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> people don’t buy them for their utility

That's called luxury goods and that's not limited to watches.




Exactly, a painting, for example, has zero utility.


What item on a wall would have more utility I wonder.


A tapestry can reduce echo/reduce sound and provide some thermal insulation, was more relevant in the past.




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