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EPISODE · Mar 4, 2026 · 5 MIN

No. 8: Luxury financialisation reaches its logical extreme with Rolex derivatives trading

from The Pattern · host Mike Litman

Culture Pulse: 68. Rolex derivatives, Sony's console retreat, and Dover Street Market spas: when the object matters less than the system it plugs into. Everything is infrastructure now. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-03-04.html

Culture Pulse: 68. Rolex derivatives, Sony's console retreat, and Dover Street Market spas: when the object matters less than the system it plugs into. Everything is infrastructure now. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-03-04.html

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