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GuiltyBoomerang
·"Is that a new watch you're wearing?"
"No, it's old as you've seen it already."
Works most of the time.
"No, it's old as you've seen it already."
Works most of the time.
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Stufflers Mom
·Luckily the wife has more shoes than Imelda Marcos, so I've always got that in reserve.
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Om3ga321
·My wife knows I have a problem so honesty is the best policy.
Now hiding from your friends and relatives,that's a different game altogether.
Now hiding from your friends and relatives,that's a different game altogether.
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BlackTalon
··This Space for RentNow hiding from your friends and relatives,that's a different game altogether.
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Skrv
·I always use the “Honey its on a 0% installment loan and I am spending only 300 a month to pay” and we can give this watch to my kid when she goes to college 😀. Not sure how long it will last and she is already getting wiser about putting that 300$ On 529 instead of giving the kid an expensive watch
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rcs914
·Curious why you would need to hide them from friends and relatives. Why would your watches be any of their business, except maybe telling them what a particular watch is should they ask?
It's not that they are their business, but watches are a somewhat conspicuous consumption item, if they pay any attention at all to them. I typically don't wear my Speedmaster around one friend because he's the type to google what it is, and would have a fit if he knew it cost as much as two mac book pros.
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Taddyangle
·Curious why you would need to hide them from friends and relatives. Why would your watches be any of their business, except maybe telling them what a particular watch is should they ask?
People seem to like to make stuff their business. I was out with a friend having coffee the other day, and we ran into an acquaintance of my friend. He comments on my watch, I was wearing the modern Ploprof and asks what brand it is. He then asks how much it costs!!! I respond by asking what watches do you collect. He proceeds to tell me Seiko, citizen, Buliva, he has 150 or so watches. Who the hell asks how much a watch cost?
Of all my watches the modern Ploprof generates by far the most comments. In fact it is almost every time I wear it. I no longer wear the orange strap cause it makes it draw even more attention and questions.
But I totally get hiding (perhaps not talking watches) with friends and relatives. I could not imagine how it would be if I was a Rolex collector.
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rcs914
·The Bill Davis Trio recorded a song in the early fifties whose chorus was:
“Catch ‘em young,
Treat ‘em rough,
Never tell ‘em nothing.”
I like the song a lot, but I’m not recommending that you follow the advice.
Well that goes down with The Beatles "Run for Your Life" and Mungo Jerry's "In the Summertime" for having horribly misogynistic lyrics combined with a catchy tune.
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BlackTalon
··This Space for RentI guess I don't have an issue if my friends have a fit if they know how much something I own costs. Although frankly I think it is strange to put up with friends who have fits based on things you own. What are they going to do, make you sell it and donate the proceeds to their favorite charity? 😕
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eugeneandresson
·1) Collect variations of a theme (so they all look more or less the same, and can pass for the same watch)
2) Do not educate the better half on said variations. Ever.
Preferably be open about it...however, if you are using her money to buy your watches, ignore all of the above advice, and stop right away : 'Hell hath no fury like the scorn of a woman' or something like that.
2) Do not educate the better half on said variations. Ever.
Preferably be open about it...however, if you are using her money to buy your watches, ignore all of the above advice, and stop right away : 'Hell hath no fury like the scorn of a woman' or something like that.
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BlackTalon
··This Space for Rent1) Collect variations of a theme (so they all look more or less the same, and can pass for the same watch)
2) Do not educate the better half on said variations. Ever.
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rcs914
·I guess I don't have an issue if my friends have a fit if they know how much something I own costs. Although frankly I think it is strange to put up with friends who have fits based on things you own. What are they going to do, make you sell it and donate the proceeds to their favorite charity? 😕
Oh no, just give me shit about it mostly. So I do what I can to mitigate that possibility. I have lots of watches, but most are worth less than $500 so not really a big deal, nor do they generate interest.
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ras47
·My wife has a language all her own, communicated by about 50 different ways she rolls her eyes. The important ones to know are those that indicate I should duck. 😀
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gostang9
·Very important to have a clear understanding in any healthy relationship how income will be divided between spending, savings and investments.
