Not particularly, it is much worse where I live. In France a president was a bit bashed because he was spotted wearing a Navitimer (I think it was Sarkosy). I don't even want to imagine the noise if our current president was sporting a Rolex. A farce indeed.
These guys are wearing a Datejust worth of body armor and each carrying a Tin-tin worth of firepower....it’s all relative.
Not really...have you priced 5.56 lately?
Toilet paper wasn't the only thing being sucked into a black hole of demand lol
In Michigan, that is completely understandable. Back when I was employed by a Tier 1 automotive supplier, all our sales people were only allowed to drive American brand cars...preferably the brand of the customer you were assigned to cover, so the Ford guy would drive a Ford, the GM guy a GM, and the pointy star guy a pointy star car...
It brings up two interesting questions. If you were taking the oath of office for POTUS which watch would you wear? For me it would be my Apollo 8 Dark Side of The Moon out of respect for all those who worked on the mission. .
in Michigan of course!!! Not as much now as Toyota has plants there. But OMG in Mi and Ohio it was blasphemous not to drive an American car.
Bought a case of .223 a year or two ago- I almost choked when they rang it up. .22 is even insane. Watches, guns, cars- all of these hobbies cost serious money- none are holier than others- none are class based- I just hate the reverse snobbery. Don’t sneer at the trappings of wealth when your own hobbies/pastimes are just as frivolous and expensive.
It brings up two interesting questions. If you were taking the oath of office for POTUS which watch would you wear? For me it would be my Apollo 8 Dark Side of The Moon out of respect for all those who worked on the mission. .
Funny story...I have a friend and fellow watch collector who had a car GM dealership at one time. On the Chevy pick-up truck he drove everyday, he had this bumper sticker on the back (it was a common one seen in these parts about 12-15 years ago or so):
There was a lot of automotive industry in this area back then...not so much now...
For some reason he didn't put the same sticker on the 911 he kept tucked away in the garage...
Meanwhile in Congress...
Okay, bit dated, but you get the picture.
Strange that people get twisted up so much over what a watch a politician wears is worth, and this seems to be a particularly US thing. I think our current PM wears an IWC, and really, who cares. It's their money - they can do with it as they please.
I dated a woman about 10 years ago who’s family was very working class ‘Merkin. We went to their house for Easter brunch and when we got out of my Audi, her uncle’s first words to me were “must be nice to drive an Audi”. I paid $16.5k for my used Audi- he had a $60k Hemi truck in his driveway parked in front of his $80k camper.
To those who throw stones at Biden’s watch collection- how much does a fully outfitted AR-15 cost? We all have hobbies.
I thought Sarcozy had a stainless Daytona and his wife thought it made him look low class and bought him a Patek while he was in office
Funny story...I have a friend and fellow watch collector who had a car GM dealership at one time. On the Chevy pick-up truck he drove everyday, he had this bumper sticker on the back (it was a common one seen in these parts about 12-15 years ago or so):
There was a lot of automotive industry in this area back then...not so much now...
For some reason he didn't put the same sticker on the 911 he kept tucked away in the garage...
When the wife gifts a watch, you wear the watch.
I still chuckle thinking about her walking into a department store attempting to purchase this watch with opening lines like “there is some watch worn by some guy in some movies some time ago...”
