Independence Day Watches
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Independence Day Watches
After being bombarded by ugly watches for the past two days, I'm thinking perhaps it is time for another "revolution". I just flew home to my family's estate in the Hamptons for the 4th of July weekend and thought I would share my "travel experience" as related to watches. For the love of God, is there no common man left who appreciates fine timepieces? Since when did the size of a watch equate to the quality of a watch?
I've been in Bombay for the past week, vacationing with a few chums from my alma mater. Accompanying me was one of my favorite traveling trios .... Rolex Submariner, JLC Master Geographic, GO Senator. Likewise, my associates had an impressive array of timepieces as well. Nate spent most of the time wearing his latest acquisition, a rose gold Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Flyback Chronograph, while Sloane alternated between a Breguet Marine Big Date and his 18kt white gold IWC Portuguese. The 3 of us have been avid collectors for the past 20 years, starting in our teens.
BACK ON TOPIC:
Traveling alone, I took to "watchspotting" as I call it and suffice it to say was very disappointed this trip. When I arrived in New York, the airport was bustling with overweight travelers and their fat families. Glancing around at plump, sweaty wrists I initially thought that Invicta was giving away scores of their blinged out, obnoxious, Chinese watches. Wave after wave of gold plate, orange rubber, and other hideous combinations packed in 50mm cases swept over me. I headed to the bar while I waited for my connecting hop. At the bar was a group of what appeared to be golfers, by the looks of their hideous attire. Warily, I glanced down at their wrists. TAG Heuer in effect. Jesus Christ I hate TAG Heuer watches. Can you scream " I am a middle manager" any louder? To my absolute joy I realized that the one sitting closest to me was also engaged in a conversation on his Blue Tooth earpiece. Turning to my right there was a middle age man wearing what was probably the finest blazer that The Men's Warehouse sold. Unfortunately, the sleeves were too short revealing the standard $100 Seiko automatic dive watch on ... you guessed it ... RUBBER. I'm sorry that I cannot elaborate on the model as Seiko appeals to me about as much as a fake diamond slathered Kenneth Cole. In other words, NOT AT ALL.
I began to accept the fact that I was trapped in a bar filled with tastless watches and boring personalities, when one of the simpletons next to me tapped me on the hand and inquired about my JLC. The gutteral sounds emanating from his face hole sounded somthing like, "That's a pretty neat looking watch, where'd you get it? Imagine my delight to hear that my 10K JLC Master Compressor Geographic was ... "NEAT". I mumbled something about purchasing it overseas, whereas he thrust his hobbit-like hand in front of my face and proudly proclaimed, "I just bought this baby with my sales bonus. "It's a TAG".
"Why yes it is", I replied. "It's PERFECT on you". [thinking ... a perfect douchebag watch for a perfect douchebag]. I quickly paid my tab, and headed for my connecting hop.
This was the single most disappointing travel experience that I have ever had in terms of watchspotting. I guess we are truly becoming a cell phone culture when it comes to the function of telling time, and watches are more jewelry now than functional tools.
I was pretty well drunk on gin and tonics by the time I arrived at my destination. As my family's long time driver reached down to pick up my bags I saw the all too familiar date magnifier of a Rolex. Good old Henry, he always had class.
Have a splendid Fourth of July. Cheers - Potter
I've been in Bombay for the past week, vacationing with a few chums from my alma mater. Accompanying me was one of my favorite traveling trios .... Rolex Submariner, JLC Master Geographic, GO Senator. Likewise, my associates had an impressive array of timepieces as well. Nate spent most of the time wearing his latest acquisition, a rose gold Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Flyback Chronograph, while Sloane alternated between a Breguet Marine Big Date and his 18kt white gold IWC Portuguese. The 3 of us have been avid collectors for the past 20 years, starting in our teens.
