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Re: The Watch Thread
[Re: NickyEyes1]
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08/16/13 04:35 PM
08/16/13 04:35 PM
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pizzaboy
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I'll have to look into citizen watches. Like I said, great watch for the money  .
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
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Re: The Watch Thread
[Re: pizzaboy]
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08/16/13 09:36 PM
08/16/13 09:36 PM
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Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 19,697 AZ
Turnbull
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And I also have the Presidential Rolex that my wife gave me for our 20th, but it's too heavy and I usually just wear it to weddings and whatnot.
...useful as a knuckle-duster, though...  I have a jeweled Montreaux, which was given to me when I retired. Only wear it for special occasions. Also a clumsy Fossil with an overly wide leather band  Plenty of el cheapos for everyday use. All electronic watches use the same cheap microcircuit to keep time, so the differences are for style and luxury, not accuracy or reliability.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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Re: The Watch Thread
[Re: NickyEyes1]
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08/17/13 01:13 PM
08/17/13 01:13 PM
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The Italian Stallionette
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For whatever reason, I've never been into a particular watch and as of late I don't even wear a watch.  Both my kids check the time.......by cell phone (what else?)  They don't wear watches. Me, my watch broke and I will likely get another one at some point tho I have no specific brand in mind. Anyone(probably the ladies) remember the ring/watches? Rings that were actually watches? I still have two. One of mine from the 70s and one that was my mother's from that same time period. Never wear them but I always thought they were kind of neat at the time. TIS
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Re: The Watch Thread
[Re: NickyEyes1]
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08/18/13 12:19 PM
08/18/13 12:19 PM
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Lou_Para
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I don't know about anyone else,but I could never wear a watch for more than a few months without nicking,scratching,or otherwise damaging it,so I went with El Cheapo ones.Nowadays with smart phones,and clocks virtually everywhere,I don't need a watch to tell the time,so I quit buying twenty dollar Timexes 2 or 3 times a year. I do like the look of a nice watch when I'm dressed up,so maybe I'll spring for something decent,but it will go on when I'm dressing,and come off when I get home.
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Re: The Watch Thread
[Re: Sicilian Babe]
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08/18/13 08:49 PM
08/18/13 08:49 PM
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Posts: 8,766 South of the Pinelands
MaryCas
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LOVE watches. I have two Movados, a couple of Fossils, a Michael Kors, three Marc Jacobs, two Phillipe Starcks, a couple of Wengers, an Anne Klein, a Skagen and a Citizen. I also love to buy watches at flea markets that are designer look alikes that you can pick up for $8 or $10. I have one I bought a couple of years ago in Florida that's a copy of a Cartier design. It's still going strong. No excuse for being late! 
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, whoever humbles himself will be exalted - Matthew 23:12
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Re: The Watch Thread
[Re: NickyEyes1]
#735337
08/18/13 08:55 PM
08/18/13 08:55 PM
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MaryCas
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I've worn an Eddie Bauer, Swiss Army watch for about 20 years. Funny coicidence; I've never seen the watch on anyone else...except, in November 2000, I was on a train in England and I happen to notice the woman sitting across from me had the same watch. I said, "Nice watch", and I held mine up. She smiled and I asked where she was from. Her reply, Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey. At the time I was living in Suffern, NY, about 15 miles from Hasbrouck Heights. Small world.
I also have a Seiko, self-wind watch that I got in Bermuda on my honeymoon, 43 years ago. Only wear it when the battery dies on the Eddie Bauer.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, whoever humbles himself will be exalted - Matthew 23:12
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Re: The Watch Thread
[Re: MaryCas]
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08/23/13 01:49 PM
08/23/13 01:49 PM
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Posts: 8,845 Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK
Yogi Barrabbas
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I have not worn a watch in years, kept breaking them brawling in bars Yeah right. You worn a watch in the bars because your mum told you to be home by 9pm. She broke your watch by smashing it over your head for coming home late. Well that's what she told me.  I got in the habit of wearing a watch when I was a cable splicer and I had to know when to take lunch and when to quit. Are you my mothers mystery man????
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!
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Re: The Watch Thread
[Re: MaryCas]
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08/25/13 08:12 AM
08/25/13 08:12 AM
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Posts: 8,845 Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK
Yogi Barrabbas
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Never been a watch man myself, just have to look at my mobile if i need to know the time.. I think its a generational thing; like reading the newspaper. And actually talking to other people?? Not just walking round with ear phones in and staring at your mobile phone..... Jeez I must be getting old 
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!
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Re: The Watch Thread
[Re: NickyEyes1]
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09/10/13 08:40 AM
09/10/13 08:40 AM
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annecatherin
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Anyone else a fan of watches on here? If so, what do you own? Yup,, I do have a quiet good collection of watches like for everyday I have a different color and of different branded watch, but if I talk about brand then one of my favorite is Rolex, Timex, etc
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