Crazy to think that in 1973 you could’ve had a bespoke 18kt gold watch made by Breguet, powered by one of the best manual time-only movements ever made, for 3,000 francs — the modern equivalent of about $5,000 USD.

Nowadays you’ll have a hard time finding a mass-produced 18kt gold dress watch for under 10k, how times have changed!

photo credit: Mr Watchley