Trump’s “Vastly Overpriced” $100,000 “Swiss Watch” Is Probably Made in China, Experts Say

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. But timepiece experts aren’t impressed.

On Thursday, Trump debuted a pair of watches available for sale: a dive model dubbed the “Fighter” that is limited to 1,000 pieces and retails for $499 or $799 depending on style, and a seemingly high-end tourbillion design that is depicted as being crafted of 18-karat gold and embellished with diamonds on the bezel. Limited to 147 pieces, that model is listed for an astounding $100,000. All pieces display Trump’s name prominently on the dial, while the more expensive model features a sapphire caseback with his signature.

Word quickly spread among the status-watch community, which was overwhelmingly unimpressed. “This is cobbled together, patently unoriginal and vastly overpriced,” says Ariel Adams, founder and editor of A Blog to Watch, one of the industry’s most popular sites for timepiece information and education.


“It’s very clear he’s working with a white labeler, which is nothing new. Anyone can go to a white labeler and say, ‘I want a watch with this case, this bracelet and these other details,’ and a white labeler will Frankenstein it together, put your name on it and sell it to you. But the price you sell it for is up to you. That the markup came from someone on Trump’s team is obvious here. Even the $500 piece from another brand would go for maybe $200.”

A marketing director of a well-known Swiss brand, who asked not to be named to keep his opinion separate from the company that employs him, agreed. “I belong to a collector group that maintains an ongoing group chat, and the initial reaction was that it had to be fake. After that, everyone was laughing,” he said of the more expensive piece. “When you look at all of them, they scream Chinese-made watch. None of them is worth the asking price.”

Indeed, even though the website touts “Swiss-made” when describing the watches, it’s not uncommon among manufacturers of lower-priced designs to manipulate that designation by purchasing some Swiss-made parts and assembling the watch in another country. By Thursday afternoon, several experts across social media pointed out that the more expensive watch’s tourbillon, a mechanism designed to improve accuracy and typically found in pricier timepieces, seemed to be sourced from both Switzerland and China. “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,” noted the marketing director. “And you can pick up a Chinese tourbillon for $100.”:whoa:


https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trump-vastly-overpriced-100-000-195620734.html
yes. let's ban everything from China.

you ready to do it?
 
OK, picture trump was selling cars labeled "made in America", but were really made in China. The American workers who would have made those cars would not have jobs, and would have lost business. Also the American brand name would be damaged by any defects in those cars. And any cars really made in America would be suspect.

Origin labels are important. It is amazing that trump supporters, of all people, do not realize this.

The way things are going China will kill the US car industry.

 
There are 40 days until the election. Trump is selling that crap for his own benefit. He replaced the long-time Republican in charge of that campaign money collected and put one of his daughters-in-law in power. Trump is grifting all the way. He is laughing at his suckers every day.
 
There are 40 days until the election. Trump is selling that crap for his own benefit. He replaced the long-time Republican in charge of that campaign money collected and put one of his daughters-in-law in power. Trump is grifting all the way. He is laughing at his suckers every day.
He will bankrupt the RNC if he loses.
 
How can one not know where it is made?

Seems like there are laws about that, and Trump tends to follow laws....I suspect that we are being punked.
" TRUMP TENDS TO FOLLOW LAWS" OMG!!! LOL!!!
Are you kidding?
IF it is true that these watches are made in China and it says made in Switzerland in or on them then that is ANOTHER case of FRAUD and the DOJ should go after Trump with everything they have.
And I mean EVERYTHING.
Have a nice day
 
" TRUMP TENDS TO FOLLOW LAWS" OMG!!! LOL!!!
Are you kidding?
IF it is true that these watches are made in China and it says made in Switzerland in or on them then that is ANOTHER case of FRAUD and the DOJ should go after Trump with everything they have.
And I mean EVERYTHING.
Have a nice day
If that were true Mueller and his henchman would have found something to charge him with.

Trump runs very clean.
 
If that were true Mueller and his henchman would have found something to charge him with.

Trump runs very clean.
Do you not understand that IF Trump is making watches in CHINA and he is putting on /in them that they were made in Switzerland that IS FRAUD.
And the DOJ should look into it and if he is put the scumbag in JAIL.
The DOJ may not have even looked at it yet, but if it is true he is a crook and committing FRAUD and needs to be put in jail ASAP.
Have a nice day
 
Do you not understand that IF Trump is making watches in CHINA and he is putting on /in them that they were made in Switzerland that IS FRAUD.
And the DOJ should look into it and if he is put the scumbag in JAIL.
The DOJ may not have even looked at it yet, but if it is true he is a crook and committing FRAUD and needs to be put in jail ASAP.
Have a nice day
I would be pretty shocked if that were true...and notice that so far no one is saying it is true....they are simply sliming Trump as per usual.
 
I would be pretty shocked if that were true...and notice that so far no one is saying it is true....they are simply sliming Trump as per usual.
Well knowing what Trump has done in the past I wouldn't be surprised.
But labeling a product as being made in one place and actually making it in another is Fraud.
Have a nice day
 
You should never buy anything that you don't care for....
And I don't.
And I watch out for things like this that could be rip offs.
I worked way too hard for my money to be giving it away to a Billionaire CONMAN unlike a lot of stupid MAGAS that don't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of.
 
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