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Past loves that you wish you still had.
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gemstar
·Quite a resemblance.For sure
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Taddyangle
·Only this one.
I lost a fair amount of weight since then, and my wrists are about 1/4-1/2 inch smaller now, so I'm not sure how will it would fit these days. Or at least that is what I tell myself to lessen the mistake of selling 😀 And I have messaged the guy I sold it to at least twice. Last time he said he bought a bracelet, so I won't bother asking again, as that one on a braclet would be comparable or better than the Gemini 4.
I lost a fair amount of weight since then, and my wrists are about 1/4-1/2 inch smaller now, so I'm not sure how will it would fit these days. Or at least that is what I tell myself to lessen the mistake of selling 😀 And I have messaged the guy I sold it to at least twice. Last time he said he bought a bracelet, so I won't bother asking again, as that one on a braclet would be comparable or better than the Gemini 4.
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Draven
·Only this one.
I lost a fair amount of weight since then, and my wrists are about 1/4-1/2 inch smaller now, so I'm not sure how will it would fit these days. Or at least that is what I tell myself to lessen the mistake of selling 😀 And I have messaged the guy I sold it to at least twice. Last time he said he bought a bracelet, so I won't bother asking again, as that one on a braclet would be comparable or better than the Gemini 4.
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dwboston
·Only this one.
... as that one on a braclet would be comparable or better than the Gemini 4.
Heresy. 😀
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ulackfocus
·Don't look back on what you wish you still had because if you were able to achieve such greatness at one time you already succeeded. There is only greater things ahead.
Do you write motivational posters? Or Hallmark cards? 😜
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Taddyangle
·Heresy. 😀
From 3 years ago. A sports watch, dress watch and a Speedmaster. Damn near perfect rotation (yes I love blue dials). I still have the JLC dress watch and the Speedmaster. I was in NYC a few weeks back, stopped by the Blancpain Boutique, they wanted $17.5k for the blue FF w/bracelet. I did not even bother trying it on, and jetted out of there and went to the OB. Posting this pic makes me regret selling the FF even more now.
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Tony C.
··Ωf Jury member🙄...
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dwboston
·From 3 years ago. A sports watch, dress watch and a Speedmaster. Damn near perfect rotation (yes I love blue dials). I still have the JLC dress watch and the Speedmaster. I was in NYC a few weeks back, stopped by the Blancpain Boutique, they wanted $17.5k for the blue FF w/bracelet. I did not even bother trying it on, and jetted out of there and went to the OB. Posting this pic makes me regret selling the FF even more now.
That blue FF is really nice - I love blue dials as well. I have the Gemini 4 Speedy en route...
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cicindela
··Steve @ ΩFFrom 3 years ago. A sports watch, dress watch and a Speedmaster. Damn near perfect rotation (yes I love blue dials). I still have the JLC dress watch and the Speedmaster. I was in NYC a few weeks back, stopped by the Blancpain Boutique, they wanted $17.5k for the blue FF w/bracelet. I did not even bother trying it on, and jetted out of there and went to the OB. Posting this pic makes me regret selling the FF even more now.
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gemini4
··Hoarder Of Speed et aliaShowtune to ease the grieving
“This Nearly Was Mine”, Paulo Szot, Tony Award Winner
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Revival, 2009
“This Nearly Was Mine”, Paulo Szot, Tony Award Winner
South Pacific
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Taddyangle
·@gemini4 that did not help.
