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Date: August 29th, 2019 12:30 PM Author: abusive carnelian dog poop pit Your Watch Says More About Your Status Than You Think Even in the age of the Apple Watch and casual everything, your timepiece is sending certain signals to colleagues in the know By Jacob Gallagher Updated Aug. 27, 2019 3:17 pm ET AN OLD WORKPLACE adage says you shouldn’t wear a watch that’s fancier than your boss’s. For Tony Traina, 27, an associate lawyer in Chicago, however, it would have been difficult to find a more casual timepiece than the $399 Apple Watches his firm’s higher-ups tend to favor. He didn’t bother. As a watch-lover, he ignored protocol, showing up at work in a $1,500 mechanical watch by German brand Nomos Glashütte. But it barely went noticed.
In the past, one’s shoes, one’s suits and, yes, one’s watch spoke volumes about one’s place at work. Even though some believe status watches still send signals, today’s office has drastically evolved: CEOs wear sneakers and tell time with their smartphones; many people work remotely; wristwatches are less commonly remarked upon. “You’re more likely to get comments on a new iPhone” than a new watch, said Ryan Cecil Smith, 33, a designer at an animation studio in Los Angeles. In January, he purchased a Rolex and braced for snipes from his Apple Watch- and Casio-wearing co-workers, but so far no one has even acknowledged the pricey timepiece.
Often, wrist real estate that once held introductory-level luxury timepieces like Tag Heuers is occupied by smartwatches—which themselves quietly telegraph modernity, youth, humility, tech-smarts. Most of Matthew Marcus’s millennial co-workers at NCC Media, a TV-advertising sales company in Bethesda, Md., wear Apple Watches. “They kind of treat it as an extension of their phone,” said Mr. Marcus, 30, who is an outlier with his no-texting, no-emailing Grand Seiko watch.
Fans of status watches, however, still subscribe to the view that their timepieces can skew impressions. Kevin Weinman, 34, a CFO for a luxury retail company in New York City, believes his 18-karat gold Rolex GMT Master II “creates a better perception of experience and authority,” that matches his executive title.
When Mr. Weinman was undergoing multiple interviews for a position at a startup, he swapped that flashier watch for quieter options including a vintage Rolex Datejust. “I was very conscious of not wearing extremely expensive watches during the interview process…I didn’t want to seem as if I was priced out of a competitive compensation package.”
Griffin Caprio, 39, a founder of a podcast production company in Chicago, similarly changes his watch depending on whom he is meeting with. If he’s facing a potential investor, he skips the eye-catching green Rolex. Instead he’ll wear a watch from “under the radar” brands like local Chicago brand Oak and Oscar or a Glashütte Original which is actually more expensive than his Rolex but “is not as known to as many people outside of the watch industry.” Mr. Traina, the lawyer in Chicago, speculated that, at his firm, people don’t wear “flashy” watches in front of clients “for fear of them wondering where all of the money they’re spending is going.”
But there is more-objective evidence that status watches can cause waves. Mr. Caprio once worked as an engineer at software and technology companies, where he discovered that curious co-workers were googling his watches and learning that they went for five figures. “You almost kind of want to hide a watch a little bit,” said Mr. Caprio, who felt his colleagues looked down on watch collecting as a “stupid” way to spend money.
The idea that a watch reflects one’s place in the hierarchy definitely persists in more traditional workplaces. Myles Fennon, 40, a commercial real-estate broker in Manhattan, noted there are certain watches, including a ceramic Rolex Daytona and an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, that his co-workers buy when they’re thinking, “I just made a lot of money, I’m going to go light some of it on fire.” He prefers more-discreet watches “a couple layers deeper” than the common Rolex, like a modern Tudor Blackbay stainless-steel sports watch. He can recall a recent deal with three other brokers who all wore various Daytonas (which can retail for $10,000 and up): “On the elevator ride down I was like, ‘Sorry I didn’t get the memo that it was Daytona day.’”
