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^which includes overcoming friction, which could be a considerable variable, depending on various factors. You're not saying anything different from me, so we seem to be in agreement.
I thought that one spends a bit more money on a torque wrench in the hopes to have a better sense of how tightly one fastens a bolt and a nut, not so you can get a reading of a number of measurement about how much rotational force one is applying to turn the nut. With a plain washer, internal teeth lock washer, split lock washer etc...