Joe Biden's Rolex, and the Farce of the 'Everyman' President

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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. .

RGM model 25.
 
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I pulled out my driveway a few years ago in Indianapolis and had to navigate around a marathon in my neighborhood. As I was leaving a saw a guy squat down and urinate in my yard. When he rejoined the race I pulled up alongside him in my Toyota Highlander and yelled at him for pi$$ing in my yard...he told me to #$*&-ff and "deal with it", and the octogenarian running alongside him chimed in, "Yeah go back to Japan!"
...which is funny because I'm considerably (entirely) caucasian...
Indiana shares the rust-belt loyalty.

[side note, i drove up and flagged a police officer, who promptly pulled the two gents from the race. I jotted down the marathon # of the whizzer and promptly wrote the race organizers a letter, to which they responded with apologies and affirmation that the gentleman in question would be banned from future races. Never think running a marathon gives you exemption from common decency, courtesy, or at a very minimum an apology ADAM M. FROM INDIANAPOLIS]
 
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When he rejoined the race I pulled up alongside him in my Toyota Highlander and yelled at him for pi$$ing in my yard...he told me to #$*&-ff and "deal with it", and the octogenarian running alongside him chimed in, "Yeah go back to Japan!"
According to my Google search, the Highlander is built in at the TMMI factory in Princeton, Indiana.

So if you had “bought American”, someone in your neighborhood might be out of a job.

The ignorance of some people knows no bounds.
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According to my Google search, the Highlander is built in at the TMMI factory in Princeton, Indiana.

So if you had “bought American”, someone in your neighborhood might be out of a job.

The ignorance of some people knows no bounds.
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Yes I recall learning that afterwards, which just adds irony to idiocy.
 
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I recall somebody asking which is more American, a Ford made in Mexico or a Nissan made in Tennessee?

My next door neighbour works at a GM/Suzuki plant...one of my old bosses works at a Honda plant, or that's where he weant when he left where we worked together anyway...

I have owned two BMW Z4's (3.0 and Z4M) that were assembled in South Carolina...never made it to a roadster homecoming though (annual event at the factory where all the cars came back for a party), before they moved production back to Germany, which is something I regret missing.
 
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Judging by your picture, you are absolutely caucasian 😉
though geographically close to Japan I suppose...
 
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Judging by your picture, you are absolutely caucasian 😉
Are you sure about that? Poster for Mr. Baseball.

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Yeah, he prolly eats ice cream, too!
I can't eat Ice cream much these days. The brain freeze is something awful. I think they said he eats Chocolate Ice Cream...
 
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Another article in the NYT:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/...&variant=2_bandit-all-surfaces-decay-decay-02

This one notes his Speedmaster and Seamaster:

Which brings us to Mr. Biden, who seems to balance both horological sensibilities (how centrist of him) and is unafraid to show off his haute Swiss watches, all stainless steel, including his Rolex, an Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional and Omega Seamaster Diver 300M both of which retail for around $5,000 or $6,000.

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Likewise, his Omegas do not connote fanciness, at least in the eyes of watch snobs. The Moonwatch, while Swiss in origin, has been embraced as an American emblem ever since the Apollo 11 astronauts wore the storied model to the moon. The Seamaster is a brawny scuba watch worn by Daniel Craig’s bone-breaking James Bond.

So what to make of Mr. Biden’s watches?


What indeed?
 
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"haute Swiss watches"

Do they understand what "haute" means?
 
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I pulled out my driveway a few years ago in Indianapolis and had to navigate around a marathon in my neighborhood. As I was leaving a saw a guy squat down and urinate in my yard. When he rejoined the race I pulled up alongside him in my Toyota Highlander and yelled at him for pi$$ing in my yard...he told me to #$*&-ff and "deal with it", and the octogenarian running alongside him chimed in, "Yeah go back to Japan!"
...which is funny because I'm considerably (entirely) caucasian...
Indiana shares the rust-belt loyalty.

[side note, i drove up and flagged a police officer, who promptly pulled the two gents from the race. I jotted down the marathon # of the whizzer and promptly wrote the race organizers a letter, to which they responded with apologies and affirmation that the gentleman in question would be banned from future races. Never think running a marathon gives you exemption from common decency, courtesy, or at a very minimum an apology ADAM M. FROM INDIANAPOLIS]

Huh, I ride bicycles, and there are some times when the urge to go hits in the middle of nowhere and gets so urgent that you really have no choice but to find a tree, hedgerow, parked lorry, so as to shield passers by from seeing an overweight man in spandex having a wazz ( already the sight of an overweight man in spandex sends some people into fits.... but that's another discussion). So I can sort of understand the runner's problem.

I can also understand your not liking someone having a slash in your front garden, I probably wouldn't either (if I had a garden).

At the same time, the runner's reaction was that of a total wanker. If he has said "Sorry about that, but I really had to go.." would that have changed the situation?
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All I want to know is what watch Bernie had on?
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"haute Swiss watches"

Do they understand what "haute" means?
I hear ya. Though the NYTimes did try a bit to contextualize Biden’s watches in the broader view of watch buying:

“To be fair, none of Mr. Biden’s watches scream “luxury,” at least to watch connoisseurs who are acclimated to the thin air of Swiss watch prices.

His Rolex Datejust, for example, is considered an undisputed classic, but in another sense, almost could be regarded as entry level for a brand with head-turners that quickly climb into the five-figures.”