Thread: My new Rolex
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Old 07-01-2013, 12:36 PM  
Socks
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I was in a Fossil store some time ago and saw they had dozens if not hundreds of watches that are designed just as nicely as any of the high end expensive watches, but for a few hundreds bucks instead of a few thousand.

Curious what the reasons are to spend more. Is it just status to have the name?

If you could buy an unbranded Rolex, would it have the same value to you? Would you consider buying one unbranded?

I understand to get a high end car there's many advantages.. Performance, style, status, comfort, quality, features, etc etc.

For watches, I can only see quality and status...

Not hating either way, I can't see the value for myself, but watches can be beautiful and I understand wanting to have a nice one. I just feel like the $300 watches look and function really similarly to something that costs way more.

Sort of like how Pandora sells "jewelry" that likely won't hold any residual value down the road.. It's not made of anything of value. Are watches the men's version of that in a way? Not suggesting high end watches don't hold value, but I think a lot of the ones in the $2k and less range won't be worth much down the road

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