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EricAldovino wrote:I am sorry if I offend anyone's amaizng swatch collection, it was never my intention. yourock.gif
I'd like to politely point out that Swatch makes automatics, I bought my wife 3 of them. They're kind of fun. I think the original issue was the cost of quartz and why pay an exhorbitant price for it. I'm confused by it as well when we all know what they cost to make. Conversely we can say the same for automatics can't we. Why pay for the name Rolex when we can get a Marathon or Orsa that's just as bulletproof. Which seques into Status as we've mentioned before. I'm sure we can all appreciate a well laid out watch that looks good no matter what the engine is inside. And we all know roughly what the cost of materials is as well so why do we pay so much for watches at all?? Fortunatly there are more smaller companies now making excellent watches of both varieties that we can all have a spectacular collection for ourselves. I hope the Swiss pay attention to where our hard earned money is going and take note. Amazing and Grail-like they may be I'm going to leave the big names to the status seekers because I've got lots to acquire and catch up on in the affordable range (and it's a big range).
SWATCH, in fact, saved the Swiss watch industry from annihilation! Once a White Knight, they are now, of course, the Dark Prince for wanting to maintain control over their own movements!