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The thing that I find amazing about high end jewellery is the structure.
I watched a fascinating programme on a certain high end jeweller in London.
All designed and made on site.
The craftsmen, (the ones with talent imo) the ones who actually make the things only get a fraction of the profit.
The kudos and big salary all goes to the ditzy 'designers'.
I believe this is the same across most industries tho.
Ordinata
It's not wrong, but it is only possible because of commodity fetishism and I find the whole thing a bit weird - that the value of the watch is its resale value, not its usefulness as a watch. Okay, that's how jewellery often works, but with tool watches it seems just impossibly self-contradictory. But yes, I'm well aware mine may be a minority view.