Watches again

The_Edge wrote:

millertime wrote:

Omni wrote:

honor man wrote:

millertime wrote:

honor man wrote:imagine losing a 4k watch, let alone a 20k one

its called insurance.

who gets insurance on a watch?

People that probably shouldn't be buying watches that are so expensive.

Its no different than insuring diamond earings.

What's the price of the average diamond earing as opposed to the average watch? uh-huh

beats me man. whats your point?

millertime wrote:

The_Edge wrote:

millertime wrote:

Omni wrote:

honor man wrote:

millertime wrote:

honor man wrote:imagine losing a 4k watch, let alone a 20k one

its called insurance.

who gets insurance on a watch?

People that probably shouldn't be buying watches that are so expensive.

Its no different than insuring diamond earings.

What's the price of the average diamond earing as opposed to the average watch? uh-huh

beats me man. whats your point?

Diamond earings are much, much expensive than watches most of the time. If diamond earings are over say, 5k most of the time, and over 9k frequently (I'm just making this figures up to exemplify), it makes sense they get insured.

Watches can range from 2$ cheap stuff to patek prices... but they are very, very rarely comparable in price to a diamond earing.

hey, pennz and wally:

http://www.greubelforsey.com/default.asp

some cool shit here

It LIVES!

I'd do bad things for a Seamaster. Fucking raised the prices on them though.

wally, did you check out the greubel forsey site? it's pretty epic for watch junkies.

Aristotle wrote:wally, did you check out the greubel forsey site? it's pretty epic for watch junkies.

Yeah dude. I think I'm going to go pick one up after work.

Seriously though, amazing site.

i want to be a swiss watch maker.

Aristotle wrote:i want to be a swiss watch maker.

/ Family lawyer. What a gig that would be.

i need some fucking sleeping pills. about 100. and a large bottle of vodka.

The Porsche is nice. Fucking expensive though. That Omega is pretty nice looking too. But that first one Pennz posted just seems too...bland.

holy shit. i didn't even realize this thing went on for so damn long.

Turbojett wrote:The Porsche is nice. Fucking expensive though. That Omega is pretty nice looking too. But that first one Pennz posted just seems too...bland.

Pennz posted it

i havent been on here for 3 weeks and you're still going on about me rod. fuck this place

thewalrus wrote:

Pennzoil GT-R wrote:i dont see how that comment was either positive or negative?

Well, Cam obviously likes the watch. He bought it. He brought it up.

You say "I have that, but I don't wear it because it's too big and bling" (subtext being: I think it's too tacky for me).

It's the same sort of thing as someone saying "Well, it's cool if you want to drive that economy car, I'd rather have something with more performance". That someone, of course, being Storm. I like the guy, but it bothered me when he made off the cuff, disparaging remarks about someone elses choice of cars while trying to disguise it as civil conversation.

You did the same thing here. At least to my mind.

Hell yeah, honorable mention!

Storm wrote:

thewalrus wrote:

Pennzoil GT-R wrote:i dont see how that comment was either positive or negative?

Well, Cam obviously likes the watch. He bought it. He brought it up.

You say "I have that, but I don't wear it because it's too big and bling" (subtext being: I think it's too tacky for me).

It's the same sort of thing as someone saying "Well, it's cool if you want to drive that economy car, I'd rather have something with more performance". That someone, of course, being Storm. I like the guy, but it bothered me when he made off the cuff, disparaging remarks about someone elses choice of cars while trying to disguise it as civil conversation.

You did the same thing here. At least to my mind.

Hell yeah, honorable mention!

Damn straight.

Ok, so i'm not looking to spend as much as you guys always seem to be, but I need a new watch as I proceeded to break (but put back together just) and then break and lose the pin altogether to the band of my seiko over the course of two separate drunk nights a week apart. It's also looking pretty scratched up these days. I'm hopefully going to be getting more back in my tax return than I was initially expecting so i've decided to spend a few hundred dollars (AU$) instead of the ~$150 mark I was originally looking at. Considering I want an analogue watch with a chronograph and an alarm while also having it look decent, the budget increase has basically just meant I can go from looking at Seikos to Citizen Eco-Drives.

The following 4 watches can all be had for between AU$275-$320 on ebay from good sellers. They are all from the same line and all have the same functions. I'm just looking for opinions on what you guys like the look of best. I've put them in order of what I think I like best. The bottom 2 are titanium, the top two aren't.


$315


$315


$320


$275

I have a no-frills eco-drive and like it a lot.

for all my watch talk, i haven't worn a watch in 2yrs.

I like the bottom one. The second one is pretty cool.

I bought Storm two of his Citizens and they're awesome. He also bought the Blue Angels watch with its fancy pants atomic clock function.

I just bought this last night.

the patek philippe, hands down.

didn't you once tell wally "go for the good watch. you're young, might as well live like it" or something? i wholeheartedly agree.

Nobody was any help at all here until too late. I bought the second one down on ebay last night. I was always leaning towards the top one but decided that the striped band might really be a bit much at the last minute.

dunnas wrote:Nobody was any help at all here until too late. I bought the second one down on ebay last night. I was always leaning towards the top one but decided that the striped band might really be a bit much at the last minute.

Second is what I would have voted for. I like the contrast more than the first one.

xtine wrote:I just bought this last night.

I used to have that exact watch

dunnas wrote:Nobody was any help at all here until too late. I bought the second one down on ebay last night. I was always leaning towards the top one but decided that the striped band might really be a bit much at the last minute.

Well you only gave us a day.

Anyway, you made a good choice. I like that one... classy but subtle. I like that last one, too. Something about a nice watch with a dark blue face :miller: . My Seiko is like that.

xtine wrote:I just bought this last night.

I used a watch like that to cheat on a math test in second grade

dunnas wrote:Nobody was any help at all here until too late. I bought the second one down on ebay last night. I was always leaning towards the top one but decided that the striped band might really be a bit much at the last minute.

I liked the blue one

Talon wrote:

dunnas wrote:Nobody was any help at all here until too late. I bought the second one down on ebay last night. I was always leaning towards the top one but decided that the striped band might really be a bit much at the last minute.

Well you only gave us a day.

Anyway, you made a good choice. I like that one... classy but subtle. I like that last one, too. Something about a nice watch with a dark blue face :miller: . My Seiko is like that.

I'm an impatient person.