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Old 26 January 2010, 08:15 AM   #31
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We have a group of guys that went to school together....we go out once in a while and refer to ourselves as the "Crown Club", jokingly of course....anyway here is the list
LV Sub V Serial
TT DJ2 V Serial
TT Sub Blue V Serial
TT Gmt Master (not Master 2) Late 1980's model (a beautiful watch IMO)
TT Datejust (late 1970's model)
Other friends have tags, some of the above fellows have Movados and the like.
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Old 26 January 2010, 08:17 AM   #32
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I picked up a new sub a couple of years ago, got home, was showing it to a friend, when she blurted out " why would you ever buy a $1,000 watch?". I just turned my head and said to myself, "Just walk away".
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Old 26 January 2010, 08:21 AM   #33
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Most of my close friend's couldn't care less about watches.
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Old 26 January 2010, 08:24 AM   #34
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Most of my friends are not into watches, with a couple of exceptions. One Lodge brother has a couple of Rolexes, and a Pam. A guy at work has a DSSD, a regular SD, A YM, and his latest an Oris Prodiver. Now my neighbor, he's a different story. I've seen him wearing a Blanchpain FF, several Breitlings, a Frank Mueller, and who knows what else he keeps away from my prying eyes!!!
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Old 26 January 2010, 08:26 AM   #35
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I picked up a new sub a couple of years ago, got home, was showing it to a friend, when she blurted out " why would you ever buy a $1,000 watch?". I just turned my head and said to myself, "Just walk away".
Now, that's funny...
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Old 26 January 2010, 08:27 AM   #36
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Most of my close friend's couldn't care less about watches.
That goes with about 95% of the world population as well

Norway-Sweden area mainly consists of Seiko, Tag, Omegas, Rolex ... in that order .. generally a lot of vintage around ... almost no Panerai
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Old 26 January 2010, 08:37 AM   #37
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I have one friend who wears YG GMT, boss wears TT DJ and my father a TT DJ most of my other friends use their cell phones.
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Old 26 January 2010, 08:42 AM   #38
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Excellent point. I keep my hobby "low key" also...

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Several people in the group that we socialize with do, I have one friend with three Rolex's, another with an Exp II and anther with a dozen Omega's (he has flipped quite a few GMT's & Subs). I really do not discuss my hobby with my friends, only a few people know about it, my closest friend has no idea! Sadly, where I live, too many people are materialistic, and I do not want to give that impression.
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Old 26 January 2010, 09:19 AM   #39
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most of my close friend's couldn't care less about watches.
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Old 26 January 2010, 09:26 AM   #40
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Most wear Seiko/Pulsar or Casio ...I have one friend who thinks Im on drugs for buying a 4k watch and having 20k total in watches
little does he know ....Im really am on drugs.
Most use their cell phones these days
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Old 26 January 2010, 09:54 AM   #41
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My Friends would say "Rolex" ,"Timex",What the difference!
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Old 26 January 2010, 09:57 AM   #42
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My cousin has a top of the line Movado. An old family friend has a Rolex Explorer 2 white face, another has a Patek sculpture. That's about it.

Oh one of my friends actually have a nice Oris watch.
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Old 26 January 2010, 10:03 AM   #43
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Most of my non TRF friends wear a plastic Casio or Timex running watch.
My friend Avi has the only "luxury" watch...a tutone Movado from Cosco he bought for $300. Once a year he returns it because because the gold tone has faded or the crystal is cracked. They replace it at no charge with a new one.
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Old 26 January 2010, 10:04 AM   #44
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Most of my non TRF friends wear a plastic Casio or Timex running watch.
My friend Avi has the only "luxury" watch...a tutone Movado from Cosco he bought for $300. Once a year he returns it because because the gold tone has faded or the crystal is cracked. They replace it at no charge with a new one.
Man too bad Rolex doesn't have that service.
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Old 26 January 2010, 10:08 AM   #45
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With my friends it either or. Most of them don't wear nice watches - but there are a few that are as crazy as I am and they typically have more than one. One of my colleagues just got a WG Daytona on a leather strap for his birthday from his wife. He married the right woman!
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Old 26 January 2010, 10:38 AM   #46
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With my friends it either or. Most of them don't wear nice watches - but there are a few that are as crazy as I am and they typically have more than one. One of my colleagues just got a WG Daytona on a leather strap for his birthday from his wife. He married the right woman!
Yes, he did!!!
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Old 26 January 2010, 11:07 AM   #47
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There's a couple of Subs and a Datejust, a pair of Panereis, a pair of Omegas, one guy sports a Cartier and a few Tag Heuers for good measure. The rest are probably G shocks or similar type digitals.
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Old 26 January 2010, 11:10 AM   #48
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My friends really aren't watch people. My wife wears a Citizen MOP dial watch I got her a couple of years ago (soon to be a mid-sized DJ ), and coworkers wear stuff like Casio, Timex, Fossil, Seiko, etc.
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Old 26 January 2010, 11:10 AM   #49
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It's mostly Longines with my friends - I guess I'm not mixing in the right circles, huh? =]
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Old 26 January 2010, 11:13 AM   #50
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I see alot of Tags out there.
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Old 26 January 2010, 11:43 AM   #51
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Most of my good friends wear nothing special. The few that I have that are into watches mostly wear Rolex or some other higher end timepiece. My girlfriend wears an older Air King 5500 for work and a Mid-size SS/Plat YM when not at work.


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Old 26 January 2010, 11:43 AM   #52
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Old 26 January 2010, 11:50 AM   #53
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My friends really aren't watch people.
yup...same with me...
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Old 26 January 2010, 01:00 PM   #54
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Off the top of my head, here are a few of the watches my friends own (all in their early/mid 20's)b

Friend 1: SS Daytona, Explorer II, Panerai Base
Friend 2: GMT Master IIc, IWC Spitfire Chrono
Friend 3: IWC Portuguese
Friend 4: JLC Reverso, Cartier Ballon Bleu, Cartier Tank
Friend 5: Datejust
Friend 6: Rolex Sea Dweller
Friend 7: IWC Portofino
Friend 8: Milgauss GV, Cartier Roadster
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Old 26 January 2010, 02:11 PM   #55
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My best friend wears an IWC Spitfire Chronograph, which is great looking! My stepfather wears a Patek, but is looking for a white faced Daytona.
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Old 26 January 2010, 02:43 PM   #56
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My husband (my best friend) has a TT black Sub.

Several female friends have a ladies' DJ, some with classic fluted bezel/jubilee bracelet, others with a smooth bezel and oyster-style bracelet.

Some older male colleagues have the all-gold DJ or President (DD). One has a Cellini on a leather strap. Others have vintage gold Omegas.

Others wear a jogging watch.
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Old 27 January 2010, 12:20 AM   #57
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speaking of bosses....Mine rocks a swatch...that was broken, and I fixed for him.
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Old 27 January 2010, 01:08 AM   #58
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I have one friend with a GMT-IIC, everyone else uses their cell phone to tell time.
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Old 27 January 2010, 01:11 AM   #59
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Some wear DJs or Daytonas. Most of them, though are not WISs
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Old 27 January 2010, 01:48 AM   #60
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Don't keep friends.

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