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What watch are you wearing today?

Discussion in 'Fine Watches, Jewelry, & Clothes' started by VTChris, Sep 8, 2007.

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  1. futureowner

    futureowner Formula 3

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    Thad
    #6526 futureowner, Jan 4, 2016
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  2. JOEA2

    JOEA2 Formula 3

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  3. elipinski

    elipinski Formula 3

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    Emanuel
    #6528 elipinski, Jan 4, 2016
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  4. PAP 348

    PAP 348 Nine Time F1 World Champ
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    Dec 10, 2005
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    Mount Isa, Australia
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    Pap
    Very nice. :)
     
  5. 4re308

    4re308 F1 Rookie

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    #6530 4re308, Jan 5, 2016
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  6. PureEuroM3

    PureEuroM3 F1 Veteran
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    Thomas
    #6531 PureEuroM3, Jan 5, 2016
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  7. wbklink

    wbklink F1 Rookie
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    That is really beautiful I would have never thought of putting a strap like that on ��
     
  8. PAP 348

    PAP 348 Nine Time F1 World Champ
    Lifetime Rossa Owner

    Dec 10, 2005
    99,167
    Mount Isa, Australia
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    Pap
    Great watch man. :)
     
  9. TC94

    TC94 Formula 3
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    CThruU
    Nice watch.
     
  10. rockitman

    rockitman F1 Veteran

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    #6535 rockitman, Jan 5, 2016
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    Love it...a Franck Muller is on my future hit list.
     
  11. GuyIncognito

    GuyIncognito Nine Time F1 World Champ
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    #6536 GuyIncognito, Jan 5, 2016
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    not sure why, but those watches always remind me of vintage Parisian metro stop signs. there's a certain art deco modernism about them. I love them.
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  12. Hardistyfezza

    Hardistyfezza Formula Junior

  13. Graz

    Graz Formula 3

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    Graziano
    #6538 Graz, Jan 6, 2016
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  14. lukek

    lukek Formula 3
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    #6539 lukek, Jan 6, 2016
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    Time for a vintage post. Here is my Heuer Autavia Viceroy.
    The full story of this watch is pretty intriguing. It was the first automatic chronograph ever. Heuer put the crown on the wrong side to emphasize this. It makes it a pain to adjust time, but the public quickly understood that it did not need to be wound.

    Before Heuer partnered with a cigarette company they were a boutique brand and sold a few thousand of these watches per year at ~$200 to gearheads and sportsmen. After the campaign where you could get one for $88 with a proof of purchase from a carton of Viceroy cigarettes....they sold a few thousand per month. Exact figures and history are in this excellent hodinkee article:
    https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/ode-to-smoke

    Can you imagine this sort of a scheme now? For example....Breguet wants to increase market penetration, so they partner with a medicinal marijuana company out of Colorado?

    Here is the pic. BTW, I am shifting the monogram to the right cuff. It makes things too busy. I am also looking at all those bands and bracelets that people are wearing in the posts here. Lastly, the watch just happened to be at 10:10, which is recommendation for watch photos in catalogues (looks symmetrical, so more appealing)
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  15. GuyIncognito

    GuyIncognito Nine Time F1 World Champ
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    thanks for sharing that link...I'd never heard of the Viceroy promotion! interesting stuff.

    nice watch btw :)
     
  16. JaguarDriver

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    My father smoked. I got him to save up the labels and bought one new as a teenager with grass cutting money. I went the extra $20 and got the mesh bracelet instead of the rubber one. I still have it. I sent it to Heuer a few years back and they sent it back like new. One of the few watches I bought brand new.
     
  17. dstacy

    dstacy F1 World Champ
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    Worth a ton! Good for you.
     
  18. Tcar

    Tcar F1 Rookie

    I have a 20 year old Jaeger LeCoultre watch,

    Any ideas on how to price and/or sell.

    Couple places here in Denver that say they buy watches, but I don't want to walk in with "sucker" on my forehead. ha.

    Have the original box/case and literature.

    Very good condition.


    I can post the model if that helps.

    Thank you in advance.
     
  19. PAP 348

    PAP 348 Nine Time F1 World Champ
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    Dec 10, 2005
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    Very nice! :)
     
  20. plastique999

    plastique999 F1 Veteran
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    Edward

    You can try Watch Recon ....


    Sent from my 16M
     
  21. plastique999

    plastique999 F1 Veteran
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    VC Toledo 1952
    Love the lugs
    [​IMG]


    Sent from my 16M
     
  22. IPO1

    IPO1 F1 Rookie

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    #6547 IPO1, Jan 9, 2016
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  23. elipinski

    elipinski Formula 3

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    IPO1, really love your style! Congrats 👍


    Sent from my iphone with Tapatalk
     
  24. desmomini

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    #6549 desmomini, Jan 9, 2016
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  25. dstacy

    dstacy F1 World Champ
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    Dave
    Rolex 5500 Air-King = stealth wealth.

    Nice watch.
     

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