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When the revolution comes, we have to cut off the hands wearing this abomination of a watch before we cut off the owner's head:
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/new-release-jacob-co-oil-pump-44mm-watch/
Price: $280k, limited to 88 pieces...
I was going to say they were cowards about this because it's powered by wind-up mechanics rather than burning droplets of black ship oil you feed into the tiny oil barrel. But then I realised that would probably waste most of the energy on heat, right on the delicate mechanisms and your wrist, and who wants to use an energy source that damages everything around it with excessive warming
I can only assume the 88 is a coincidence. it's just a coincidence, right? right?
Could be a Chinese market thing. They like their number eights.
The article talks about this having a slimmer case profile, right now it’s 18mm, i heard they’re aiming to shave off another 4
Yes, the CEO was born in 1988, the 14th month.