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I've never been more jealous of a watch (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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[–] 73 points 2 years ago (23 children)

Rolex is a watch that poor and middle class people think is a rich person's watch.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago (22 children)

    Most well-known "luxury" brands are. Real rich person's brands won't even bother selling to the poor. There's currently a meltdown among the middle class because Hermes is laughing them out of the store. It's quite funny.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Just to be clear - Hermes is also a fucking waste of money that serves no purpose other than to signal your membership in a club that has no value to society.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

    All luxury products works that way

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yeah because luxury doesnt mean quality, pretty sure I could get a custom leather coat from some Amish dude out by Salmon Idaho thatd blow away any luxury leather.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Exactly, if you take off the brand logo of an item, its price would drop significantly.

    The item itself is secondary, what's important is the status it passes to other people. That's why we find those ridiculous stuff with Supreme brand

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I mean, yes? I didn't mean to imply otherwise.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Seriously. Past a certain level of wealth, you don't even need to buy brand-named items for most everyday things. You don't buy a suit from an expensive brand. You hire a world-class master tailor to custom make you a suit from scratch. It's fit exactly to your body, made to your exact tastes and specifications. The same thing should be possible with watches. You don't buy an expensive brand, you hire a watch maker to make you an entirely custom piece.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I'd imagine that's pretty rare with watches. I'd guess if they aren't just wearing an apple or Samsung watch, they're wearing something like a Parmegiani.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Retail workers are doing that? Seems odd.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Have you never been to a high-end store where the retail workers just act sorta superior to you because they sell expensive things you can't afford (but at the same time make multiple times less than you because they're retail workers and you're not)? It's that kinda thing. It's weird af.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They're paid to act that way. In case a rich is in the store... Can't have a rich person seeing a poor treated with respect.

    It's all about reinforcing class norms

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