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25 December 2023, 10:03 PM | #1 |
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Offer your watch for others to try
An interesting thought, would you offer your watches for someone your trust (friends/ family members) to try them on ?
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25 December 2023, 10:09 PM | #2 |
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Of course. It’s family
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25 December 2023, 10:12 PM | #3 |
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I’ve offered my watch to people just above stranger status to try on. Loaning for a day or something I’d only do with family, but to just try on and check it out? I don’t see the harm.
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25 December 2023, 10:17 PM | #4 |
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Cannot see why not it's just a watch that shows the time on the wrist nothing more.
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25 December 2023, 10:18 PM | #5 |
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I’ve given my LV sub to a random guy in an AD to try.
He saw it and was clearly very excited having never seen one. The AD was my AD, I know them well, and they had security doors which probably swung it for me. Aside from that, if I know them I always give them my watches to try. Why not. |
25 December 2023, 10:26 PM | #6 |
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Yes of course but none of my friends or family have any interest whatsoever in watches other than a tool to tell time……
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25 December 2023, 11:40 PM | #7 |
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Sure, why not?
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25 December 2023, 11:43 PM | #8 |
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Yes but just not in a room where there is tile
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25 December 2023, 11:50 PM | #9 |
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I have for sure, many times. Only issue is when they give it back I am obsessively wiping off their finger prints.
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26 December 2023, 12:12 AM | #10 |
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26 December 2023, 12:34 AM | #11 |
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It depends on who is asking, where we are and the environment, on the street or in a public place probably not.
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26 December 2023, 12:40 AM | #12 |
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family and friends, why not?
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26 December 2023, 12:41 AM | #13 |
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Sure do !
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26 December 2023, 12:53 AM | #14 |
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All the time. If I had any doubt about whether I’d get them back they wouldn’t be trusted friends or family.
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26 December 2023, 03:44 AM | #15 |
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Yes, but not to the ones at the kiddie table.
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26 December 2023, 03:49 AM | #16 |
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Absolutely with family. My nephew borrowed a Sub for a while before he got his first. Now he has the Lefty GMT and a Blue DateJust. He’s on his way!
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26 December 2023, 05:15 AM | #17 |
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Personally, one of the best parts of our hobby is sharing our passion with others. Don't see any harm letting someone try on a watch, I've let complete strangers try on my RMs, APs etc etc. I'm also pretty quick on my feet should one of them be a runner. Now letting them borrow the watch is a different story.
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26 December 2023, 05:51 AM | #18 |
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Sometimes it can end in disaster.
It depends upon the setting and who it is, but I have done it on three occasions over the years without a problem. Though it could've turned out badly the last time as it was almost dropped onto a tile floor. It happens, and tile floors are notorious for causing regret. |
26 December 2023, 07:52 AM | #19 | |
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Trying it, or letting it be tried for some days, are two different questions! I don't think it's worth asking the first, but I'd be even more curious about the second. For example, I would not like to let you try out my watches in this form. |
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26 December 2023, 07:55 AM | #20 | |
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26 December 2023, 08:20 AM | #21 |
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If asked about it by anyone I know even casually and have no reason to mistrust I generally take it off and hand it to them. People generally ask if they want to take it up a notch and try it on. I only know a few that I'd actually loan to but wouldn't rule it out. They're just things.
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26 December 2023, 10:27 AM | #22 |
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I do it all the time for people I know who ask if they try it on (friends, family, coworkers, etc.). Usually the bracelet is too tight for them to close the clasp because I have a 6 3/4" wrist, but they can get a feel for its weight and how it looks on their wrist.
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26 December 2023, 11:03 AM | #23 |
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I generally do not take my watch off for people to try on. Too easy to drop it.
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26 December 2023, 11:10 AM | #24 |
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Try on? Yes for the guys I know are real watch fans. I let two young guys at shop I frequent try on a full YG sub. The treated almost like it was radioactive, amusing to watch. Take for a couple of days? Whole different deal. I know maybe two people that I would let wear out the door.
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26 December 2023, 05:48 PM | #25 |
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Always. I made a great friend at work because in our break area he noticed the Tudor I was wearing (nobody in the prior six months had ever said a word, nor do I expect anyone to) and I found a fellow watch nerd and we try each others watches on all the time. Great for ones that don't have an AD around us.
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26 December 2023, 06:38 PM | #26 |
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Of course, why not?
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26 December 2023, 06:42 PM | #27 |
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Yes and no.
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26 December 2023, 11:36 PM | #28 |
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27 December 2023, 12:22 AM | #29 |
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27 December 2023, 12:47 AM | #30 |
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I let my two sons (24 and 22) where whatever watch of mine they like when they visit. I let my mate wear a Royal Oak for a couple of weeks. I’ll happy let anyone I know look at one of my watches or try them on if they show interest.
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