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frch1104 · 12 March 2009, 03:43 AM

Hello TRF-people,

I was at a movie a couple of nights ago and I think I spotted a Panerai watch on the wrist of the leading actor. Yesterday, at half time, when I watched Liverpool beat the crap out of Real Madrid I saw Butch Harmon (golftrainer) wearing a Rolex on a golf session in the Swedish Golf Digest, and earlier today I saw a girl on the cover of a local newspaper wearing a Yacht Master. Went to a Roadshow that buys and sells gold/jewelry and watches, the guy is wearing a Rolex sub from -77. And finally got a closer look on the wrist of a lawyer today, wearing a Yacht Master with a TT bracelet.

Do you find yourself looking more at peoples wrists, than their faces...
Will this syndrome ever stop, or is it the price you have to pay once you have joined this FORUM.

Question! Do I have to live with this the rest of my life

//Fred

Dan Pierce · 12 March 2009, 04:20 AM

Oh yes.

It makes my HD & DVR invaluable. I can't watch TV without rewinding at every wrist shot. My wife and I enjoy watch spotting whenever we're out and about.

dP

bodybump · 12 March 2009, 04:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan Pierce

Oh yes.

It makes my HD & DVR invaluable. I can't watch TV without rewinding at every wrist shot. My wife and I enjoy watch spotting whenever we're out and about.

dP

me too...even my wife cant help it...if im posting in TRF and shes in the other computer she would yell and ask me...what watch she wearing...and i thought i was crazy before...hahahahaha

Xenophon · 12 March 2009, 04:50 AM

I end up noticing other people's watches even when I don't want to

swissautopro · 12 March 2009, 07:12 AM

Absolutely! In fact, I watched the movie "Street Kings" on HBO over the weekend. In the opening scene, Keanu Reeves is wearing a GMT Master II.

Dan Pierce · 12 March 2009, 07:18 AM

I asked my wife if she wanted to watch the movie "Rightous Kill" featuring a Tutima watch.

dP

vapalux · 12 March 2009, 07:49 AM

I found that the more I look the less I see. When I'm looking for one I can't find a thing. Stop looking and one magically appears!

Si

Lion · 12 March 2009, 08:46 AM

Rolexitis,.......... I think they make pills for this!!! I still look at a person's face first then I go for the wrist.
As for addiction I believe you are infected till you die. At least that's what I've been told!!!

away36 · 12 March 2009, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan Pierce

I asked my wife if she wanted to watch the movie "Rightous Kill" featuring a Tutima watch.

dP

Good one, Dan!

356 speedster · 12 March 2009, 11:13 AM

All the time.

Brunotheboxer · 12 March 2009, 11:17 AM

Actually, the watch is the first thing I notice when I meet someone for the first time, as long as that someone is not female....

Rebel · 12 March 2009, 11:20 AM

I do it all the time. I enjoy it.

chriseskew24 · 12 March 2009, 01:02 PM

I see them all day every day. On tv, and out in the wild.

Ashley · 12 March 2009, 01:19 PM

I do too, but usually only when I'm with Aadil so he can verify if I'm right

When I'm on the train or whatever I think to myself excitedly "Oh, that's a _____! I think... I wish I could ask..."

Latrodectus · 12 March 2009, 01:58 PM

Hi Fred, I guess you have to live with it. Yes. I find myself looking at wrists and watches all the time and get upset if I can not really tell what it is

Boopie · 12 March 2009, 02:03 PM

Yes, I do look at watches in movies, etc. It's a disease...

My kids like ABBA, so recently I watched one of their old videos on YouTube...I think it's "Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)," the one where the video depicts the band recording in the studio. Because they're recording, the female singers are wearing earphones. They often lift up their arms to touch their ears. I swear that the brunette/redhead (Anni-Fried) is wearing a gold Datejust.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibtOshtX7T0

Check it out at the 20 second mark...(and no, I don't expect any guy to watch the video just to notice the watch).

frch1104 · 13 March 2009, 05:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frch1104

Hello TRF-people,

I was at a movie a couple of nights ago and I think I spotted a Panerai watch on the wrist of the leading actor. Yesterday, at half time, when I watched Liverpool beat the crap out of Real Madrid I saw Butch Harmon (golftrainer) wearing a Rolex on a golf session in the Swedish Golf Digest, and earlier today I saw a girl on the cover of a local newspaper wearing a Yacht Master. Went to a Roadshow that buys and sells gold/jewelry and watches, the guy is wearing a Rolex sub from -77. And finally got a closer look on the wrist of a lawyer today, wearing a Yacht Master with a TT bracelet.

