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> this Vacheron-Constantin will likely be around 200 years from now

And why should I care? I won't be alive 50 years from now.

Besides, right now, what I care about is functionality. And, right now, my old Pebble offers far more of it than this jewelry for millionaires.

This thing is just a stupid Veblen Good[1], like a diamond ring, a Hugo Boss suit or a Porche Carrerra.

Remember, 150 years ago, millionaires used beaver fur top hats to show off. Have you seen any billionaire wearing them?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good






Nobody asked you to care. As for co fusing soft from hard luxury... a Porsche Carrera or Bugatti Veyron will likely be worthy of consideration 150 years from now, a Hugo Boss suit, not so much..

> Nobody asked you to care.

Well, you did. It is implicit in your comment.

Don't get me wrong, you have every right of fooling the fools, even to the point of believing in the foolishness and fetishism.

But don't expect me to be one of the fools.

Your overcomplicated watch is just another version of "Jackie Kennedy's fake pearls necklace", as in this video[1]. Your "timelessness" of it is just fake sophistication, like Michael Jordan's "signature" in Air Jordan Nike. You are selling illusions, but it is coherent that you believe in them.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63oErn-gKfU




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