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Correct, a G-shock would get the job done better.

I always viewed watches as the only mainstream sociable acceptable form of male jewelry.

And regardless of which model, generally no more expensive than a woman's engagement or wedding ring, and actually usually cheaper.

Plus it does something other than look pretty - tells time & date!



Prestige cars, mega yachts, private jets, and corporations that make rockets and satellites are also male jewellery.

But the article: it's repetitive and slightly rambling and reads like it was written by some variant of GPT.

The point is fair, but it's also well known to class watchers. In the UK nouveau means a gigantic new build mansion full of chrome and glass, a private gym, and plastic and dental surgery. Old means a small country estate, a Georgian pied-à-terre somewhere near the City, tweedy clothing, and perhaps some pedigree dogs. And horses.

Old money tends to underdress - sometimes sloppily - and on casual acquaintance is indistinguishable from the merely middle class.

It's not until you get an invite to the manor house that you discover the ridiculously impractical and expensive Aga stove, the collection of wildly expensive antiques whose prices are never mentioned [1], the relaxed air of charming quizzical bafflement. (Very few of these people are unusually bright or talented. But socially polished - yes.)

The visuals are not the point. Anyone can tweed, but not everyone can tweed like they've been doing it their entire lives and really mean it.

[1] A 17th century silver spoon for £5000? How fascinating!


> Prestige cars, mega yachts, private jets, and corporations that make rockets and satellites are also male jewellery.

If we're going down this line, why stop here? You forgot the 'trophy wife' which is definitely more prevalent than the dig at Musk/Bezos.


Watches, pens, pocket knives, flashlights, seem to be a cluster of male jewelry. Fidget spinners too, at one time.


> I always viewed watches as the only mainstream sociable acceptable form of male jewelry.

Cufflinks are a big deal, in certain circles.


> I always viewed watches as the only mainstream sociable acceptable form of male jewelry.

Now we have iDweebs, those Apple ear things.




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