Location: Near Saffron Walden, Essex
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I'm Dave.
Rolex have long had veblen status, which means people expect them to be expensive, including the servicing.
Obviously one expects a mechanical watch to be expensive to make, especially one that keeps time accurate enough to be accorded chronometer status, but in the last ten years or so prices charged by Rolex have become absurd.
The trouble is that anyone with enough money: rock stars; TV personalities; professional sports players, etc. now automatically think of Rolex when choosing a watch.
Barry
From a few days back
Gone Teutonic today
Tour of the factory
https://youtu.be/9cGHqAPMliE?si=UFitBUZuICsmKQ6T
Are those marques I mentioned ever subject to forgeries, or is it only Rolex?
I'm reminded of a sign I saw near a stall in a market place in Turkey: "Genuine Fake Watches"! Oxymoron or not?
Barry