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What are you saying to your lady after acquiring new watch?

tyrantlizardrex
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When anyone refers to their partner as "lady", my head goes here. 😁

"You're my lady... and I'm your man baby... and I can give you what you want"

 
LesXL
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This is an easy one -- I don't share the news. For the most part they really aren't interested, anyway (other then the money aspect). Better to share the news with your watch buddies, as they will likely appreciate it more.

And later when the inevitable question is asked "Is that a new watch?", just reply "I have had this for a while, mumble mumble, surprised you don't remember, mumble mumble." And you will not be lying whatsoever, as at that point you will have had it for at least a couple of days (i.e., 'a while').
As he said...
 
machamp6650
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I've told my wife I'm working on a zero-sum approach to watches these days, ie I aim to sell pieces from my collection (or other items) to fund others. It's not strictly a lie, I have been trying to budget, although the balance is pretty heavily in favour of the 'buy' side of things at the moment...
 
Marsimaxam
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Nothing and if she asks... see below

I lie...

Take a pick:

1. You know I always sell one watch to buy another... absolutely no money was involved.

2. It's a really good fake

3. I inherited it from my ( fill in the blank )

4. This, no, I've had it for years, long before we were ( fill in the blank)

5. A gift from my rich ( fill in the blank )

6. Also many watch stores can be very accommodating for a price. ( see # 2 )
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Winston_Smith
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Dude, I haven't said a single word after her 12th, 37th or 58th shoe purchase. Nor her Black Friday dress shopping frenzy. According to this silent agreement, she would/should be totally fine with my 78th watch purchase. I mean we hardly notice such novelties anyway; for her all the watches are the same and for me all dresses are new. Also for politeness' sake, I just keep saying "wow what a stunning dress, is that new?" every time, she does it for my watches and it works for both of us at least 80% of the time.

A necessary note: The numbers above aren't exactly true but nearly are. We are freaks.
 
Dsloan
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I haven't really told my partner about how much I've spent on watches, and I think she'd blow a gasket to learn that 3% of net worth is tied up in watches. I'm just going to quietly sell a few off and 'rebalance the portfolio'... But also thinking about useing the proceeds to buy a speedy...
 
Spruce
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“Oh, that parcel that came today - I’d just sent it away for a service/new crystal/gasket ........”.
 
Walrus
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I’m glad I’m not alone. I haven’t been a member here that long and it seems this question pops up about every 45 days just worded differently. I started one myself a month after I joined. I have begun pretending I don’t here questions about watches from my wife, but after the fourth or fifth time of saying “What” she is on to me. Other times she will ask about a watch I’m wearing, she hates spiders so I will point to the ceiling and say “look at the size of that spider”. That only worked once. I’ve tried saying “oh that reminds me I need to make an important call” I have feigned illness, grabbed my chest, fake feinted, pointed to the cat, starting singing Beatles songs, tbh I haven’t found anything that throws her off the scent yet. I will keep trying and report if I stumble across a fool proof method.
 
RonJ
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“Oh, that parcel that came today - I’d just sent it away for a service/new crystal/gasket ........”.

And to make it worse, often watches are sent with "signature required" upon delivery.
It is really hard to spend half a day in the garage, waiting for the FedEx or UPS truck to show up.

My wife will come out to the garage every hour or so and ask "What are you working on now?"
It requires some real creativity on creating "worthwhile activities" in the garage while waiting for the watch to arrive. 😀

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Canuck
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I suppose if I was to spend thousands on a watch (or on several watches), I might have to be concerned about my spouse’s reaction. But I’m a bottom feeder. The last watch I bought was a used 40 year old quartz Bulova railroad watch. Prior to that, it was a Hamilton Thin-O-Matic in a karat gold case that I bought for scrap. This sort of stuff doesn’t create a ripple.
 
kkt
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The last two ones have been 34~35mm ones, so I say "Oh, you can use them too!"

I expect that went over about as well as her inviting you to use her heels.
 
thelinendial
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My wife enjoys watches - and got me into the hobby. I include her in the selection process and she has a really good eye for design.
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bigsom
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She could not care less when I buy a watch. No interest at all.
 
wagudc
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We have a budget that includes an allowance for frivolous, no - questions - asked, no judgement spending. It works well for our relationship.
 
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