The Watch Thread - Part 12

[Sensible_]

My game very small, Pelagos can liao haha.

For years I resisted getting into watches....then I bought my sub.

Let's just say I kena watch-style liver failure liao

 

[TeenTitan01]

Another lifting. Jin scary ppl here.

another armour kia?!

 

[TeenTitan01]

Doing some spring cleaning the other day and these 2 are my most treasured.

Seiko - bought with internship salary during schooling days.

Sinn 656 - bought with first bonus after stepping into the work force. Eyeing it since army days.

Anyone has stories to share as well?

Sent from Arkham Asylum using GAGT

nothing so romantic. i ownself poison ownself from the internet. heart itchy itchy. end up thousands of dollars poorer. nnb.

went through the immature "i hate rolex" cos uncles/show-offs wear them & "manufacture movement or you suck" phase quickly.

finally settled on "value retention" as the bedrock of my watch collecting philosophy since i'm a poor phuck (exception made for cheap, affordable, value-for-money watches). simply can't afford to do what tony stark does.

so what's yours?

 

[Nitrile]

My game very small, Pelagos can liao haha.

pelagos was my first luxury watch.. after that added omega, rolex and nomos to my collection within 2 years

 

[Thai_Rak_Thai]

cannot be... wouldn't PP price them at a premium in keeping with their atas brand image?

iirc, a pair of calatrava cross yellow gold cuff links listed at $8.8k a pair?!

Servicing watches is reasonable. Replacement of leather or rubber strap too. At least for these essentials

https://www.fratellowatches.com/service-your-watch-12-brands-and-their-service-prices/

 

[cyrenic]

For years I resisted getting into watches....then I bought my sub.

Let's just say I kena watch-style liver failure liao

Hahaha.. Got other fish to catch, next time then think again. At most cycle through some Seikos, easy to get, easy to let go.

 

[cyrenic]

pelagos was my first luxury watch.. after that added omega, rolex and nomos to my collection within 2 years

Hahaha, check back w me in 2 years!

 

[AyuReady]

Yup according to my dad this was the trendy model during the 80s

bark finish (as in tree bark) bezel and bark centre link. damn lkk retro but "groovy" during "its time".

 

[slow_mo]

nice tony stark come back! downloaded!

your limited red-brown GS kena quoted in WUS... super star liao lor!

499 other people has the LE GS! Nothing super about it... I'm just lucky that the shop I visited has a piece for me.

 

[GANGSTERKIA]

Hi all, Is zenith watches fine for entry level? And any particular ones to recommend? For working adult.

 

[Pagani_Z0nda]

Another lifting. Jin scary ppl here.

another armour kia?!

Lol... my bone structure big nia.

 

[Sensible_]

nothing so romantic. i ownself poison ownself from the internet. heart itchy itchy. end up thousands of dollars poorer. nnb.

went through the immature "i hate rolex" cos uncles/show-offs wear them & "manufacture movement or you suck" phase quickly.

finally settled on "value retention" as the bedrock of my watch collecting philosophy since i'm a poor phuck (exception made for cheap, affordable, value-for-money watches). simply can't afford to do what tony stark does.

so what's yours?

Share my story.....

Around May last year, got a friend out of the blue post in a whatsapp group chat he saw a rolex sub that was very worth the price. At that time, the only expensive watch I've ever tried before was a Big Bang at The Hour Glass.

But somehow I felt drawn to the Sub and felt it would be cool to wear it with a rubber strap so it wouldn't feel too "uncle" (you guys wear it with steel or nato also look cool anyway)....siao liao lor, I fell in love with it.

By late November, my heart itchy again when another friend randomly mentioned Franck Muller watches. It wasn't that I always like FM, but when I was younger, I went to Milan with a super rich friend (he asked me along only to increase his Hermes Birkin quota and as a reward, he paid for my trip) and we walked past an FM boutique there.

I remember seeing the designs of the watches and thinking that there were so unique and wondered when I could afford one.....

So I decided to get myself a Christmas present and went to Chuan Watches to choose between a Big Bang and a Vanguard. In the end, the Vanguard won because I decided to forgo Hublot completely in my pursuit of the Holy Trinity in future

Within 6 months, I've spent $16k liao....this habit jin damaging to the wallet but I feel so happy when I wear my watches

 

[cyrenic]

Within 6 months, I've spent $16k liao....this habit jin damaging to the wallet but I feel so happy when I wear my watches

Wahaha... For me it's about.. $5K in total so far.

 

[cyrenic]

Hi all, Is zenith watches fine for entry level? And any particular ones to recommend? For working adult.

Zenith is entry level?

Jin satki.

 

[coern]

depending on age and $$, different entry drug.

more uncle - rolex
yang punk - tag heuer
ginna pi - DW



joking only, don't take too seriously!

For years I resisted getting into watches....then I bought my sub.

Let's just say I kena watch-style liver failure liao

 

[Sensible_]

depending on age and $$, different entry drug.

more uncle - rolex
yang punk - tag heuer
ginna pi - DW



joking only, don't take too seriously!

Mai ani kuan leh, I only 34

 

[coern]

this is a familiar tale to many of us... maciam alcoholics anonymous meeting

hi, my name is coern and i am a watchaholic...

Spoiler

Share my story.....

Around May last year, got a friend out of the blue post in a whatsapp group chat he saw a rolex sub that was very worth the price. At that time, the only expensive watch I've ever tried before was a Big Bang at The Hour Glass.

But somehow I felt drawn to the Sub and felt it would be cool to wear it with a rubber strap so it wouldn't feel too "uncle" (you guys wear it with steel or nato also look cool anyway)....siao liao lor, I fell in love with it.

By late November, my heart itchy again when another friend randomly mentioned Franck Muller watches. It wasn't that I always like FM, but when I was younger, I went to Milan with a super rich friend (he asked me along only to increase his Hermes Birkin quota and as a reward, he paid for my trip) and we walked past an FM boutique there.

I remember seeing the designs of the watches and thinking that there were so unique and wondered when I could afford one.....

So I decided to get myself a Christmas present and went to Chuan Watches to choose between a Big Bang and a Vanguard. In the end, the Vanguard won because I decided to forgo Hublot completely in my pursuit of the Holy Trinity in future

Within 6 months, I've spent $16k liao....this habit jin damaging to the wallet but I feel so happy when I wear my watches

 

[Ed.YEO]

。。。Is zenith watches fine for entry level？。。。

（閩）哇噻！！！
阿兄實在西北會噻！！！

 

[slow_mo]

Doing some spring cleaning the other day and these 2 are my most treasured.

Seiko - bought with internship salary during schooling days.

Sinn 656 - bought with first bonus after stepping into the work force. Eyeing it since army days.

Anyone has stories to share as well?

Sent from Arkham Asylum using GAGT

My story... used to wear "toy" watches in my younger days (I'm still young now...)

Got a hand-me-down TT Rolex and wore it for years until I earned enough $$$ and got myself a Sub. Bought an IWC Pilot Chronograph (didn't know it was a well replicated model) after sometime. Also got a Sinn 566 during the sub 1k offer. My watches didn't really mark any milestones in my life.

Got to know some bad company (bad for the wallet) from the watch thread and got into some kind of addiction... the rest is history...

 

[slow_mo]

depending on age and $$, different entry drug.

more uncle - rolex
yang punk - tag heuer
ginna pi - DW



joking only, don't take too seriously!

My heart is still ginna pi leh... but I like Rolex... cos I'm a uncle wannabe.