Janice was on late last night with a Duchump Grand Mont Ceramic, started with ONLY 1 in stock, they've still got 1 in stock so was a highly successful and profitable 30 minute segment.
Anyway here's a take on some of his bullsh*t
Janice on what makes this watch so special & sensational and worthy of retailing at £2000.
Janice – “Ceramic bezel”
And you’re point is?
Janice –“You have the deployment clasp”
Even cheap watches have a deployment clasp.
Janice – “It’s has a Swiss Made Ronda Z60 movement”
So what, Ronda make good movements, but don’t kid yourself they are all high quality expensive movements, the Z60 comes in at £20 retail (wholesale will be cheaper), so that movement isn’t a factor in the 2 grand price.
Janice – “weight wise, you’re looking at 165g”
Strangely Duchumps web site says 142g, but anyway weight has sod all to do with quality and is not in any way a justification for the £2000 retail price tag.
Janice – “It’s 20 atmospheric pressures, which is actual considered a Professional Diving watch.”
Bullsh*t, while being 200 mtrs rated it can survive diving depths, having a tachymeter bezel and a non-lumed second hand rules it out as qualifying as a professional divers watch. It’s a sports watch designed for measuring speed/distance not for diving.
Janice – “that alluring black stainless steel strap”
Sod all to do with the price of cheese, certainly not a 2 grand lump of cheese.
Janice – “But what make this so special, it is the movement, it is the feel, it is the quality & calibre you get with Christophe Duchamp. Everything about this screams a watch that should be into the thousands.”
Nothing, and I mean nothing you’ve said has given any credence to your claim that this watch is special and worthy of 2 grand.
Janice – “I do not want you to look at our price and feel it’s reflective of the watch on my wrist.”
First thing I agree with, the IW price of £599.99 is not reflective of that watch, the price is too high.
Janice – “you’re saving £1600 as against buying from Christophe Duchamp”
Yeah, but only if you’re brain dead and stupid enough to be considering buying from the CD web site.
Janice – “the only reason we have this price is because of our special relationship with Christophe Duchamp.”
No, the reason you’ve got that price is the RRP has been deliberately overpriced to infer the watches are greater quality/value than they are actually worth. You’re price is only reflective of being closer to their true value, although still overpriced.
Janice – “This is a luxury watch brand”
Utter baloney, you’ve given absolutely no justification and zero evidence for making that statement/claim. The only evidence you have is a highly over-inflated RRP on a web site, you know nothing about the brand, you know nothing about the actual watchmakers who makes the watches for Duchamp, heck you don't know in which country half their watch ranges are made, etc, etc, to put it mildly you're horologically challenged.
Janice –“this is a legacy timepiece; this is that heirloom watch, it’s a watch that is going to pass down through the generations, it is a legacy watch, a watch that you will have for the rest of your life.”
Another bold claim, with no evidence that this inexpensive quartz movement will still be working in 20, 50 or a 100 years’ time. Of course you can pass it down through generations, but is more likely to being used as a paperweight than a timepiece.
Heck I had to replace a Ronda 1009 movement, in a £350 watch from an actual Swiss Brand, the 1009 is approx 3 times the price of the Z60, the 1009 was f***** after only 5 years, f***** only lasted one battery change. Heirloom pieces my arse.
Okay bored at this point and that was only 5 minutes into the segment.
BUT he would not lie to us
Thanks, always enjoy your horological posts