BACK ON TOPIC:
Traveling alone, I took to "watchspotting" as I call it and suffice it to say was very disappointed this trip. When I arrived in New York, the airport was bustling with overweight travelers and their fat families. Glancing around at plump, sweaty wrists I initially thought that Invicta was giving away scores of their blinged out, obnoxious, Chinese watches. Wave after wave of gold plate, orange rubber, and other hideous combinations packed in 50mm cases swept over me. I headed to the bar while I waited for my connecting hop. At the bar was a group of what appeared to be golfers, by the looks of their hideous attire. Warily, I glanced down at their wrists. TAG Heuer in effect. Jesus Christ I hate TAG Heuer watches. Can you scream " I am a middle manager" any louder? To my absolute joy I realized that the one sitting closest to me was also engaged in a conversation on his Blue Tooth earpiece. Turning to my right there was a middle age man wearing what was probably the finest blazer that The Men's Warehouse sold. Unfortunately, the sleeves were too short revealing the standard $100 Seiko automatic dive watch on ... you guessed it ... RUBBER. I'm sorry that I cannot elaborate on the model as Seiko appeals to me about as much as a fake diamond slathered Kenneth Cole. In other words, NOT AT ALL.
I began to accept the fact that I was trapped in a bar filled with tastless watches and boring personalities, when one of the simpletons next to me tapped me on the hand and inquired about my JLC. The gutteral sounds emanating from his face hole sounded somthing like, "That's a pretty neat looking watch, where'd you get it? Imagine my delight to hear that my 10K JLC Master Compressor Geographic was ... "NEAT". I mumbled something about purchasing it overseas, whereas he thrust his hobbit-like hand in front of my face and proudly proclaimed, "I just bought this baby with my sales bonus. "It's a TAG".
"Why yes it is", I replied. "It's PERFECT on you". [thinking ... a perfect douchebag watch for a perfect douchebag]. I quickly paid my tab, and headed for my connecting hop.
This was the single most disappointing travel experience that I have ever had in terms of watchspotting. I guess we are truly becoming a cell phone culture when it comes to the function of telling time, and watches are more jewelry now than functional tools.
I was pretty well drunk on gin and tonics by the time I arrived at my destination. As my family's long time driver reached down to pick up my bags I saw the all too familiar date magnifier of a Rolex. Good old Henry, he always had class.
Have a splendid Fourth of July. Cheers - Potter
...And the meek shall inherit the Earth. But until then, the rich are going to have a pretty good time.
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Who was it who said they were missing him???
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...and here I was thinking the James Bond marathon was cool.
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Damn Potter, your chauffeur has a Rolex? You guys must pay well. You need a pool boy or bartender? I'm available. I like Turnographs.
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"Pooter" (intentional misspelling) must be suffering from a gin and tonic hangover. He has an uncustomary number of punctuation errors in this post. Surely a man of his higher education and breeding would know better than to make such public errors.
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A firm believer in - and enjoying a personal relationship with my wife
Life's too long for crappy food, beer, wine & watches.
"I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food."--W.C. Fields
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A trend I'm noticing in his posts is a lack of references to the fairer sex...
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Tell me, Potter. What do you think of the Seiko MM300?
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matt.wu wrote:Tell me, Potter. What do you think of the Seiko MM300?
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Once again, I'm calling BULLSHIT.
A man of your proclaimed class wouldn't be flying commercial.... What's the matter the G550 go down?
You, sir, are no sailor and miss key details. Having flown Gulfstream V's in the past, I can assure you, you wouldn't be drinking at the bar, either.
A man of your proclaimed class wouldn't be flying commercial.... What's the matter the G550 go down?
You, sir, are no sailor and miss key details. Having flown Gulfstream V's in the past, I can assure you, you wouldn't be drinking at the bar, either.
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Hey Potter, you are cordially invited to a small GTG in Manhattan on Wednesday, 08/04. Hopefully, you're able to attend. It would be a pleasure to meet you.
Regards,
Regards,
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I still say this is DMB. Sitting there with his wolf shirt, having a good laugh at the hoi polloi.
I don't see your name on the list.
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In the alley...in the dark???snoballz wrote:Hey Potter, you are cordially invited to a small GTG in Manhattan on Wednesday, 08/04. Hopefully, you're able to attend. It would be a pleasure to meet you.
Regards,
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Sorry to disappoint guys, but I ain't the continental. He's pretty funny though.
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Connie my friend, those who have known me for awhile remember that not long ago I too once gazed down my snout at TAGs and answered with the retort, "Never!"THE CONTINENTAL wrote:"It's a TAG".
"Why yes it is", I replied. "It's PERFECT on you". [thinking ... a perfect douchebag watch for a perfect douchebag].
