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Well, huh.  You've got a solid point I didn't really consider before spouting off my poor guy viewpoint. I've only got an average 23 jewel pocket watch laying around somewhere a relative gifted me that is more sentimental than valuable, so what the fuck do I know.  I always thought the really high end ones had crazy custom mechanisms and shit that set them apart.
So they grabbed only two watches and so left that house with $853,000 in goods?? >

His website is rubbish. >

I'd be mighty surprised if their website has ever caused someone not to buy one. >

Expensive watches are the craziest thing to me.  Having the skills to make a time piece at that level is exponentially more impressive than owning one. >

I'm not saying there's not skill involved but past a certain point it's all branding. A $500k watch is not really going to be mechanically superior to a $5k watch and neither will tell time better than a $15 digital watch.