Experts: Trump’s “Swiss Watches” Are Chinese Crap

The Hollywood Reporter reports:

He’s hawked gold sneakers, commemorative coins and even a cryptocurrency venture in recent months, so Donald Trump‘s latest retail effort — to sell a pricey gold watch emblazoned with his name — should surprise no one. Word quickly spread among the status-watch community, which was overwhelmingly unimpressed.

A marketing director of a well-known Swiss brand, said, “When you look at all of them, they scream Chinese-made watch. None of them is worth the asking price. Those blue screws on the tourbillon cage are a dead giveaway that it was partly made in China. You won’t find blue screws on a tourbillon made in Switzerland. And you can pick up a Chinese tourbillon for $100.”

Several other details also reveal a lack of quality. “The gem-setting looks very rough, while the indices on the dial also look set within the markers, not outset, which also looks very amateurish,” the marketing director noted. “And if you play the video, you can see dust on all the screws. It’s really terrible.”

Read the full article. There’s much, much more. In the video below, a luxury watch reviewer tees off hilariously.

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— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 27, 2024