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Originally posted by d000hg View PostIf 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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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostThanks 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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How did he afford that on his MPs salary? Wonder what his expenses bill and register of interests entries say....
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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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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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Originally posted by d000hg View PostFor £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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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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Originally posted by dang65 View PostAre 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?
You're not one of Derek Draper's tools are you?
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