It's a perception we are wired to. Anything coming abroad/as gift doesn't necessarily have the top quality, It's the sentimental value and emotional attachments which passes through our perception filter. Perhaps you aren't looking for a watch at right places. Basically watches contribute about 90% of gifts coming from Saudi Arabia.
In a way you are right... In those days when we weare 7 or 10 year old. Getting a good digital watch from Taya/Mamoo was such a big happiness that we automatically assumed it being the best thing in the world.
Not really. You perceived it totally differently.
See, inflation in our market makes the prices of watches go sky high. I am not a fan of Rolex, Rado, Citizen style watches. You can say that i find them waste of precious money (Not that i am not aware of the ... crafting-skill or man hours involved to make a
special watch). But finding a watch with good (practical) quality, which can sustain the
Rape in our environment (dust, water, scratch proof) ... in an affordable price is difficult. And in the presence of Replicas, B grade quality watches, its absolutely impossible ... unless you go to the
right place. And mind you, that right place will never have affordable rates.
I'd hail the Chinese manufactures though, for obvious reasons. But then in wrist watches, quality asks for dough.
Anyway, thats a whole new era of discussion and i am certainly not qualified in this field.
All i can say is that watches are
mandatory in current times, especially if you want to keep track of time. A cell phone can
never be a replacement of a wrist watch. Everyone in my house (excluding me) wears a wrist watch ... because of their usefulness.