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>>ortusd+(OP)
The purpose of these watches has long been served. They introduced Apple Watch as a premium digital watch to the masses, getting free media attention.

Celebrity owners would have got a brief sparkle from it. Perhaps also some of Apple's marketing budget too. And they continue to own a legacy item which will have notoriety beyond mere function.

Collectors of rare historical firearms presumably don't actually fire them.

>>loveme+e8
They do, generally at least before selling it to prove it works, as a working firearm has more value than one than doesn't.

>>_3u10+b9
Firing an antique firearm decreases the value. It is now used.

>>nitwit+D9
Really depends on the gun to some degree. There’s collectibles that are worth more left alone, especially old stuff pre modern ammunition. But lots of old but not that old stuff its more or less expected you’ll fire it to test it works on receipt.

>>lostap+na
"old but not that old" is essentially saying it's not an antique.

>>nitwit+Jb
There are plenty of guns running around that are over 100 years old that are surely an antique by anyone's definition, but are safe and reasonable to show with modern ammo. Pretty much any gun of that age, unless it was some kind of commemorative thing from the start, is going to have plenty of rounds through it already.

For example - an M1903 is an antique by any definition, and you'd be hard pressed to buy one today that's unfired.