The Watch Appreciation Thread - Part two (Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Jaeger LeCoultre,

[Concordia]

This early in the morning?

 

[mebiuspower]

Miami has tons of Rolexes on wrists everywhere. Not sure how many of them are real. My barber wears one and drives an S-class, but also talks about how his goal for the rest of the year is to pay down his credit card debt.

Had so many funny conversations about Miami when I was in NYC...

"Everyone appears to have money and nobody wants to work."

 

[Scuppers]

This early in the morning?

Quite agree, should of started hours ago!

 

[Scuppers]

Had so many funny conversations about Miami when I was in NYC...

"Everyone appears to have money and nobody wants to work."

October 22 2010, last day I worked. Will never revisit that silliness

 

[Darkside]

Had so many funny conversations about Miami when I was in NYC...

"Everyone appears to have money and nobody wants to work."

Should have a sign at the airport that says this when you arrive.

 

[mebiuspower]

Should have a sign at the airport that says this when you arrive.

"You only need $20k a month, rent a nice seaside apartment and lease a Bentley and women will be onto you like flies on ****."

Don't get me wrong, I love the whole Scarface/Miami Vice/Cocaine Cowboys vibe.

 

[Dino944]

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I love the bracelet on the Alpine Eagle. Simple, but looks great and feels great on the wrist. The watch is growing on me, but I wish they would ditch the Roman numerals. I really dislike them on sports watches/sports luxury watches.

 

[Scuppers]

"You only need $20k a month, rent a nice seaside apartment and lease a Bentley and women will be onto you like flies on ****."

Don't get me wrong, I love the whole Scarface/Miami Vice/Cocaine Cowboys vibe.

WTF would 20K a month secure? Other than a paralitic moth and feline reliant on canned tuna?

 

[NakedYoga]

Two takeaways from my last several days in Miami for Art Basel:

1. I have never seen so many sport Rolexes in one place. That makes sense, because people with the disposable income and inclination to buy contemporary art have the same for watches. Rolex is the equivalent of a "blue chip" artist.

2. The MoonSwatch is still hot, hot, hot. The Swatch store on Lincoln Road told me that they get new stock in every day and it's sold out every day. I like the MoonSwatch, but not enough to take time out of my busy schedule art-ing.

Photo Report: All Eyes On The Watches Of Art Basel Miami 2022

Skimpy outfits, Bugattis, million-dollar art, and million-dollar watches. Welcome to Miami, Bienvenidos a Miami!

www.hodinkee.com

 

[smittycl]

Photo Report: All Eyes On The Watches Of Art Basel Miami 2022

Skimpy outfits, Bugattis, million-dollar art, and million-dollar watches. Welcome to Miami, Bienvenidos a Miami!

www.hodinkee.com

Pretty ostentatious stuff for the most part. Kind of what I would expect there.

 

[DavidLane]

Plebby question but best starter watch for an 18-year-old headed off to college? Under, say, $3K? Mechanical only.

Seiko SPB143, 1200$ and can do it all and will look better with a few bumps and bruises.

-DL

 

[Neville Southall]

Miami has tons of Rolexes on wrists everywhere. Not sure how many of them are real. My barber wears one and drives an S-class, but also talks about how his goal for the rest of the year is to pay down his credit card debt.

Ah... Miami.

The guy who cuts my hair has two fake Daytonas and the dude that sells me suits wears a fake AP. I know plenty of people that drive a luxury car but live in what we South Floridians call "an efficiency" (IYKYK). A friend of mine wears custom shirts - monogramed and everything - from "Brioni". When I asked him to hook me up with an appointment, he told me that some Indian dude comes to his office and measures him up for a shirt. They just slap the "Brioni" label on the collar. The guy charges, like, $99 per shirt. Brioni - REAL Brioni - starts at $400. Everything you see down here is fake, from the Colombian t*ts to the buckles on your waiter's Ferragamo belt.

P.S.: The only times I've encountered REAL South Floridian wealth are when I represented Russian mob bosses or hung out with people in questionable industries.

 

[Darkside]

Ah... Miami.

The guy who cuts my hair has two fake Daytonas and the dude that sells me suits wears a fake AP. I know plenty of people that drive a luxury car but live in what we South Floridians call "an efficiency" (IYKYK). A friend of mine wears custom shirts - monogramed and everything - from "Brioni". When I asked him to hook me up with an appointment, he told me that some Indian dude comes to his office and measures him up for a shirt. They just slap the "Brioni" label on the collar. The guy charges, like, $99 per shirt. Brioni - REAL Brioni - starts at $400. Everything you see down here is fake, from the Colombian t*ts to the buckles on your waiter's Ferragamo belt.

P.S.: The only times I've encountered REAL South Floridian wealth are when I represented Russian mob bosses or hung out with people in questionable industries.

Okay but how much do you really need to make to be middle class here?

 

[mebiuspower]

people in questionable industries.

Miami as a city was built entirely from questionable industries...

 

[Neville Southall]

Miami as a city was built entirely from questionable industries...

Facts.