WOTD (watch of the day) Thread. Post yours!

Windows was great. In 1995. Android phones always felt just as dated to me.

My intel-based MacBook Pro ran Windows better and faster than most Windows laptops in its day.
 
I'll stick to my low budget, yet reliable G-Shocks.... I also have this same one in FDE...
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Also considered a "classic" from Casio. The "Duro." A great watch for about $50!

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Gold normally isnt my thing, but my pulsar ultra thin band busted and I had meet up with a attorney that thinks Im a dumb redneck. I was mowing the grass with this when he showed up.
He noticed lol.
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Found this thread this morning. I have a little history, from 1986 to 2000 I worked at a large electronics warehouse we were the middlemen for the Southwest (9 to 17 states) depending on the companies. Anyway I handled Timex, Casio, Lorus and a couple other brands. 100's of SKU's touched them all.
Had a half dozen Ironman watches and a few G-Shocks. Did not care about nice watches until I got a Seiko for a present one Christmas. Then a Citizen, I was hooked. Bought Bolivia as a present for the EX. Have SS Citizen I wore for 10 years. Now my everyday is World series Citizen. I have a clone Rolex it is a cheap version. I had a Super Clone Daytona and gave it to my F-I-L it was identical, Swiss movement. My daughter who is an assistant manager at a Jewelry store in Sun City measured it and it was only 60ms wavelengths off. Bought daughter and a friend Rolex clones as well. I get them from a warehouse in Hong Kong. There are stages of quality, buyer be where !.
One more thing safes kill watch crystals.
 
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That picture is a stock photo of a real Rolex, not a "clone." The purveyors of fakes often use those stock photos of the genuine article to sell their counterfeits.

I'm not a fan of counterfeits. When I was in Hong Kong, a lot of my shipmates were buying them. "You can't tell the difference! Nobody will know!" I can tell the difference. And I will know. :) Here's why I don't want a fake: It's because if I want a Rolex, I want... a.... ROLEX. I'm not getting it to impress or FOOL other people into thinking I have a "Rolex." If I get one, I'm getting it because ***I*** will know it's a Rolex.

Similarly, I'd have no interest in a car that looks "JUST" like a Ferrari. I want A FERRARI. For ME.... not to impress or fool others. Alas... I wish I had "such problems!" LOL!

I had a chance to buy a yellow gold Daytona with a meteorite dial some 20+ years ago. I should have gotten it! It was GORGEOUS. Alligator strap with gold clasp. But it was "too much money." It was crazy money then. I've never seen another like it since. Today, it would be worth more than double. Maybe triple. And today... you can't get one. At all. In fact, you can't buy ANY new Rolex sport model from an authorized dealer (AD). They don't have any in stock. Zero. And it's been that way for a few years.

I was just in Vegas. I went to several watch stores (to just drool), which were ADs for Rolex and many other brands. All Rolex watches at ADs are labeled "exhibition only." No shit. You can't buy one. Not even at the Rolex company boutique. All watches are for "exhibition only." But most of the slots in the case are empty. They don't even have any Submariners, Explorers, GMTs, or Daytonas to even LOOK at. If you are a REPEAT customer, they will put you on a waiting list. If you're not a repeat customer, they'll put you "on the waiting list" (as far as you know).

The only way you can get a new Rolex today is on the gray market. And you will pay a HUGE premium over MRSP. Usually about double MSRP. The market is crazy.
 
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