Do you find yourself looking more at peoples wrists, than their faces...
Will this syndrome ever stop, or is it the price you have to pay once you have joined this FORUM.

Question! Do I have to live with this the rest of my life

//Fred

There is just no end to my sickness...Today I talked to a guy at work a psychiatrist, have noticed he wears a Sub with no date, haven´t really gotten a good look at the watch before. Now I showed him mine 16610 and he showed me his.......Watch!

He told me it was a -70 sub nd, the bracelet and everything felt ok but something was wrong. The dial had the whitegold markers surrounding the luminova. I asked him about it and he told me he had left the crown in the outer position on his latest holiday, when he was diving... and after that the watch needed a 1000 USD service. I remember telling him a couple of months ago that the crown was not screwed in as it is supposed to be!!! Anyway he is told me his insurance covered it.
Later he told me a story about when he bought a early -60 sub in Zürich in the 1990 he paid 1200 USD, he recently sold it for 7000 USD.
Now he is looking for a Vintage Daytona. I bet I spot it right away...

//Fred

steveclocks · 12 March 2013, 08:13 AM

I am constantly looking at peoples' watches. Love seeing top branches and well made ones. Always looking first at someones' wrist, before I see faces

sorry I am really bad I know ...

FeelingTheBlues · 12 March 2013, 08:53 AM

I took this habit as well but to my defence I had it even before I joined TRF with something else. Having had a passion for jewels since quite a few years I always looked for nice chains, bracelets or rings on people...watches were just added to the list a few years later!

As for looking in movies and television shows, I do notice such details quite often. I must say I was pretty happy when I spotted that one, my favorite superhero wearing one of my favorite watches...

12 March 2009, 03:43 AM	#1
frch1104 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Fredrik Location: Sweden Watch: Rolex Submariner Posts: 239	Do you ever find yourself.... Hello TRF-people, I was at a movie a couple of nights ago and I think I spotted a Panerai watch on the wrist of the leading actor. Yesterday, at half time, when I watched Liverpool beat the crap out of Real Madrid I saw Butch Harmon (golftrainer) wearing a Rolex on a golf session in the Swedish Golf Digest, and earlier today I saw a girl on the cover of a local newspaper wearing a Yacht Master. Went to a Roadshow that buys and sells gold/jewelry and watches, the guy is wearing a Rolex sub from -77. And finally got a closer look on the wrist of a lawyer today, wearing a Yacht Master with a TT bracelet. Do you find yourself looking more at peoples wrists, than their faces... Will this syndrome ever stop, or is it the price you have to pay once you have joined this FORUM. Question! Do I have to live with this the rest of my life //Fred Last edited by frch1104; 12 March 2009 at 03:45 AM.. Reason: Sorry think I posted in the wrong section, always looking to buy...

12 March 2009, 04:20 AM	#2
Dan Pierce 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Real Name: D'OH! Location: Kentucky Watch: Rolex-1 Tudor-3 Posts: 36,217	Oh yes. It makes my HD & DVR invaluable. I can't watch TV without rewinding at every wrist shot. My wife and I enjoy watch spotting whenever we're out and about. dP __________________ TRF Member# 1668 Bass Player in TRF "AFTER DARK" Bar & NightClub Band Commander-in-Chief of The Nylon Nation The Crown & Shield Club Honorary Member of P-Club

12 March 2009, 04:50 AM	#4
Xenophon 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Real Name: Xenophon Location: UK Posts: 2,728	I end up noticing other people's watches even when I don't want to __________________ The sea! The sea! Θάλαττα! θάλαττα!

