True. But from this you cannot deduce if this is why someone purchases a Leica, nor how important this is as a criteria for purchase. If there were a camera offering the same capabilities as Leica's you could try to compare and deduce if this statement mean something. But there isn't, and you cannot.
You are misunderstanding my statement: I was saying that to the viewer, not the owner, those two objects prove only ability of purchase. The viewer (who doesn't know who the owner is) has absolutely no way of knowing if the Leica owner can do anything constructive with a Leica, only that he can buy it. With the watch, it's safe for the viewer to assume that the owner can probably read the time.
Therefore, to that extent, as intended, my statement holds. So to the cognoscenti, the status statement part is understood. And in the end, they are all that matters if one is
only intent on showing 'position'.
