Watch Hire

[whythem]

Girlfriends just joined a handbag club where she pays £80 to rent a bag worth £795 for the month, then returns it and gets another. The idea being that the wardrobe stops smelling of leather, and she stops wasting all her wages, while not contributing to the household.

Had a quick google, and I cannot find a rental club for watches. If I could rent a watch for 10% of retail for a month, then chop it in for a new one, I'd be interested, I could have a new watch every month.

[ShadownINja]

What happens if they scuff the handbag? Wait a sec. £800 for a bag?

[Mattt]

whythem said:

she stops wasting all her wages

Really?

[whitechief]

ShadownINja said:

What happens if they scuff the handbag? Wait a sec. £800 for a bag?

Take a trip to Hermes and be amazed, £800 is cheap!

[Maxf]

whitechief said:

ShadownINja said:

What happens if they scuff the handbag? Wait a sec. £800 for a bag?

Take a trip to Hermes and be amazed, £800 is cheap!

Yep, the Mrs spied something in Selfridges from afar - we went to have a look... £12k.

£12k? Jog on.

[TonyHetherington]

While I'm inclined to agree about the bags, we do have to consider that we think nothing of a few £k on a watch - it's just the female version of our watches, that's all!

[ShadownINja]

TonyHetherington said:

While I'm inclined to agree about the bags, we do have to consider that we think nothing of a few £k on a watch - it's just the female version of our watches, that's all!

Not really. How long does it take an Indian orphan on £1 a week to sew a "luxury" leather bag versus a cheap cloth bag together?

The same Indian orphan could probably assemble a basic Casio watch easily but even if you doubled the beatings it got, you still couldn't get him to assemble a gyro torbillon once his tear ducts were empty.

[TonyHetherington]

I dunno - did you see that Kevin McLoud programme? Give them a couple of years and I think they'll have sorted nuclear fission to keep them warm

Serious question; we like to think of our watches being made by an old guy that looks like Pinochio's father with a small microscrope attached to one eye, hunched over in his wonderful workshop. Is it even remotely close to the truth?

[Miguel Alvarez]

In my piston lurking days I noticed someone had suggested this before. Not something I'd ever look into as I'm a bit of a hoarder by nature and would love to own all the watches as opposed to leasing them. Someone I forget their name said it'd be open to all sorts of abuse what with people opening up the backs of watches and switching the movements.

[LukeBird]

TonyHetherington said:

Serious question; we like to think of our watches being made by an old guy that looks like Pinochio's father with a small microscrope attached to one eye, hunched over in his wonderful workshop. Is it even remotely close to the truth?

Yes.

And they all eat Milka and go out for a lunchtime yodel.






Don't shatter the dream Tony!!

[TonyHetherington]

Gotcha!

[ShadownINja]

TonyHetherington said:

Serious question; we like to think of our watches being made by an old guy that looks like Pinochio's father with a small microscrope attached to one eye, hunched over in his wonderful workshop. Is it even remotely close to the truth?

Good point. I don't know. Is it? I thought it was... otherwise Casio would be banging out 100,000 gyro tourbillons a day via robots and we would be able to buy them in Argos for £10.

[DeadMeat_UK]

ShadownINja said:

What happens if they scuff the handbag? Wait a sec. £800 for a bag?

This is the place we talk about a good few grand for something that tells us the time.
So we can't really point fingers.

Although I thoroughly agree with your sentiment.

[DeadMeat_UK]

With actually reference to the question.

For me, owning the thing is part of the deal. I want the watch because it's mine, not so much that other people get to see if IYSWIM.

[Tahiti]

TonyHetherington said:

Serious question; we like to think of our watches being made by an old guy that looks like Pinochio's father with a small microscrope attached to one eye, hunched over in his wonderful workshop. Is it even remotely close to the truth?

You'd like to think so, but of course it's an illusion in many cases.

Edited by Tahiti on Thursday 22 April 13:06

[Bibbs]

ShadownINja said:

The same Indian orphan could probably assemble a basic Casio watch easily but even if you doubled the beatings it got, you still couldn't get him to assemble a gyro torbillon once his tear ducts were empty.

If your watch has an ETA movement .. they'll be Chinese orphans.

Edited by Bibbs on Thursday 22 April 13:15

[ShadownINja]

DeadMeat_UK said:

ShadownINja said:

What happens if they scuff the handbag? Wait a sec. £800 for a bag?

This is the place we talk about a good few grand for something that tells us the time.
So we can't really point fingers.

Although I thoroughly agree with your sentiment.

You've not seen my reply to this?

[ShadownINja]

Bibbs said:

ShadownINja said:

The same Indian orphan could probably assemble a basic Casio watch easily but even if you doubled the beatings it got, you still couldn't get him to assemble a gyro torbillon once his tear ducts were empty.

If your watch has an ETA movement .. they'll be Chinese orphans.

I deny all accusations that I beat Chinese orpha... wait a sec, you weren't pointing fingers at me, were you? As you were. :coff:

[Bibbs]

ShadownINja said:

Bibbs said:

ShadownINja said:

The same Indian orphan could probably assemble a basic Casio watch easily but even if you doubled the beatings it got, you still couldn't get him to assemble a gyro torbillon once his tear ducts were empty.

If your watch has an ETA movement .. they'll be Chinese orphans.

I deny all accusations that I beat Chinese orpha... wait a sec, you weren't pointing fingers at me, were you? As you were. :coff:

Hey, if it makes Breitling the profit margins they need to stay in business, who are we to complain.

Now, where's my stick.

[DeadMeat_UK]

ShadownINja said:

DeadMeat_UK said:

ShadownINja said:

What happens if they scuff the handbag? Wait a sec. £800 for a bag?

This is the place we talk about a good few grand for something that tells us the time.
So we can't really point fingers.

Although I thoroughly agree with your sentiment.

You've not seen my reply to this?

Ah but I disagreed with it - if I understood it correctly It's not about whether it's better craftsmanship or not. It's about why you actually need the "superior" craftsmanship or not.