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26 January 2010, 06:58 AM
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"TRF" Member
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Real Name: Mike
Location: South Carolina
Watch: 3.3M 1655 Mk I
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What Watches do Your Friends Wear?
I saw the post below, "Friends Watches", and it made me think ...
Do your friends also wear Rolex or other high end watches. Mine don't. The guy who put the commercial membrane roof on my office building does - he owns several Rolex's. But of the people I spend any real time with, which includes my business development club members, my attorneys, my bankers, etc., I am the only one who wears a Rolex. And very few of my clients do, regardless of their net worth. I really find it kind of odd, but maybe it's not so odd. You tell me. 
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"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a bandit, and scarcity like an armed man." Proverbs 24 "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open your mouth and remove all doubt." Unknown "Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food." Proverbs 12 |
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26 January 2010, 06:59 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Real Name: Dennis
Location: Bay Area - 925
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A few wear Rolex, some wear PAM, some wear Tag and Seiko and others wear Timex or G Shock.
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26 January 2010, 07:01 AM
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Well My friends, Wears all sorts of watches... My best buddy, wears from LED watches, Solar watches, Invictas, Swatches and a Solid 18k YG Mido OceanStar. Most of my friends wear Swatches, but Almost all of them Wear Rolexes! Do you know who are those friends? You are!!!!
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26 January 2010, 07:03 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Real Name: Matt
Location: Flint, MI
Watch: Ω 3570.50.00
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My friends think I'm crazy
 ... but the fact is that for the last 5 years they have been living off of mom and dad, I have been building my career and making money (Im 24 years old refering to high school friends). It would be nice to have friends that enjoy fine time pieces... but then again, thats what you guys/gals are
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26 January 2010, 07:04 AM
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Real Name: Scott
Location: GMT -7
Watch: GMT's & Sub's
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Several people in the group that we socialize with do, I have one friend with three Rolex's, another with an Exp II and anther with a dozen Omega's (he has flipped quite a few GMT's & Subs). I really do not discuss my hobby with my friends, only a few people know about it, my closest friend has no idea! Sadly, where I live, too many people are materialistic, and I do not want to give that impression.
Scott
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26 January 2010, 07:07 AM
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Location: USA
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Tags, Omegas or no-names... Only one semi-WIS...the guy who turned me on to Omega & automatic watched.
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26 January 2010, 07:10 AM
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I haven't got any friends!
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26 January 2010, 07:11 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Real Name: Simon
Location: Devon U.K
Watch: Rolex GMT 2c
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One of my friends wear 5513 when it gets back from service and a Expo 2 polar I just sold him. Another friend wears an Oris BC3 I sold him this weekend but the others all wear cheapo watches or none atall. They just don't understand.
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26 January 2010, 07:15 AM
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Real Name: Adrian
Location: UK
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A few friends are just getting into Breitlings, etc.. At work out of 100 or so there are a handful of Rolexes, a few Breitlings, a few Omegas and a PAM.
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Rolex 16610LV (2007) PAM 312K (2009) PAM 292K (2009) 
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26 January 2010, 07:18 AM
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Real Name: Dan
Location: Essex, UK
Watch: West Ham! COYI!!
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My Bank Manager's a WIS (Breitling)...
My Financial Adviser's a WIS (Hublot).... My Insurance Broker's a WIS (Rolex)..... & My Best Friend's just asked me what sorta 'decent watch' look good on his 9" wrist.  Other than that most people I know who know about my love for watches (eh?!   ) just think it's ridiculous spending £000's on watch.
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26 January 2010, 07:19 AM
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My friends think I'm crazy for paying thousands of dollars for a watch. Of course, they wouldn't know anything because they are wearing a Dolce & Gabana or no watch at all.
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26 January 2010, 07:26 AM
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Lots of my friends wear Rolex, Omega etc.. infact where I work Rolex is quite common.
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26 January 2010, 07:28 AM
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Fondly Remembered
Join Date: May 2005
Real Name: JJ
Location: Auckland, NZ
Watch: ALL SOLD!!
