How often do you see ANY nice watch in the wild?

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Today in the cafeteria of our college, I saw a fashionably dressed fellow (I knew straight away he was, like me, a marketing guy) with a newer green dial, white gold, 41mm Rolex DJ.

I work at a local college so in-the-wild sightings are rare. Anyway, I commented on the Rollie, and once he noticed my BB Burgundy it was the beginning of a great watch nerd-out. He works for a local tech firm, has a thing for green watch dials, and while ‘not a typical Rolex guy’ he had to pull the trigger when the AD called so quickly after his initial inquiry. A really fine fellow with whom I hope to have more chats.
 
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Spotted a Tudor Black Bay at the office recently, not exactly sure of the reference, maybe 79220N, but it was definitely gilt dial, black bezel on bracelet. The dial actually really stood out, looked amazing. I think that's the first time I've seen one other than in an AD.
 
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So haven't seen any recently, but a customer noticed my hesalite 3861 today. He knew what it was.
 
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Here, within the core of Toronto, it is quite common to see people with luxury timepieces, which is always a welcomed change of pace from seeing the same blank black rectangular squares of an Apple Watch.

Today, I saw a couple of smaller Cartier Tanks on the wrists of a couple of ladies, a vintage steel DateJust, and some Bell & Ross, which I could not identify due to distance... and of course a sea of Apple Watches and Samsung smart watches with an odd Garmin thrown in here and there.
 
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Saw my first nice watch, since getting into watches and paying attention. Dunno what it was, some skeleton watch with no large brand. I was a row across from the guy, on a plane out of NYC, so figures.