musicalynejd

There were no dive computers in 1960. Read up Rolex Submariner history. It actually started as a tool and was used by divers for decades.

You know what I see in 20% of instagram pictures tagged OP-1? Cassettes. Are you telling me there is no hipster aesthetic that a lot of these posters aspire too?

It was an observation. I don't care what they buy or not, but can't I comment on what I see?

Am I not allowed to observe that most people who buy a Lamborghini are not interested in driving it around a track?

I didn't say they have to be, just that the vast majority are, maybe because they get a lot of usage and black is a good color for hiding dirt, maybe because they stand out less.

Sure.

But that's not why most people buy it.

Just like most people don't buy a Rolex Submariner because they regularly do deep dives in the ocean.

You don't understand their pricing because you don't understand what they are actually selling. They don't sell musical devices, they sell status symbols.

You buy an OP-1 to look cool, not to actually make music with it. It's a bit like with the iPhone, but on a whole different level.

Some buy fancy sneakers, others buy fancy pens and Moleskine, others buy an OP-1.

And you can't have a cheap status symbol.

This is also why they look so clean and minimalistic, like a MacBook, to the point of sacrificing ergonomy, since the aesthetic is what they are selling, so they can't look gnarly, black and full of ports and cables like an actual musical device.