Great points, I would have loved to have talked about watches instead of widgets..

in all those econ classes. All very good points, I think it all comes down to the value is in the eye of the beholder. 99% of the people I talk about watches with roll their eyes and say they "just don't get it" I don't take offence it is ignorance, not in a bad way it just is. Exactly how I was no more than 3 or 4 years ago.

I was a little shocked when I first saw the RM011 in Robb Report and then looked up th price. It intrigued me more to find out, why? Why are these pieces so much? (relative to other watches) Maybe the negative press will intrigue others to find out why and in doing so who knows, they may be an IWS in no time! I agree negative press is good press, any press is. A serious watch collector gets it. RM's point was not to try and get the person who knows nothing or little about watches to go out and spend that kind of money, the (advertising) market is extremely limited to buyers who can and will spend that kind of money, but the good news is, so is the watch production. Great topic- Ben

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I Think that the publicity that Richard Mille got ....

By: gavidev : June 7th, 2010-17:49

during the French Open was huge. I think that choosing Nadal to wear the watch was a stroke of genius!! The only thing that , as a fan of RM, concerns me is that most of the comments that I heard and saw were negative and were mostly focused on the price ...

Any publicity is good publicity

By: gazoz : June 7th, 2010-18:43

so RM wins regardless, these people and media bear in mind have no idea about the costs of watches so as they say talk is cheap just MO

Toys for rich people with no brains...

By: Carlfa : June 7th, 2010-23:12

This brings back my previous post. The question is: Does Rafael Nadal really needs to know what time it is when he plays 3 - 4 hours tennis match, or better does he need to know the time with tourbillon precision or: Does Felipe Massa driving his Ferrari ...

Aren't ALL watches above $50 an indulgence?

By: micro : June 8th, 2010-01:57

Why bother with a watch when we all carry a mobile phone?

By: 219 : June 8th, 2010-02:08

We chose to, and if it is the thing that excites us, then we chose a point on the price/interest frontier where we wish to be. Any point paying more than $10k for a car? Andrew H

RM seems to have a stigma...

By: efftee : June 8th, 2010-00:14

...of utter extravagance about it. Maybe it's the prices or marketing ploys. I'm no expert in exotic materials or watch design to say much but I do like its concept and looks. $500K for a watch is quite vulgar but considering there are people who spend up...

All excellent points....

By: 219 : June 8th, 2010-01:12

We are fortunate in that we can chose where to spend our money. For some its wine: you drink it and its gone (pissed away!); for some it is art, but then anyone can paint like Pollock - right? For others, it is yachts, cars, hardcore drugs, you name it, i...

Yes, ignorance is bliss.

By: VMM : June 8th, 2010-14:09

Well said. I think it's all about respect, respect to the people developing, creating, thinking, drawing, designing, making, and the rest of people involved in the creation of "something". (That's why I don't like fakes). It's just a lack of respect. I gu...

Lets just bring up another point on this matter...

By: chris4 : June 9th, 2010-00:51

...Whats the value of an RM009 or an RM0012?....many very wealthy people may decide to buy an RM27 because they like it & are fascinated by it, but also lets be aware they maybe also have one eye on a possible investment with doing such a thing. Who k...

the worth of a watch

By: eric.vonschonberg : June 11th, 2010-02:15

There are things that required much more effort to design and manufacture than a watch, and yet those things are relatively inexpensive. Some of the most advanced computer chips come to mind. When you consider how utterly complicated they are and how many...

Absoltuley Right Eric...

By: chris4 : June 11th, 2010-02:27

So therefore a 27 could actually be a reasonable investment at $500k. Looking at another thread I understand that Marcus in London is getting one & its presold, if this is the case with the other 19, then It makes a total mockery of all the criticism ...

All good points Eric - but for the record

By: 219 : June 13th, 2010-04:00

there are 50 to be made. Some the of exotic alloys involved are both difficult to manufacture and difficult to further manufacture into watch parts. It is far from straightforward. Even now, I know that Richard Mille is trying different carbon fibre compo...

Great points, I would have loved to have talked about watches instead of widgets..

By: doubleup : June 13th, 2010-10:48