opaqueice;235408 Wrote: > ... > I'm sure Rolex-wearers would be quite happy if they could convince > others of that - if Rolexes were the best watches by some objective > standard ...
The watch argument to me illustrates some of the misperceptions here. Rolex is not the only luxury brand. In fact, as far as true watch afficionados go, Rokex is pretty pedestrian, both from a price point as from the complication of their in house mechanical movements. There are houses like Blancpain, Ptekx, Audemars Piguet, Breguet and a score of other that sell watches that command >$500k price tags. For one of them. And no one would be able to tell by looking at them, because it takes a true enthusiast's eye. So I don't think it's the brag and boast effect - that is achieved with things that are not quite over the top, but good enough so many people have heard about them. I think a huge aspect here is simply *passion*, which is a beautiful thing, even when of course sometimes only people with a lot of disposable income get to live it out. Passion, and making an individual statement, the latter often is very private and no one else would ever know. *Some* may buy stuff simply to show off. Some fo it because they trule care about the product, and want to make a statement for themselves and no one else. As always, I think it's wrong to paint *all* people that do X in a generic way. People do stuff for many reasons. Some people believe in war for ideals - some for profit. It's human nature, there's always another side to every coin. :-) ...p PS: I am a watch collector, and love my collection of a dozen or so fine watches, but heck no, I will never spend $500k on a watch. Ever. And there's not a single Rolex in my collection - too recognizable and predictable. 99.999% of people would never know when I am wearing a $20k watch - and I don't want them to. -- pablolie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39093 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
