Watch
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How I Built This 1 
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How I Built This 1
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Gilbert: Early 20th-century watch brands belonged to retailers, not manufacturers
“But this was the craziest thing that struck me is the retailer is the brand on the watch at this point in time.”
Rosenthal: Watch waterproofness is shorthand for total element-proofing and durability
“It's, if you're waterproof, that's shorthand for saying you're element-proof. You're durable. Nothing is gonna get inside this watch and mess up your movement if water can't get in.”
Gilbert: Mechanical Watches Retain Zero Functional Alibi Beyond Status
“Nobody for any reason needs a watch. It has no functioning alibi anymore, and so it is a pure display of, I feel like a better version of me when I wear this, and that's the only reason why I'm owning this thing.”
Valade: Smartwatches are the most critical platform for calendar apps
“Watch is probably the device that, you know, you associate the most with time, right? The watch is like device where you will look and see what time is it. And so we thought about this as like, oh, this is really interesting because it's probably the device th…”