# Watch Crew: What to buy?

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**Created:** [August 23, 2007, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295 "2007-08-23T08:38:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/179 "2008-01-03T12:07:30Z")

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> [@ineedacar](#):
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> why are some of these watches so much money… the materials used in these several thousand dollar watches when broken down i doubt amounts to a value of over a few dollars. are they made of platinum, or secretly filled with diamonds wtf

Watch gnomes have a very high hourly rate considering they are the only people with small enough fingers to work on those little gadgets. I mean seriously. Direct labor can be a bitch sometimes :gotme:

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