Does your spouse, significant other, really notice?

[couturegirl]

Originally Posted by Laszlo

Do they come with box and papers?

They come with passports and breeding history :)

[Laszlo]

Originally Posted by couturegirl

They come with passports and breeding history :)

They must be royalty then.

[jnkay]

[QUOTE=Maria_H;4763393]I don't currently have a significant other … but he will gain extra brownie points for loving watches and sharing my obsession!! (hopefully in addition to cars as well)![/QUOTE

How You Doi'n, Maria! Where have you been all my life?

[SixPak]

Originally Posted by couturegirl

I go to Europe and import them and show them and then sell them in the states. The last one I sold sold for two platinum daytonas (after a month) and I paid the equivalent of a Sky Dweller for him and $10k to ship him to the states. Not a bad ROI ;)

Wow that's very lucrative business and pretty decent ROI I would say. I'm completely in the wrong business. I know nothing about horses but how can I start?

[FeelingTheBlues]

Originally Posted by SixPak

Wow that's very lucrative business and pretty decent ROI I would say. I'm completely in the wrong business. I know nothing about horses but how can I start?

You start by hiring me, I'm all in!

[SixPak]

Originally Posted by FeelingTheBlues

You start by hiring me, I'm all in!

Carl, do you know how to ride a horse? I think that's one of the prerequisites. I'm in trouble because I have never been on one, not even a donkey. Maybe CG can enlighten both of us and get both of us on the right track.

[FeelingTheBlues]

Originally Posted by SixPak

Carl, do you know how to ride a horse? I think that's one of the prerequisites. I'm in trouble because I have never been on one, not even a donkey. Maybe CG can enlighten both of us and get both of us on the right track.

I've learned while playing The Legend Of Zelda on the Nintendo 64, does that count?

[SixPak]

Originally Posted by FeelingTheBlues

I've learned while playing The Legend Of Zelda on the Nintendo 64, does that count?

Not fair, you already have a leg up on me.. haha (no pun intended)

[KBM]

Originally Posted by JAGERVEGAS

When I rewind the DVR and stop it she rolls her eyes. If she ever gets curious and climbs into the attic and sees empty ROLEX boxes expect the Strip to go dark as it will be my fault cause I'll be at the bottom of the pool with a plugged in toaster next to me.

And you'll be hearing colorful Portuguese language across the desert mountains. I haven't told her that I got rid of my 116613 Blue Diamond Dial, her favorite, for a new incoming tomorrow. She loves my LVC though, that's a keeper. She's a keeper too

Hey Mark, from this post and your avatar, I'm guessing your wife/girlfriend is Brazilian. Great choice! where is she from in the country?

Actually, cheers on both accounts, as I love Vegas as well, will be there on the end of May/beginning of June.

[f16570]

Thankfully my wife has never engaged me in a conversation relating to size.

[Laszlo]

Remember I was saying a few pages back that my wife barely notices me, let alone what watch I'm wearing?

Well, yesterday I acquired an Explorer II, 216570.

Let me tell you - she noticed. Her words? "Geez, that's a really big watch."

[KBM]

Originally Posted by Laszlo

Remember I was saying a few pages back that my wife barely notices me, let alone what watch I'm wearing?

Well, yesterday I acquired an Explorer II, 216570.

Let me tell you - she noticed. Her words? "Geez, that's a really big watch."

Now that she notices!

[Jack T]

Originally Posted by Laszlo

Remember I was saying a few pages back that my wife barely notices me, let alone what watch I'm wearing?

Well, yesterday I acquired an Explorer II, 216570.

Let me tell you - she noticed. Her words? "Geez, that's a really big watch."

Nice pick up, when will we see it?

[elcompa]

Originally Posted by threemonkeys

Quite a respectful and well-written comment. I'm happy your old lady like her watch and that you are not masquerading as a real man. Clearly your wife is a very lucky lady. Thank you for sharing.




*Did anyone other than my good mate, Carl, see what I just did there?

Dear Monkey,
Yes, I did. Have a wonderful day...and I wish you peace. See what I did there?

[AK797]

Originally Posted by SixPak

Carl, do you know how to ride a horse? I think that's one of the prerequisites. I'm in trouble because I have never been on one, not even a donkey. Maybe CG can enlighten both of us and get both of us on the right track.

I rode a horse a few years ago, it was the most painful 30 minutes of my life, no man should ride horses, only eunuchs.

[Maria_H]

Originally Posted by DCgator

Amen, altho a "she" for me....Ex-wife, ex-GFs, current interest have no problem with my watch collection, or for that matter guns and cars. I've been lucky that way and I intend not to break the pattern :D

If my significant other had a problem with my watch buying/collecting hobby - it's a deal breaker for sure hahah

[Maria_H]

[QUOTE=jnkay;4767400]

Originally Posted by Maria_H

I don't currently have a significant other … but he will gain extra brownie points for loving watches and sharing my obsession!! (hopefully in addition to cars as well)![/QUOTE

How You Doi'n, Maria! Where have you been all my life?

Gosh I love this forum!!
Over in Australia, most guys just give me the weirdest look when I talk about watches and cars; collecting swiss watches, mechanical movements etc.
In my mind = Watch IS art. Beauty, history and mechanics all fitted into a small portable piece of wrist real-estate :)

I only wish there were more appreciators of this art around! :)
There can never be too many of us!

[Degas]

Originally Posted by Widows Son

The only time my wife notices my watch, is if I try to sneak a new one in the house.

[time2see]

Good approach!

Originally Posted by QueueCumber

LOL! You need to keep buying more. At some point she won't even be able to tell if they are new ones or old ones. That is when you have won the battle!

[Runnin' Rebel]

Originally Posted by kauebm

Hey Mark, from this post and your avatar, I'm guessing your wife/girlfriend is Brazilian. Great choice! where is she from in the country?

Actually, cheers on both accounts, as I love Vegas as well, will be there on the end of May/beginning of June.

Sorry not to get back to you sooner, I haven't stopped in the last 2 weeks.


She is from Recife, born and raised. Moved to the U.S. in 1990, received her citizen ship papers around 1995. Me, I want to move to Recife lol and I hope to in the next few years .

She's speaks better English then I speak Portuguese. I love it though, they sit around speaking all that language and I just lie in the hammock on the patio over looking the beach. It's right on Boa Viagem Avenue in a condominium. I can throw a rock off the 4th patio and hit the beach.

[DJJon]

My wife supports my hobby but only once in a while when a new comes along. So I try to keep up the notion that only the ones that are noticed are actually the only new ones !