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Research and development cost money. Quality workmanship comes at a price. Those men and women in their white lab coats and magnifying headgear are experts in their field
I can't remember the last time I saw a watch that wasn't a Seiko/Citizen that I'd like to own.
Im sure you said once that you liked a Breitling that was posted here.
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I don't buy that the R&D costs are the reason.
I've got a solar powered, radio controlled watch with a 10 month power reserve that retails for around £350 or so.
I likely have remarked positively on the Navitimers (I do like a slide-rule bezel), but in all honesty, I wouldn't swap it for my Citizen.
mmccarthy
As a tangent to this point, with supercars, I can understand where their high price tags come from. I understand why people are willing to shell out so much more money than your average car to own one.
I don't understand the same feeling with regards to watches though. How do the manufacturers justify the cost and what is it that makes the consumer willing to spend so much? (Let's pick an arbitrary amount of £5k for example)
Is it that it's more an item of jewellery than a time-keeping instrument?
This is just a general question to anyone who fancies chipping in with some info, but I'd be interested to hear people's opinions.
P.S. I can't remember the last time I saw a watch that wasn't a Seiko/Citizen that I'd like to own. I am a heathen.