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  steve hassler

  2 years ago

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  Probably the less we report on this the less it will occur.

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  Eric Strebel

  2 years ago

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  Rain,

  While your comment at the beginning of the article is valid, the people who buy this sort of  luxury one-of, item live in a world where money does not have the same value as it does to you and I. For them, owing an object like this is a special thing, the exclusivity is unique to them. No one else may have what they have and they are willing to pay for that, as money is not really the issue for them. It is about something entirely different. As a designer being able to tap into that and identify the ultra high end luxury and desirability of an object is a skill that many designers could benefit from. This shows that craftsmanship is highly valued, possibly the highest level of desirability of any artifacts that we make as humans. Of course this has many down sides as well, and of course money does not buy you taste or design sensibility, is a given, but for some, the desire to have something no one else has is of course one of the ultimate desires for us as humans.

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  Hans Marvell

  2 years ago

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  Why is the common aesthetic style of the people who pay for these types of customizations always Gold, Crystal, Marble, Diamonds and The Lord Of The Rings prop? And why do this on an item that is inevitably obsolete? Actually, maybe seeing the level of cost and craftmanship put into these items is a motivator to go against the continuos product launches and iterations of the same object with minimal increments in improvements. My Nokia 3310 and old iPhone 4S still work, only the software and battery life makes them obsolete. I am genuinely impressed with the level of craftmanship on those engraved iWatches. Maybe Apple should offer this and give them a longer life like the analogue watches they are competing with?

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  Quin Boucher

  2 years ago

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  For the price tag the website is garbage

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  Dave Cannon

  2 years ago

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  I love stuff like this.  I was in an eye doctor's office once back in the early aughts.  I saw a magazine sitting there and decided to look through it.  I believe it was the Robb Report.   I never knew there was so much I would never know.  Its fun to see what people come up with using the fanciest materials.

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  Sean Horita

  2 years ago

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  Some of these are objectively awful but love the irreverence of modding these devices.

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