WRIST MANAGEMENT // FIVE WATCHES THAT SPEAK MORE LOUDLY THAN YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE
PHOTO: BRYAN GARDNER FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, STYLING BY ANNE CARDENAS
For the sporty striver who may or may not have kayaked to work
Apple Watch Series 4, $399, apple.com
PHOTO: BRYAN GARDNER FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, STYLING BY ANNE CARDENAS For the discreet cubicle drone with tastes beyond Timex
Grand Seiko SBGE205, $5,400, Seiko, 212-355-3718
PHOTO: BRYAN GARDNER FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, STYLING BY ANNE CARDENAS For the low-key lawyer
NOMOS Glashütte Tangente Neomatik 41 Update Ruthenium, $4,100, London Jewelers, 212-381-9455
PHOTO: BRYAN GARDNER FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, STYLING BY ANNE CARDENAS For ABC Guy (Always Be Closing)
Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, $12,400, Tourneau Time Machine, 212-758- 7300
PHOTO: BRYAN GARDNER FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, STYLING BY ANNE CARDENAS For the richer, more original ABC Guy
Patek Philippe Nautilus Reference 5711, $79,000, Michael Ashton, 212-517-6655 |
Date: August 29th, 2019 12:33 PM Author: 180 gas station telephone If I woke up tomorrow the sole beneficiary of Warren Buffet's entire estate I'd still have zero interest in this dumb shit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759493) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 12:38 PM Author: startling contagious national idiot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759513) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 12:40 PM Author: Alcoholic fanboi police squad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759516) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 12:43 PM Author: supple parlor national security agency (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759524) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 12:53 PM Author: Slap-happy Orchid Candlestick Maker Codepig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759570) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 12:56 PM Author: Very Tactful Infuriating Depressive (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759577) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 12:58 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage Faggot with no appreciation for art or history. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759588) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 12:59 PM Author: Very Tactful Infuriating Depressive knew the mongolian would show up (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759600) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:04 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage Soviet watches are 180 as fuck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759624) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:04 PM Author: Very Tactful Infuriating Depressive literally know one cares about soviets or their watches (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759630) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 11:23 PM Author: insanely creepy lemon site (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38762568) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:09 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat I will say this - after I gifted my dad my Hamilton, he said he used to have a Soviet watch that was very similar (and that he couldn't comprehend why I would spend real money on something like this). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764795) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 7:29 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage Russian watches are mad money now. The Hamilton was probably cheaper than a new Russian Poljot. TTT Strelas are like $900. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38766444) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:05 PM Author: Onyx plaza multi-billionaire Glass houses buddy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759637) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 5:35 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760936) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 2:42 PM Author: Grizzly hissy fit Didn’t even need to scroll down to see this comment coming (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760136) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 3:05 PM Author: 180 gas station telephone You're exactly who I was thinking of you turbostriver weirdo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760233) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 5:35 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat (guy who paved over his yard so he wouldn't have to pay for yardwork) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760939) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:11 PM Author: Mind-boggling Hairless Locus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759678) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 5:31 PM Author: Aromatic hall (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760908) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 5:31 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle disgusting skinny woman shrine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760909) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 5:34 PM Author: Tantric ape parlour (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760933) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 10:46 PM Author: Grizzly hissy fit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38762380) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 11:13 PM Author: dull yapping orchestra pit brethren (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38762520) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 11:23 PM Author: Translucent piazza I Googled every watch in that article and none of them seemed all that appealing. A couple were pretty ugly. Even the ones that looked OK varied by a factor of 10 in price. There does not seem to be a point to any of this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38762564) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:02 PM Author: useless blue reading party (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764754) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 12:52 PM Author: Slap-happy Orchid Candlestick Maker Codepig Oddcase. Norwood level for men who care about watches is off the chart, why? