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You have COMPLETELY missed the point, but of course...I never knew I would have to explain the merits of hand finishing over machine finishing in an enthusiast forum, but this thread has been full of surprises
It seems to me that you are the one who has completely missed the simple point I was making all this while, which is that when 2 watches are sold at a very similar price point, and one has hand finishing/haute horology touches and the other doesnt, then the former is better value.
That's it. There is no subjectivity in this. A person may of course still choose the latter for whatever reason (brand loyalty etc), but the value proposition of the former is always objectively better (unless there is a difference in resale value, but JLC does not have better resale than Breguet or ALS).
Not worried about watches. I do worry about the broader social implications of the rhetorical tactics on display here. Just kind of sad...
'Value is subjective' is a non-argument. It is not a position or intellectual conclusion. It is what sophomore 'intellectualz' say to excuse theirs or others poor taste and propose that all opinions have equal validity.
'Value is subjective' is a non-argument. It is not a position or intellectual conclusion. It is what sophomore 'intellectualz' say to excuse theirs or others poor taste and propose that all opinions have equal validity.
You’re confusing price with value — supply and demand dynamics determine the prices of things, not their value. And given we were talking about two watches that are the same price (one hand finished and one not), how can supply and demand dynamics possibly tell you their difference in value?