Trump is selling $100K ‘Swiss-made’ watches. A search for who makes them took a bizarre turn

Nouveau said on Instagram that the value of 200 grams of gold was less than $13,000. And Jeremy Auslander, partner at L.A.-based Roxbury Jewelry, who examined images of the timepiece at The Times' request, estimated that it contained 1 to 1.25 carats of diamonds. He said the retail price for those diamonds at a VS1 grade — the clarity listed on the Trump Watches website — was about $2,500 to $3,500.

Read more: J.P. Morgan's million-dollar pocket watch vanished. The hunt for it became an obsession

When factoring in the price of the watch's movement — a term for its mechanical innards — as well as fabrication costs, experts told The Times that it probably cost between $20,000 and $30,000 to make each one.

O'Dell, the watch dealer, noted that plenty of mainstream watchmakers enjoy similarly fat margins

We can move along now there is no crisis here.

We said it's a grift, not a crisis.

What are the Trump-owned watches available for purchase?​

A limited edition dive model watch, dubbed as the “Fighter” is available in a limited capacity, priced between $499-$799 depending on the kind of style of the model. Another model is an expensive $100,000 watch, which also features a sapphire case-back with his signature, with only 147 pieces of the same, available for purchase.

Watch collectors raise hue and cry​

However, the quality of purchase of these items is indeed not very impressive according to watch-geeks, who are even claiming that they have been manufactured in China. Some top watch company officials, who are even part of some distinguished collectors groups have been joking about these products, even claiming that these products were a complete rip-off and could certainly be a fake. Moreover, the biggest concern is that the kind of product that is being sold, is not worth the asking price, suggest watch experts.

Even though the product is claiming it is 'Swiss-made', but the watch experts still have their set of massive doubts, something that they have raised in their respective collector's groups, and many are advising ardent watch buyers to stay away from these products.

Even though the product is claiming it is 'Swiss-made', but the watch experts still have their set of massive doubts, something that they have raised in their respective collector's groups, and many are advising ardent watch buyers to stay away from these products.

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https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...ofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
 
He pled to avoid a trial and put his family through more embarrassment and invasions of privacy. Something that never would have occurred to trump.
He pledge because it was a slam dunk case and he would have lost anyway. Trump's case required a Judge that ignored the law and will not stand on appeal.
 
Nouveau said on Instagram that the value of 200 grams of gold was less than $13,000. And Jeremy Auslander, partner at L.A.-based Roxbury Jewelry, who examined images of the timepiece at The Times' request, estimated that it contained 1 to 1.25 carats of diamonds. He said the retail price for those diamonds at a VS1 grade — the clarity listed on the Trump Watches website — was about $2,500 to $3,500.

Read more: J.P. Morgan's million-dollar pocket watch vanished. The hunt for it became an obsession

When factoring in the price of the watch's movement — a term for its mechanical innards — as well as fabrication costs, experts told The Times that it probably cost between $20,000 and $30,000 to make each one.

O'Dell, the watch dealer, noted that plenty of mainstream watchmakers enjoy similarly fat margins

We can move along now there is no crisis here. .
They don't have to buy one...( so much wasted time;))
 

We said it's a grift, not a crisis.

What are the Trump-owned watches available for purchase?​

A limited edition dive model watch, dubbed as the “Fighter” is available in a limited capacity, priced between $499-$799 depending on the kind of style of the model. Another model is an expensive $100,000 watch, which also features a sapphire case-back with his signature, with only 147 pieces of the same, available for purchase.

Watch collectors raise hue and cry​

However, the quality of purchase of these items is indeed not very impressive according to watch-geeks, who are even claiming that they have been manufactured in China. Some top watch company officials, who are even part of some distinguished collectors groups have been joking about these products, even claiming that these products were a complete rip-off and could certainly be a fake. Moreover, the biggest concern is that the kind of product that is being sold, is not worth the asking price, suggest watch experts.

Even though the product is claiming it is 'Swiss-made', but the watch experts still have their set of massive doubts, something that they have raised in their respective collector's groups, and many are advising ardent watch buyers to stay away from these products.

Even though the product is claiming it is 'Swiss-made', but the watch experts still have their set of massive doubts, something that they have raised in their respective collector's groups, and many are advising ardent watch buyers to stay away from these products.

Read more at:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...ofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
They are swiss made and the writer of that article has no proof that they aren't . Sounds like politically motivated critics.
 
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I tried to pawn my $100,000 Trump Tourbillon watch, and was told it was worth $13,000 in gold content and had a Chinese movement not a Swiss movement?!!:mad: All I got was a loan for $5,000?!!:rolleyes2:

Donald Trump announced last month he is selling “truly special” Trump Watches priced up to $100,000 and constructed with “premium, Swiss-made” materials.

