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Mechanical Watch: Exploded View

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1168 points fellerts | 2 comments | 22 Jun 25 14:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.41s | source
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kiru_io ◴[22 Jun 25 15:04 UTC] No.44347484[source]▶
This is such a cool idea! You could potentially sell this or contact some watchmakers!
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cjaackie ◴[22 Jun 25 16:05 UTC] No.44348023[source]▶
This is a labor of love, there’s no way the 15+ hours would be worth it commercially.I think it’s cool and if you start looking at things like this as a business idea they get unfun really fast.
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charcircuit ◴[22 Jun 25 17:17 UTC] No.44348528[source]▶
There is currently no competition, so he gets to set the price.
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crazygringo ◴[22 Jun 25 17:33 UTC] No.44348648[source]▶
Except that above a certain price, demand falls to zero.

The question is whether there is any overlap at all where the price would be high enough to motivate supply (worth it to him) but low enough that there's still demand (worth buying). Also factoring in the cost of marketing, since potential buyers don't just automatically find you.

There are a huge number of business ideas where there is no overlap at all. Finding an overlap even without competition is hard enough. (Then add competition and it gets even harder, of course.)

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mholm ◴[22 Jun 25 17:55 UTC] No.44348848[source]▶
I'd wager OP will get some DMs from people willing to pay $1k+ for this sort of thing. Watch people can be very spendy, especially for something unique like this.
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1. crazygringo ◴[23 Jun 25 00:14 UTC] No.44351329[source]▶
Rich watch people can be spendy because it's fashion and, for mechanical watches, the idea of timeless functionality at the highest levels of craftsmanship.

This is exceptionally cool to me. But it's not something you get to subtly show off in public, it's going to (hopefully) involve a cheap watch, and therefore the "timeless functionality" appeal is gone.

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2. BubbleRings ◴[23 Jun 25 11:17 UTC] No.44354505[source]▶
Make a couple of them using Rolexes in a cube shape, and somebody would pay lots to have them as "fuzzy dice" to hang from the rear view mirror of their high end car.

But seriously, it doesn't have to be displayed with subtlety. Somebody offer OP $10K for this so you can use it as a paperweight on your desk.