And to add to my story about selling the FF. I sold because I wanted to buy a NEW car and not have a loan. I had been looking at used, but the ones I looked at all had a faint odor, so I decided to buy the Rav4 new (new car smell) to replace my Cayenne S. So this was a major failure on numerous counts. Fail x3 Sold FF, bought new car (vs used), sold Cayenne S. to buy Toyota. Fail x3
And to add to my story about selling the FF. I sold because I wanted to buy a NEW car and not have a loan. I had been looking at used, but the ones I looked at all had a faint odor, so I decided to buy the Rav4 new (new car smell) to replace my Cayenne S. So this was a major failure on numerous counts. Fail x3 Sold FF, bought new car (vs used), sold Cayenne S. to buy Toyota. Fail x3
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Sharp
·When I started buying Speedmasters I was advised to only buy steel (alpha) hand models as later ones were common, so I started on that, had a couple of 2998s and sold them for £6k each to find better ones, did not end up finding the better ones 🤦
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gemini4
··Hoarder Of Speed et aliaSold a classic watch for a Toyota?
Sorry Bernard.
Sorry Bernard.
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Emeister
·There is always one watch that I think of when these threads come around.
Perhaps not as exceptional, or financially upsetting (though, after 8 odd years, almost all are) as many already posted, but I do regret not giving this one enough of a chance.
And then: First reply, first photo...
Pépère. Est-ce vous?
This is the EXACT watch I was thinking about.
@Ludi in a big way I'm hoping you just borrowed this picture as an example and that I can go on believing that Pépère was more sensible than me and has kept hold of it.
Sold from Australia (WUS ad) to @Foxy100 (and a favourite of his now wife) in England, traded (?) to @flame before being shipped back to Australia (me). I was in the early stages of collecting and sent it back to England to a friend on another forum for a trial after a fair bit of begging. Unfortunately he immediately found it too small, which had been my original assessment too. Sadly "absence didn't make the heart grow fonder". Well not until it was too late. With the assistance of my friend it was sold to a collector in France as, for whatever strange justification I came up with at the time, this was easier than just having it shipped back to me, or even just a few miles down the road to my Sister for safe keeping.
One of @Foxy100 's pics from inside Bond's DB5.
Perhaps not as exceptional, or financially upsetting (though, after 8 odd years, almost all are) as many already posted, but I do regret not giving this one enough of a chance.
And then: First reply, first photo...
Pépère. Est-ce vous?
This is the EXACT watch I was thinking about.
@Ludi in a big way I'm hoping you just borrowed this picture as an example and that I can go on believing that Pépère was more sensible than me and has kept hold of it.
Sold from Australia (WUS ad) to @Foxy100 (and a favourite of his now wife) in England, traded (?) to @flame before being shipped back to Australia (me). I was in the early stages of collecting and sent it back to England to a friend on another forum for a trial after a fair bit of begging. Unfortunately he immediately found it too small, which had been my original assessment too. Sadly "absence didn't make the heart grow fonder". Well not until it was too late. With the assistance of my friend it was sold to a collector in France as, for whatever strange justification I came up with at the time, this was easier than just having it shipped back to me, or even just a few miles down the road to my Sister for safe keeping.
One of @Foxy100 's pics from inside Bond's DB5.
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Emeister
·Fail x3
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cicindela
··Steve @ ΩF@gemini4 that did not help.
And to add to my story about selling the FF. I sold because I wanted to buy a NEW car and not have a loan. I had been looking at used, but the ones I looked at all had a faint odor, so I decided to buy the Rav4 new (new car smell) to replace my Cayenne S. So this was a major failure on numerous counts. Fail x3 Sold FF, bought new car (vs used), sold Cayenne S. to buy Toyota. Fail x3
Sell nice watch, buy BMW, Mercedes, perhaps even a Volvo, but not, repeat not, buy a Toyota.
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kkt
·Well it was in the mid 90's. Her name was Elizabeth. But alas we went our separate ways. Sorry no pic to protect the (not quite) innocent. 😗
Me too, except her name was Linda. Alas.
Oh, watches? New to watches... haven't had time to sell any and regret it yet.
But when my father's father passed away, my aunt did ask if I would be interested in a watch of his, I'm pretty sure it was a Seamaster from the 1960s. This happened about 1980. But it wasn't working and 17-year-old me would have had to wait decades before I could have afforded to have it serviced, so I passed on it.
