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❅ Types of Watch Guys & Gals ❅
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··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorThe Kool-Aid collectors
Have drank the brands Kool-Aid and they are converted. They buy a bike and a name tag and are on a two year mission to spread the word and let everyone know how brilliant there new found brand is 😗
Have drank the brands Kool-Aid and they are converted. They buy a bike and a name tag and are on a two year mission to spread the word and let everyone know how brilliant there new found brand is 😗
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Onion0909
·Bespoke starter
The guy that gets into watches and buys several watches at the $500 price range. Has 5 watches before he realised he should have just bought a Omega Speedmaster to start with as now he has a Speedmaster and 5 watches he never wears. The 5 mid range watches led him to researching about a quality watch.
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gbesq
·The Closet Rolex Omega Man
Rolex didn’t win the NASA competition. Rolex isn’t the official timekeeper for the Olympics. Rolex doesn’t have METAS certification. James Bond doesn’t wear a Rolex .... well, not anymore. No Rolex watch has been on the moon. That cyclops thing is hideous. Omega had the fluted bezel first. Rolex steel isn’t that great. Who would wait a year for a Rolex and then pay full price? I love my Omega. I love my Omega. I love my Omega. Damn, I want a Submariner.
Rolex didn’t win the NASA competition. Rolex isn’t the official timekeeper for the Olympics. Rolex doesn’t have METAS certification. James Bond doesn’t wear a Rolex .... well, not anymore. No Rolex watch has been on the moon. That cyclops thing is hideous. Omega had the fluted bezel first. Rolex steel isn’t that great. Who would wait a year for a Rolex and then pay full price? I love my Omega. I love my Omega. I love my Omega. Damn, I want a Submariner.
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Foo2rama
··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...The Closet Rolex Omega Man
Rolex didn’t win the NASA competition. Rolex isn’t the official timekeeper for the Olympics. Rolex doesn’t have METAS certification. James Bond doesn’t wear a Rolex .... well, not anymore. No Rolex watch has been on the moon. That cyclops thing is hideous. Who would wait a year for a Rolex and then pay full price? I love my Omega. I love my Omega. I love my Omega. Damn, I want a Submariner.
Umm Rolex watches have been on the Moon... maybe not outside the space suit, but no question on the moon.
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gostang9
·Bump for the new members of OF...
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CanberraOmega
·Have we had
The uncle-watch guy
Claims to have “inherited” a watch from his “uncle”. A clear fake, and never re-appears in the forum.
The uncle-watch guy
Claims to have “inherited” a watch from his “uncle”. A clear fake, and never re-appears in the forum.
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Walrus
·The guy who sends an offer half hoping it’s not accepted.
Sometimes, late at night, will shoot an offer to someone selling a watch. It’s not a lowball offer but it leaves plenty of room for him to get beat. Phone dings indicating offer was accepted. The guy is both happy and annoyed. I can attest to this as I just got a skx007 ten minutes ago this exact way.
Sometimes, late at night, will shoot an offer to someone selling a watch. It’s not a lowball offer but it leaves plenty of room for him to get beat. Phone dings indicating offer was accepted. The guy is both happy and annoyed. I can attest to this as I just got a skx007 ten minutes ago this exact way.
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Foo2rama
··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...The guy who sends an offer half hoping it’s not accepted.
Sometimes, late at night, will shoot an offer to someone selling a watch. It’s not a lowball offer but it leaves plenty of room for him to get beat. Phone dings indicating offer was accepted. The guy is both happy and annoyed. I can attest to this as I just got a skx007 ten minutes ago this exact way.
congrats on the pickup. I love my 009, picked up a mid size for my GF and might have gotten one of the last 007’s sitting in a box.
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whiskeredbat
·More money than watch-interest
Usually found in inner city business situations. Expensive watch but no idea about what it is. More of a status symbol than anything else.
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CanberraOmega
·The caltrava guy
Calls every elegant dress watch a caltrava
https://omegaforums.net/threads/need-opinions-omega-calatrava-cal-268.109352/
I once said to someone “nice Pepsi” his annoyed response “no! It’s a Rolex!”
Calls every elegant dress watch a caltrava
https://omegaforums.net/threads/need-opinions-omega-calatrava-cal-268.109352/
More money than watch-interest
Usually found in inner city business situations. Expensive watch but no idea about what it is. More of a status symbol than anything else.
I once said to someone “nice Pepsi” his annoyed response “no! It’s a Rolex!”
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NikolShep
·Have we had
The uncle-watch guy
Claims to have “inherited” a watch from his “uncle”. A clear fake, and never re-appears in the forum.
