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28 October 2018, 01:15 AM | #1 |
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King Midas
Does anyone else like the King Midas?
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28 October 2018, 01:18 AM | #2 |
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Not for me
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28 October 2018, 01:24 AM | #3 |
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I like them a lot, but it is hard to find one in very good unpolished condition, if you find one at all.
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28 October 2018, 01:25 AM | #4 |
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I’d have to pass also.
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28 October 2018, 01:27 AM | #5 |
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Nope
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28 October 2018, 01:29 AM | #6 |
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Interesting to read about. Not for me, looks like the Piaget Polo was inspired from that model.
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28 October 2018, 01:38 AM | #7 |
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Why is the text on the dial not horizontally aligned?
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28 October 2018, 02:28 AM | #8 |
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Beautiful, 80's design.
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28 October 2018, 02:35 AM | #9 |
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Very interesting and didn’t know it was designed by Genta
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28 October 2018, 02:39 AM | #10 |
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28 October 2018, 02:44 AM | #11 |
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Nice but not my cup of tea
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28 October 2018, 02:53 AM | #12 |
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I've handed one. Heavy. Not for me though.
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28 October 2018, 03:09 AM | #13 |
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Interesting piece but not one I need in my collection.
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28 October 2018, 05:30 AM | #14 |
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Thanks for sharing - first time I’ve come across these.
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28 October 2018, 06:02 AM | #15 |
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I’m not a fan of Genta designs but I would have snatched up John Wayne’s King Midas if I knew about it in 2011.
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28 October 2018, 06:04 AM | #16 |
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Hideous tacky watch. Fine for Elvis Presley in the 60s but not for anyone living in 2018.
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Never did. Reminds me of Tony Montana
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28 October 2018, 06:16 AM | #18 |
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It does remind me of the Pharaohs, Hittites and others of antiquity, altho strangely not the Greeks, Agamemnon wouldn't be caught dead with this watch lol, so it serves it's purpose, but not my style.
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This. Plus how can they produce something so expensive and fit a dial with crooked writing? My OCD would freak whenever I checked the time
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28 October 2018, 10:55 AM | #20 |
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It's nearly as ugly as the Sky Dweller. <runs and ducks for cover>
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28 October 2018, 11:54 AM | #21 |
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Hard Pass....
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28 October 2018, 01:23 PM | #22 |
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I think they're interesting but no desire to own one.
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May as well get the Romans in there, too.
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28 October 2018, 02:49 PM | #24 |
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I love my King Midas.... It houses a JLC ultra thin movement; was the first solid gold Rolex (made to compete with the solid gold Piaget Polo) and was the first Rolex with a saphire crystal. If you can find one with the Greek urn box... Buy it!
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28 October 2018, 02:57 PM | #25 |
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28 October 2018, 05:55 PM | #26 |
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Yours was the one I handled several times. Not many of those around.
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28 October 2018, 06:03 PM | #27 |
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I think MonBK has or had one :)
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28 October 2018, 07:01 PM | #28 |
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The King Midas is a very unapologetic watch. |
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