Originally Posted by
YCymro
I’ve retitled this thread because to me, it’s no longer a question whether watches are becoming too expensive, rather, that they ARE too expensive.
They’re a simple, albeit often very precise mechanism, but you have to ask why can the Chinese fit a a Japanese designed, reasonably accurate movement for £100, whilst the Swiss charge 10x, 50x or whatever more.
To give an example, one of my Smiths Everests with a reasonable Miyota movement is accurate to within 6 seconds a day, whereas my new Tudor BB54 with an in-house COSC movement, is around 1 second a day. Is that really worth £2900? And if so, why don’t we buy Quartz watches, because my Timex Q chronograph with a Seiko quartz movement is accurate to with a second every couple of months.
So, please explain to me why we buy them, because I struggle to come up with a rational, or emotional reason to explain it.