12 March 2009, 07:12 AM	#5
swissautopro "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Real Name: Mike Location: South Carolina Watch: 3.3M 1655 Mk I Posts: 2,384	Absolutely! In fact, I watched the movie "Street Kings" on HBO over the weekend. In the opening scene, Keanu Reeves is wearing a GMT Master II. __________________ "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

12 March 2009, 07:18 AM	#6
Dan Pierce 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Real Name: D'OH! Location: Kentucky Watch: Rolex-1 Tudor-3 Posts: 36,217	I asked my wife if she wanted to watch the movie "Rightous Kill" featuring a Tutima watch. dP __________________ TRF Member# 1668 Bass Player in TRF "AFTER DARK" Bar & NightClub Band Commander-in-Chief of The Nylon Nation The Crown & Shield Club Honorary Member of P-Club

12 March 2009, 07:49 AM	#7
vapalux "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Real Name: Si Location: united kingdom Posts: 1,655	I found that the more I look the less I see. When I'm looking for one I can't find a thing. Stop looking and one magically appears! Si

12 March 2009, 08:46 AM	#8
Lion "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Leo Location: Midwest Watch: GMT-II 16710 PEPSI Posts: 21,461	Rolexitis,.......... I think they make pills for this!!! I still look at a person's face first then I go for the wrist. As for addiction I believe you are infected till you die. At least that's what I've been told!!! __________________ SS GMT-II 16710 PEPSI(Z-serial#) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THE TOYS!!! MontBlanc Meisterstuck Doue Silver Barley MontBlanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Doue Signum Proud Card Carrying Member of the Curmudgeons.....Yikes!!!

12 March 2009, 11:13 AM	#10
356 speedster "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kansas city,mo Posts: 283	All the time.

12 March 2009, 11:17 AM	#11
Brunotheboxer Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Real Name: Bruno Location: Boston/Cape Cod Watch: 16610,PAM. 111, G Posts: 7,608	Actually, the watch is the first thing I notice when I meet someone for the first time, as long as that someone is not female....

12 March 2009, 11:20 AM	#12
Rebel "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Real Name: Dr Mark R Nail Location: New Albany Watch: Tudor Sub 75090 Posts: 8,257	I do it all the time. I enjoy it. __________________ ------------------------------- Member of the Nylon Nation

12 March 2009, 01:02 PM	#13
chriseskew24 "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Real Name: Christopher Location: fort lauderdale Watch: Bunches Posts: 1,860	I see them all day every day. On tv, and out in the wild.

12 March 2009, 01:19 PM	#14
Ashley "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Real Name: Ashley Location: Calgary Posts: 6,967	I do too, but usually only when I'm with Aadil so he can verify if I'm right When I'm on the train or whatever I think to myself excitedly "Oh, that's a _____! I think... I wish I could ask..."

12 March 2009, 01:58 PM	#15
Latrodectus 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Real Name: Fred Location: KY, USA Watch: GMT-Master II Posts: 10,043	Hi Fred, I guess you have to live with it. Yes. I find myself looking at wrists and watches all the time and get upset if I can not really tell what it is __________________ Member # 16057 4-Hands Club Tosser Club Member TRF Skypers Group

12 March 2009, 02:03 PM	#16
Boopie "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Beverly Hills, CA Watch: Yachtmaster Posts: 3,952	Yes, I do look at watches in movies, etc. It's a disease... My kids like ABBA, so recently I watched one of their old videos on YouTube...I think it's "Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)," the one where the video depicts the band recording in the studio. Because they're recording, the female singers are wearing earphones. They often lift up their arms to touch their ears. I swear that the brunette/redhead (Anni-Fried) is wearing a gold Datejust. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibtOshtX7T0 Check it out at the 20 second mark...(and no, I don't expect any guy to watch the video just to notice the watch).

12 March 2013, 08:13 AM	#18
steveclocks "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Geert Location: Belgium Watch: rolex/JLC/panerai Posts: 5,612	I am constantly looking at peoples' watches. Love seeing top branches and well made ones. Always looking first at someones' wrist, before I see faces sorry I am really bad I know ...

12 March 2013, 08:53 AM	#19
FeelingTheBlues "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Real Name: Carl Location: Always moving Watch: If you wish... Posts: 22,039	I took this habit as well but to my defence I had it even before I joined TRF with something else. Having had a passion for jewels since quite a few years I always looked for nice chains, bracelets or rings on people...watches were just added to the list a few years later! As for looking in movies and television shows, I do notice such details quite often. I must say I was pretty happy when I spotted that one, my favorite superhero wearing one of my favorite watches... __________________ Mon corps c'est un pays en guerre sur l'point d'finir, Le général de l'armée de terre s'attend au pire, J'ai faim, j'ai frette, je suis trop faible pour me lever debout, On va hisser le drapeau blanc un point c'est tout. - André Fortin

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