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759568) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 12:55 PM Author: Pungent navy associate Furious masturbation to copies of Skymall (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759573) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:20 PM Author: Slap-happy Orchid Candlestick Maker Codepig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759729) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:19 PM Author: carmine gay wizard The two biggest watchmos at my job are both morbidly obese and Norwood 5s haha (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759725) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:20 PM Author: Slap-happy Orchid Candlestick Maker Codepig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759732) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 12:56 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage When interviewing bros I check whats on their wrists first. I autoding bros wearing anything under $10k. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759580) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 12:58 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor i like watches but i hope you're kidding. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759587) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 12:59 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage Only half kidding. Your watch better be horologically interesting and non-quartz. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759598) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:09 PM Author: Cerise Cracking Whorehouse I like watches to a point but maybe 2% of bros <40 give a shit, and literally 0% of women do. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759658) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:15 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage And yet literally every chick in my office wears either a Cartier or a Rolex (with 36mm mens Rolexs being the go to chick watch now).... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759697) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:25 PM Author: aquamarine bateful laser beams twinkling uncleanness Wow those chicks must have some fat wrists. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759777) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:35 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor i can't stand when women wear large watches. it only looks okay in very particular circumstances (like a thin pretty girl who can get away with a chunky men's watch in gold the same way she can get away with a men's clothing item because she's so thin and pretty) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759824) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2019 5:29 AM Author: thriller idea he suggested it looks normal on 5'6 and above white women, no worse than puny azn males with 40mm sports watches, lel at your tiny chink woman wrists (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38778864) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:29 PM Author: Cerise Cracking Whorehouse Maybe this is too SV-centric, but nearly everyone wearing a watch is wearing an Apple watch - even law partners and rich VCs. They look like faggots with their plastic toys, particularly when dictating a text message into their wrists, but the watches are ubiquitous.
I can think of a few exceptions: One partner alternates between a Patek Nautilus and a vintage Seamaster. Another has a Grand Seiko. I wear a Speedmaster man on the moon that was a graduation present (I picked it out). A female first year bought a quartz Tag at retail that was her "I made it" purchase. A few years ago I saw more chunky fashion watches like Diesel and Nixon, but it's all Apple watches now. |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:38 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor God i LOATHE when people wear apple watches.
I mean it's fine for like on the golf course if you cant use a phone and want to track your ball, or MAYBE for athletics if you compete and need that kind of detail.
But other than that it looks retarded, especially in a business setting, and it's even worse that 95% of those people are already carrying a smartphone and/or are in front of a computer screen. |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:41 PM Author: abusive carnelian dog poop pit lol ur head would EXPLODE if you lived on the west coast (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759864) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:48 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor i despise all those faggots. everything the do is hot garbage. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759905) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 2:02 PM Author: abusive carnelian dog poop pit ironside MAF at VCs rocking button downs tucked into jeans and all birds, flashing apple watches and airpods while driving teslas to their $4M 2500 sq ft ranch home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759965) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 3:09 PM Author: Cerise Cracking Whorehouse deadly accurate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760249) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 12:58 PM Author: provocative dilemma Lots of folks in compliance can afford $30k Pateks? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759592) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:02 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage Everyone can afford one nice watch. If nothing else your dad should have given you a Rolex or an Omega as a graduation gift if you come from a remotely unbroken home. A man whose dad never got him a nice watch is probably all manner of fucked in the head. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759617) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:05 PM Author: provocative dilemma I get the impression you came from limited means and this is how you think "wealthy" people act. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759635) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:08 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage My dad designed assembly lines for freakin GM. We was ballin. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759653) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:10 PM Author: provocative dilemma So your dad was an engineer for GM? Solidly middle class but hardly "ballin"
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:11 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage No, he had a business that designed assembly lines. GM was one client. He built lines for everyone. My brother sold it for $10 million when dad died. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759677) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:12 PM Author: provocative dilemma Wow, and here I was thinking pops was some CCP party chief.
