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Yesterday was mine, but TODAY is Oddboy's One Year Anniv. on Ω-Forums!

  1. dougiedude Carpe horologium! Oct 9, 2015

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    My, oh my, alot has happened during this year... all good! ...and I have this amazing forum to thank :thumbsup:..THANKS EVERYONE!

    I should probably also be thankful of the fact that I am unmarried, because, otherwise, there might be some amount of 'control' (or, at least, the appearance of) of the SIZE of the Collection... or NOT!

    It baffles me that I've been able to buy valuable gold and SS loot from persons I've never actually met! But this forum over time allows that.... and I'm very grateful for the friendships, but also the LOOT! Hopefully, I will have the opportunities in the future to raise a glass with some of my new buds...:D

    I'm not going to post the collection, I already did that 5 months ago, after my 1000th post:

    https://omegaforums.net/threads/7-months-of-booty-1000-posts-and-a-bit-of-reflection.25029/

    Yes, there's been more than a doubling since then ::facepalm2::, but...

    Here's my beloved first vintage (left, below) I purchased as a complete newbie (I knew nothing, and I still know almost nothing), along with my latest ('55 JLC Memovox gold cap cal. 814):

    Photo Oct 09, 10 23 04 AM.jpg

    I really got lucky with the first purchase above, a '58 ref. 2846-14, cal. 501 I bought from @jinson . Still a favorite even after 363 days...::love::

    I bought it because I thought it was gorgeous, and it was my birth year, but since then, I've bought 'birth year' watches that were merely by accident :eek:!
     
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  2. Ludi Oct 9, 2015

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    Happy anniversary watch friend !!!! image.jpeg

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  3. oddboy Zero to Grail+2998 In Six Months Oct 9, 2015

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    Congrats Dougiedude!

    Mine is tomorrow, but I'll celebrate here with you instead of making my own post.

    What a ride it's been over the last year!
     
  4. dougiedude Carpe horologium! Oct 9, 2015

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    Thanks, Joel!

    I think we've kinda grown up on here, together, haven't we?

    I love your posts, you are always asking great questions, and finding so many answers that I never would have found!

    You certainly deserve a thread of your own, even moreso than me... I'd love to hear some of your reflections, and see some of your fine watches again!::love::
     
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  5. ConElPueblo Oct 9, 2015

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    Huh, I didn't even realise that I had the same anniversary a month ago… Can't match either post count or purchase power, though! :D
     
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  6. Spacefruit Prolific Speedmaster Hoarder Oct 9, 2015

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    Keep coming back....
     
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  7. ulackfocus Oct 9, 2015

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    A year? That's it? It seems like longer than that dude!
     
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  8. marturx Oct 9, 2015

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    Congrats Dude!

    Forgot to tell you, but the Lemania Tg is a formidable girl magnet! I can never wear it when I visits bars and nightclubs etc, because I'm immediately flooded with drooling women! Most of them deadly gorgeous.

    So you know what not to do, if you wish to maintain your independency as a watch collector :D

    That is if you're a straight guy, something that one should not take for granted in this enlightened era we're living in! :)
     
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  9. Darlinboy Pratts! Will I B******S!!! Oct 9, 2015

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    W0W!

    Got to be one of the highest watch-per-membership month ratios around.

    No "governance" and a low resistance to enablement is an enviable combination.:D


    Blah blah blah on your one year anniversary! Yada yada 2016.:thumbsup:

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  10. Alpha Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega Collector Oct 9, 2015

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    Are we having a party :)

    A great year and many more of them :thumbsup:
     
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  11. dougiedude Carpe horologium! Oct 9, 2015

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    We're practically crib-mates, then..:thumbsup:....congratulations, brother!

    Agreed.

    So many watches, and so little time!:D

    Seems like years ago now, that I drained my wallet to make a small dent in your Longines collection :p...
     
  12. dougiedude Carpe horologium! Oct 9, 2015

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    Now, that's what I like to hear!

    Drooling women are my true 'grail'; the deadly gorgeous ones, of course...

    I'll slap on the Tg and try it out this weekend!... and just in case any gorgeous babes are reading this, here's a preview:

    Photo Sep 16, 5 53 23 PM.jpg
     
  13. cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Oct 9, 2015

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    Agree, seems more like 5-8. ::confused2:::whistling:
     
  14. dougiedude Carpe horologium! Oct 9, 2015

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    Thanks, Stuart, I'm still lovin' the Alpina you sold me!

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  15. watchcollect Oct 9, 2015

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    Okay,,,
    now I want/need/have gone crazy for a TG. Thanks for all of this madness! I WTB one
     
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  16. Alpha Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega Collector Oct 9, 2015

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    Looking good on you, enjoy :thumbsup:
     
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  17. watchcollect Oct 9, 2015

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    Oh, congrats on the 1yr anniversary. Still in the honeymoon stage?
     
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  18. dougiedude Carpe horologium! Oct 9, 2015

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    Just talk to Martin @marturx , the Man, above.. I think he's supplied most of us here with ours... he's our Sweet Swedish Connection!
     
  19. watchcollect Oct 9, 2015

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    Will certainly do... Whom doesn't need a Sweet Swedish Connection of some sort? @marturx
     
  20. X350 XJR Vintage Omega Aficionado Oct 9, 2015

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    :thumbsup:
     
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