Speaking of disposable income, here's another tale from my quixotic search for fellow watch geeks. Our best friends live in the nearby community of Calabasas -- infamously it's home to the Kardashians, and a host of professional football, basketball, and hockey players (and Justin Bieber before he was booted from the neighbourhood). Occasionally we'll attend religious services with our Calabasas friends and usually I'll do a watch inventory of the congregants (instead of nodding off during the sermon). The inventory typically goes like this: Rolex, Rolex, Rolex, Panerai, Rolex, Rolex, Rolex, Patek, Rolex, Rolex, Rolex...etc. I never felt like there would be much of a payoff by trying to strike up a conversation with one of the Rolex wearers, but I did try to speak with Mr. Panerai one day: it was yet another conversation to nowhere
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