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To Much F...ing Perspective ... Enjoy

  1. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Mar 14, 2017

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  2. Watch_n_Wrist Mar 14, 2017

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    A great article!
     
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  3. alam Mar 14, 2017

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    "too much" was an understatement! :p
     
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  4. LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Mar 14, 2017

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    Shteyngart is a pretty deft satirist. That he did not skewer the watch community reveals some real affection on his part.
     
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  5. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Mar 14, 2017

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    He's one of us....
     
  6. LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Mar 14, 2017

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    I wonder if he is actually among us. I can't think of anyone who is as epically neurotic as his characters are, and as I assume he can be, but I wonder if he is among us
     
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  7. oddboy Zero to Grail+2998 In Six Months Mar 14, 2017

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    Now, who's going to Basel?
     
  8. watchknut New watch + Instagram + wife = dumbass Mar 14, 2017

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    Interesting read...I really need to grow a beard and get invited to secretive watch parties.
     
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  9. Jwit Not a doctor, but plays one on ΩF Mar 14, 2017

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    That was a great article. Thank you for sharing. Some of the feelings are far too familiar. Except for meeting famous collectors and going to RedBar meet ups(however I would love to if anyone is reading:whistling:)

    I loved the quick mention of Buffalo::psy::

    I've been thinking of getting a Nomos at some point in the future and this just made me wanna go play with a couple this week.

    Favorite quote "We were using watches to calculate our own demise, and we weren’t even doing it accurately."
     
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  10. ahsposo Most fun screen name at ΩF Mar 14, 2017

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    Yeah? And how will the missus feel about that?
     
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  11. Jwit Not a doctor, but plays one on ΩF Mar 14, 2017

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    I think if he doesn't post about it on Instagram.....
     
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  12. Kmart Mar 14, 2017

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    Favorite line of the article for me is from Jack Forster, of watch collectors - “There’s some pocket of rot in the oak of their soul that can only be patched up by watches.”

    A bit melodramatic perhaps :rolleyes: but still.
     
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  13. watchknut New watch + Instagram + wife = dumbass Mar 14, 2017

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    @ahsposo @Jwit She doesn't mind the beard, it is the mustache she hates. Note this is not the wife...
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  14. Uniqez Mar 14, 2017

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    That's one cool story to read before the bed time. Thanks for sharing.
     
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  15. ahsposo Most fun screen name at ΩF Mar 15, 2017

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  16. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Mar 15, 2017

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    Sadly I have no mustache and the last time I attempted a beard, I wound up looking like an Amish farmer. Guess I'm not a hipster Watch Insider...
     
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  17. bazamu wincer, not a bidder Mar 15, 2017

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    Was talking about this column with my wife last night. There was one part (among many) that I found really interesting, and it was the notion that a writer should never write for more than 4 hours a day. I had always wondered why some of the best authors of all-time were raging alcoholics, and that part sort of answered it for me!

    Full quote:
    "I believe that a novelist should write for no more than four hours a day, after which returns truly diminish; this, of course, leaves many hours for idle play and contemplation. Usually, such a schedule results in alcoholism, but sometimes a hobby comes along, especially in middle age."
     
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  18. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Mar 15, 2017

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    Is that an infamous heiress???????
     
  19. watchknut New watch + Instagram + wife = dumbass Mar 15, 2017

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    No, but her dad did run Jaguar-Land Rover USA for awhile. Super cool dude who was a lifelong Jaguar employee.
     
  20. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Mar 15, 2017

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    Dead ringer.