/fa/ - Fashion

justify mechanical watches in 2022

- without appealing to any marketing tactics from the watch industry and
- while acknowledging both the sourcing of many components from third world countries & the replicas using these exact components to create $500 watches that appear nearly identical to $50,000 watches and
- then entertaining a thought experiment in which anybody can purchase Ferrari, Porsche, Rolls Royce etc replica cars for 1/10 the price of the genuine car; what you believe what most people would do, and what the car industry would do