So...douchebag you say Well, Guilty as charged, my silver spoon fed trust fund dependent friend.
Oh and here is an older, even more pedestrian TAG along with a Seiko...usually found only on sweaty fat corn-fed blue-collar American wrists.
BTW, Bombay...please! Maybe before the '97 Asian financial crisis...That is so last decade. What were you doing in Bombay??? Returning a mail-order wife? Shameful!
If you're going to have your pearly white boarding school bottom disciplined with cane reeds, the place to be is Burma. You should catch up on your NAMBLA emails, then you'd know where to vacation.
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If you say so. Must be Derek or Sean then. You guys should tell us what state the IP address comes from.DMB wrote:Sorry to disappoint guys, but I ain't the continental. He's pretty funny though.
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Girls drink gin and tonic. Stick that JLC up your butt.
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My bet's still on Chris, Nash Chris. With a last name like vanBusKirk, it's in his blood.
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hazmatman wrote:Connie my friend, those who have known me for awhile remember that not long ago I too once gazed down my snout at TAGs and answered with the retort, "Never!"THE CONTINENTAL wrote:"It's a TAG".
"Why yes it is", I replied. "It's PERFECT on you". [thinking ... a perfect douchebag watch for a perfect douchebag].
So...douchebag you say Well, Guilty as charged, my silver spoon fed trust fund dependent friend.
Oh and here is an older, even more pedestrian TAG along with a Seiko...usually found only on sweaty fat corn-fed blue-collar American wrists.
BTW, Bombay...please! Maybe before the '97 Asian financial crisis...That is so last decade. What were you doing in Bombay??? Returning a mail-order wife? Shameful!
If you're going to have your pearly white boarding school bottom disciplined with cane reeds, the place to be is Burma. You should catch up on your NAMBLA emails, then you'd know where to vacation.
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This is what I have to say to The COCKtinental!
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Um.......Er......Hmmmm.....well,it may have been.....Errrrrr..... Happy Independence day....demer03 wrote:Who was it who said they were missing him???
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Tell what you want but I like reading his posts. Makes me feel great I was raised as I was..
Still imagining how he looks like.. PAtrick Bateman for sure
Still imagining how he looks like.. PAtrick Bateman for sure
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hahaha .....hazmatman wrote:Connie my friend, those who have known me for awhile remember that not long ago I too once gazed down my snout at TAGs and answered with the retort, "Never!"THE CONTINENTAL wrote:"It's a TAG".
"Why yes it is", I replied. "It's PERFECT on you". [thinking ... a perfect douchebag watch for a perfect douchebag].
So...douchebag you say Well, Guilty as charged, my silver spoon fed trust fund dependent friend.
Oh and here is an older, even more pedestrian TAG along with a Seiko...usually found only on sweaty fat corn-fed blue-collar American wrists.
BTW, Bombay...please! Maybe before the '97 Asian financial crisis...That is so last decade. What were you doing in Bombay??? Returning a mail-order wife? Shameful!
If you're going to have your pearly white boarding school bottom disciplined with cane reeds, the place to be is Burma. You should catch up on your NAMBLA emails, then you'd know where to vacation.
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john wilson wrote:Girls drink gin and tonic. Stick that JLC up your butt.
.....and there it is..... +1 with JW from Cleveland.
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Come on John, I LIKE gin n' tonics!
I hope Potter accepts the NYC invite.
Heck he'd pick up all the tabs no doubt?
I agree his grammar is a bit suspect at times but we've all seen how freaking DOCTORS write, so that's not a dead giveaway.
I'd like to see some wristshots though.
Maybe ol' Henry could snap us a few at least?
I hope Potter accepts the NYC invite.
Heck he'd pick up all the tabs no doubt?
I agree his grammar is a bit suspect at times but we've all seen how freaking DOCTORS write, so that's not a dead giveaway.
I'd like to see some wristshots though.
Maybe ol' Henry could snap us a few at least?
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Tragic wrote:Come on John, I LIKE gin n' tonics!
I hope Potter accepts the NYC invite.
Heck he'd pick up all the tabs no doubt?
I agree his grammar is a bit suspect at times but we've all seen how freaking DOCTORS write, so that's not a dead giveaway.
I'd like to see some wristshots though.
Maybe ol' Henry could snap us a few at least?
+1
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