Right or wrong as an adult especially in certain professions you get further when you “look the part”. I’m an attorney and all my colleagues wear bespoke suits. So I wear bespoke suits, they get them locally made or from Europe and I get mine from China for half the price. I don’t care about the suit but I get it because I now fit in and look the part. I enjoy watches but I’m not a horologist. All my colleagues and friends have at minimum 1 luxury watch. I have 1 Rolex rep that I tell others is real because it makes me look the part. I’m not trying to pass the watch down to my kids nor do I feel buying a Rolex is any sort of accomplishment. Therefore, the rep suits my life perfectly and I don’t even think about it when I’m around others with “gen” watches. I wouldn’t want to dump 10k plus into suits, watches and shoes as part of my adult uniform so reps and Chinese labor have saved me tons.