overpriced at six grand? Col. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corgi Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 "How many prizes do I need to get this new Rolex?" "Sir this watch costs a lot of prizes. In fact to buy it you will need to hand over two stuffed pandas size large, a novelty foam hat, and a souvenir snowglobe" "That is way to expensive. I guess I should zip up and go home!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HaloArchive Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Most of this is marketing. If I made a watch out of recycled cardboard and old computer parts and marketed it well enough, I could have a huge profit margin. Its all in the marketing then the producer of the item controlls the supply / demand of it and, thus creating a value out of nothing. Just like the US gov't works. $0.02 H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayward Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Sheesh.. and I thought RWG was getting soft.. been a long time (1 week at least) since we had a lively debate.. Whatever happend to Bricktop?...he was always up for a "lively debate"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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