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janice&fred
路This is a thread on being nicer so even though I'm at work and on duty I will still offer free hugs to anyone close by...
Please be nicer to thread creators and members
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SkunkPrince
路This is a thread on being nicer so even though I'm at work and on duty I will still offer free hugs to anyone close by...
What scares me is this is not far off from how we used to dress in the 70s with the short, tight shorts.
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janice&fred
路how we used to dress
I snapped this picture 10 minutes ago so speak for yourself big boy.
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JwRosenthal
路What scares me is this is not far off from how we used to dress in the 70s with the short, tight shorts.
Lots of terrycloth shirts and shorts that were too short and too tight.
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janice&fred
路It must have been my youth in the 70鈥檚 at the country club
let's not be an elitist. While my parents might not have been members of your posh country club there was a swing set at our trailer park.
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JwRosenthal
路let's not be an elitist. While my parents might not have been members of your posh country club there was a swing set at our trailer park.
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noelekal
路路Home For Wayward WatchesA little birdy told me about this thread and I'm glad to read that the majority of the forums aren't reflected in the comments made in that other thread. I hope to get to know and befriend most of you here. I've always had a love for watches and their complications that were instilled by my grandfather/father. Despite the whirlwind of a year we've all had so far, the success in my career has blessed me with the ability to splurge as I've never been able to before and purchase some fine watches this year. I decided to join this forum shortly after the purchase of the latest Omega Speedmaster with the sapphire crystal. I truly love how well this watch wears despite being 42 mm diameter, but amazing what some lug tweaking can do, hehe. Looking forward to sharing my passion of watches with you all and learning more about Omega watches and their history. Stay safe and healthy 馃榾
P.S. I enjoy NATO straps, especially on larger/bulkier watches.
Ok, now my curiosity is up.
"How did you accomplish lug tweaking:" he asks as he envisions a Speedmaster clamped in a vise with a pair of Vise-Grip pliers hovering just above the lugs.
Welcome to you by the way. Glad you joined us.
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SkunkPrince
路I snapped this picture 10 minutes ago so speak for yourself big boy.
I admit to feeling weird wearing shorts that end below my knee.
I refuse to stop tucking my shirt in, though!
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WatchNurse
路Welcome and congrats on your acquisitions! I love that so many women today are choosing standard-sized pieces rather than the dainty watches of past decades. Did your father and grandfather also have Omegas, or did you discover them just by researching?
Thank you! My maternal grandfather used to wear all sorts of watches. Pretty sure most of them were of the Timex/Swiss army variety types. For a good portion of his early life, he was a fisherman and sold ice cream pops back in the 1940s/1950s in Cuba growing up which meant he needed a watch that he wouldn't feel bad about banging up, plus the whole budget aspect (he grew up during that whole depression-era/poverty lifestyle so even when he had money, he didn't spend it.) My father is on the other spectrum. He worked very hard and would save up to splurge on the "finer things" in life- a lover of music (think decked out stereo system, we're talking 1970-1990's here haha) and Rolex's. I recall seeing him always wearing a two-tone Submariner, I wanna say late 1980's/early 1990's timeframe? He still has it. That led me to develop a love for watches and leaning towards the ones that my mom enjoys calling "not lady-like" lol. I'm 32 and honestly, don't give a damn what people think at this point in my life. Along with the Speedmaster, I recently acquired a Tudor BB58 Navy (First Tudor woo hoo). It wears very comfortably compared to the Submariner 114060. I hope to pass the same passion and love for watches to my future children.
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WatchNurse
路Ok, now my curiosity is up.
"How did you accomplish lug tweaking:" he asks as he envisions a Speedmaster clamped in a vise with a pair of Vise-Grip pliers hovering just above the lugs.
Welcome to you by the way. Glad you joined us.
Thank you for the warm welcome! Glad to be here.
Oh my... No, no. Not that extreme haha. Farthest I'll go with tinkering with watches is replacing the batteries of my own quartz watches, resizing the bracelets (Speedy was a PAIN to resize but worth it) and recently learned how to remove the stem/crown. I was referring to the designing/engineering Omega did to make the lugs/watch overall wear comfortably for both bigger/smaller wrists. My 6.3" wrist can handle the Speedy, 馃槈
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killer67
路Thank you for the warm welcome! Glad to be here.
Oh my... No, no. Not that extreme haha. Farthest I'll go with tinkering with watches is replacing the batteries of my own quartz watches, resizing the bracelets (Speedy was a PAIN to resize but worth it) and recently learned how to remove the stem/crown. I was referring to the designing/engineering Omega did to make the lugs/watch overall wear comfortably for both bigger/smaller wrists. My 6.3" wrist can handle the Speedy, 馃槈
Welcome and good to see more female collectors on here. Now let鈥檚 see the BB58
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Thrasher36
路I鈥檝e enjoyed this forum because the members, for the most part, are polite and act with a modicum of proper decorum.
Those threads were a train wreck. There are things one should learn early not to vocalize in polite company. Disparaging someone鈥檚 purchases based on price-point is way up on the list of gauche behaviors that say far more about the speaker than his or her intended target.
Assuming it鈥檚 true that a Rolex AD or boutique sets aside it鈥檚 most desirable models for customers who spend grand sums, it鈥檚 a simple and polite move to just agree that the salesperson鈥檚 dismissive attitude reflected poorly on the brand. Choosing instead to communicate an embarrassingly condescending attitude about the watch someone bought was in bad taste. While it鈥檚 true that in the world of this hobby, a $7,500 watch may be at the low end of what is possible, it鈥檚 also true that someone who purchases a new F.P. Journe or Patek Phillipe would think a gold Rolex Presidential is mere pocket change.
Something for all of us to keep in mind and hopefully learn some humility from: that disparaged $7,500 Rolex is 15.6% of the average annual income for US workers. Disparaging a watch like that for its low price displays a sordid level of snobbery and elitism.
All of us who have the disposable income to own more than one watch - Timex, Hamilton, Omega, or A. Lange & Sohne - are blessed and our deportment should reflect that.
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killer67
路I am a big fan of the color blue and this specific color has a nice matte range depending on the lightning. Highly recommended!
Great piece matches your outfit perfectly
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kelsey
路My wife missed out on the 50th moonshine., as I鈥檓 sure many others did.
Upcoming Snoopy my OB informs me we can only have 1 so this time I miss out 馃檨
Not everyone who wants an LE gets one 馃檨
I hope flippers don鈥檛 turn any Omega鈥檚 into another Rolex or Steel Patek 馃檨
(not being bitter though all first world problems in the grand scheme of things).
Upcoming Snoopy my OB informs me we can only have 1 so this time I miss out 馃檨
Not everyone who wants an LE gets one 馃檨
I hope flippers don鈥檛 turn any Omega鈥檚 into another Rolex or Steel Patek 馃檨
(not being bitter though all first world problems in the grand scheme of things).
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mr_yossarian
路Not very clever, and also inaccurate, since I have a substantial history on the forum by which you and others can judge me.
Dan..he also has a substantial History on this Forum, even though it's split over at least 3 banned profiles..and a fourth to come.
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