You commented that you're a watchmaker earlier? Does this mean you service good old watches, or do you "make" your own too (Spoken as an ex BHI associate who couldn't afford the £100pa this year...)
When in retail, I had a chat with someone who dealt in "top end" watches. When I dared to mention "Rolex" he scoffed and compared them with audio's B&O. The mechanical watches he dealt with started at around £5K and went rapidly up in price from there... Another work colleague used to rave about IWC - often boring to look at but beautifully put together inside. Me? i can give you chapter and verse about Garrard, Perivale and Smiths/Enfield chime and strikers, but "real" horologists wouldn't entertain them 'cos they're mass-produced junk and far too common. The complex trains take too much time to fix considering their very modest worth and of course I've boxes of 'em...........
Back to stereo's - FAR more interesting