Understanding the Value of Watches Through the Reasons Behind Choosing Cigarettes

  When choosing their first high-end watch in life, many friends often hesitate in front of extremely complex mechanical watches, not only because the price is much higher than ordinary watches, but also because the maintenance costs are substantial. However, quartz watches are inexpensive, practical, accurate, and good-looking—why not buy a quartz watch?

　　Here, we might use a piece of trivia to understand this matter. Why is it that while the product quality of soft and hard pack cigarettes from the vast majority of brands is completely identical, the production cost of soft packaging is relatively lower than hard packaging, yet the retail price of soft packs is slightly more expensive? Sociologists have conducted statistics showing that within the same consumer spending tier, people who tend to do physical labour year-round are more likely to crush soft packs when placing cigarettes in their trouser and shirt pockets, which is why they favour hard packs.

　　To convey a sense of social status, soft-cased items are favoured by the leisure class, which is why they are slightly more expensive. As economist Thorstein Veblen noted in The Theory of the Leisure Class, products that signify class value often possess characteristics of complexity and difficulty in maintenance, which is precisely what creates the distinction between social strata.

　　The logic is just likeThe best replica watchesLikewise, high-end goods are generally not that convenient. All mechanical watches require maintenance every three to five years; procedures such as cleaning, oiling, buffing, and polishing are the necessary price to pay. During the Quartz Revolution of the nineteen-seventies, electronic watches surged in the global market, impacting the mechanical watch market with their extremely low margin of error. Yet, thirty years later, mechanical watches still dominate the leading position among top-tier luxury goods. What does this indicate? It shows that there are factors in wearing a watch more worth pursuing than mere precision. Because there are many ways to obtain the exact time, but there are not many personal items that are both aesthetically pleasing and possess high added value.

　　For those with a certain economic standing and level of education, the significance of a mechanical watch is far beyond what a precise electronic watch or even the recently hyped smartwatches can compare to. If a successful man wishes to cultivate a stable and reliable social image, the most critical choice in accessories, where there is little room for error, is a fittingReplica luxury watchThis is much more tasteful than wearing a gold chain over an inch wide around your neck; in religious terms, this is a form of self-empowerment.