If you are spending $10k on a 24k gold watch, I would contend two things are true:
1: You are not poor and can afford to upgrade
2: You are more interested in the display of wealth than the functionality that it has
the great thing about expensive watches is that nobody notices or recognizes them, in favor of fawning or expressing disdain over the medium tier brand that they heard in a rap song
AppleCare+ Warranty for Watch Edition is also 3 years (albeit more expensive to buy) and for when it does get damaged, being able to get a new one for reasonable “in warranty” costs is something I value. I believe AppleCare+ for the others is 2 years, but their new monthly plans might support going >24 months before you’re entirely out of warranty?
I didn’t do Edition in the Series 0 timeframe because $10k is ludicrous but the Aluminum vs. Titanium costs are much closer with Series 7.
My wifes Series 2 lasted a few years with minimal scratching, she got a Series 5 and the face is basically ruined after a year and a bit. It is SO bad.
Sapphire is more expensive than chemically strengthened glass.
Incidentally the initial working title for the UK science fiction series bearing that name was "The Time Menders" :-)
From what you’re saying, it doesn’t look like it. Fashion trends are not meant to be sensible. Plenty of people throw money at stuff they can’t afford. Look at poor people wearing Supreme and Prada.
If I buy a 10k watch it’s because it’s in my budget and will probably buy another one later or replace it with a Rolex.
The biggest atrocity would be the poor folks who spent $10k+ on the original 24k gold Apple Watch Edition Series 0.
They are now stuck with an incredibly slow unit that’s locked to WatchOS 4.
I get that it’s a fashion thing; I mostly own a Watch as a fashion statement - but even with the extra income to afford it - I just could never imagine choosing to.