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[-] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago

sometimes I wish I could get away with such a blatant grift. I love my $15 wood and leather watch.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

You got a cuckoo clock on your wrist? That's all I think of when you say a wooden watch

[-] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago

Have you thought of selling it as a wood and leather watch- but with AI?

[-] [email protected] 7 points 7 hours ago

maybe I could write "rump" on it and sell it for $80,000

[-] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours ago

The Con-Man continues to live up to his reputation.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 16 hours ago

Since people keep commenting on how it looks. Here they are. That way you don't have to give that cretin more clicks.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 11 hours ago

those actually look kinda cool... for like $200.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Dude if someone told me this was a modded Seiko 5 with a "tourbillion" movement in it I would 100% believe it.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago

Sadly it only has a fluxdepacitor. It's like a flux capacitor but it resists moving in time instead.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 14 hours ago

What the fuck is a tourbillion?

[-] [email protected] 13 points 14 hours ago

It's essentially a fancy watch spring mechanism. So the open spot on the bottom of the dial is the tourbillion as it unwinds it rotates around.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago
[-] [email protected] 10 points 14 hours ago

Might be automatic. That way the movement of the arm winds it

[-] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

the movement of the arm winds it

That explains why Trump fails his arms around during his rambling speeches.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 14 hours ago

Generally yes, like the other reply said it might be automatic and self winding. It's a style of mechanical watch though so something somehow has to tension the spring that makes the watch run.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 17 hours ago

Is this not blatant money laundering?

[-] [email protected] 10 points 12 hours ago

Unless he is destroying the watches and saying "oh look, I received these duffle bags of cash".

No, no, I think this is just blatant scamming.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 6 hours ago
  1. Trump gives Joe $1mil worth of Cocaine
  2. Trump manufacturers a watch at the cost of $10/each
  3. Joe buys 10 of these watches for $100k each

That is how you money launder via purchases. It's more common to use artwork but you get the gist.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 12 hours ago

You don't need to destroy the watch for it to be money laundering. If he receives cash for the watch, he can hide the exact amount by means of some Weisselberg-esque money tricks.

But yeah, more than likely it's his semi yearly trashy overpriced product drop.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago

Nope just good old American grifting.

[-] [email protected] 42 points 22 hours ago

Wow, these are some truly hideous watches. This has got to be a money laundering scheme or something. No one actually interested in watches would spend six figures on one of these.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

I was like $100.00 is not that bad.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 16 hours ago

It's not for people interested in watches. It's for people interested in seeing a large economy having a figurehead who is a complete fucking waste of space.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 19 hours ago

Honestly, better than I was expecting. I was expecting gaudy gold, maybe with some (probably fake) diamonds. You know, Trump's ugly style. These just look fairly plain and cheap. I agree it does look like money laundering because they're far from nice, but they're just not as ugly as I expected.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

It does look like it has some fake looking gemstones on the outside ring. Soooo trashy

[-] [email protected] 10 points 21 hours ago

Gotta take the rubes for everything they're worth. I wonder how many inheritances that fucking guy has sacked.

[-] [email protected] 133 points 1 day ago

The small print at the bottom of the page is quite something.

Trump Watches are not designed, manufactured, distributed or sold by Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization or any of their respective affiliates or principals. TheBestWatchesonEarth LLC uses the “Trump” name, image and likeness under a paid license agreement which may be terminated or revoked according to its terms. Trump Watches are intended as collectible items for individual enjoyment only, not for investment purposes. The images shown are for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product. These watches are not political and have nothing to do with any political campaign

[-] [email protected] 14 points 15 hours ago

"TheBestWatchesonEarth" I can already imagine how tasteful the watches are based on the company name

[-] [email protected] 10 points 14 hours ago

Oh, so these are AI images of a watch that doesn’t exist yet.

[-] [email protected] 49 points 22 hours ago

Trump Watches are intended as collectible items for individual enjoyment only, not for investment purposes. The images shown are for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product.

So they are absolute trash.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 22 hours ago

Bulk ordered from Ali Express

[-] [email protected] 25 points 22 hours ago

Wait we’re allowed to just declare that something isn’t political? Neat! I declare access to abortions to be non-political as well.

[-] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago

So he's not seen as the one to directly profit from it, but can still make a quick buck on the licensing and play dumb when the watches are worthless crap

[-] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago

Fuck me, at this point I feel like it wouldn't be too hard to just... create a website selling expensive ass Trump shit and in reality dropship it from Aliexpress

I mean there's probably a bunch of people doing it, but I wonder how hard it would be to do it without, y'know, any legal trouble.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago

"These watches are not designed to give accurate time and should not be used to tell time or keep track of time."

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[-] [email protected] 26 points 22 hours ago

the $500 ones have mineral glass crystals - sapphire coated.

movement is not mentioned, just "Automatic Movement With Date Window"

signature on the dial looks atrocious

grifter trash

[-] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

sapphire coated? Like those screen protectors I can get for my phone for ten, twenty bucks?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

Even that sounds too expensive! Unless it's like a three pack or something

[-] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago

Sapphire isn't even that expensive anymore. So cheap. The "automatic movement" really gives it Wal-Mart vibes 🤣

[-] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

I once bought a replacement face off eBay for 20eur. It's probably as cheap as the glass equivalent.

[-] [email protected] 42 points 1 day ago

She’s so bad at sounding like a typical person.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago

I think she should go to a donut shop.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

She doesn't even care enough to ask someone how long they've worked there. It would be, "give me 12 donuts and do not talk to me, peasant."

[-] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

that would still be better than vance tho.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

Yes. It's rude, but not confusing.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 minute ago

I'd rather have a former model verbally slap me than have a mormon all smiley get in my personal space and try to get my phone number and that's the difference between the two interactions.

[-] [email protected] 73 points 1 day ago

Must be gathering cash for one of his whores. Maybe that Jigsaw chick.

[-] [email protected] 80 points 1 day ago

It's him. He's the whore.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 23 hours ago

she doesnt say it in sympathy

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[-] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Why buy a Hublot when you can get in on Trump's latest Aliexpress drop instead? It can even pass as a Rolex at 20 feet

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