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4 November 2013, 12:48 AM
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Banned
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: BIG BEAR, CA
Posts: 1,468
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My wife wanted my SUB --- I refused!
My wife really likes my watch collection. She has a YM midsize that she likes to wear which is hers. She is not that much into watches.
While we were driving, she said, "well, you have so many, let me have one of your sub".... I said instantly "NO --- why don't we buy you a new sub instead!".. She gave me that look of "wow, you said no to me and I am your wife?" ... I kind of felt bad for a microsecond and then I didn't give a crap. So folks the main thing is that for me, I do not like people even touching my Rolexes and by people I mean people...When it comes to my Rolexes, every one is people to me, including wife, kids, parents, everyone--- No one touches my Rollies but me. After I die, they can sell them for a buck a piece, I don't care..but unitl my last breath, I will be saving them and guarding them with my blood if it need be. My teenage daughter has asked me to wear the GMT2C and the DEEPSEA to her college...and my response with a smile is "Over my dead body sweetness!!"... So yeah, I am one cruel bastard but I know that when it comes to babying and taking care of MY watches, no one gives a hoot except MOI...big believer in the saying "wanna do something well, then do it yourself".... Any of you this strict with your watches? 
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4 November 2013, 12:51 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Real Name: Roger
Location: Colorado
Watch: this ya'll
Posts: 4,974
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No, I hand them over to friends,co-workers, family or anyone else who wants a closer look. I figure that maybe it will spark the watch bug in others.
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Current Collection: Rolex 126619LB, 116710BLNR, and 216570 polar Explorer II; Omega Apollo 8 Speedmaster and Planet Ocean 42; Tudor BB Bronze Bucherer Blue Edition; Nomos Neomatik 42; Breitling Aerospace, Avenger Blackbird, & SuperOcean 44; Doxa 300 Pro Carbon; Stowa Limette; Laco Napa Flieger; Mickey Mouse Timex Electric; and dare I say it...an Apple Watch too |
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4 November 2013, 12:52 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Slovenia, EU
Watch: BLNR
Posts: 1,507
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I gave my SubC to my dad to wear, after I bought BLNR.
Sure it's hard to watch, he wears it all the time, there are some new scratches.. but he is family and watch is.. just a piece of metal. You're overdoing it, have to ask yourself, who or what do you love more. But I would not give Rolex to a teenage kid, you were right to refuse her. |
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4 November 2013, 12:52 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Michigan
Watch: Precision
Posts: 435
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I let my wife wear my watches if she wants. Usually she doesn't, she loves her 50's GP. However, I wouldn't let my son, he's two. ;)
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4 November 2013, 12:54 AM
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"TRF" Life Patron
Join Date: Jun 2005
Real Name: Peter
Location: Llanfairpwllgwyng
Watch: ing you.
Posts: 53,064
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 ICom Pro3 All posts are my own opinion and my opinion only. "The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop. Now is the only time you actually own the time, Place no faith in time, for the clock may soon be still for ever." Good Judgement comes from experience,experience comes from Bad Judgement,.Buy quality, cry once; buy cheap, cry again and again. www.mc0yad.club Second in command CEO and left handed watch winder 
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4 November 2013, 12:55 AM
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2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Cave
Watch: Sundial
Posts: 33,940
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If I want to get any other watches in the future, I know how the game is played.
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4 November 2013, 01:01 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: TX
Posts: 1,897
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I'll pick a happy wife over a sub any day!
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4 November 2013, 01:09 AM
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Banned
Join Date: May 2011
Real Name: HR
Location: Planet Earth
Watch: -ing Barts.
Posts: 4,244
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I let me girl friend took my Daytona 2 tone, and let her wear my AP ROC, AP rose gold. I hate it when it 40 mm size looks good on women.
In the end , it's only watches. Let's share it to our love ones. Just like Patek said : we will pass it to the next generation. |
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4 November 2013, 01:09 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Real Name: john
Location: Scotland
Watch: sub 16610Lv
Posts: 13,523
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4 November 2013, 01:10 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Singapore
Posts: 154
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Do you also refrain people from touching your other personal stuffs ?
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4 November 2013, 01:17 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Real Name: Wayne
Location: California
Watch: Rolex, PAM
Posts: 3,302
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Being that strict with your wife seems strange to me. As Mike said it could bite you down the road.
