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Old 17 March 2008, 09:55 PM   #1
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Have you ever checked the time...

...on your Rolex and realized that you don't have a clue what time it is since you've just admired your watch instead of actually checking what time it is? It happens to me every day.... I guess I'm still overwhelmed by the fact that I own a new Rolex.
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Old 17 March 2008, 09:58 PM   #2
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Guilty as charged!

Rolex dials are so beautifully made so I cannot help just staring at it.

I remember JJ posting a story about him sitting in his car, in the middle of traffic, just gazing at his TT Blue Sub Date.
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Old 18 March 2008, 02:41 AM   #3
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I remember JJ posting a story about him sitting in his car, in the middle of traffic, just gazing at his TT Blue Sub Date.
And Zemina telling me to move my ass 'cause the guy behind was honking!!
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Old 18 March 2008, 03:25 AM   #4
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Yup, sometimes gazing at it's beauty can unintentionally send the signal that I'm being impatient.
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Old 18 March 2008, 03:53 AM   #5
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Old 18 March 2008, 07:21 AM   #6
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And Zemina telling me to move my ass 'cause the guy behind was honking!!
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Old 17 March 2008, 09:59 PM   #7
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Old 17 March 2008, 10:00 PM   #8
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haha all the time! sometimes i'll just glance at my sub and then have to look at it again a few seconds later when i realize that i still don't know what time it is!
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Old 17 March 2008, 10:01 PM   #9
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I've done this at AD's!

SD dials are just that mesmerizing!

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Old 17 March 2008, 10:03 PM   #10
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haha all the time! sometimes i'll just glance at my sub and then have to look at it again a few seconds later when i realize that i still don't know what time it is!

Guilty as charged... all the time ...
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Old 18 March 2008, 03:44 AM   #11
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haha all the time! sometimes i'll just glance at my sub and then have to look at it again a few seconds later when i realize that i still don't know what time it is!
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Old 17 March 2008, 10:05 PM   #12
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someone asked me for time and i did that once.
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Old 17 March 2008, 10:11 PM   #13
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Old 17 March 2008, 10:18 PM   #14
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All The Time!!!

ALL THE TIME!!! My wife always told me to not looking in the watch to much!!! I look not the time, HELL!!! I don't care about the time!!! I'm looking in the dial...And not stop thinking and say WOW!!! This watch sooooooooooooooo BE-AU-TI-FUL!!! At least for me...
And all my friend always joking to ask me "What time it is?" All the time, because they know my habit to looking to my watch every minutes.
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Old 17 March 2008, 10:44 PM   #15
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Err... what...???

You mean to say that my watch is supposed to indicate the time for me??????

Naaaaaah...

...no way...

you must be kidding...

...really...???????

you mean it????????

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So that's what I've been doing wrong all the time...???



Well... I guess I mean to say: guilty as charged too!!!!

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Old 17 March 2008, 10:59 PM   #16
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Old 17 March 2008, 11:00 PM   #17
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Old 17 March 2008, 11:17 PM   #18
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Old 17 March 2008, 11:38 PM   #19
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Yup! I have done that on more then one occasion!
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Old 17 March 2008, 11:59 PM   #20
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I look to make sure that 30 seconds have passed since the last time I looked. And yep, still tick tick ticking.
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Old 18 March 2008, 12:09 AM   #21
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Actually, I'm glad to see seasoned afficionados suffering from the same affliction... I always feel like a total moron when I have to look at my watch twice...
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Old 18 March 2008, 12:19 AM   #22
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Actually, I have to share that I saw someone on the train. He must have been another WIS because he was constantly looking at his watch and then turn away and then looking again and then adjusting his coat sleeve to make sure his watch wouldn't get hidden from view. Of course, I had to chuckle and hope that I didn't look THAT obvious.
p.s. His watch was a Frank Mueller.
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Old 18 March 2008, 12:43 AM   #23
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Old 18 March 2008, 03:13 AM   #24
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I do it all the time.....couple of times a day. Its bad.
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Old 18 March 2008, 03:48 AM   #25
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Old 18 March 2008, 04:45 AM   #26
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Sadly, yes!

I am just glad to find that I am not the only one that has "issues" as my wife calls it!
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Old 18 March 2008, 08:06 AM   #27
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My wife will catch me looking at it, and a few seconds later ask me what time it is........of course I respond I don't know!.......
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Old 18 March 2008, 09:08 AM   #28
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I've done that with a meteorite... one BAD Dial



And today at lunch, I couldn't tell what the guy next to me had, [some pastry regional sales manager from Germany,] could have been an A. Lange & Söhne, I guess I should have just grabbed his wrist and said "What's that?" But I was being polite, I don't think he noticed my LV and we never spoke of timepieces...

Waste, I guess
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Old 18 March 2008, 09:14 AM   #29
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Yes, all day long, every day!!

I was doing it in a meeting last week and I got dirty looks from the boss, who thought I was just bored (I was) and watching the clock. Well, I was "watching the clock", but not for the reason she thought. Just couldn't pull my eyes away from that little second hand as it went about it's merry way, making sure to touch each maxi-sized dot on the dial.
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Old 18 March 2008, 09:19 AM   #30
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