You really are an odd little shit. |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 11:01 AM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage That was grandpa. Grandpa was a party boss. And that was my maternal grandpa. My paternal grandpa ran a meat processing plan in Lvov which is actually a big deal in a shithole like Russia but he was not a party boss. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764091) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:21 PM Author: carmine gay wizard The reason we all know this is flame is that you are very, very dumb. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759736) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:12 PM Author: Mind-boggling Hairless Locus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759683) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 12:34 AM Author: Mauve meetinghouse rigor you forgot "also preftigious people never wear v neck sweaters" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38762835) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 11:04 AM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat "If nothing else your dad should have given you a Rolex or an Omega as a graduation gift if you come from a remotely unbroken home"
If I mentioned spending thousands on a watch my dad would have thought I was insane. Money for downpayment on property? Sure. Money for college/law school/grad school? Sure. And that's pretty generous. |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:02 PM Author: aquamarine bateful laser beams twinkling uncleanness Your opinion in the hiring process doesn’t matter anyway. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759615) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:03 PM Author: Very Tactful Infuriating Depressive no one takes him seriously (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759620) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:05 PM Author: big territorial pozpig regret (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759632) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:05 PM Author: provocative dilemma (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759639) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:04 PM Author: supple parlor national security agency (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759626) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:07 PM Author: kink-friendly trailer park !! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759645) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:07 PM Author: Cerise Cracking Whorehouse She may be 5'2" and 103 lbs, but when the gloves come off, watch out. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759648) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:08 PM Author: aquamarine bateful laser beams twinkling uncleanness That’s too kind. I’m 108 these days. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759654) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:15 PM Author: Cerise Cracking Whorehouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759695) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:38 PM Author: abusive carnelian dog poop pit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759846) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 3:20 PM Author: exciting spot jap DESCRIBE your weight loss plan. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760292) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:09 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764796) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:23 PM Author: Glassy glittery area lettuce take a shit. you'll be 103 again (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764877) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:09 PM Author: supple parlor national security agency she hits like wilder and spends like mayweather (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759659) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 2:22 PM Author: greedy vivacious sanctuary (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760051) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 11:28 PM Author: Translucent piazza (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38762594) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 3:09 PM Author: exciting spot jap Sounds strange for a guy on FaceTime in a cubicle. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760251) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 12:59 PM Author: big territorial pozpig regret I wear simple $120-150 Ted Baker watches and I love them. I have like 15 of them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759597) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 3:29 PM Author: beady-eyed zippy new version i love ted baker but not for watches. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760339) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:05 PM Author: Cerise Cracking Whorehouse Nomoses from wrist to elbow cannot erase a ttt undergrad. Sorry, bud. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759634) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:06 PM Author: geriatric overrated ticket booth You should wear exclusively Swatch watches. They are comfortable, irreverent, less than $100, and show the world that you don't give a fuck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759644) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:10 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage The Swatch Groups owns some of the most expensive brands in high horology. Their shit quartz watches are fun for sports and shit like that. I have a whole shoebox full of them for when going on bike rides or playing basketball. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759665) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:11 PM Author: geriatric overrated ticket booth I wear them casually but also like wearing them with suits for the contrast. Playing "important lawyer" is dumb. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759674) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:13 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage Thats not why you buy high horology. You buy those watches for the view out of the case back. Its mezmorizing to just watch a Patek tick from the back. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759688) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:21 PM Author: provocative dilemma (uses the phrase "high horology" in a non-satirical manner) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759740) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:23 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage (Lives in a house worth less than my watch collection) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759753) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:27 PM Author: provocative dilemma It's funny you think that's a mark of class and prestige.
