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  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 38,593 Standard Supporter
    I am not a big watch guy. Mine keep good time are usually titanium and contain a lot of tritium. I did however purchase a Rolex for the spousal unit. Damn thing has broken several times. $600.00 bucks to have Rolex turn it around. Rolex quit selling parts years ago so you usually have to send it to them. No more Rolex.
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,741 Founders Club
    Sledog said:

    I am not a big watch guy. Mine keep good time are usually titanium and contain a lot of tritium. I did however purchase a Rolex for the spousal unit. Damn thing has broken several times. $600.00 bucks to have Rolex turn it around. Rolex quit selling parts years ago so you usually have to send it to them. No more Rolex.

    Yeah, maintenance on luxury watches is a thing. It sucks.
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  • dflea
    dflea Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,287 Swaye's Wigwam
    Every time I've considered buying a watch I've decided to spend the dough on fishing gear instead.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,699 Founders Club
    Swaye said:

    Sledog said:

    I am not a big watch guy. Mine keep good time are usually titanium and contain a lot of tritium. I did however purchase a Rolex for the spousal unit. Damn thing has broken several times. $600.00 bucks to have Rolex turn it around. Rolex quit selling parts years ago so you usually have to send it to them. No more Rolex.

    Yeah, maintenance on luxury watches is a thing. It sucks.
    I'm dreading the day I gotta send mine in have is services. Seems to be OK for now and is only about 10 secs fast per day.
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,741 Founders Club
    YellowSnow said:

    Swaye said:

    Sledog said:

    I am not a big watch guy. Mine keep good time are usually titanium and contain a lot of tritium. I did however purchase a Rolex for the spousal unit. Damn thing has broken several times. $600.00 bucks to have Rolex turn it around. Rolex quit selling parts years ago so you usually have to send it to them. No more Rolex.

    Yeah, maintenance on luxury watches is a thing. It sucks.
    I'm dreading the day I gotta send mine in have is services. Seems to be OK for now and is only about 10 secs fast per day.
    The watch makers always recommend to have them serviced every 3-5 years, but fuck that. If it is still keeping good time let it roll imo. It's like 450 bucks for a standard service. Fuck that.
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,741 Founders Club
    YellowSnow said:

    Swaye said:

    Sledog said:

    I am not a big watch guy. Mine keep good time are usually titanium and contain a lot of tritium. I did however purchase a Rolex for the spousal unit. Damn thing has broken several times. $600.00 bucks to have Rolex turn it around. Rolex quit selling parts years ago so you usually have to send it to them. No more Rolex.

    Yeah, maintenance on luxury watches is a thing. It sucks.
    I'm dreading the day I gotta send mine in have is services. Seems to be OK for now and is only about 10 secs fast per day.
    Another story. I had a really cool Breitling 1461 Montbrilliant Moonphase watch I got in the late 90's. Sweet watch. It finally started getting a bit shabby on time after almost 20 years, so I reached out to the Breitling US service center to see about getting it serviced. They wanted almost a grand to service it (Moonphase complication). I said fuck that and traded the watch in on an Omega. Lesson here is while super complicated watches can look cool, they are even more expensive to have serviced. Thinking most of my future watches will be boring ass three handers.
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  • UW_Doog_Bot
    UW_Doog_Bot Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 18,551 Founders Club
    PurpleThrobber said:

    Why would anyone on HH need a watch?

    When mom bottom dad calls downstairs for dinner, it's about 6PM. When mom top dad calls downstairs to STFU and turn down the volume on Call of Duty, it's about 10PM.


    ftfy
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  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 38,593 Standard Supporter
    dflea said:

    Every time I've considered buying a watch I've decided to spend the dough on fishing gear instead.

    I like guns and toys more than watches.
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  • UW_Doog_Bot
    UW_Doog_Bot Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 18,551 Founders Club
    Swaye said:

    YellowSnow said:

    Swaye said:

    Grand Seiko watches rival anything the Swiss make. Post WW2 Japs are cool. Pre-WW2 Japs are little yellow bastards.

    My early 80s Rolex Quilcine Oyster Datejust is feeling really chinsulted.
    Not bashing Rolex at all. I have one. And a Zenith El Primero. And a Breitling Chronomat 41. And an Omega Speedy. I love watches, and I especially love stealing them. But, there is no doubt that mechanically there are very few watches that are any better than a GS, and in many cases a GS will match or beat a Swiss watch that costs 5-10 times more. The Japs know their shit. If I can ever manage to steal a GS, bet your ass I will.

    I should also mention, for those that don't know, a Grand Seiko is made by Seiko, but is an entirely different animal. Like 5-8 grand each worth of different animal.


    I love how fast strategy it is that you own a bunch of luxury watches.

    I can't trust myself with anything that nice on my person. I'd either lose it or break it guaranteed.
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