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Spacecadet replied

30 September 2009, 16:33
Originally posted by Pondlife View Post

It's cos they've gotta order the parts from abroad innit.

Watch body from Germany, innards from China and the leather strap from Brazil.
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Pondlife replied

30 September 2009, 16:21
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

If a £20k watch takes over a year to make, that's not a great profit. I don't understand why it takes so long though, or how many watches someone can make in parallel over that year.

It's cos they've gotta order the parts from abroad innit.
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AtW replied

30 September 2009, 16:17
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

I don't understand why it takes so long though

Artificial control of supply in order to keep higher prices.
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d000hg replied

30 September 2009, 16:12
Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post

Thanks for the link. I'll send it to my daughter and encourage her to abandon a physics career, and take a job as a watchmaker's apprentice.

If a £20k watch takes over a year to make, that's not a great profit. I don't understand why it takes so long though, or how many watches someone can make in parallel over that year.
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d000hg replied

30 September 2009, 16:11
Originally posted by BrokenGKey View Post

How did he afford that on his MPs salary? Wonder what his expenses bill and register of interests entries say....

Maybe he bought a house 15 years ago and sold it 5 years ago, making £100k. Hardly unusual or sinister.
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BrokenGKey replied

30 September 2009, 14:57
How did he afford that on his MPs salary? Wonder what his expenses bill and register of interests entries say....
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thunderlizard replied

30 September 2009, 14:55
Elsewhere in Daily Mail Expensive Watch News

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...000-Rolex.html

containing the all-important house price information.
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singhr replied

30 September 2009, 14:46
Originally posted by sasguru View Post

up the Oxo Tower.

Up the Hammers!
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sasguru replied

30 September 2009, 14:34
Originally posted by Zippy View Post

I'm sure he has, but luckily it will have fallen on stoney ground.

up the Oxo Tower.
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NotAllThere replied

30 September 2009, 13:59
Thanks for the link. I'll send it to my daughter and encourage her to abandon a physics career, and take a job as a watchmaker's apprentice.
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bogeyman replied

30 September 2009, 11:10
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

Indeed

Perfectly adequate. I have a similar Timex one.
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DimPrawn replied

30 September 2009, 11:01
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

For £20k, it's remarkably restrained. Just looks like a fairly decent man's watch to me.

Anyway why is this news? How many people here have spent £20k more than they needed to to get an Audi/BMW instead of a perfectly adequate Ford/Toyota? How many here could afford a £20k watch if they wanted one? I should think quite a few... Prawn could buy us all watches if he wanted

Indeed
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d000hg replied

30 September 2009, 10:56
For £20k, it's remarkably restrained. Just looks like a fairly decent man's watch to me.

Anyway why is this news? How many people here have spent £20k more than they needed to to get an Audi/BMW instead of a perfectly adequate Ford/Toyota? How many here could afford a £20k watch if they wanted one? I should think quite a few... Prawn could buy us all watches if he wanted
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Zippy replied

30 September 2009, 10:51
Originally posted by Menelaus View Post

I do hope that Mandelson hasn't passed on his demonseed...

I'm sure he has, but luckily it will have fallen on stoney ground.
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bogeyman replied

30 September 2009, 10:50
Originally posted by dang65 View Post

Are Labour politicians supposed to walk round in hobnailed boots and donkey jackets then, doffing their flat caps to any Tory politicians they happen to encounter?

Oh God! Where did this one crawl out from.

You're not one of Derek Draper's tools are you?
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