I'd bet good money the whole reason for this essay is PG tried to buy a Patek and was told to fuck off. This is his way of getting back at them.
The last paragraph goes so far as to predict/hope that the whole sector will at some point simply die:
> mechanical watches would start to be seen by the next cohort of young rich people as an old guy thing. It's hard to imagine a luxury watch brand surviving that.
The last paragraph goes so far as to predict/hope that the whole sector will at some point simply die:
> mechanical watches would start to be seen by the next cohort of young rich people as an old guy thing. It's hard to imagine a luxury watch brand surviving that.
In cauda venenum if there ever was one.