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:38 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage Bet you dont even know what an Ames chair or a Saarinen table is all about. No Noguchi for you. Just prole shit from Raymour and Flanigan. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759845) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:41 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor you are rivaling Non Sequitur tp for worst taste on xo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759866) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:43 PM Author: razzmatazz mediation tbf, I like ARE Reptile's taste in watches (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759875) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:44 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor all i know is that he loves the Milgauss (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759884) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:48 PM Author: provocative dilemma No, you like the taste of whomever ARE Reptile models his after. LOL at this guy being capable of independent thought. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759907) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:56 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage If I wanted to copy duders I'd get an Apple watch like everyone else. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759946) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:42 PM Author: razzmatazz mediation (DWR salesman) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759871) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 12:58 PM Author: hairraiser abode hominid fuck that place. i walked into their santa monica store and somehow bought a 5k dining table. i'm fucking gay (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764729) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:47 PM Author: provocative dilemma Apparently you don't either since it's called an EAMES Chair you philistine.
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Date: August 29th, 2019 2:01 PM Author: razzmatazz mediation (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759962) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 12:58 PM Author: hairraiser abode hominid lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764734) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 10:56 PM Author: Cowardly Step-uncle's House LJL at "ames chair" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38762444) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 11:29 PM Author: Translucent piazza (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38762603) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 11:30 PM Author: Translucent piazza Little known fact that the best upholstery in the world is done in Iowa. You just aren't rich enough to know, probably. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38762607) |
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Date: September 5th, 2019 12:42 AM Author: plum immigrant hairy legs LMFAO underrated lulz from this thread = the mental image of jewy 5'6 Cornell (land grant) => TTTulane compliance dipshit ARE Reptile casually "playing some basketball" with the bros on the odd weekend here or there lol jfc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38788401) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 12:38 AM Author: Mauve meetinghouse rigor i wear an old garmin running watch with everything (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38762846) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:14 PM Author: khaki charismatic selfie heaven Articles like this make me fear ITE2 is coming. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759690) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:41 PM Author: Salmon Cuckoldry Business Firm Seiko or Citizen watches are a good middle ground (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759862) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:44 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage Only Grand Seiko. A $5700 Seiko is TCR. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759889) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:43 PM Author: hot masturbator point LOL @ GC flailing as status symbols die and everyone wears athleisure while using their cell phone as a watch. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759882) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:44 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor everyone looks like such shit these days it's unbelievable (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759890) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:45 PM Author: hot masturbator point Space shows were right about the future everyone wears a colored onesie. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759893) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 3:20 PM Author: exciting spot jap (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760294) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:47 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage TBF its only cause millenials have no money. Lets not pretend its by choice. The median net worth of these duders at age 35 is like $35k. They literally cant afford a $150 Swatch given that dynamic. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759898) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:49 PM Author: hot masturbator point https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-08/a-style-guide-to-the-new-goldman-sachs-flexible-dress-code Nope, it's even happening at Goldman Sachs. Suit wearing law partners getting dressed down by 22 year old analysts in sweaters. |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:54 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage Thats being driven by the same $$$ dynamic. Goldman bankers are afraid of being called out for the elitists that they are so they ditched the suits to mask the wealth. Its the same reason Zuck wears H&M on camera. The worst things for these dudes is to stand out and to be hammered down like an out of place nail for it. JPMC ditched suits 2 years back for the same reason. They didnt like executives in suits on TV or Twitter. Its bad for the brand because millenials have no money. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759940) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:57 PM Author: hot masturbator point Anytime you see someone in a suit you can infer they are a conman. If you were delivering value, people would accept you wearing a Zuck hoodie. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759948) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:59 PM Author: provocative dilemma The view from your parent's basement must be an interesting one... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759953) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 2:00 PM Author: hot masturbator point where is the lie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759959) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 2:01 PM Author: provocative dilemma I'm sure you believe it's the truth, since that's what your personal experience tells you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759961) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 1:59 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor this is just a race to the bottom.
instead millennials should just have 1-2 suits with a couple pairs of shoes and a bunch of shirts.