Yes, that has been covered beautifully already. I keep coming back to read this. Very descriptive, great English and amazing knowledge and depiction of human's emotions. Brilliang writing, as most, if not all, posts by Mouse_at_Large I've come across.
The Pigeon Poster
Flutters in, clutching its uncle's/late father's/grandfather's/friend's (insert relative/friend/imaginary friend as appropriate) watch in its scabby claws. Doesn't set an avatar or read any of the stickies. Demands immediate advice as to authenticity/value/provenance etc based on two out-of-focus photos. Either gets really upset when told it's a worthless piece of crap or immediately buggers off to sell it on Evilbay or similar. Often craps on the forum floor before leaving. Also known as "the flying rat".
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wilderbeast
·I may have done that on another Seiko lol.
congrats on the pickup. I love my 009, picked up a mid size for my GF and might have gotten one of the last 007’s sitting in a box.
As a relative newcomer, I’ve loved reading this thread. Worrying how many tropes from different types resonate. But I blame you guys for them all in the first place. I was content with my beautiful redial until I came here. 😁
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··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorHave three watches what tools do I need to service them.
You know the drill, asks what tools it takes to service a watch. Thinking it is a $100 worth of tools and they are good to go. Hey I tune my car and fix my motorbike a few times is often boasted. Question usually comes about after a quote of over half the price of their last EBay purchase.
Goes quiet after 10 posts from their question when they have done the math on how much the 20 tools they didn’t know about get mentioned.
You know the drill, asks what tools it takes to service a watch. Thinking it is a $100 worth of tools and they are good to go. Hey I tune my car and fix my motorbike a few times is often boasted. Question usually comes about after a quote of over half the price of their last EBay purchase.
Goes quiet after 10 posts from their question when they have done the math on how much the 20 tools they didn’t know about get mentioned.
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High Hope
·My Name is High Hope and I'm a Watch Addict Guy.
Watch Buyers Anonymous. Finally buys a minty Hesalite Pro and immediately is intrigued by the Mark II Reissue thread here:
https://omegaforums.net/threads/fit-to-purpose-the-speedmaster-mark-ii-reissue.58574/.
Googles prices for minty, boxed, cards and papers Mark IIs. Swears off $500 watches and orders a Maen Hudson in the same breath.
Watch Buyers Anonymous. Finally buys a minty Hesalite Pro and immediately is intrigued by the Mark II Reissue thread here:
https://omegaforums.net/threads/fit-to-purpose-the-speedmaster-mark-ii-reissue.58574/.
Googles prices for minty, boxed, cards and papers Mark IIs. Swears off $500 watches and orders a Maen Hudson in the same breath.
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Tet
·The guy who sends an offer half hoping it’s not accepted.
Sometimes, late at night, will shoot an offer to someone selling a watch. It’s not a lowball offer but it leaves plenty of room for him to get beat. Phone dings indicating offer was accepted. The guy is both happy and annoyed. I can attest to this as I just got a skx007 ten minutes ago this exact way.
Have done this more than once. I think the excuse "I didn't expect my offer to be accepted" no longer washes with the wife. 😬
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Stewart A
·The Just One More, and I'm done!
Keeps buying "The One", loves each one every time he puts them on, but still longs for one more. Just one more, and I can stop. Justifies the purchase with, well this one has this or that feature, shape, size or color. Does not sell any. Really really wants to stop! Maybe this type is The Addict...
This affliction appears to be contagious and have a very LONG periods of activity and dormancy. It silently sneaks up on you and - BOOM -- you go nuts.... then it recedes and all is well for a while until----BOOM--- it hits you again. Sad this is, there is NO vaccine or cure for this condition! Patients with this affliction are forced to endure this chronic syndrome for years to come. I'd better get a bigger watch box 😎.
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Modest_Proposal
·If wasn’t for these previous owners who took great care and pride in the wonderful preserved omega watches all of
Us on this forum would have nothing to marvel at
We now live in a society where most things are completely disposable
The watches omega made in their hayday were made to last for generations
Just be content that the original purchases of the pieces we all now eagerly seek
Had a very different set of attitudes to their possessions
Care? Maybe sometimes. Many were simply bought and forgotten about or gifted to people who didn't care to wear them. Those tend to be the ones in the best condition.
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arturo7
·The Haute Couture Watch Enthusiast
Watches are a fashion statement.
Shoes, belt, and wristband never clash.
Brings two watches to a dinner party; one dining, another for the cigars afterwards.
Watches are a fashion statement.
Shoes, belt, and wristband never clash.
Brings two watches to a dinner party; one dining, another for the cigars afterwards.
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