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25 February 2014, 12:12 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: May 2013
Real Name: Jack
Location: The Triangle
Watch: Several
Posts: 6,732
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Does your spouse, significant other, really notice?
In the kitchen yesterday, my wife asks if that is the watch I was wearing the evening before. "No, sweetheart, that was my Explorer, this is the Submariner", to which she remarked "Well, this one looks nice, big dial, shiny, I like it!"
Then we had a brief exchange about dial size relative to bezel and how that can affect the perception of size of a watch, to which she says "I don't really care abount any of that, I just like the watch", and walks away. In three years that is the most extensive (voluntary) conversation she has ever engaged in regarding my watches.
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Sub 116613 LN; GMT 116710 LN; Sinn 104R; Exp 214270; GS SBGM221; Omega AT |
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25 February 2014, 12:14 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Real Name: Manny
Location: MA
Watch: DD,Sub,GMT,Daytona
Posts: 4,539
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my wife has been asking me a lot about different models sizes etc. Mostly because she wants me to find her a Midsize YM.
it's been a lot of fun now that she enjoys talking about watches. Before it was like dragging my nails on a chalkboard |
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25 February 2014, 12:16 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Hudson Ohio
Posts: 3,563
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The only time my wife notices my watch, is if I try to sneak a new one in the house.
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25 February 2014, 12:17 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: England
Watch: Exp2/Sub/DJ
Posts: 343
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OP - You are one of the lucky ones.
 Mine notices. So much I've started to wear a friends Ricoh (DJ homage/copy) so that when I do buy the DJ she hopefully won't notice. Not to make her sound bad but she wouldn't approve even if I won the lottery. Anything more expensive than a cheap Casio is a waste. I do love her though. |
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25 February 2014, 12:18 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Real Name: Brian
Location: Northern Virginia
Watch: One of Not Many
Posts: 17,892
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25 February 2014, 12:20 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Real Name: Dustin
Location: USA
Posts: 1,980
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Yes, my wife notices mine and other peoples watches as well.
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25 February 2014, 12:21 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: May 2013
Real Name: Jack
Location: The Triangle
Watch: Several
Posts: 6,732
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Sub 116613 LN; GMT 116710 LN; Sinn 104R; Exp 214270; GS SBGM221; Omega AT |
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25 February 2014, 12:21 AM
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Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Real Name: Edmond
Location: Michigan
Watch: 114060/116334
Posts: 737
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My wife notices everything. She not into watches per se but she's into fashion so she appreciates nice things and would most certainly notice if I started wearing a new watch.
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25 February 2014, 12:22 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Real Name: Flavio
Location: N/A
Posts: 14,654
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If she notices, I dont know. My wife never starts a watch conversation. She knows once she does I simply can't stop talking.
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25 February 2014, 12:23 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Real Name: Rob
Location: Boston, MA
Watch: 1530
Posts: 3,803
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My wife humors me, and likes her Air-King-Date. In fact my wife and my mom invented a watch-related drinking game last year. They take a drink whenever they hear my dad, brother or me say the word "bezel." I guess we say that word a lot.
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25 February 2014, 12:25 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Real Name: dp
Location: chicago, usa
Watch: panerai
Posts: 2,369
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my wife doesn't share the passion i do.
she does wear a tag heuer red face formula 1 watch though
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25 February 2014, 12:27 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: England
Watch: Exp2/Sub/DJ
Posts: 343
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25 February 2014, 12:28 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Real Name: Ron
Location: Arizona, USA
Watch: 116233
Posts: 3,180
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My wife never paid any attention until she finally "allowed" me to buy her a Rolex a few years ago. She's not a WIS and does not aspire to be BUT....she has become a spotter!
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so many Rolexes.....so little time |
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25 February 2014, 12:32 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: May 2009
Real Name: Sam
Location: Gotham City
Watch: Wall Street
Posts: 9,954
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Yes, my wife notices and has now threatened divorce since she feels my watch collecting has become an obsession! I never said anything about her collecting bags! FML!
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25 February 2014, 12:37 AM
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2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Japan
Watch: ing your back.