i actually bet that is a lot cheaper than buying a varied business casual wardrobe. |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 2:00 PM Author: hot masturbator point NO. Lawyers and ibankers are horrible we need to depress their wardrobe to roll back their respect in the hopes of decreasing their wages. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759956) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 2:23 PM Author: greedy vivacious sanctuary (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760054) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 2:05 PM Author: Boyish lilac indian lodge alpha I wear a functional, non-flashy watch that is specific to a non-work hobby (think diving, flying, etc...). You wouldn't know from looking at it, but it's a $5k+ neighborhood watch. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759979) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 2:06 PM Author: hot masturbator point how's the Yachtmaster II breh (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759985) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 2:09 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor that watch is like $19k in steel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759998) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 2:18 PM Author: hot masturbator point Jesus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760035) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 2:06 PM Author: razzmatazz mediation Oh, you dive? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38759989) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 5:30 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760904) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 2:10 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage I have a thing for impulse watches and Im not even a doctor. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760002) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 2:10 PM Author: vibrant walnut library crotch Assume this is in the advertisement section? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760005) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 3:22 PM Author: exciting spot jap (𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵)
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Date: August 29th, 2019 5:14 PM Author: razzle trump supporter (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760823) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 2:19 PM Author: razzmatazz mediation They should have had Archie Luxury write this article, fuckahs! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760040) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 2:21 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor "Fuck me dead your whole office is wearing absolute SHITTERS" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760049) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 3:07 PM Author: Cerise Cracking Whorehouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760240) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 11:12 AM Author: Duck-like Legal Warrant (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764195) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 2:45 PM Author: hot masturbator point EarPods are the new status symbol: brag alert I have $179. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760148) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 2:51 PM Author: Electric Hyperactive Brunch Scourge Upon The Earth lmao at ARE Reptile's faggot twink ass being ravaged ITT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760171) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 5:30 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760902) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 3:03 PM Author: Fluffy volcanic crater I’ve been wearing the same Rolex daily for over a decade. Someone has noticed and commented ONCE. No one pays attention (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760224) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 3:08 PM Author: exciting spot jap No one cares about watches. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760247) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 3:32 PM Author: beady-eyed zippy new version I wear a rotating retinue of IWCs. I get compliments on them all the time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760357) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 3:33 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor which ones? i like IWCs but i think they are a little pricey for what they are (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760365) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 3:37 PM Author: beady-eyed zippy new version https://www.iwc.com/us/en/watch-collections/pilot-watches/iw377714-pilot_s-watch-chronograph-edition-le-petit-prince.html
https://www.iwc.com/us/en/watch-collections/aquatimer/iw329001-aquatimer-automatic.html
https://www.iwc.com/us/en/watch-collections/pilot-watches/iw389101-pilot_s-watch-chronograph-top-gun.html |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 3:43 PM Author: razzmatazz mediation "Look at me, I'm the little prince" he lisped, wiggling his pilot's watch in the office. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760411) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 3:46 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor "I'm gonna hit the brakes on this deal and they'll fly right by us" he reasoned while adjusting his Top Gun Pilot's watch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760420) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 4:25 PM Author: razzmatazz mediation (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760611) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 5:16 PM Author: beady-eyed zippy new version (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760830) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 5:20 PM Author: hot masturbator point firm logo on the outside of the bomber jacket (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760855) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 10:47 PM Author: supple parlor national security agency (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38762387) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 11:36 PM Author: Translucent piazza (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38762642) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 3:49 PM Author: kink-friendly trailer park my Garmin Instinct is easily one of the best buys i've made in the past 5 years
a few hundred bucks gets u a watch that gives u reasonable heart-rate metrics, calorie estimates, GPS tracking, etc. and extremely long battery long (thanks to the old-school monochrome display)
the thing is built like a tank and has survived hundreds of hours of manual labor that i've put in rebuilding a house + long swims in the ocean |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 3:52 PM Author: hot masturbator point jesus christ dude you don't want the government and GC to know all that shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760442) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 4:22 PM Author: kink-friendly trailer park they already know my pornhub keyword search terms so i don't care if they know my resting heart rate metrics (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760597) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 5:32 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle disgusting skinny woman shrine Fitbit charge 3 runs train on that (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760911) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 7:07 PM Author: kink-friendly trailer park not even close. the fitbit charge 3 doesn't even support ANT+, which means u can't even connect it to a ANT+ heart rate chest strap or a higher-resolution arm hr monitor, which is necessary for interval training due to cadence lock problems with (basically all) built-in hr monitors in waches.
