Boys Toys for a grand?

[Masquerade]

There you go, something to save up for.

 

[Masquerade]

They're practically griffen goods.

Very similar to designer clothing or suchlike...

You mean Giffen?

 

[arabianights]

what, am I supposed to spell correclty now!?

 

[Masquerade]

what, am I supposed to spell correclty now!?

Was just checking I hadn't missed a new term from my study days. What do you think of the watch?

 

[shadowninja]

I had a go at getting addicted to watches until I realised they were jewlery; I was really looking for a mechanical watch, where almost all the money went on the movement, but I could never find that. Seems no matter what you spend on a watch the most that goes on the movement is a few hundred quid. Ain't seen any watch where most of the money goes on a complex mechanical thing, which is what *I* want from a watch.

It's an issue I raised on PH. Most of the movements you find are standard ETA ones, and likely knocked up by 5 year old boys in a backstreet factory in downtown Shanghai. (Ok, not actually true, but you get the idea.) So, you could probably build most watches out there yourself for a fraction of the RRP. However, there are a few companies who do make their own movements. (See the relevant thread on PH. I think it's the £50 one.)

 

[temporarilylight]

http://dvice.com/archives/2008/04/di-grisogono-me.php

 

[Masquerade]

http://dvice.com/archives/2008/04/di-grisogono-me.php

That's quite cool, but I guess it's a case of "If you have to ask..."