3: What the minimum is depends on location, but it is significantly less than what is “standard”.
I don’t know what you consider standard.
i dont consider a bracelet or watch to even be considerations for people who cant afford them. there is no comparison between managing without a watch/bracelet and having turkey sandwiches.
Maybe they shouldn’t be, but they are. The reality is that, whether we like it or not, they are of symbolic importance to most (not all) chassanim and kallahs, though perhaps there is a big difference in town or out of town.
I would think nixing a shidduch because of a bracelet or watch wouldn’t be prudent, as I don’t think it represents an entirely different value system; it’s just a silly quirk we’ve developed.