The Official-ish DC Thread

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Thanks for your help. I'll post pictures when I get it. I ordered from watchshopping.com. they had the best price.

I do not own and never had the desire to own a nice watch...until relatively recently. I've taken a fancy to vintage watches. I liked the looks of Omegas and once considered a Seamaster Apnea as an everyday watch. My inner miser vetoed the idea at the time

Lately I have been considering older Rolexes. I can't afford the Daytona that I want but I have been thinking about a gold 36mm Datejust, fluted dial with a numberless lapis lazuli dial. This would be an everyday watch. Gold looks good against my skin

 

[smittycl]

I do not own and never had the desire to own a nice watch...until relatively recently. I've taken a fancy to vintage watches. I liked the looks of Omegas and once considered a Seamaster Apnea as an everyday watch. My inner miser vetoed the idea at the time

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Lately I have been considering older Rolexes. I can't afford the Daytona that I want but I have been thinking about a gold 36mm Datejust, fluted dial with a numberless lapis lazuli dial. This would be an everyday watch. Gold looks good against my skin

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Omega had a watch called "Apnea?"

 

[scurvyfreedman]

Omega had a watch called "Apnea?"

Comes with its own CPAP.

 

[smittycl]

Comes with its own CPAP.

It's like Rolex issuing the Submariner "Hypoxea."

 

[mak1277]

I do not own and never had the desire to own a nice watch...until relatively recently. I've taken a fancy to vintage watches. I liked the looks of Omegas and once considered a Seamaster Apnea as an everyday watch. My inner miser vetoed the idea at the time

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Lately I have been considering older Rolexes. I can't afford the Daytona that I want but I have been thinking about a gold 36mm Datejust, fluted dial with a numberless lapis lazuli dial. This would be an everyday watch. Gold looks good against my skin

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Those are about the most different two watches possible for someone to consider as "everyday" watches. I think those red circles on the Omega would get pretty old pretty fast if you wore that everyday. That seems more like a fun watch to buy when you already have 6 or 15 watches. The Rolex is beautiful, but I'd only consider it for everyday if I was wearing a suit daily.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Those are about the most different two watches possible for someone to consider as "everyday" watches. I think those red circles on the Omega would get pretty old pretty fast if you wore that everyday. That seems more like a fun watch to buy when you already have 6 or 15 watches. The Rolex is beautiful, but I'd only consider it for everyday if I was wearing a suit daily.

The red circles only come into play when the diving timer is used (it's a free diving watch). Yes it seems like a novelty now but seemed really cool 15 years ago. Did I mention I didn't really appreciate watches back then?

 

[mak1277]

The red circles only come into play when the diving timer is used (it's a free diving watch). Yes it seems like a novelty now but seemed really cool 15 years ago. Did I mention I didn't really appreciate watches back then?

Novel complications are only worthwhile if they're executed in an aesthetically pleasing way. IMO, that watch doesn't pass muster.

 

[smittycl]

The red circles only come into play when the diving timer is used (it's a free diving watch). Yes it seems like a novelty now but seemed really cool 15 years ago. Did I mention I didn't really appreciate watches back then?

Now the name makes sense.

 

[TheSuitBurnsBetter]

I've had my eye on this beauty for some time now.

 

[lordsuperb]

I've had my eye on this beauty for some time now.

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hello elementary school!!!

 

[trafficjam]

F-91W or bust boom

 

[TheSuitBurnsBetter]

I'm pondering who looks like a bigger dork: me in 4th grade sporting a bowl cut and calculator watch, or Gianni Agnelli wearing a Patek Phillipe over his goddamn shirt cuff and I gotta say, it's a toss up.

 

[lordsuperb]

So how much social distancing will we see once we are let out of isolation in June?

 

[TheSuitBurnsBetter]

So how much social distancing will we see once we are let out of isolation in June?

Man I don't even know. Polling shows strong support for continued lockdowns and restrictions, but I wonder how much of that is people telling pollsters what they think they're supposed to say as opposed to how they really feel.

 

[Idesofmarch17]

Man I don't even know. Polling shows strong support for continued lockdowns and restrictions, but I wonder how much of that is people telling pollsters what they think they're supposed to say as opposed to how they really feel.

I mean from my vantage spot in dc, I don’t see many people social distancing at all.