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by gizmo 912 days ago
Even the most highly respected brands like Patek are stupendously tacky. Just look at their 2023 lineup: https://www.patek.com/en/collection/new-models-2023
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Wow. The nautilus and aquanaut lineups are beyond ridiculous. What the hell are they thinking? Will they sell even a single one of those?
Profoundly ugly. But these fancy watches have moved into speculative investment territory, like sneakers or bitcoin. I get the feeling that patek is trying to reel in rubes with money that think that they can make money by buying and reselling one of these, instead of buying a fancy watch for being a watch.

Patek make beautiful watches, that run for decades, so its especially sad to see them chasing ugly bucks like this. Oh well.