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> Maybe those people just aren’t so afraid to damage/replace their watch but I find that a little hard to believe.

It’s a Vleben good: it doesn’t simply signify that you have money to throw away, but shows that you have a lifestyle in which your expensive watch won’t get damaged.




But sports watches / ‘dive’ watches seem pretty popular. Maybe the sports involved aren’t so likely to involve damaging the watch somehow.


That's for a lower tier and/or for sending a different message. Someone with a million dollar watch presumably has several for different purposes.

I wear the cheapest apple watch and could easily replace it if it breaks, but never has even when the limb bearing it has.


Awkward last sentence. I needed to reread it multiple times to parse correctly.


OK, thanks. I suppose I could add an "it" before never, if editing were still possible.




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