i won't even go into the other stuff like lack of native gps within the fitbit charge 3. the Garmin Instinct does lack a bunch of stuff like the ability to sync with power meters, but it hits the nail on the head for most fitnessmos. |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 8:10 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle disgusting skinny woman shrine Damn daddy I’m sold ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38761625) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 8:44 PM Author: kink-friendly trailer park np brother, u might also want to check out the garmin forerunner 935 and 945 models for something more advanced than the instinct
fwiw i've got nothing against fitbit for casual fitnessmos, it'll do the basics |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 5:12 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat This is exactly what I've been saying. People here act like some obscure, super-expensive watch is prestigious and will get you more respect. IRL, in many corporations ANY mechanical watch is seen as old-fashioned and if people found out that you spent tens of thousands of dollars that way, it would be seen as something similar to admitting you have a gambling problem. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760815) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 5:32 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage Im rich. The haters can fuck themselves. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760916) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 5:33 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat Define "rich". (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760928) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 10:51 PM Author: big territorial pozpig regret Lol, I wish he would. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38762413) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 11:02 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat I'm loling because few large firm partners would even call themselves rich in a city full of people worth hundreds of millions or billions. So I'm curious why he feels he belongs in that category. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38762481) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 3:29 AM Author: Boyish lilac indian lodge alpha Weird another thread of prole kike tmf trying to justify his tacky prole choices (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38763220) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 12:42 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat Yeah, that definitely doesn't describe Are Reptile and Nutella. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764639) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 5:34 PM Author: beady-eyed zippy new version (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760935) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 5:36 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat You realize he drives a Kia and lives in a shitty house in Brooklyn, right? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38760942) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 7:13 PM Author: beady-eyed zippy new version he's frugal. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38761366) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 8:07 PM Author: Onyx plaza multi-billionaire He spent $52000 dollars on that Kia. He's retarded. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38761611) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 8:46 PM Author: beady-eyed zippy new version They make them that pricey? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38761819) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 10:42 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat Yep. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38762340) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 7:08 PM Author: kink-friendly trailer park truly rich people probably don't even keep track of the prices of these watches
the price of a patek is as meaningless to them as the price of a piece of gum to me |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 11:08 AM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage Truly rich fuckers are the cheapest most status obsessed bros on earth. They know what they paid for everything. Its the nigger rich rappers and sports niggers who dont. But if a bro is white and rich you can rest secure in knowing he knows exactly what every watch cost him. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764156) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 7:21 PM Author: aquamarine bateful laser beams twinkling uncleanness You can say the same about owning expensive cars.
You just have a different choice in toys. |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 8:08 PM Author: beady-eyed zippy new version but but
"in many corporations ANY mechanical watch is seen as old-fashioned and if people found out that you spent tens of thousands of dollars that way, it would be seen as something similar to admitting you have a gambling problem."
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Date: August 29th, 2019 10:50 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat That's right. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38762410) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 10:43 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat Nice expensive cars are seen as old fashioned? What?
Also, walk a megacorp's parking garage and you'll see a lot of expensive cars. |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 10:45 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor to millennials, yes, and it's incredibly faggy, just like it's faggy to wear a screen on one's wrist if you at all care about looking halfway decent (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38762367) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 10:47 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat Megacorp HQs are mostly not in big cities so everyone including Millennials drives. To put it in perspective - my wife, who resisted driving well into her 30s, learned to drive because of this.
