04-16-2014, 01:40 PM
I can appreciate the craftsmanship that goes into assembling high-end watches. For me it's just so "out there" on cost vs benefit that I'm gonna have to be really, really, really, really, really loaded and have run out of pretty much anything else to spend my money and time on before I go shopping for a $10k watch. Even something like a cellar full of absurdly expensive wine & bourbon would be more enjoyable to me than a watch collection. You'd probably be chasing down certain vintages you wanted, which is its own fun experience, (I suppose that's true if you were into classic watches) and when you felt like it you could crack open a $500 bottle of wine and pretend you can tell the difference between it and a $10 bottle. It's going to have it's own unique taste at the very least, metal on your wrist feels like metal on your wrist.
And yeah I agree the sports car analogy doesn't really work. A sports car has a different purpose than an economy car, it offers its own set of experiences. There is no functional difference between my Skagen and a Rolex, they both provide the same information, the Rolex is just made out of better materials. It's cool, in and of itself, I love taking the back off an old watch with automatic movement and seeing how it ticks, it just goes back to the cost vs benefit thing.
Anyway we're way fucking off topic. My initial response was that I thought the watch rental business model was stupid, not because I don't think there is a market for it, but because I think the target market is not what the CEO thinks it is. It'll be spoiled teenagers or 20-somethings with confidence issues coughing up a few hundos a month to make it look like they can afford a $10k watch, which is stupid.
And yeah I agree the sports car analogy doesn't really work. A sports car has a different purpose than an economy car, it offers its own set of experiences. There is no functional difference between my Skagen and a Rolex, they both provide the same information, the Rolex is just made out of better materials. It's cool, in and of itself, I love taking the back off an old watch with automatic movement and seeing how it ticks, it just goes back to the cost vs benefit thing.
Anyway we're way fucking off topic. My initial response was that I thought the watch rental business model was stupid, not because I don't think there is a market for it, but because I think the target market is not what the CEO thinks it is. It'll be spoiled teenagers or 20-somethings with confidence issues coughing up a few hundos a month to make it look like they can afford a $10k watch, which is stupid.
Now: 07 Porsche Cayman S | 18 VW Tiguan
Then: 18 VW GTI Autobahn | 95 BMW M3 | 15 VW GTI SE | 12 Kia Optima SX | 2009 VW GTI | 00 BMW 540i Sport | 90 Mazda Miata | 94 Yamaha FZR600R | 1993 Suzuki GS500E | 2003 BMW 325i | 95 Saab 900S