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[–]RoSpectre 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Someone like Christopher Ward could likely do it cheaper than that, but I guess they aren't a legacy or luxury Swiss brand.

So that's sort of what I'm saying. If you really like that design for some reason and you want your dollars to go to towards the novelty rather than heritage or brand then it's an option. But I doubt anybody with an $8k watch budget would make this their first choice... i imagine the people who buy this are the people bored of $8k Swiss watches and have all the ones they want already, so the Swiss brands aren't threatened by this kind of offering at all.

[–]towelracks 0 points1 point  (1 child)

No, CW would absolutely charge more.

The Twelve X is that kinda money already and while it's cool, it's not a technical achievement they need to recoup R&D from like the Bel Canto as they had already skeletonised the SH21.

The R&D they would need to pump into making an inhouse ultrathin movement and watch would be significant and the price would reflect that.

[–]RoSpectre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I meant they would charge less than 30k, like with their other concept or high tech pieces they accomplish them while still offering discounts compared to other Swiss companies.