He sort of does one thing right that I’ll begrudgingly give him a tiny bit of credit for. He buys watches that seem like they’re versatile. That’s good when you’re a fat idiot because you can just wear them with a suit, sport coat, or khakis and a button down, all the way down to shorts and a t-shirt at the beach.
Realistically Pat should have a decent Seiko. But he likely won’t buy one because if you tell people you have a Seiko, they immediately know it’s nothing special. But no one knows what a Festina is. And since it’s partially skeletonized he can let it pass as something upper tier. It’s not.
Woman tend to think cheap watches are more expensive than they really are. Guys have made YouTube videos about this. I’ve tested women myself both online and irl. They always select the cheap watches when you ask them which one is more expensive.
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I had a twitter thread where mostly women participated. I put my Seiko next to my Tudor and asked them which one they thought was more expensive. Unfortunately I deleted the thread. But I censored the names of on the dial. Women picked the $350 Seiko over the $3500 Tudor.
All of them. And I think because the Seiko had a see-through caseback they thought it must be more expensive. And that’s likely what Pat thought too when picking this Festina. It had a see through back and a partially skeletonized dial. His female brain told him that this is a luxury item. I find this very, very funny.
