Watch observations at a UK BBQ

[Oaker1]

Originally Posted by Soultime

Must have been a bit of a boring bbq if you started counting watches.

Bet that wouldnt have happened if it was chock full of attractive women.

Ha ha! Couldn’t possibly comment

[piratfisk]

Originally Posted by Soultime

Must have been a bit of a boring bbq if you started counting watches.

Hah! I'll admit, I often scan rooms for what people are wearing. I think it speaks to their priorities. As a millennial (I'm 31), I can say I am less attached to my iPhone than I am to any of my watches. I feel very "naked" if I'm not wearing a watch of some kind.

To the OP, I hope the food was good at the cookout! Here's a question: Do English people's cookouts have the same "fixin's" that traditional American cookouts have? Baked beans, macaroni salad, fruit bowl, etc? Just one of those random thoughts...

[101031-28]

Originally Posted by Zakalwe

I tend to think watches will always come in and out of fashion. Certainly for as long as the human race continues to respond to social signalling and since that is an evolutionarily hard-wired trait, I don’t see it going away any time soon.

Fashion is cyclical. Stuff is cool when it’s niche, then it becomes the fashion, eventually becoming so ubiquitous as to be uncool, so casual followers drop away; it then becomes niche again and the cycle continues.

Before anybody mentions pocket-watches, you can’t signal your status or your membership of a club (the WIS club in this case) with something that is invisible to the outside world 99% of the time.

Excellent observation

[Oaker1]

Originally Posted by piratfisk

Hah! I'll admit, I often scan rooms for what people are wearing. I think it speaks to their priorities. As a millennial (I'm 31), I can say I am less attached to my iPhone than I am to any of my watches. I feel very "naked" if I'm not wearing a watch of some kind.

To the OP, I hope the food was good at the cookout! Here's a question: Do English people's cookouts have the same "fixin's" that traditional American cookouts have? Baked beans, macaroni salad, fruit bowl, etc? Just one of those random thoughts...

The food and drinks were great! The “sides” consisted of a salad bowl/corn on the cobs/jacket potatoes/cheese. No fruit though, probably a far too healthy option for the day! The mains were standard BBQ fare; burgers, sausages, kebabs, chicken & some fish, and plenty of beer.

There were also some veggie burgers/sausages etc; if you were that way inclined

[piratfisk]

Glad to hear that despite our physical separation, we still enjoy the same activity of standing around making small talk in someone else's backyard With all of those sides, I'd definitely need to pop another notch in the belt when I got home. Enjoy your day, Mike, knowing you had the coolest watch there & your belly is full.

[exador]

I’m not sure that a garden party is the best place to canvas people’s watch wearing preferences. I’ll bet that a number of the attendees only wear watches during work hours.

[Burlington]

Originally Posted by WatchLurv

I've been a fan of high end luxury (watches) since I graduated.

As OP mentioned...It was a casual BBQ. If I was going to a BBQ other than in Europe, I'd be wearing one of my gold watches. If I happen to be in Europe and I have a choice of not wearing a watch, I'd leave it at home.

Why wouldn’t the gold watch be ok for a European BBQ ? (Assuming you’d brought a few with you on the trip)

[storm66]

I had a BBQ in my garden today and spotted a GMT....Polar Explorer 2......and 2 Omega Seamasters.......would have been 3 but my eldest Daughter wasn’t there.....

[piratfisk]

Originally Posted by Burlington

Why wouldn’t the gold watch be ok for a European BBQ ? (Assuming you’d brought a few with you on the trip)

Hahaha this is a valid question. I have no idea why it wouldn't be ok? Do you reserve YG for North America, PT for South America, SS for Asia? That will be a very expensive collection just to attend these worldwide backyard cookouts.

[WatchNutcase]

You don't see too many people wearing classy watches anymore, but when you do it looks damn good!

[Burlington]

Originally Posted by piratfisk

Hahaha this is a valid question. I have no idea why it wouldn't be ok? Do you reserve YG for North America, PT for South America, SS for Asia? That will be a very expensive collection just to attend these worldwide backyard cookouts.

I hope we get a genuinely sensible answer too as I am curious !

Perhaps a perception that YG may be considered crass in some circles in Europe where ostentatiousness could be less the norm. This is just a guess though so keep an open mind on it.

[arcadelt]

Originally Posted by Macnavara

isn't that what a forum is fuelled by....having opinions....I've got mine and you've got you're and thats all good....and if it makes you feel any better I’ve got to go now as ive just been informed im off to a bbq at the in-laws

There's a vast difference between fact, opinion and judgment. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed your BBQ.

[VacherObsessive]

Depending on the setting 9 times out of 10 YG in the UK on men is considered crass and or tacky. It’s a shame as a YG sub is my grail. I would definitely feel comfortable wearing it in Asia or parts of the USA.

[Cryten]

Originally Posted by Oaker1

There were also some veggie burgers/sausages etc; if you were that way inclined

People who partake in that sort of thing have no place at a BBQ. My BBQ refuses to cook tofu

[challer]

Originally Posted by Macnavara

If i couldnt afford a rolex id probably rather wear nothing or maybe a gshock but definitely not a pointless gimmick like an apple watch....and i love the irony of stuffing your face at a bbq whilst wearing a fit bit

You’re calling the Apple Watch a pointless gimmick? Big words. It’s saved thousands of lives in a single J&J program. That just one program.

