Another Timex moment

[Ed Rooney]

Also, I can easily sell my Sea-Dweller for $500 more than I paid. That could buy a lot of Timexeses.

[utc66]

Rolex = 5 letter word
Timex = 5 letter word
Patek = 5 letter word
Omega = 5 letter word
Casio = 5 letter word
Seiko = 5 letter word
Stowa = 5 letter word
Tudor = 5 letter word
Limes = 5 letter word
Nomos = 5 letter word

The Power of Five, all equal - all different

[jets]

When I die, there won't be a pickup truck full of money following the Hurst. Enjoy it. If people ask what I paid for the watch I tell them and I welcome the 'I can buy..." argument. Why? So I can show them how much I care. Someone says "With that money I could have bought ____" and I reply with simply "and?" It's not a big deal.

[RRY]

Originally Posted by Ed Rooney

It will matter greatly. Future visitors to earth will rebuild our culture using the DNA of every fossil they find wearing a Rolex.

Except for the Pro-Hunter ones.

[TerryF]

Originally Posted by Bullyterrier

Do you think so?

If you paid £10 for a watch that lasted 5 years, in 40 years you would only have spent £80, so even if you pay a little more or throw them out before 5 years you are still a long way from a Rolex price.

I have just bought a G-shock which will be more accurate than my LV, it will tell the time in 29 time zones, has multiple alarms, and even tells the tide times, non of which my LV can do.
And at a fraction of the price of my LV, I could probably get nearly 100 of them for the price of the Rolex!

and it'll still JUST BE a Casio!!

[sirjohnbrian]

You buy a Timex because it ONLY tells you the time, you buy a Rolex because it ALSO tells you the time.

[cody p]

mr. bass boat can have his timex!

[BUSCH297]

Some people don't get it,when I'm dead my daughter will be wearing my Sub and that old guys Timex will be rotting in a landfill and his bass boat will have sunk.

[surillious]

Maybe it's just me, but I think I'd have a hard time taking seriously the opinions of anyone who owns a bass boat, much less concerning things of value.

To me this would be the equivalent of taking fashion advice from someone wearing a black suit with brown shoes.

[Boopie]

I agree that everyone has different priorities...I remember someone telling me years ago about a police officer (single guy) who owned a Porsche 911 but lived in an apartment in a pretty lousy area...women's shoes and purses can cost several thousand dollars.

I don't, as a rule, wear jewelry (even my wedding ring is a plain gold band) but I consider my Rolex to be like jewelry...it is a fine automatic movement in a stunningly beautiful and yet durable case. I enjoy looking at it several times a day. You can give me a diamond tennis bracelet that cost even more than my Rolex, and yet I wouldn't derive as much enjoyment from it as I do from my watch.

Everyone has different financial priorities. I send my older kid to a religious private school. After the kindergarten year, one of the families took their kid out...they wanted to spend the money on landscaping their back yard, and not on tuition...another family on our block just finished a major remodel of their home. I just learned today that the cost to paint their entire home (about 3,000 square feet), inside and out, was $55,000. I am sure that the remodel cost several hundreds of thousands of dollars.

[sakuraba]

I use Timex comments to know who to add to my "ignore" list.

[AstroBoy]

Originally Posted by surillious

Maybe it's just me, but I think I'd have a hard time taking seriously the opinions of anyone who owns a bass boat, much less concerning things of value.

To me this would be the equivalent of taking fashion advice from someone wearing a black suit with brown shoes.

But...would it be OK wearing brown suit with black shoes?

Before I have my Rolex, looking at my watch, regardless of what watch it was (Sector, Gucci, Seiko, Orient, Citizen, Timex, Casio, Bulova) that on my wrist, I just want to know the time, no thing else on my mind. Now, with my Datona, or EXP-II, not only it tells me the time, but also tell me that I'm success, confident, pride and that I'm happy! so, now I would say every time I'm looked at my watch...It's happy time!

[GradyPhilpott]

I have to spend several hours a week with a guy who likes to point out that his Timex is better than my Rolex and a million other "brilliant" observations on economics and life.

The first time he did that, I happened to have all my watches in the trunk of my car in a fanny pack, which I'd put there for a trip I'd just taken.

When I showed him my six or seven Timex watches, the Hamilton, the ESQ, the Casio, the Citizens, and the Invicta Pro Diver in order to convince him that I'm no watch elitist, he immediately questioned the authenticity of the Explorer.

In that moment, he lost all credibility with me and every week I humor him by listening politely to his never ending barrage of selective observations, false dichotomies, straw men arguments, every other logical fallacy there is.

That's really the best response.

The man's a troll in every sense of the term.

[Lol-x]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

In that moment, he lost all credibility with me and every week I humor him by listening politely to his never ending barrage of selective observations, false dichotomies, straw men arguments, every other logical fallacy there is.

Now that is gold, and funny too

[bewithabob]

I always wondered why we don't see many counterfeit Timex

[bewithabob]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

I have to spend several hours a week with a .... man's a troll in every sense of the term.

gosh that must be fun

[general]

This is just another Honda vs. Lamborghini argument. I mean the Honda is more relaible, fraction of the price, cheaper to maintain, ... .

