Horological Meandering

I ohhhh and ahhhh over watches like everyone else here. Sometimes I have a hard time comprehending the prices of some I see. Here's an example, I am by no means disrespecting the watch/watchmaker but what makes a stainless steel, TIME ONLY leather strappe... 

what is unfortunate, these forces are being tampered with from various side of the market. But we have to live with it and find the watches that make us happy, all things considered. All the best, Alex

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round time only watch, stainless steel, 40mm micro rotor.

The price you mention is indeed high but we are talking about Veblen goods here so price is irrelevant (the highest its price, the more in demand it is given the halo status it confers to its owner). However, I have the feeling that quite a few of his wat... 

...in my opinion, stainless watches, when compared to their precious metal counterparts, are a better value for the money. Considering that tooling maintenance can be more time consuming compared to easier-to-machine gold and platinum, machining stainless... 

Value is subjective. Market prices are set by our collective subjective values. If you're asking for subjective analysis, then share the identity of the watch, and we can all give our opinions. Hard to provide any other meaningful response. Cheers, John

How you would really audit that I’m not sure

Connoisseurship, ownership and collecting is about much more than price.

but then again I usually can't remember what I had for breakfast. The topic seems to generate good discussion though. I don't think I am alone with my opinion/thoughts.

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The price of a watch is based on too many variables 1. Who is the watchmaker- here the pedigree of the person behind the creation evidenced by his/her past offerings become the vital metric 2. How is it made? - anything handmade, traditional and painstaki... 

According to one definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary: "Price" is "the amount of money given or set as consideration for the sale of a specified thing." Simply, the price of an item or service is what the seller is asking for said item or service.... 

Some of the main things to consider there are the ratio of production output to employees of the brand, cost of materials/facilities/equipment, level of finishing, and complication. Greubel Forsey for example produces about 100 watches per year with 100 e... 

Good reply a plus one for me. I just ordered a Roger Smith that will probably cost me $200,000 plus and is a three-year wait. That is the best example of what it cost to make a watch, the buyer is a decision-maker of whether it is worth it or not. Of cour... 

Looking forward to seeing some pictures in a few years

44000, has different meaning to different people. Yes it’s not a small amount of money But it doesn’t mean the same thing to everyone. A better formula might be . what does $44,000 mean to someone relative to the individuals desire/perceived value of a pa... 

A Laurent Ferrier may seem expensive when compared to a Patek or a Vacheron. But then look at the hair spring, look at the finishing, look at the fact that LF doesn't have the high volume production and the scale that PP and VC have that can lower costs t... 

Spending 50K on a time only. It is not always the case material. When an artist is painting a dial, spending hours. Gulouching a dial on a two century old gulouching machine. Not many skilled people who can gulouche a watch. Grand fue. A complex tourbillo...