Posts: 16,173
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Mine cheers me on before a purchase.
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25 February 2014, 12:39 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Indonesia
Posts: 304
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my wife always complains about the patek, panerai and rolexes I stash in my drawer
yes, i am a hoarder and that's what a wife job is... to remind us when we went out of line in our pursue of watch collecting Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk |
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25 February 2014, 12:42 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Real Name: Peter
Location: Massachusetts
Watch: 214270 Mk2
Posts: 1,963
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25 February 2014, 12:43 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Real Name: Tom
Location: In a race car!
Watch: ME RACE PORSCHES
Posts: 24,123
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My wife didn't at first and really all started when the RG Daytona came out. She loved it we bought it to share her now 90% of the time
Next came the WG sub we bought it and it is now her daily wearer Now she shops the Rolex website!! It has been great for me cause we both love them!!  Actually whole family is into them and like our own private GTG at dinner!! 
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25 February 2014, 12:49 AM
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2025 Pledge Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: USA
Watch: addiction issues
Posts: 37,623
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Not married but my gf notices my watches and understands that I am obsessed. She does not find it strange at all as she is the same way with shoes and bags etc.
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25 February 2014, 12:59 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Feb 2014
Real Name: Lou
Location: SF, CA
Watch: All of them
Posts: 94
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My wife notices, she has a drawer full of watches, so she's an addict as much as I am. She might not be "thinking" about watches as much as I do, but she certainly notices.
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25 February 2014, 12:59 AM
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TRF Moderator & 2024 SubLV41 Patron
Join Date: Apr 2012
Real Name: Tim
Location: Pennsylvania
Watch: 14060M
Posts: 72,790
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My GF told me yesterday... ohhh, I always liked that one, did you put your Rolex in the safe? Yes, she notices which is nice but it also makes it impossible to sneak anything by her...
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25 February 2014, 01:01 AM
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Banned
Join Date: Sep 2011
Real Name: Fabio
Location: Como - Italy
Posts: 4,811
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I'm not buying new watches anymore but when I was on the roll I always instructed the sellers to deliver to her office, go figure. Really I never had any problems with her about my watch obsession, never tried to hide anything. |
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25 February 2014, 01:09 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Pittsburgh
Watch: Green Sub
Posts: 604
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Unfortunately yes. I have 7 different bicycles ranging from a 29er dual suspension to a dedicated tt bike and my wife thinks they all look the same. But if I have a new watch she spots that a mile away at midnight.
Got lucky when it comes to buying bikes, not so much with watches. |
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25 February 2014, 01:24 AM
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2025 Pledge Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Real Name: Thomas
Location: North Carolina
Watch: The Beach
Posts: 3,446
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My SO loved the "Hulk" because it was green, she never liked the fact I sold it for something else... But it was a color thing, it could have been a Casio for all it mattered...
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25 February 2014, 01:27 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Cave
Watch: Sundial
Posts: 33,950
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The only comment I ever hear from my wife is, "Is that new?!" Oh and the evil eye goes hand-in-hand with that statement.
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25 February 2014, 02:09 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: May 2013
Real Name: Jack
Location: The Triangle
Watch: Several
Posts: 6,732
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Sub 116613 LN; GMT 116710 LN; Sinn 104R; Exp 214270; GS SBGM221; Omega AT |
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25 February 2014, 02:31 AM
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TRF Moderator & 2024 SubLV41 Patron
Join Date: Apr 2012
Real Name: Tim
Location: Pennsylvania
Watch: 14060M
Posts: 72,790
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25 February 2014, 02:42 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: England
Watch: Exp2/Sub/DJ
Posts: 343
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"This? This is from 1982 darling" "Ohhhhhhh you mean new to me? I guess" |
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25 February 2014, 03:10 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: weehawken
Posts: 847
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'Is THAT a new watch?', 'how much did THAT cost?' My retort is always 'why do you want to know?.. its none of your business' |
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25 February 2014, 03:12 AM
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2025 Pledge Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Real Name: gus
Location: East Coast
Watch: APK & sometimes Y
Posts: 26,743
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don't look a gift horse in the mouth:)
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