My wife and I have our pay deposited in a common bank account. Our bills are all paid out of these accounts and our investment accounts are also all linked. We have an agreed budget that shows how much of our total income is allocated to normal spending, retirement savings and the balance is divided equally between us for 'discretionary spending'. For anything to fall under 'normal spending' it must be agreed and approved by both of us. Within 'discretionary spending' there is some autonomy and I follow a 'don't ask - don't tell' policy.
My wife naturally likes to save everything we can for the future and she doesn't spend any money on frivolous luxury goods. (no amount of savings will ever be 'enough' for her...) Therefore, she has no comprehension why I like to spend large sums on watches, bikes, cars, tools, etc. If I tell her explicitly about each and every dollar I spend, it causes her pain and discomfort. If it do it quietly and within my 'discretionary spending' amount, she ultimately 'knows' I spend money but it doesn't cause her direct pain and discomfort. YMMV
My wife and I have our pay deposited in a common bank account. Our bills are all paid out of these accounts and our investment accounts are also all linked. We have an agreed budget that shows how much of our total income is allocated to normal spending, retirement savings and the balance is divided equally between us for 'discretionary spending'. For anything to fall under 'normal spending' it must be agreed and approved by both of us. Within 'discretionary spending' there is some autonomy and I follow a 'don't ask - don't tell' policy.
My wife naturally likes to save everything we can for the future and she doesn't spend any money on frivolous luxury goods. (no amount of savings will ever be 'enough' for her...) Therefore, she has no comprehension why I like to spend large sums on watches, bikes, cars, tools, etc. If I tell her explicitly about each and every dollar I spend, it causes her pain and discomfort. If it do it quietly and within my 'discretionary spending' amount, she ultimately 'knows' I spend money but it doesn't cause her direct pain and discomfort. YMMV
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Fritz
·pocket watches...
she doesn't seem to notice when I have a new one on.
she doesn't seem to notice when I have a new one on.
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Om3ga321
·Curious why you would need to hide them from friends and relatives. Why would your watches be any of their business, except maybe telling them what a particular watch is should they ask?
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ext1
·As a safety precaution.I have a friend in the police force and he says most of the home robberies are carried out on information past to them in general innocent discussion from friends of the victim.So I like to keep a low profile.
That's a pretty fair point. For me, the fact that the noninitiated think the watch is very low value is part of the vintage appeal. I used to just leave out my 2998-5 on my desk and nobody batted an eye. I asked several of my friends how much do they think it's worth and the highest estimate I got was $500! 😁😲
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kkt
·With my watch collection growing fast I wondered what ‘tricks’ if any do forum members employed to keep new purchases under the radar? My better half does not really seem to twig one watch to the next. So keeping to a few similar designs has helped. All the Tag Carreras for example look the same!
My youngest daughter on the other hand has busted me, and she notices every single new!!!
Tricks that have jokingly come to mind:
“It’s a Fake”
“I’ve just changed the strap”
“It came with interchangeable cases”
“I bought so many they gave me this one for free”
“They offered me this one at a cracking deal when I bought you (my wife) a watch at the same time”
So what creative ploys have your employed for ‘just one more watch’?
Just for fun. Not encouraging deceipt. She’s actually well aware by now.
😁
How old is your youngest daughter? Maybe try to cultivate her interest, teach her about your watches, maybe buy her a watch for Christmas or her birthday.
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Mark D. Stroyer
·My wife and I definitely have an atypical marriage, we instinctually work as a unit rather than having strict Assigned Job Class.
That said, she also has an actual if entirely non-enthusiast appreciation for watches. She used to just be into Apple Watches but the contagion of my madness has slowly infected her mind...well, I’ve been rubbing off and she’s had her old wearing-men’s-watches thing coming back. Just got her an old-school digital Casio.
That said, she also has an actual if entirely non-enthusiast appreciation for watches. She used to just be into Apple Watches but the contagion of my madness has slowly infected her mind...well, I’ve been rubbing off and she’s had her old wearing-men’s-watches thing coming back. Just got her an old-school digital Casio.
