Hi all,
I just realised although I've been here a while and enjoying it I had committed the cardinal sin of not posting a intro so here it is.
My name is Marc although go under the user name Dogmann or Dogmann55 on various forums as this was a nickname given to me due to my obsession with working dogs and my breed of choice the Dobermann. Was actively involved in working protection dogs up until a serious and chronic back issue meant I was no longer able to.
My posting my be a little erratic as due to my chronic back condition I am on enough opiates to kill most people currently 300mg OxyContin per day and 160mg OxyNorm per day and even after all that am in really bad pain most of the time I spend a lot of time on forums as a distraction technique from the pain. After a few major back surgeries I have ended up with a Fusion of the spine from my L3-S1 disc's here is an X-Ray of what my back looks like.
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Marc Obermann, on Flickr
Watch wise I've been into watches since a young child as a friend of the family used to import Swiss watches so I used to get loads of them as I got older my father changed careers and ended up in the jewellery business and then went into retail. He was the manager at Tourneau @Bal Harbour and I joined him and lived in Miami for about 9 months. When he returned to the UK he joined Mappin & Webb and went from being a Watch Manager to general manager at both the Knightsbridge and Regent Street stores as well as working as a trouble shooter visiting various branches. I tend not to hoard watches as like to wear them not store them so usually only have a couple at any time. I found this great forum after buying my first Vintage Omega an all original Baby PlopProf. This forum has also led me into getting my first Zenith which is my latest acquisition. My preference really is dive watches but appreciate all beautiful watches my current watches are
Zenith El Primero Red Ltd Edition 36000 VpH 42mm
Omega Baby PloProf 166.0250
UTS 1000m Pro Diver Anthracite dial
Scubapro 500 Silver Bezel
Sinn 180a Ti Chrono
Marc
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