What time is it? Watches and horology

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nick_h. in reply to @ChainBreaker

A homage is neither one thing nor the other. I actually did buy a Rolex 15 years ago - a steel sub - to see what all the fuss was about, and was underwhelmed. As I said upthread, it's basically a £1k watch, the other £6k goes to making some rich Swiss richer, it goes to the poor starving Grand Prix drivers and tennis champions, to GQ magazine, Wimbledon tennis club, to the dealers with their expensive boutiques, etc. ad infinitum. You have to be a sucker to be buy one, and to be oblivious to the gap betwen rich and poor. Someone with low emotional intelligence. I felt a bit of a twat wearing it. These days I've got a fake gold Sub, which gives me more pleasure then the genuine steel one ever could. It undermines the whole sordid marketing mutual masturbation machine. When people notice it I always tell them it's a fake and give them my thoughts. Living in Brixton I get a mix of reactions. Lots of people here are socialists and environmentalists. Others are all about buying some self worth with a Rolex and a Mercedes. If someone did bring out the Trees version of a CWC which I suggested upthread I reckon it might get a few sales here. What do you reckon?

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jv in reply to @nick_h.

Let’s see your fake gold sub. What factory is it? I have a couple of reps, some are pretty bonkers good with a clone 2824 inside so reliable as well.
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Airhead in reply to @nick_h.

Always interesting to hear another point of view. Now where did I put that ignore button.
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ChainBreaker in reply to @nick_h.

the other £6k goes to making some rich Swiss richer, it goes to the poor starving Grand Prix drivers and tennis champions, to GQ magazine, Wimbledon tennis club, to the dealers with their expensive boutiques, etc. ad infinitum.

Otherwise known as marketing.... Its quite common these days

You have to be a sucker to be buy one, and to be oblivious to the gap betwen rich and poor. Someone with low emotional intelligence. I felt a bit of a twat wearing it.

So you would prefer to wear a fake one so that people think youre wearing a Rolex? Secretly you want the prestige. If they dont outright ask you about it, which you secretly want, then they will then think youre a twat for owning one?!

The prestige comes with the marketing... Thats why theyre impossible to buy now.

After 2+ years as my daily beater it ground to a halt

So you paid good money for a watch that breaks after 2 years?! I'd rather buy a Steinhart Ocean One that lasts a lifetime than throw good money at a watch that dies after 2 years. Im not wearing it as a fashion statement (mostly, else why wear a homage), I wear it cause its quality and will last.