Does anybody else hate it

[Boopie]

I’m not a huge fan too, especially when people use reference numbers for much older watches (1008, anyone?) or when people say “incoming” and then give only the serial # instead of the name of the watch (e.g. Sub), but for purposes of this forum and for being technically accurate the serial numbers are relevant. My husband went out of his way to get a 16710, not just any pre-ceramic bezel GMT. I also know that a 1675 is way out of our price range! The serial number also helps with dating and valuing the watch.

That being said, I have no idea what the serial number is of my mother in law’s ladies’ President. It is the classic yellow gold/fluted bezel, with a champagne dial, and given as a gift by my father in law in 1979. She didn’t save the box and papers, and I’m not about to take off the bracelet to find out the serial number. So, I have no serial # for reference. I also refer to all of our watches by their model names, not serial numbers, in daily conversation.