Van Gogh probably painted some of his paintings in an afternoon. The value of art or collectibles has nothing to do with the labor that went into them - there are some item that require intensive labor and are almost worthless and others that were dashed off and are worth millions. The same thing with mechanical watches - yes, it costs Rolex a little more money and labor to make a Submariner than it costs Seiko to make a quartz dive watch, but not $3,000 more, or anything close to that. ONE is the operative number here. I think if you had tried to place an order for 10,000 with a Chinese factory you would have been pleasantly surprised.
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