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Why are watches enduring status symbols?
We’re rarely far away from a device telling us the time, yet sales of luxury watches have never been higher. Mike Williams asks why watches endure as global status symbols.
We’re rarely far away from a device telling us the time, yet sales of luxury watches have never been higher. Mike Williams explores why the seemingly obsolete technology in mechanical watches is still highly desirable, and what wearing one says about its owner.
(Photo: Pocket Watch. Credit: Wolfman57 Shutterstock)
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Wed 26 Aug 201511:04GMT
BBC Radio 4
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- Sat 7 Feb 201514:32GMTBBC World Service Online
- Sat 7 Feb 201523:32GMTBBC World Service Online
- Sun 8 Feb 201505:32GMTBBC World Service Online
- Wed 26 Aug 201511:04GMTBBC Radio 4
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