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tikkathree
·Actually I didn't know enough about millenials so I present the research I've just been undertaking.
"This watch says I'm a douchebag..."
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerIn talking about Blancpain, I'm surprised there weren't any comments about how douche it was to engrave the bloody name on the side of the case. Or, maybe they said it and it was edited out?
Might as well tattoo Blancpain on your forehead.
Having owned a Blancpain with said "douche" engraving on the side, it real life it's something no one would ever notice.
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Vercingetorix
··Spam RiskUnfortunately, I don’t have that technology...but I do have a Hooters trucker hat and a Hooters mask. 👍
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mydeafcat
·On the sneaker thing and scarcity, back in the 00’s I wore Simple suede sneakers for casual wear- I had 3 colors, I loved them. When I learned they were closing shop (now they are back in business but were gone for many years) I bought an new pair in each color that I liked on close-out, they were around $70 MSRP and I think they were something like $40 on sale. Flash forward 10 years and my feet had changed a bit with age, I had worn out my last pair of old Simples (which were well formed to my changed feet), and busted out a NOS pair from my closet- and discovered they pinched on my pinky toes- poop.
So I put them on eBay- and those suckers sold for around $150/pr! I was shocked.
Only Vans for me now. Like my favourite watches, they’re classics.
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mz_cle
·I'm surprised there weren't any comments about how douche it was to engrave the bloody name on the side of the case.
I've always thought it was tacky when both did it.
Not my pic.
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JwRosenthal
·Too funny. I sold my NOS Simples on eBay a few years ago. In a flash. Clearly, I didn’t ask enough! In the 1990s, Simple OS were the best. They were really great for drumming. I, too, had a few pair (likewise bought at clearance). Quality and sizing consistency really diminished toward the end.
Only Vans for me now. Like my favourite watches, they’re classics.
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cvalue13
·it's more that I would get the same enjoyment from various other 62xx references, which could be purchased for 1/4 of the price
Ah yes, I follow: why buy one, when you can have 4 for the same price 😁
In talking about Blancpain, I'm surprised there weren't any comments about how douche it was to engrave the bloody name on the side of the case. Or, maybe they said it and it was edited out?
Might as well tattoo Blancpain on your forehead.
In defense of Blancpain, the sidewall of that watch case is 24mm high and so it needed a bit of a flourish to not look like the side of a barn
In seriousness, the name flourish on the side never bothered me - it’s not near as atrocious as a $30k watch with a cartoon beagle painted on the dial 😗
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styggpyggeno1
·Unfortunately, I don’t have that technology...but I do have a Hooters trucker hat and a Hooters mask. 👍
Oh... where I come from and live a restaurant exploiting/celebrating the female breast glands would for sure have more fantasy than that when designing a hat and a mask...
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mydeafcat
·The size changes may be why they didn’t fit me- I didn’t even try them on when I got them assuming they were the same. I had the same issue with Keene shoes, they went down on sizing and I’m a 12, they don’t make a 12.5. Have you tried the new Simples yet?
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JwRosenthal
·Right! I’d forgotten it even existed!
In case you forgot you are related to people
In case you forgot where you live
In case you forgot how to pretend to behave around the family living in the place you can’t remember is your home
In case you forgot what watch you are wearing
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Syrte
·That’s a great video @Archer, thanks for sharing 👍
Anyone else noticed how they cut off the women almost mid sentence after he presented a Rado Captain cook and he told them “it’s a women’s watch’ ? They started to reply but clearly that was deemed unworthy of airing.
I wonder what it was they were going to say.
Anyone else noticed how they cut off the women almost mid sentence after he presented a Rado Captain cook and he told them “it’s a women’s watch’ ? They started to reply but clearly that was deemed unworthy of airing.
I wonder what it was they were going to say.
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Betam@x
·lol nice take
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mydeafcat
·Apparently marketing and design folks all think we have Alzheimer’s:
In case you forgot you are related to people
In case you forgot where you live
In case you forgot how to pretend to behave around the family living in the place you can’t remember is your home
In case you forgot what watch you are wearing
I was the Sales and Marketing Director of a home staging company. Whenever I went in to a home to do an estimate and saw one of these pieces of trite dreck, I threw up a little. (No, I don’t mean the watch....notwithstanding popularity among agents - after all, this is a city where a tear down detached shitbox costs $1.5M)
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JwRosenthal
·I was the Sales and Marketing Director of a home staging company. Whenever I went in to a home to do an estimate and saw one of these pieces of trite dreck, I threw up a little. (No, I don’t mean the watch....notwithstanding popularity among agents - after all, this is a city where a tear down detached shitbox costs $1.5M)
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Evitzee
·And let's not get started on audio equipment (especially the pro's and con's of various interconnects, speaker cables and power cables).
I know nothing about sneakers, but in Philadelphia if you don't have a receipt for them they are worth $50.
The world is a silly place, there are markets for all kinds of esoteric stuff that people collect. Just look at women's fashion, handbags and shoes. That's one reason I never discuss prices with people I know wouldn't understand, you'll usually come off looking like, well, a douchebag.
I know nothing about sneakers, but in Philadelphia if you don't have a receipt for them they are worth $50.
The world is a silly place, there are markets for all kinds of esoteric stuff that people collect. Just look at women's fashion, handbags and shoes. That's one reason I never discuss prices with people I know wouldn't understand, you'll usually come off looking like, well, a douchebag.
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Ness
·Blacnpain should review their nato straps.
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MRC
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Isn't that just a reaction to the price -- "anyone wearing something that expensive in public has to be...."?
Seeing it on a wrist at random wouldn't get any reaction except from the likes of us. But not from me until I can get to the optician again 🙁 I've not liked the PN from photos, but seeing one for real, even under glass, changed my mind.
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