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There are multiple reasons that people might buy a watch.

One is the whole status field in fact that we've touched upon,

but also the sort of memento side of it as well.

It's a great way to mark time.

For example, I took a watch last night

from 1972, quite a cult watch. It's a red Samarana Rolex. And it would be a perfect 50th for

someone this year. Do you know what I mean? And the other thing is the whole investment thing.

And I think that that's, of course, it's real. However, I also think that it's used as a huge justification for clients to kind of go,

it's a great investment. I can buy that and put it in. And sentimentality when people get given

these things for important moments. Well, look what my dad's watched it to me, yeah, for sure.

Welcome to If Jewels Could Talk. I'm Carol Walton, the voice of jewelry, an author, broadcaster,

and the woman who initiated the role of Jewelry Editor at magazines

like Tatechler and British Vogue.

This is a podcast for everyone.

For people who do like jewelry, for people who don't realise they like jewelry, and anyone

intrigued by fascinating facts, new ideas, and forgotten histories.

So please join me as I tell sparkly tales, meeting all sorts of people,

delving into four centuries of jewellery culture and investigate what's happening now.

Today we're talking about something at the intersection of jewelry, technology and fashion.

The watch, one of the few pieces of jewelry that performs a function.

But is that function now updated?

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