This 24-year-old made $345,000 in 2 months by beating Kickstarters to market

Re:This 24-year-old made $345,000 in 2 months by beating Kic... by ruytlm on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @11:51PM (#17088577)

I am reminded of "How to create a unique/successful minimalist watchbrand": https://imgur.com/a/6CNO8

There was a great article in a similar vein from an author who sought to track the provenance of their fake watch (which from memory was on a site dedicated to tracking the provenance of objects, but I can't find the site), and in the process uncovered just how many of these brands were reselling cheap watches sourced from China.

It is a shame to see people so willing to make money by such unscrupulous means.

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Re:This 24-year-old made $345,000 in 2 months by beating Kic... by Tsiklon on Thursday May 17, 2018 @07:43AM (#17090474)

Is it not the case that many of the 'designer' brands selling expensive watches are also using the same cheap watch movements too - Michael Kors I believe is one such name (though I may be wrong)

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Re:This 24-year-old made $345,000 in 2 months by beating Kic... by Doxin on Thursday May 17, 2018 @09:16AM (#17091010)

tangentially related: you can easily find $30 watches on aliexpress that aren't bad at all. Mine kept time to about half a minute gained per day.

At this point watches are basically a commodity so paying $XXX for a watch is a bit silly.

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Re:This 24-year-old made $345,000 in 2 months by beating Kic... by elvinyung on Thursday May 17, 2018 @08:41AM (#17090786)

I think this is what you were thinking of: http://www.jennyodell.com/museumofcapitalism_freewatch.pdf

Very nice read :)

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