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Yes, but if you buy the watch you can put it on your hand, use it and show it to me. NFT is more akin to a photo of an invoice from the workshop you attended - it might have some sentimental value to you, but it's not a watch, does not have intrinsic value and I don't have to respect it.

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You're taking a digital item and complaining it doesn't exist irl. It's only an "invoice" to the physical world, it can actually be used for things in the digital world, like gaining access to private chat rooms / spaces or getting early access to product drops.

Also a digital item should have a value irl otherwise it won't get any respect irl. What you describe here is similar to any old-style password or subscription code, while a NFT art doesn't give you access to anything extra.

That already existed before, we called them customer lists or mailing lists.

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