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.
The Hodinkist.
Is a kaukasian male, typically Northern American between the age of 21 to 40 (there are outliers). Slightly overweight, pale and bearded. Wears his shirt buttoned up, but rarely wear a necktie. Loves bowties, but feel that they make people take him less seriously. Has a job that requires him to stare at a computer screen for at least 8 hours a day, most likely in advertising/communication. This has made him prone to believing pretty much all bullshit he reads, with the consequence that he is convinced that the founder* of Hodinkee.com is Messiah reborn and the rest of the site's editorial staff** are his disciples. The result is a number of grovelling attempts at getting the attention of The Chosen One including, praising the mediocre writing on the reviews, wearing garish wristbands like his heroes and gaining weight in order to achieve the same pudgy look. Is very fond of repeating what he has read on his favourite watch website, including the correct pronouncation of "Glashütte", "A. Lange & Söhne" and "Jaeger LeCoultre*** as well as how cool one-pusher chronographs are. Talks a lot about "craftmanship", "soul of the machine" and about being "authentic".
Dream watches: issued Rolex Submariner (because military)****, Heuer Whatevergraph-Rallyface (because Steve McQueen), Patek Philippe something-or-other (because "Cala-traaava").
*Still can't believe he calls himself "founder" of something, like it's some colony on the outskirts of civilisation or a charity foundation.
**The nerve! THE NERVE!!!!
***Failing miserably in the attempt.
***The Hodinkist will rarely, if ever, leave his room for fear of triggering his numerous allergies/his social phobies, and a military career would be as realistic as him striking up an interesting conversation with Scarlett Johanson.
The Hodinkist.
Is a kaukasian male, typically Northern American between the age of 21 to 40 (there are outliers). Slightly overweight, pale and bearded.
The OMFG look at all the watches I must have them all NOW!
Buys all the watches... Gets bored of some of the watches... Sells some of the watches... Tries to slow down and work out what he wants... Buys more watches.
And a variation of the above, the...
mid-range watch braggart:
This is the guy that goes to the chain jewelry store at his local mall, buys a Rolex or Omega, then sticks it under your nose proclaiming that it is the best watch money can buy, because that's what the guy at the store told him.
FIFY
Do we dare write about the rare but coveted...
Omega Fan Girl
Knows more about Omegas than you. Her Google Fu is exponentially better than yours, and seamlessly weaves same into every post. Cannot be matched in her ability to Photoshop up some cheesy, purposely comical images. Makes daily, sometimes twice daily avatar changes.
Do we dare write about the rare but coveted...
Omega Fan Girl
Knows more about Omegas than you. Knows more about everything than you, and seamlessly weaves same into every post. Cannot be matched in her ability to cut and paste photos, and superimpose images. Makes daily, sometimes twice daily avatar changes.
Do we dare write about the rare but coveted...
Omega Fan Girl
Knows more about Omegas than you. Knows more about everything than you, and seamlessly weaves same into every post. Cannot be matched in her ability to cut and paste photos, and superimpose images. Makes daily, sometimes twice daily avatar changes.
This is about @ulackfocus , right?
I see you like her as much as I do.
Close. 😁
Everyone on ΩF 🥰 Miss Fox. Syrte too. We gotta be nice to our female contingent - there aren't many of them in this hobby.
I like it when someone resurrects a thread that predates my involvement with the site, particularly when it makes me laugh. I can associate with almost every stereotype listed ... except the Hodinkist. I seem to have a somewhat irrational dislike of the Hodinks...
