It wasn't until I needed to go ring shopping did I really learn to
appreciate diamonds. As a guy, I just always assumed diamonds were for
women. Sure some men have diamond rings and earrings - but that hardly
represents the norm, at least here in the United States. Diamonds are a
sure-fire sign of wealth, but they also represent the most basic and
arguably unsophisticated form of luxury features - being really shiny.
Though it does help their cause that diamonds are inherently rare. What I
do however love, are watches. So what happens when you combine these
two things?
The "full pave" (or totally diamond covered) watch in the United
States is often a simple code for "I have too much money, and perhaps
not as much taste." While jealousy might have something to do with those
thoughts, it is true that simply covering something normal with
diamonds is a less than difficult (albeit expensive) way of adding
luxury. That would be ignoring a lot of the really nice diamond covered
watches out there. Easy to make fun of and perhaps taboo to wear - the
diamond covered luxury watch remains an extremely powerful force that is
hard to resist if you can afford one. It is like buying a private
island: it might be just too excessive to ever actually justify, but
secretly you want one and all the stigma that comes with it. This is
akin to walking around with a crown.
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