[Jimmy Jam Jam]

I personally used to hate the apple watch, i find it pointless etc, UNTIL my other half bought me the apple watch 4 for my birthday last monthand you know what? it gets more wrist time than my BLNR

I think you have to play with it to really let it settle on you, just like the more i look at the rainbow daytona the more i start to think its actually a really beautiful watch LOL


but then again i would be too busy stuffing my face and downing beer, how do you even manage to get the time to look at peoples watches

[SeaAndSky]

Originally Posted by Soultime

Must have been a bit of a boring bbq if you started counting watches.

Well of course it was! It was in England, not Kansas City or Memphis.

[WatchLurv]

Originally Posted by Burlington

Why wouldn’t the gold watch be ok for a European BBQ ? (Assuming you’d brought a few with you on the trip)

Just don't like wearing high-end (/flashy) watches around Europe. If I was going to take a watch with me it'd be my 8 year old AP ROO that's been beaten to death (retired).

At any gathering such as a BBQ, if I'm not up to the chat, it'd be something low-key or nothing. I hate the small-talk of "what I do, how I make my money" etc. Done too many of those.

Unfortunately I'll be picking up a 5711/1R and Summer has hit Europe. I'll be sweating my arse off wearing long sleeves in 30C.

[Burlington]

Originally Posted by WatchLurv

Just don't like wearing high-end (/flashy) watches around Europe. If I was going to take a watch with me it'd be my 8 year old AP ROO that's been beaten to death (retired).



At any gathering such as a BBQ, if I'm not up to the chat, it'd be something low-key or nothing. I hate the small-talk of "what I do, how I make my money" etc. Done too many of those.



Unfortunately I'll be picking up a 5711/1R and Summer has hit Europe. I'll be sweating my arse off wearing long sleeves in 30C.

Certainly in many parts of Europe to enquire about the finances of others would be exceptionally rude and poor form - it may be thought however, but not said. At least not in polite company.

5711R is a splendid piece ! Enjoy wearing it but don’t hide it from the rare sunshine over here.

[Soultime]

Originally Posted by WatchLurv

At any gathering such as a BBQ, if I'm not up to the chat, it'd be something low-key or nothing. I hate the small-talk of "what I do, how I make my money" etc. Done too many of those.

The thing is being English we wouldn't discuss those things......
We would discuss the weather and how bad the traffic is on the M6 roadworks.
Nothing too controversial - that's the rules.


Next you'll be suggesting you get asked such brazen questions while wearing a flash Rolex watch!

[Macnavara]

Originally Posted by challer

You’re calling the Apple Watch a pointless gimmick? Big words. It’s saved thousands of lives in a single J&J program. That just one program.

I was only suggesting it’s gimmicky when I assume most people also have a smart phone in their pocket too....whats a j and j program

[Rashid.bk]

Originally Posted by zuber

Not a BBQ but I am watching F1 live now on SkySports. You can see a lot of nice watches in there. Redactors, drivers, retired drivers etc. A lot of nice pieces. I am not an expert and cannot name it just looking on TV but I think I have seen Lange & Sonne? Richard Mille? Funny, I think I have not seen any Rolex yet.

I see the same. One thing I gather from these types of posts is also the context. Where there are time sensitive things going, people tend to wear a watch. For example on the floor of the stock exchange or military base, a convention center with business meetings...all those people mentioned at the F1 circuit have jobs or possible obligations and places to be or maybe sponsored to be there and wear something.

However, where there are leisure activities present like a bbq, playground with the kids, or the beach, you won't see many because it's chillax time.

[AK797]

Originally Posted by VacherObsessive

Depending on the setting 9 times out of 10 YG in the UK on men is considered crass and or tacky. It’s a shame as a YG sub is my grail. I would definitely feel comfortable wearing it in Asia or parts of the USA.

That's because we have the class system, don't perpetuate it by serving it. One of the good things about SM is establishing a newer younger aristocracy, which is basically making everyone new money again and free to wear what they want, not what they should want.

[Jimmy Jam Jam]

Originally Posted by Macnavara

I was only suggesting it’s gimmicky when I assume most people also have a smart phone in their pocket too....whats a j and j program

If its what im thinking about its the ECG program? ( im still trying to get it to work on my apple 4) Electrocardiogram

[Terrakot]

Originally Posted by challer

You’re calling the Apple Watch a pointless gimmick? Big words. It’s saved thousands of lives in a single J&J program. That just one program.

And this program not available for non-US customers who paid the same money but living in other countries

[Nairn1980]

But “everyone has a submariner”

[Oaker1]

[QUOTE=Soultime;9751110]The thing is being English we wouldn't discuss those things......
We would discuss the weather and how bad the traffic is on the M6 roadworks.
Nothing too controversial - that's the rules.


This is very true I do actually recall numerous discussions regarding the weather, “it’s been very wet...now it is too hot etc:” and traffic jams