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What do you look for in a watch?

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it's all good as long as they're swissmade..

i have an ebel that i seldomly wear, i prefer my big, heavy swatch irony chrono, like this: http://eu-shop.swatch.com/CH/DE/Uhren/Irony/Chrono/GET_FLY_BLACK-YOS414G.aspx
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Seems like they have some typos on their site ... they put the decimal point in wrong place

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Seems like they have some typos on their site ... they put the decimal point in wrong place


That gave me a belly-laugh!:D
For those prices I could buy another house in my neighborhood with money left over.
Seiko or Suunto are good enough for me.:P
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I've always been fond of the Mickey Mouse watches.

In the immortal words of George Carlin:
"Is it 6:15, or does Mickey have a hard-on?":ph34r:

http://www.amazon.com/Disney-Womens-MK1006-Mickey-Mouse/dp/B002YK5W7U/ref=sr_1_6?s=watches&ie=UTF8&qid=1330214502&sr=1-6

You have to imagine the watch reading 6:15........

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They have to "speak" to me. I'm poor so I look at price and re-sale value as one day my kids will inherit them unless my son or my daughter ends up marrying someone that likes watches they will most likely sell most of them.

I have a 5 tags a couple movado's and 2 rolex's and I am wearing a Breitliing Aviator ( think that is what it is) that I'm going to have checked out when I get home to make sure it is legit that I'm going to trade out equipment for with a customer. Each of those are selling for way more in the used market then what I paid so I'm pretty happy with my collection :) Now what I really really want is a white gold Daytona but 30k just isn't in the wife's household budget >:(


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I prefer thin, light, classy. I don't want to know it's there.

-but- I haven't worn a watch in 20+ years. Not since I started carrying a phone. My old watches are dead in a drawer and I couldn't care less.

jon




My dad was a Master Jeweler & Horologist among other things.

...when he passed mom gave me his watches, 50 or 60 rare, classic, one of a kind, many over 100 years old and in perfect condition.
Left over stuff from his Jewelry store and some he collected because of weird 'interest'.

I wear a 30 year old Seiko dive watch I bought new.

Keeps perfect time, it's damn near bulletproof.

My dad always wore a 10 dollar Westclox...keeps better time than any Rolex he use to say, and I keep the 'extra' 9,990 dollars a Rolex would have cost me invested.
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What most people don't realize, expensive watches are a lot like diamonds...:ph34r:




BTW...the reason for the thread is because the other night some smammer program was posting ads in bonfire for watches and handbags, fake ones of course.:S










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I've got a Seiko watch stashed somewhere, probably in the attic that I stopped wearing some 15 odd years ago. It got scratched up a bit when I bumped it by accident. Haven't worn a watch on a daily basis since I quit running in 1990.

My blackberry does everything I need it for and more. Watches... meh :|

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Horologist

Today's new word :)___________________________

What most people don't realize, expensive watches are a lot like diamonds...:ph34r:

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That could go any number of ways:

Because they both are flashy and prone to imitation

Because they both are over priced

Because....
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BTW...the reason for the thread is because the other night some smammer program was posting ads in bonfire for watches and handbags, fake ones of course.:S



Hey! If they weren't up for the fun, why clue them in now? :P
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My blackberry does everything I need it for and more. Watches... meh

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Mine doesn't work real well underwater...;)



I don't carry a phone that much, always thought of them as an electronic dog leash. I'm not that important of a person that people need to be able to reach me anytime/anywhere.:ph34r:











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"Five long years, he wore this watch up his ass. Then when he died of dysentery, he gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable piece of metal up my ass for two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give the watch to you."

The last watch I bought cost £1 at Primark. It's nasty, but it tells me the time when I don't have my phone on me.

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Yes, a "Like" option would be welcome. Thank you! :)



I too would like the like option, It would be....splendid!


A "Like" option! Yes! To put an end to all those annoying "+1"s!


+1

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Yes, a "Like" option would be welcome. Thank you! :)



I too would like the like option, It would be....splendid!


A "Like" option! Yes! To put an end to all those annoying "+1"s!


+1


Oh shuddup, Tony. :P


fair dos

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My blackberry does everything I need it for and more. Watches... meh

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Mine doesn't work real well underwater...;)



I don't carry a phone that much, always thought of them as an electronic dog leash. I'm not that important of a person that people need to be able to reach me anytime/anywhere.:ph34r:



Everybody marches to their own beat. Whatever works for you. :)
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