The watches were part of the latest merchandise push by the former president. The Republican nominee for president wrote on his Truth Social platform about the devices and how “you’re going to love them.” He added: “Would make a great Christmas Gift. Don’t wait, they will go fast. GET YOUR TRUMP WATCH RIGHT NOW!”

Now, the watchmaker's origins are in question after CNN tried to track down the company behind the devices. They aren't based in Switzerland, but their address returns to a strip mall. In Wyoming. Next to an HR&Block and a Wendy's.

Even the address for TheBestWatchesOnEarth LLC was questioned by CNN's report. The address the watchmaker listed is a daycare. It's also the same address used by a lobbying firm that represents Montenergo's Government. The location is also tied to an LLC that sells male enhancement honey.

It’s also the address given for the company behind Trump’s golden sneakers.

The strip mall or address gives no indication it is the home of a top-line watchmaker, CNN’s report states.

When contacted for comment, Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told The Independent, “this is not a campaign related venture.”

CNN noted the people behind TheBestWatchesOnEarth LLC are hidden from public view. Knocking on the door of the address also did little to reveal the details behind the Trump watches.

The watch company LLC was created on July 29, just months before Trump began promoting the jewelry.

The honey company that lists the same Wyoming address as TheBestWatchesOnEarth LLC, uses a similar name, TheBestHoneyOnEarth. Vladimir Dmitriev, a spokesperson for the honey seller, told CNN that the company is “highly reputable.” Dmitriev also told the outlet that he “received direction from our leadership” not “engage” with news agencies until after Election Day.

Many of the companies linked to that Wyoming office address also share the same so-called “organizer” named Andrew Pierce, CNN reports.

Carol Mendelsohn, chief marketing officer for Andrew’s company, told CNN that his organization is the registered agent for several Trump-related companies. Mendelsohn told CNN that they do not “bear any responsibility for the actions of their clients.”

But Mark Pierce, Andrew’s father and business partner, told the outlet that had had no idea that two of their clients were connected to Trump. He bashed the former president saying that if Trump or his family were on the same side of the street as him, he would walk to the other side.

He also told CNN that consumers should be careful buying from someone with Trump’s reputation.:poop:

“Before spending $100,000 on a watch, they should know who they’re buying it from,” he said. (No Shit Buyer Beware?!!)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-selling-100k-swiss-made-015012124.html

When I saw it was a "tourbillion" I assumed it was one of the new tourbillion watches that the Chinese are mass producing. Trash compared to real tourbillion watches probably. But certainly par for the course for Trump
 
Just dropping by to again say "male enhancement honey"... because it keeps making me laugh like I do at fart jokes.
 
It's like then perhaps that will be investigated...If you didn't buy one you shouldn't worry...

What I find MOST fascinating about Trump Watches/Shoes/Bibles/Bidets/ToiletPaper/Crypto is that I can't recall EVER seeing a person running for the highest office in the land (if not the world) who is ALSO busy selling shit like a used car salesman on crack.

Your party has normalized this behavior. Good job. Idiocracy is just a few short years away now. "Welcome to Costco, I love you"
 
So since when does a criminal case not require a unanimous agreement by the jury?
Claims that the trump jury verdict was not unanimous are false.

In the United States, a unanimous verdict is required in all criminal cases. In former President Donald Trump’s criminal case, the jury was unanimous, finding him guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records.

Michael Bloch, a partner with New York-based law firm Bloch & White, told VERIFY the “jury was absolutely unanimous.”

“It is entirely misleading to claim that the jury was not unanimous in its verdict. In order to convict Trump of each of the 34 felonies that the jury needed to find, beyond a reasonable doubt unanimously, that he falsified business records with the intent to conceal another crime; the jury found those elements unanimously,” Bloch said."

 
BTW the OP article is a bunch of hogwash, the watches are on pre-order currently and nobody has them at this time. He hasn't tried to pawn a watch that he doesn't yet have.

Here: https://gettrumpwatches.com/

You can preorder your own today if you so choose.
 
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What I find MOST fascinating about Trump Watches/Shoes/Bibles/Bidets/ToiletPaper/Crypto is that I can't recall EVER seeing a person running for the highest office in the land (if not the world) who is ALSO busy selling shit like a used car salesman on crack.

Your party has normalized this behavior. Good job. Idiocracy is just a few short years away now. "Welcome to Costco, I love you"
You mean capitalism?
 
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Just dropping by to again say "male enhancement honey"... because it keeps making me laugh like I do at fart jokes.
Is that the next Trump product to go on sale? Trump Male Enhancement Honey only $399.88 for something that regularly costs $140?

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