Thursday, August 05, 2004

Stupid Expensive Watch

Who in their right mind would buy something this stupid expensive? This Limited Ed. Rare Breguet "Souscription" Watch set:



Is very beautiful, but who can afford $169,999.00 for a watch these days? Sure, it comes with both a wrist and a pocket watch, not to mention a tool kit for any repair work that you might have to do on your own watch. But if you can afford the watch, are you really going to be doing your own repair work on it? It also comes with a walnut collector's case. Man, I love walnut! I still can't afford it, though. And apparently the price was just reduced for a blowout sale. How about this: blow it out your ass! According to Club Radiant:
The Souscription originated in 1794, when Abraham Louis BREGUET made a Limited Series of Pocket Watches that were sold by a particular method in which a deposit was made at the moment of reservation and the balance was paid at the time of delivery of the watches... Ingenious self financing system for time.
This one is obviously a reproduction of the original, which probably no longer exists, or is in a museum, and is probably worth about as much as this one, if not more.

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