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

[9thsymph]

Ben responds to the WSJ's "hit piece."

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I found myself reading/consuming Hodinkee's editorial content during Watches & Wonders the last two years. Their coverage was pretty good this year.

Ben takes a lot of heat. Photos like this don't help:

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It's easy to poke fun but I'm happy for the guy who turned his hobby into a business. Like many readers, I lost a bit of interest when it pivoted into an e-commerce site but he seems to have made enough hay while the sun was still shining. He stepped aside as CEO at the right time, just before secondary market prices tanked. Now he gets to saunter around with a single buttoned chambray shirt, hang around with Lenny Kravitz, the least known spiderman and collect vintage patek's and 911's.

Haha! He’s basically like “Easy come, easy go, but I have my twelve 911s, so let them eat cake or whatever…”

 

[9thsymph]

If only you were part of the UMC crowd.

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Look man, I’m about to do the most UMC-Manhattan **** ever: inherit some wealth, so maybe back off until you know the whole story, ok? ;-)

 

[acconrad]

New addition to the rotation - AP 15300. I've started to journey of picking up my grail pieces now. This is the first of three I am hunting down. Have a great MDW!

Nice GP knockoff

 

[9thsymph]

Nice GP knockoff

FAUX ASS BOLT

 

[acconrad]

FAUX ASS BOLT

Your GP is a faux ass Tissot PRX

Tissot > GP > AP

know your pecking order, batman.

 

[9thsymph]

Your GP is a faux ass Tissot PRX

Tissot > GP > AP

know your pecking order, batman.

Sir, this is an Arby’s.

 

[symphvaria]

The addition of a 5-digit GMT has resulted in a glut of ss sport watches in my collection (a redundancy I thought I’d be fine with, but is now bothering me…). Soooo, shaking things up: two enter(ed), one leaves:
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I told you so 3 months ago

If you buy a 5 digit GMT you'll quickly realize that it's better than your 6 digit GMT, leading to you selling your 6 digit GMT and having to worry about using your newfound liquidity to buy yet another watch. Not recommended.

 

[9thsymph]

I told you so 3 months ago

You were right. I was wrong. It’s that simple.

(Pretty sure this is the first appearance of this phrase in the history of TWAT)

 

[acconrad]

124060

cool looking to sell it?

 

[pmeis]

cool looking to sell it?

Actually just sold it to a bro of a style forum bro.

 

[brax]

The addition of a 5-digit GMT has resulted in a glut of ss sport watches in my collection (a redundancy I thought I’d be fine with, but is now bothering me…). Soooo, shaking things up: two enter(ed), one leaves:
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Bye bye GP.

 

[chocomallo]

I told you so 3 months ago

Dang. You, sir, are an oracle.

 

[Scuppers]

You were right. I was wrong. It’s that simple.

(Pretty sure this is the first appearance of this phrase in the history of TWAT)

But not in our thoughts.

 

[chocomallo]

The addition of a 5-digit GMT has resulted in a glut of ss sport watches in my collection (a redundancy I thought I’d be fine with, but is now bothering me…). Soooo, shaking things up: two enter(ed), one leaves:
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What is your current complement of stainless sport watches? If I recall, you have others so perhaps these two don’t need to be the first victims of Thunderdome. But if this is it, I would keep the GP.

 

[Clouseau]

I would keep the Rolex.
I like to have the same shoes in different colours/varieties.