How many people have ever walked into a jewelers and, when asked what they wanted from a watch, replied "I want it to be as complicated as possible - the more complicated the better".
A watch at that price does one thing and one thing only - it says loud and clear that the wearer is almost certainly richer than you.
That's an interesting clarification but I'm not sure it changes much.
After all, a 1000 year calendar is impressive, but who really has ever gone, "hold on is it the 20th century or the 21st"? That might have been an issue for a few of us who were a bit drunk on New Year's Eve 14 years ago but it's not going to be a problem again for at least 86 years.
I still think a $2.7m dollar watch has one purpose - to allow the owner to say they have a $2.7m watch.
I should point out, I'm not against expensive, mechanical watches (I own one and love it), I just think there are limits and for me they probably kick in around the point a sixth digit gets added to the price.
I'm being open minded to the idea that my definition of value here isn't everyone's so I'm excluding cents. My own watch is expensive (by my thinking) would meet either criteria but I could see myself maybe one day buying a watch that topped $10,000.
Only 2.7 _million_ dollars...