Thoughts on replica watches

  Breakfast might cost 10 yuan. Buying a good book to read might cost 30. A month of internet, electricity, gas and other utility bills might use up 300. A pair of Adidas or Nike shoes costs over 700. A set of designer clothes costs over 2000. An iPad Mini costs around 2000. Meanwhile, a IPHONE6 now costs over 5000. In a tier-two city, the average income is only around 3000 yuan, and the pressure of living can no longer satisfy material demands, can it?

　　A genuine watch, taking Tissot and Mido as examples, can be had for around 4000 on the cheaper end. For Longines and Omega, the price goes over ten thousand. Watches from IWC and Jaeger-LeCoultre, which are of a slightly higher grade, cost anywhere from 8 ten thousand to 20 ten thousand. Top-tier brands like Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin and Breguet are even more out of reach, equivalent to buying an apartment within the inner ring road.

　　The value of a watch might seem a bit superficial to measure this way, but its value, history and technology are equivalent. The precision of a mechanical watch is the product of a brand's research year after year. From the earliest manual-winding movements to modern tourbillons, what you purchase is not merely an appearance, but rather the technological and historical value embodied within the watch, alongside, of course, a symbol of brand and status.

　　However, I admire purchasingReplica watchespeople whose ultimate goal, regardless of the reason, is simply to save money, along with high cost-effectiveness.

　　Let us calculate again: a Tissot watch costs 3500 yuan, while assembling one costs around 2000 or even less. A Longines watch costs from 8000 to 12000, and a replica is roughly 1500. A Rolex watch costs from 3W to 8W, while the replica with an exterior close to the genuine articlereplica Rolexwill not exceed 4000. A tourbillon watch costs at least 3W4W at the cheapest, while high-end brands can reach hundreds of thousands or millions. Yet buying a replica tourbillon watch only costs around 3500 to 5000.

　　Think about it, how much money have you saved?

　　A few delicious meals, a few iPhones, a few sets of designer clothes. Nowadays, perhaps many of you already own one or two genuine watches, wearing them every day, only to have faced exorbitant repair costs and the long waits associated with returning them to the factory if they happen to break.

　　Any man with a sense of taste will like watches, as a watch is a symbol of one's taste and status. Imagine:

　　Attending a formal dinner party with a shiny stainless steel dress bracelet on your wrist, the maturity brought by the black dial.

　　Going out to a bar with an intricately designed diamond-set mechanical watch on your wrist.

　　Travelling out of town with a leather-strap casual watch.

　　Holidaying by the seaside with a diving watch that can accompany you into the water.

　　Whenever your clothing style changes, you can wear a different timepiece.

　　Yet the combined value of all these timepieces might still not buy a single genuine watch.

　　This is what we call saving money!