Wrist Watch Porn

[Optimus🤖]

Surprised to see no Hublot fans in this forum but then again, not so surprised.

Why are you surpised or not so surprised? Do you have have one? They're overrated and overpriced but then again, I can say that about anything. They focus on flash not substance. Some models are nice though, but they're marketing and ambassadors turn off many watch enthusiasts.

 

[Crimson23]

 

[PrincetonFox]

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Nice, you put some miles on it!

 

[Optimus🤖]

Can’t compete with y’all but here are my two…. The ACQUA was my dad’s it’s old but not sure how old and g-shock, well it’s a g-shock.View attachment 221873

Not a competition at all! That G-Shock can take more of a beating and will outperform any watch. And your ACQUA Indigo is sentimental. The best watch is the watch YOU like, whether it's for sentimental, emotional, "just because" or fashion reasons. Enjoy them!

 

[AZsurveyor]

Why are you surpised or not so surprised? Do you have have one? They're overrated and overpriced but then again, I can say that about anything. They focus on flash not substance. Some models are nice though, but they're marketing and ambassadors turn off many watch enthusiasts.

For a guy like me, nothing but the whole collection.

 

[stufarmer]

I recently dropped off my Rolex to be serviced, cleaned or whatever they do. The clerk pissed me the fuck off right away as it smiled and said it'll only be $850 and I should have it back within 60-90 days. Or, if I'd like they would be happy to take mine in on trade .. Wtf .. ?? My wife bought me the watch for our 25th wedding anniversary otherwise I'd still be wearing my Seiko.

 

[Whaler27]

I’ll play - battered trusted and 35 years old

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Nice!

Now, take it to your local certified Rolex dealer for a full service and it will look brand new when you get it back. All you have to do is bend over the desk, grab your ankles, and whine a little. It shouldn't cost more than about $1200...

I gave my Rolex sub to the first of my sons to marry this summer. He was engineer on a sub when he left the navy, so having a submariner means something to him. When I asked the nearest Rolex dealer to engrave and polish it for me I inquired about a full service. He said they're three months out and the service "starts at $1,000", but could be significantly more, depending on what the watch needs.

In another year or two, getting that watch serviced will cost more than twice what it cost to buy the watch when it was new...

 

[DwnSth]

Why are you surpised or not so surprised? Do you have have one? They're overrated and overpriced but then again, I can say that about anything. They focus on flash not substance. Some models are nice though, but they're marketing and ambassadors turn off many watch enthusiasts.

For that style and price u can keep them!

 

[Blade420Play🔪🏆]

For that style and price u can keep them!

That's why I buy Timex or cheap asian smart watches
I did buy that one citizen watch from Belk for $95 back in 2001 or so

 

[Tremor In Hand]

Best that I can do.

 

[36general]

Another one of my favorites.. IWC Big Pilot

 

[Optimus🤖]

Another one of my favorites.. IWC Big Pilot

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Look at you, all gangster, sittin' in that chair, day trading like a boss. Probably got a cigar in the other hand while staring at your old fashioned to contemplate which knife you're about to buy while smiling as you read this. I know what's up .

 

[Sturmgewehr]

I have a few in my collection from Rolex, Breitling, Hamilton, and G Shock but the Speedmaster is still my favorite.

 

[Sludgemonkey44]

This one is obviously not a wristwatch, (at least not without some serious modifications) but I thought some of you might appreciate it anyway. This is one of the very few family heirlooms that my family has acquired throughout time, but I was fortunate enough to be the next caretaker of this pocket watch. I’m still working on the entire story behind it, but from what I know it’s a Lange and Son’s from the early 1880’s. It is placed in a hunter’s style case, meaning it has the cover on the front and the double cover on the back. (Pocket watches were sold as the clock mechanism as one piece and the case as a separate one. That way someone could mix and match different movements and cases of various metals and levels of ornateness, depending on one’s budget) It was purchased in San Francisco by a man named John Farley. He was married to my grandfather’s aunt on my mother’s side. She passed away at a young age and he never remarried, so he ended up giving it to his widows sister (my grandfather’s mother) when/before he died. The only other thing I know about him is that he was a (the?) bartender at The Cliff House along the beach in San Francisco in the late 1800’s.
My mother ended up with it and now she has passed it along to me. I had it sent out to a very experienced watchmaker in Philadelphia to be serviced and cleaned. I just got it back a few weeks ago. I took a few pictures of it before I put it back in the safe.

 

[YenkoYS100]

I go to sketchy hoods for my job. I cannot have something that I'll lose my hand/wrist for. I try to keep it low key. I wear the Seiko all the time. The company gave me the watch with the truck on it, for 1 million safe miles.

 

[YenkoYS100]

Some more. 1969 Vietnam pilots watch, and my Grandfather's retirement Omega.

 

[Apples]

I have a few in my collection from Rolex, Breitling, Hamilton, and G Shock but the Speedmaster is still my favorite.

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The only watch I would like to own more than the model you show here is one of any available Rolex Daytona "Paul Newman Reference 6262".

Instead, I own a cheap chinee copy of your watch above, but with a white face and three blue subdials. The watch body and strap are made of stainless with zero chamfering of any edges. As I noted, "cheap".

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[Optimus🤖]

This one is obviously not a wristwatch, (at least not without some serious modifications) but I thought some of you might appreciate it anyway. This is one of the very few family heirlooms that my family has acquired throughout time, but I was fortunate enough to be the next caretaker of this pocket watch. I’m still working on the entire story behind it, but from what I know it’s a Lange and Son’s from the early 1880’s. It is placed in a hunter’s style case, meaning it has the cover on the front and the double cover on the back. (Pocket watches were sold as the clock mechanism as one piece and the case as a separate one. That way someone could mix and match different movements and cases of various metals and levels of ornateness, depending on one’s budget) It was purchased in San Francisco by a man named John Farley. He was married to my grandfather’s aunt on my mother’s side. She passed away at a young age and he never remarried, so he ended up giving it to his widows sister (my grandfather’s mother) when/before he died. The only other thing I know about him is that he was a (the?) bartender at The Cliff House along the beach in San Francisco in the late 1800’s.
My mother ended up with it and now she has passed it along to me. I had it sent out to a very experienced watchmaker in Philadelphia to be serviced and cleaned. I just got it back a few weeks ago. I took a few pictures of it before I put it back in the safe.
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What a fantastic heirloom, brother. Very rare to have these nowadays; truly special. Keep us posted on the story - I hope to see it in person one day. Thanks for sharing.

 

[RickLB]

Here’s my old fancy watch, probably 40+ years old.

 

[captaineegee]

I recently dropped off my Rolex to be serviced, cleaned or whatever they do. The clerk pissed me the fuck off right away as it smiled and said it'll only be $850 and I should have it back within 60-90 days. Or, if I'd like they would be happy to take mine in on trade .. Wtf .. ?? My wife bought me the watch for our 25th wedding anniversary otherwise I'd still be wearing my Seiko.

Cheaper than my breitling or omega honestly. Each one is roughly $900 every 3-4 years.