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Old 18 August 2013, 05:00 AM   #1
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Seeing how much time and money we all spend on our watches, I started thinking the unthinkable. What would I/we do with all the time and money we would save if Rolex and other luxury watches didn't exist??
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Old 18 August 2013, 05:15 AM   #2
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Cars, booze, music, etc... there will always be a vice
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Old 18 August 2013, 05:54 AM   #3
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Old 18 August 2013, 06:01 AM   #4
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Old 18 August 2013, 06:08 AM   #5
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Old 18 August 2013, 06:09 AM   #6
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Old 18 August 2013, 06:45 AM   #7
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Seeing how much time and money we all spend on our watches, I started thinking the unthinkable. What would I/we do with all the time and money we would save if Rolex and other luxury watches didn't exist??
Photography, cameras, camera lenses, some of those cost far more than my Rolex watches
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Old 18 August 2013, 06:49 AM   #8
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Cars, booze, music, etc... there will always be a vice
Yes.. Cars can quickly become quite costly and time consuming too.
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Old 18 August 2013, 07:08 AM   #9
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Old 18 August 2013, 07:11 AM   #10
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Old 18 August 2013, 07:22 AM   #11
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Old 18 August 2013, 07:27 AM   #12
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Old 18 August 2013, 07:28 AM   #13
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Old 18 August 2013, 08:51 AM   #14
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Old 18 August 2013, 08:53 AM   #15
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Photography, cameras, camera lenses, some of those cost far more than my Rolex watches
...I have some as new 35mm Nikon stuff almost unusable now and never got into digital thank god!
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Old 18 August 2013, 09:01 AM   #16
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I've had so many vices before watches. I once had a garage full of custom built bicycles. The return on investment in that hobby was I could eat anything I wanted and as much as I wanted. Lost my ass sellng off the bikes, though. Then I switched to motorcyles. Got out of that hobby before I killed myself. I guess if I didn't have watches I would spend the money on travel. Still a lot of countries I haven't visited yet.
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Old 18 August 2013, 09:24 AM   #17
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Old 18 August 2013, 09:35 AM   #18
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Old 18 August 2013, 11:30 AM   #21
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