Are there really Guardian-reading men out there who are prepared to spend more than £1,000 on a watch on the basis that it's also worn by James Bond?
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29 September 2008
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I guess its more the wives of guardian readers who would like to be married to 007? What better status symbol for a yummy mummy in the playground!
Posted by: caroline | 29 September 2008 at 07:34 PM
A few months back I saw an ad for a jet. A private Jet, in a men's fashion magazine.
It doesn't exactly strike me as an impulse buy, but then again, maybe I'm not the kind of person who subscribes to this magazine.
Posted by: Marc | 30 September 2008 at 12:28 AM