On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 21:58:57 -0700, Bob F wrote:

On 7/9/2017 9:03 PM, Xeno wrote:
The MARKET sets the price. Do you really think, for example, that a
$50,000
Rolex Watch tells better time than a $50 Timex watch?

Sometimes they do - and that Timex will not be keeping time 45 years
from now, while the Rolex likely will. My Dad's old Rolex Tutor was
just cleaned and ovehauled - it is 65 years old

A Rolex is something that will be handed down for generations. A Timex
will be lucky to last for a single generation.

But the Timex will be good enough, and it's replacement will cost way
less than the service on the Rolex I would think.

My first watch was a Timex that had stopped working for my dad. I banged
it around a bit, it started working, and I used it for more than 10 years.

Ever wonder why those old ads showed Timex's getting the cr*p beat out
of them and still ticking. That's because that's what keeps them ticking.
A couple of kids were out playing ball, and one of them had a Timex
that had quit. He it it into the infeild with the bat, and it worked
again - al least for a while. My older brother can't wear a cheap
watch. A timex would quit in a week. The rolex worked perfectly. He
can now wear some cheap quartz watches - but cheap mechanicals were
no-go.