There’s a bloke on the next allotment plot to me who wears a Rolex when working his patch. One day he turned up to water his vegetables in his Ferrari California. Typical Rolex wearing Ferrari driving allotment holder..........
I generally hang out in the Vintage Forum at TRF and I see a lot less pretentiousness among the vintage folks. I rarely see what most of you complain about.
I think the "Instagram snaps photo of cool watch, cuff links, skinny jeans, and spiffy shoes" type migrated to TRF (and other places) but that is the generation that is coming up. Some of you are those types, some of you were those types, and as you get older, you become more critical of those attitudes.
It is a forum, a collection of diverse thinking people, it happens. Get over it ; )
No Get Off My Lawn ; )
Does it matter?
I got banned from TRF a couple months back (account was like 7 years old with thousands of posts). The mod "PADI" is an absolute goof with his strong opinions and broken english. One day he decided to go on a power trip. I actually got banned on a thread comparing how the "for sale" section works on TRF vs how it works here, on OF. I was explaining how I like that you can comment here after a certain threshold of posts. I like the communal aspect and we have good moderation here so the comments on FS threads are typically benign.
Well, he of course had to disagree and say that "TRF has always been like this and it will not change" (sans grammar).
I fired back something along the lines of "well, if things never changed in the real world, women wouldn't be voting" and boom, permaban.
My best friend irl then made a post on TRF explaining what happened to me and PADI banned him too, within seconds. We were even batman donators or whatever, (they do a yearly PayPal scam thing where you pay $25 and pad the mods pockets and someone "random" gets a watch) but I digress.
I like Rolex watches, but TRF, not so much. Thanks PADI.
I'm with you some of the way. However, I really like some of the recent designs and their innovation continues apace. I love the interaction I can have with my Skydweller and an annual calendar from Rolex at the RRP price point does seem 'reasonable' (if not a bit of a steal) doesn't it?
I agree with the point of view in the initial post in this thread - and dislike Rolex's direction in the past two decades (I'd probably praise it if i were their shareholder).
I wonder if there are brands that have consciously chosen the opposite direction.
Brands that have become less "see my chunky shiny watch" and more tool and purpose built driven.