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4 November 2013, 01:18 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Real Name: Juan
Location: Sherwood Park, Ab
Watch: 114060
Posts: 1,509
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To each his own, but they are only objects. If my wife wanted my sub, I'd give it to her. So, no, I'm not that strict.
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4 November 2013, 01:20 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Real Name: Patrick
Location: Texas
Watch: what I'm wearing
Posts: 5,943
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TRFs "AFTER DARK" Bar & NightClub Patron-Founding Member  PClub # 10 74,592 The safest place for your watch is on your wrist. |
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4 November 2013, 01:28 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Boston
Posts: 1,848
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I think that's a little much. Any "damage" they may cause can be cheaply fixed (at least relative to the price of the watch), and it seems like the happiness it would give your wife is worth it.
I've offered to let my parents wear mine before, but they have no interest whatsoever. I guess that's good and bad...
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4 November 2013, 01:33 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: May 2011
Real Name: Jim
Location: SE MI, USA
Watch: Sub C
Posts: 2,068
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"So yeah, I am one cruel bastard..."
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4 November 2013, 01:39 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Real Name: Chris
Location: San Diego
Watch: Patek, AP, Rolex
Posts: 4,449
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I'm the exact opposite of you.
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4 November 2013, 01:39 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Real Name: Wes
Location: Holosuite
Posts: 6,345
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 I don't see a problem with letting the wife wear his Sub. What's that saying? Happy wife happy life? But letting his daughter wear his GMTc or DSSD to school? Helllll no!! 99% of young girls are perfectly happy with those Michael Kors Daytona knock offs.
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4 November 2013, 01:41 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Real Name: Christopher
Location: Georgia, USA
Watch: ing the Sea...
Posts: 6,713
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I'm pleased when my girlfriend tries on and wears a watch of mine. I'm trying to turn her into a WIS someday!
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4 November 2013, 01:51 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Real Name: Jonathan
Location: Wales, UK
Posts: 789
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4 November 2013, 01:56 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Real Name: Louis
Location: Bay Area, CA
Watch: PP 5131R
Posts: 5,197
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My wife knows better than to borrow one of my watches, if she scratched it she knows I'd be pissed. I would give her one that I no longer really wanted to wear (and she has her own), but wearing mine is a no-no.
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4 November 2013, 02:03 AM
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2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member
Join Date: May 2011
Real Name: Duey
Location: Maui
Watch: Too Many To List
Posts: 3,598
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I think you may be just a tiny bit obsessed with your watches. What's the worst thing that happens, you buy another one? My wife has a couple of Subs as well as a Daytona and enjoys them very much.
Let her have it! Happy wife, happy life - that's a fact. |
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4 November 2013, 02:13 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Real Name: Steve
Location: USA
Watch: A few
Posts: 8,884
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4 November 2013, 02:17 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: May 2013
Real Name: Patrick
Location: HK/Malaysia
Watch: Lover
Posts: 1,223
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I buy the watches, my wife tells me which one she wants to wear for the week and I adjust the bracelet...my son? Well, he is only two...but I will let him wear my watches when he turns 21.
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4 November 2013, 02:19 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Switzerland
Posts: 14,298
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My wife hasn't asked, but if she did, I'd let her wear whatever she wanted. I bought her a new TT mid-size YM, which she loves and wears every day. I think it would have been nice to let her wear one of yours.
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4 November 2013, 02:20 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Guatemala
Posts: 3,392
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All that's mine, is my wife and kids' too. My wife can wear my watches whenever she wants and my kids get to wear them on special occasions. I've taught my boys how to take care of them.
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4 November 2013, 02:28 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: New Hampshire
Watch: 116710
Posts: 305
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Tough call. My father bought my two sisters new DJs three years ago.
Sometimes it's hard to tell they have PCLs. They definately enjoy them but we are happy they don't borrow my watches. |
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4 November 2013, 02:29 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Real Name: Phil
Location: CA
Posts: 5,374
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Wow...
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too much into watches... |
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4 November 2013, 02:40 AM
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2024 Pledge Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: USA & France
Posts: 11,078
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My wife has been wearing my Sub on and off for 15 years. I don't think/operate like you...
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4 November 2013, 02:44 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Hong Kong
Watch: Gold Sub 116618LN
Posts: 2,820
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...Thankfully she's happy with my Omega Aqua-Terra for now
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