[Mrdi]

Nothing wrong with a bass boat and
a pick up to tow it
especially if they are self winding.

[Ski Dweller]

My Timex Ironman goes into the trash when I die. The Rolex is in the will to be passed on.

[matt.wu]

Throwaway culture - people who buy into this will never understand Rolex (or any other, even moderately priced, quality mechanical watch).

[GradyPhilpott]

Originally Posted by bewithabob

gosh that must be fun

Fortunately, I can spend most of my time away from him, but inevitably, I have to sit and listen to him at least for awhile. It's a volunteer organization and he's been a member for decades, so it's not worth arguing with him. Smiling and nodding is the best way.

[rr-nyc]

Originally Posted by padi56

Well there are most certainly more Rolex watches in this world today than Timex.

Highly unlikely considering Timex sells over a million Iron Man watches alone each year. Add other Timex group brands (Timex, Timex Ironman, Marc Ecko, Nautica, Opex, TX, Guess, Valentino Timeless and Salvatore Ferragamo Timepieces)

[Bullyterrier]

Originally Posted by TerryF

and it'll still JUST BE a Casio!!

I do know this, but I am also not blinkered to the Rolex is the be-all and end-all.

I do realise that a lot cheaper watch will be more accurate (as padi56 stated previously) and have a lot more functions, and if someone does not understand why you would pay the amount you do for a Rolex then that is fine.
Some people don't understand why I would pay the money I did for my dogs. Some people don't understand why others pay large amounts of money on a bottle of wine, why spend the money on a Merc or BMW when a ford will do the same.

To some people a Rolex will only JUST BE a Rolex and nothing compared to a high end watch (as was in this thread)

There are horses for courses.

[superb]

Originally Posted by utc66

In 14 million years, none of this is going to matter.

very well said...

[TheVTCGuy]

I know exactly what Ed is talking about, and I agree. It's not about the choices we all make in life on which items to spend more money on when cheaper ones will do just as good (or in the case of a quartz watch) maybe even a better job, it's about respecting the other person's choices that piss us all off.

My Ford Escape (hybrid) will go everywhere a Lexus LH450 will go, for about half the price. It doesn't make sense to me why someone would pay the extra money for a vehicle just to get them where they're going, but it doesn't have to. Maybe they like the extra plushness, or feel it is more crash-worthy, or maybe they choose a nicer vehicle just because they enjoy it and it makes them happy; I respect thier decision and congratulate them. Non-WISes will never understand why we spend extra money on a device that just keeps the time, (even though they all have thier own choices of indulgence). The issue is quit being such a F($*face about it.

I NEVER criticize someone on thier choice of watch, whether it's a Patek, or a Casio. I always compliment them on it regardless of how I actually feel; a personal device like a watch is a just that, a personal choice. The point Ed was making is: Why can't they do the same? The guy Ed was talking to doesn't have to understand why Ed spent more on a Rolex, just as none of us understand why someone would spend more on fine pen to sign letters with when a $.99 Bic will do, just respect the other person's choice and leave it at that. Again, why do people have to be such a D(&$(#)$ about it?

[Bullyterrier]

Paul the guy was talking about his Timex compared to his sons Rolex! not Ed's Rolex. Ed said he never told him that he owned one.

[BASSETHOUNDS]

I think many of us have had that remark at one point : I recall buying the landscaper we used a coffee after bumping in to him coming out of the notary . Because of the Rolex fanatic your bartender we have there the conversation turned ( as usually ) to Rolex . I had to endure that same remarks : that we must be idiots to spend that kind of money on a watch only because it has Rolex written on it . This guy does the same , buys 20 USD watch and trows it out when it stops .

[TheVTCGuy]

Originally Posted by Bullyterrier

Paul the guy was talking about his Timex compared to his sons Rolex! not Ed's Rolex. Ed said he never told him that he owned one.

You're right, so the guy couldn't understand why his Son spent so much on a watch, he was flouting his Timex versus Rolex in general I guess. He still doesn't have to chastise anyone because they chose to spend a lot of money on a watch, it's all individual choices.

[TerryF]

Originally Posted by Bullyterrier

To some people a Rolex will only JUST BE a Rolex and nothing compared to a high end watch (as was in this thread)

I will definitely have to disagree with you on this - Rolex marketing has ensured that the Rolex time piece will never just be another time piece.

Many people may not know what a Rolex looks like but most will have heard of it. (and I'm excluding deeper darker Africa here for obvious reasons)

[chris russell]

than a Rolex or any fine watch. I have about 35-40 watches, and most are not recognizable to the average person. If I am asked about a watch, I say something like, 'It's a really nice watch, it cost over $250.' They sometimes laugh at the extravagance, or say, 'Holy $#!*.' Of course, they couldn't fathom the idea of a watch costing in the thousands, so it's useless to discuss the real value. Nobody notices a Rolex, or if they do, they probably just assume it's a knockoff.

Which is fine with me. I once had a house break-in, and the thief took a gold-plated Invicta and left a SS Daytona! LOL! Another illustration that it doesn't take any intelligence at all to be a thief.