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Old 28 October 2018, 01:15 AM   #1
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King Midas

Does anyone else like the King Midas?
https://www.grayandsons.com/blog/rol...is-john-wayne/
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Old 28 October 2018, 01:18 AM   #2
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Old 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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Old 28 October 2018, 01:25 AM   #4
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I’d have to pass also.
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Old 28 October 2018, 01:27 AM   #5
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Old 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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Old 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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Old 28 October 2018, 02:28 AM   #8
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Beautiful, 80's design.
The poor text alignment would irritate though.
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Old 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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Old 28 October 2018, 02:39 AM   #10
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Beautiful, 80's design.
The poor text alignment would irritate though.
Can’t be 80s. Elvis died in ‘77?
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Old 28 October 2018, 02:44 AM   #11
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Nice but not my cup of tea
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Old 28 October 2018, 02:53 AM   #12
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I've handed one. Heavy. Not for me though.
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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 28 October 2018, 06:07 AM   #17
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Old 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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Old 28 October 2018, 10:42 AM   #19
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Hideous tacky watch. Fine for Elvis Presley in the 60s but not for anyone living in 2018.
^^^^^^

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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Old 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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Old 28 October 2018, 11:54 AM   #21
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Hard Pass....
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Old 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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Old 28 October 2018, 02:01 PM   #23
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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.
"Based on the Greek Pantheon temple..."

May as well get the Romans in there, too.
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Old 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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Old 28 October 2018, 02:57 PM   #25
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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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Old 28 October 2018, 05:55 PM   #26
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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!
Yours was the one I handled several times. Not many of those around.
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Old 28 October 2018, 06:03 PM   #27
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I think MonBK has or had one :)
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Old 28 October 2018, 07:01 PM   #28
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I think MonBK has or had one :)
Yep, Mon has a Midas.
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Old 28 October 2018, 07:41 PM   #29
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Can’t be 80s. Elvis died in ‘77?
Ooops! You're correct. I meant 60's design.
(Fat finger trouble)
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Old 28 October 2018, 07:58 PM   #30
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Ooops! You're correct. I meant 60's design.
(Fat finger trouble)
It’s hard to say why the King Midas is so appealing. I figure it works for me because if a design is going to be bold it should do so unapologetically and with a touch of panache.

The King Midas is a very unapologetic watch.
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