I also had an encounter with a gentleman wearing a faded Pepsi GMT at Universal Studios Orlando last month just before Halloween. He didn't recognize my Omega Ti Planet Ocean 9300 but was interested in seeing it as well.

It was funny because he said that he has a new replacement Rolex Pepsi bezel but was "saving it until after he wears out the original bezel". He didn't know that the value of the watch is actually higher with it's original faded bezel, especially since it had no scratches.

 

When I’m up in the city I see a lot of Rolex’s and then probably Semasters, but I’ve never seen a Speedy in the wild.

 

Very nice! I used to have a full Parker 25 and 45 set when I was at school, but I think they have sadly been lost.

These days I have a Pilot vanishing point and a cult pens mini fountain for work. All in the effort to try and improve my handwriting.

Sadly it’s not working.

 

Every day!

 

Finally, something decent in the wild. A young non-watch-nerd colleague showed up at a charity event tonight wearing this hand-me-down from his wife’s grandfather. Cut myself off mid-sentence when I saw it. Marry well my friends.

 

Did he know?

 

NO! He just knew the obvious, that it’s an old Rolex. His eyes bugged out when I gave him a ballpark appraisal.

 

I hope you gave him the short list of do's and dont's for vintage Rolexes.

 

Now he won’t wear it anymore !

 

Saw a guy yesterday wearing daytona 116500LN

 

Attended a retirement party for a colleague, and a mutual friend and watch nerd showed us his newly purchased vintage Cartier tank Americaine. Looked to be in great condition! Didn't get a pic

 

I live in a small community, so I typically do not see very many different watches other than Apple and mainly lower end quartz watches. I only ever see any nice watches at car shows/pro sporting events. Every now and then a nice bar, but typically just a datejust or sub. Wish that I was near others who appreciated my love, but oh well, I have you guys!

 

I'm currently studying in the UK. In my uni I see mostly fashion watches and ceramic Rolex sub. That's pretty funny, no AD has any steel sub in stock but this is hand down the model I see the most in the wild with 5 digits Sub (apart from fashion watches).

 

40 years of watch collecting and other than Rolex's I've seen less than a dozen really expensive watches. Two weeks ago I saw a young Asian women on a Melbourne, Aust tram on Collins St wearing a solid gold PP Nautilus, it was real and it was spectacular.

 

Saw my first Speedmaster in the wild last Friday, nice looking vintage Moonwatch. Good to see in a sea of smart watches.

 

I was in a chinese restaurant when this lady, probably the owner, served me while wearing rose gold daytona on her wrist

 

I was at a meeting in San Diego a couple of weeks ago. One of the other attendees was wearing a nice orange bezel Planet Ocean Seamaster; I was wearing my Rolex Datejust. We chatted about watches over a beer - his other watch is a Rolex GMT II and mine a GSOTM Meteorite.

 

I was interviewing somebody for a position and I look down on his wrist to see a faded pepsi bezel Rolex GMT Master. I asked if he was a watch guy, he noted no, that it was his fathers, from 1970 something and it held immense sentimental value (hard to blame him). He also outlined how people are always trying to buy it from him. Since the convo wasn't going to take root I focused on why he was there but came back after the next round of interviews and was like..."you know how much that is worth right..." and his eyes bugged out. Of course he'll never sell it due to the sentimental value but it's always fun to watch the look on somebody's face when you give them the deets.

 

Ha, you're reminding me of a time I walked into someone's office and I noticed another colleague was wearing a (modern) Speedmaster.
I noted in passing, "ah, you're aiming for the moon " - he gave me a flabbergasted look and said "you know about these things?"
He did not expect that from a woman of course.