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OK my man I have a better idea, one I actually implemented. Order a dozen Casio watches, model F-91W. Simple, reliable and you will be out less than $250.

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'So, you know, don't wear it to a boat parade." *SNORT* I had a yogurt 'incident' when I read that.

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JVL, more and more, you are showing yourself to be the proper Mencken we need for our day. Were he resurrected and by subtle medical art somehow to read your watch piece, HL himself would feel compelled to extend you his hard won laurels.

In one way you differ. Mencken was an asshole.

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I was texting a friend, we were joking, sneakers got text "corrected" to snickers. Don't put it past little man grift to make a $100,000 Candy Bar with that being the price. "Twenty four carrot, I mean carat wrapping, so so classy..."

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JVL is the Bo Jackson of political scribes.

JVL knows politics.

He knows WWE wrestling.

He knows dishwashers (optimization of loading/cleansing space).

And now we see he knows watches, and thus easily shows what a grift these knockoff semi-luxurious watches are.

A 20k watch for 100K? Very Trumpian - a product that, like the man himself, smells of seediness, is far overvalued, and will likely break down in a few short years.

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J, those diamond chips are industrial size & grade. very cheap.

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These are probably knock off watches they sell on the streets of NYC and just repurposed with the Trump name.

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Since I don’t see a model for a woman it appears this item falls in line with Tucker’s tan your scrotum. Buy my watch white men and you will have a constant erection

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I used JVL's comment about the economy not being so bad if Trump thinks he can sell expensive watched on one of my many futile FB exchanges. I'm pretty sure it didn't mean anything to the recipient, but it felt good to point that out to him.

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I'll bet all of those $100k watches sell out and will be paid for in (untraceable) crypto.

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three watches, three wives...bet dollars to donuts they were all gifts!

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I had the same thought haha!

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Let's not dismiss this as another diploma, steak, etc. This is more clever and more evil, judging from the way it can be purchased. Trump says he knows more than anybody else about epidemiology and diplomacy and China and everything else under the sun--and it's all lies--but one thing he really does know that well is weird money transactions. This has to be a washing operation. And being surrounded as he is by a Praetorian Guard of Republicans, who are themselves targeted by Trump voters, well...he'll get away with this one too.

There's one hope here. The man is 78 years old. It's inevitable that however rancid his remaining time is, it's short. After this, we'll see what always happens when the Don passes and his soldiers fight among themselves to be Capo di Tutti Capi: the Trump offspring will be at each other's throats; their subordinates will look for openings; the GOP will crack into factions. There's much too much money available to the Right, and they're already beating each other up for the right to trade on the Trump brand. Trump's going to take it all down with him.

Watch what happens.

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Secon posting, after some research...

I must correct myself, having researched this a bit: Apparently it is Swiss-made, by Olivier Mory in La Chaux-de-Fonds, a very competent fellow who has made an affordable off-the-shelf tourbillon (if you go to Skill Watches, you'll see that tourbillon on a rather fun watch.

I checked how regular (non-horological

At any rate, the whole thing is actually boring, i.e., unimaginative. For around the same price (who's bickering about 25k?) very elegant Chanel J12, or a Glashütte Original PanoLunar, which also has a moon phase and a large date to boot, and will wow your friends and confound your enemies.... Or if you are adventurous, you can check affordable tourbillons, like the Montblanc Star Legacy which is skeletonized to reveal the finely finished movement... Or (a lesser known brand) Pequinet's Tourbillon Royale. I could go on and on (Ulysse Nardin has a Torpilleur out, which is nice, too), because it's my business, I do not get a commission, BTW...

100k for a very unimaginative blingish watch, something for wannabe wiseguys stuck in the 80s, is really a waste of money...

Last thing: I would love if someone could ask that scammer: "What is a tourbillon?"

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If we are missing that this is a money laundering operation for foreign operatives then we are the suckers.

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Hi Jim,

When I saw the Trump watches, my jaw dropped. While you can buy all that stuff online and do it yourself... you can also get any number of companies in Shenzhen, CH-EYE-na that do OEM/ODM work for you. I mentioned some in one of four posts for Quill & Pad recently. I was at the Hong Kong Clock and Watch Fair, and it is amazing what you find there. By the way, last year at the HKCWF, I asked for a few quotes, and they were in the low double digits for a minimum purchase of 300 or so watches. It's the kind of piece that you might make as a company gift, essentially with zero resale value.

A word about the tourbillon: What is, of course, missing is any detail on the watch's specs. Note, Ch-EYE-nese companies, like Seagull, produce cheap ones. I was shown a few in HK as well. Nowadays, you can buy tourbillons there for very little.

If you're buying an expensive watch, you'll want the finishing (habillage) to be top notch inside and out. Does this watch have an exhibition case back? Is it watcher-resistant to any significant depth?

As for the esthetics... forget it. It has no pizzazz at all. Really.

Anyway: There are so many suckers falling for that man's scamming.... they might get suckered again...

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Come to think of it, I did buy a knockoff watch from a guy on 6th Ave back in 1993. Was that you Donald?

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