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9 January 2015, 11:06 AM
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Location: Sweden of yore
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One watch=one pair of shoes
Greggz wrote a nice post today about having worn a Rolex Datejust TT Jubilee daily for the past twenty years and being perfectly content. His post made me realize something that I'm sure most/many of you already know, but never crossed my mind.
I see wearing the same watch everyday akin to wearing the same pair of shoes everyday. I can't imagine doing it. Funny, but I just never thought about it until now. This has nothing to do with having a well rounded collection or not. I can just as easily reach for an old Seiko or Casio as any Rolex, et al. It is a "feel" thing and generally not any kind of fashion decision. Just one watch=wouldn't be easy. And with that my friends, Cheers. |
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9 January 2015, 11:12 AM
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Welcome to the obsession.
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9 January 2015, 11:15 AM
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Real Name: Patrick
Location: Texas
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So, does this mean you like to match your watch with your shoes?
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9 January 2015, 11:15 AM
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Location: NYC
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I just remembered that I used to have about 25 pairs of sneakers as a kid.
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9 January 2015, 11:18 AM
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Real Name: Justin
Location: Pa
Watch: Explorer ii
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1 watch or 100. Whatever it takes to make you smile
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9 January 2015, 11:21 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Real Name: William
Location: New York
Watch: Journe, AP & Lange
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I sort of like wearing the same shoe :), although I like switching up my watch.
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10 January 2015, 01:40 PM
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Location: United States
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I am still looking for that one perfect watch.
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10 January 2015, 01:54 PM
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Real Name: Andrew Wilson
Location: Brunswick, Maine
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I could easily sell all my Rolex watches except for the first one I bought, the 16550 Exp II, to me it is the perfect watch and only one I need.
Can't do everything with one pair of shoes.
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10 January 2015, 03:43 PM
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A guy I used to work with wore the same set of RM Williams boots to work each day.
Now he had no interest whatever in clothes or fashion or impressing anyone, and on that basis it made such good sense. He just got up in the morning and he knew what footwear he was going to be wearing. I had a lot of respect for this guy, and the thought always stayed with me. A decade later I bought a pair of black and a pair of brown RMs and simply alternated them daily to match either brown or black based clothing. Nice and simple. The only hiccup was getting to work one day and finding I had one black and one brown boot. Was a fun talking point for the rest of the day.
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10 January 2015, 05:33 PM
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10 January 2015, 10:41 PM
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Real Name: Fred
Location: Columbia, SC
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I think it's called the Imelda Marcos Syndrome.
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10 January 2015, 11:09 PM
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Location: Canada
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New balance and Rolex
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10 January 2015, 11:15 PM
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Real Name: Jack
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Quote:
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10 January 2015, 11:26 PM
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Shoes are not 10 and 20k.... The watches I like are, so my 7 pairs of shoes will have to suffer through
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11 January 2015, 02:48 AM
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11 January 2015, 02:53 AM
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And then there's the utilitarian approach: 1 watch and 1 pair of shoes = 2 less decisions to make every day.
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11 January 2015, 03:02 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Planet Earth
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I Got 1 watch but 51 pairs of sneakers. I need 50 watches. Ha
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11 January 2015, 03:05 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Real Name: Chad
Location: USA
Watch: 1675 GMT and Sub C
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I wear the same pair of shoes everyday. However, I choose between 8 watches to wear...
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