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Old 9 January 2016, 09:55 AM   #121
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Exactly right. Swiss watch-makers know this well, and cater to them. A niche in the music industry, pro athletes, or Hollywood are a tiny blips on the radar compared to what is gobbled-up in the ME when it comes to wildly ostentatious jewellery. Spent many years in one of those countries working privately for families and things like this are a common sight. The market are those who build themselves multiple palaces, convert airliners into private aircraft, give their sons Ferraris and Lambos for their 18th birthday, and shuttle their entire family + entourages for summers in Geneve, Nice, and London etc to escape the heat and shop, shop, shop. They really have no equal with it comes to shopping for luxury items. This Rolex is tastefully done compared to much of what you see, not bizarro at all. Displays of wealth are a statement of importance and are actually expected, and be-jewelled gold items are regularly given as gifts for similar reasons. A lot of those gifts rarely see the light of day because they're sitting amongst all the other gifts of similar nature.

When it comes to making and selling this kind of stuff, Rolex doesn't care what any of us think in terms of "ruining" or "diminishing".
+1. Good post.
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Old 9 January 2016, 10:18 AM   #122
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This is the one Liberace thought was 'over the top'.

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Old 9 January 2016, 10:23 AM   #123
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I'd only wear this watch to a Texas rodeo. The "boys" would love it!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 9 January 2016, 01:09 PM   #124
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For the man who has everything!
except good taste!




This really brings the old line "you can't buy class" home!
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Old 10 January 2016, 11:52 AM   #125
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Thats a criminal thing to do to a Skydweller. Hell, i wouldnt do it to a G Shock.

Definitely not for me.

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Old 10 January 2016, 12:57 PM   #126
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No class in that. Watches and diamonds can go together but not like that IMHO. I guess different strokes for different folks and 32 flavors and all that jazz.
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Old 10 January 2016, 11:06 PM   #127
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Old 11 January 2016, 12:14 AM   #128
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I would never !!!
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