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All my friends are on TRF...............and what they wear would fill up the Britannica Encyclopedia!!
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26 January 2010, 07:30 AM
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none of my friends wear luxury watches.
i know brothers of some of my friends who wear rolex/breitling etc. my friends my age think i'm crazy |
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26 January 2010, 07:30 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: united states
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i have a lot of friends and relatives who wear rolex,tag,pam
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26 January 2010, 07:32 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Real Name: Gerardus
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My best friend: Rolex GMT11 TT
Another best friend: Longines Another: Rolex EX2 Black and not to forget :my wife a Rolex Date (15200) Z serie white face
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26 January 2010, 07:35 AM
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My English teacher wears a Cartier Tank, she's not my friend though.
 One of my friends used to wear a Movado, and mostly others just wear digital watches or use their phones. |
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26 January 2010, 07:37 AM
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Real Name: Justin
Location: NY, USA
Watch: yo self!
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My friends are a loyal bunch of slobs......Too bad they have no idea what a good watch is, and they get confused when I wear a Rolex instead of buying toys for my motorcycle. One of my friends started telling me how he got this great watch on a cruise and how it's not a Rolex, but It's gold. OK I tell him, let me see. Comes out wearing a gold watch next time i saw him.......I didn't have the heart to tell him it was plated.
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That boy's got the Devil in him.  Rolex: I think I'm up to 9??  Omega: Got a few of those too. Breitling: And some of these.  
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26 January 2010, 07:39 AM
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Real Name: Mike
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"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a bandit, and scarcity like an armed man." Proverbs 24 "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open your mouth and remove all doubt." Unknown "Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food." Proverbs 12 |
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26 January 2010, 07:40 AM
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"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a bandit, and scarcity like an armed man." Proverbs 24 "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open your mouth and remove all doubt." Unknown "Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food." Proverbs 12 |
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26 January 2010, 07:40 AM
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26 January 2010, 07:41 AM
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I hear ya, JJ!
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"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a bandit, and scarcity like an armed man." Proverbs 24 "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open your mouth and remove all doubt." Unknown "Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food." Proverbs 12 |
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26 January 2010, 07:43 AM
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"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a bandit, and scarcity like an armed man." Proverbs 24 "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open your mouth and remove all doubt." Unknown "Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food." Proverbs 12 |
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26 January 2010, 07:47 AM
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I look at all of your watches, and thoes from the breitling forum as well... Here is where i share my watch enthusiasm and look at others. in real life, i dont see many watches that look very interesting.. the people where i live are carefull or should I say conservative about their spending....
I do have one friend who collects iWC and zeniths..
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26 January 2010, 07:49 AM
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"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a bandit, and scarcity like an armed man." Proverbs 24 "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open your mouth and remove all doubt." Unknown "Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food." Proverbs 12 |
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26 January 2010, 07:52 AM
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For the most part nothing but JUNK!
Except my attorney who has a nice platinum Patek on a black leather band (don't know ref). |
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26 January 2010, 07:57 AM
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Real Name: Peter
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I am slowly infecting my friends withn the watch bug
 
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26 January 2010, 07:58 AM
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Well, the reason I started this thread was to prove a point to myself, which I believe you have all helped me to do.
You are either a WIS, or you just don't get it! It's not necessarily about money, or position, or accomplishment ... yada, yada, yada ... It's really about a love and/or appreciation for fine watches. And that's why I love this forum. Regardless of a lot of things, hundreds of us check in every day based on our love of watches. I think that's great!
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"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a bandit, and scarcity like an armed man." Proverbs 24 "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open your mouth and remove all doubt." Unknown "Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food." Proverbs 12 |
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26 January 2010, 07:59 AM
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Real Name: Ken
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Rolex, Panerai, Tag mostly.
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26 January 2010, 08:03 AM
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Yeah, I know, lots of 'em here! But......I do have a few in the other world, but I really don't think they wear watches and if they do, it's nothing significant.
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