Also, I read that with a lisp. |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:13 PM Author: Glassy glittery area lettuce your wife is a retarded weirdo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764818) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:19 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat Oh look, another angry pumo. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764855) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 3:24 AM Author: Boyish lilac indian lodge alpha (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38763214) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 10:52 AM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat I think any "man" that thinks that fast cars with big engines are "tho aggro and unecessary!" but that male jewelry is a better way to spend your money, ___________. (I think we can all fill in this blank) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38763995) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 11:05 AM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage Z4 or Toyota Supra? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764129) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 11:15 AM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat Definitely Supra > the Z4 30i. Compared to the M40i, it is a much closer call. Specs are similar (especially for real world performance), price is pretty similar, reliability will be better in the Toyota, service will be better (but more expensive) with BMW, Supra is more moddable, etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764215) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 11:18 AM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat Oh, and for you - the wife factor is somewhat key. Wife will think the BMW is more extravagant but will understand why you're dropping ~$60k on it better than on a Toyota.
As an aside, my wife's next car is going to be a BMW X3 M40i. |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 11:32 AM Author: aquamarine bateful laser beams twinkling uncleanness I was more referring to the gambling problem part. It’s all conspicuous consumption, given you can get any old car to get from point A to point B just like you can get any watch or phone to tell time. Some people genuinely appreciate the craftsmanship and aesthetics of a watch in a way others appreciate the performance of a car. One form of consumption is not superior to the other.
Also it’s obviously easier to spot luxury car brands and not as easy to spot luxury watches. But you will find that a surprising number of people over 35 who are wearing watches in the $5-10k range that you would have no idea cost that much. |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 12:38 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat Right, agree that it is all conspicious consumption but some forms are more generally considered normal than others. And there are extents to everything. For example, my BMW is normal for my parking garage, but if I showed up in a new $500k Ferrari or Bugatti, people would have the same reaction.
Similarly, no one would think it was bizarre for the CEO to wear a Rolex or whatever because that's irrelevant money for them. What is weird is for your typical UMC drone to spend what is obviously a huge percentage of their salary on this nonsense.
"But you will find that a surprising number of people over 35 who are wearing watches in the $5-10k range that you would have no idea cost that much."
Right, but huge percentages of people at a megacorp, if you tell them you spent $10k on a watch they won't be impressed but instead alarmed. I understand that biglaw/PE funds/etc. the culture is different. And yes, I realize that you can argue that it is somewhat a strange reaction when the parking garage is filled with luxury brands. |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 12:56 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor lmao a $5k ladies Rolex Datejust that can be worn for 40 years isn't exactly a huge deal for most UMC people. The difference between that and a single Apple Watch is far less than the difference between a BMW 3 series and a Toyota Camry, and yet you'd have zero problem with the latter.
And you don't even need to spend that much. A guy can spend 3500 on a Tudor Black Bay, 2000 on an Oris Aquis, 1500 on a Tag Heuer. For something that most men will wear 6 days a week for 20+ years, that's a drop in the bucket. |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:04 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage TCR but the only credited Oris is the skeletonized one. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764764) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:08 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor I generally do not like skeletonized watches as a rule.
For its price point, I think Oris is one of the best watch companies out there. |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:14 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage My dad wore the same Oris to work for like 20 years. I have it now. Never wear it but it means more to me than any of my other watches. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764821) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:16 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor 180! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764839) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:05 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat Most watch people I know are constantly blowing money on this shit. It isn't that they buy one decent watch, wear it for 40 years, and be done with it. Are Reptile is a perfect example. He has probably spent more on watches than I spent on my BMW. Also, I remember researching watches. Yes, they can run for 40 years but that doesn't mean you don't get them regulated because they start running fast or slow or whatever, and people go crazy because omg, they scratched something. It is ridiculous.
And here's the thing - I spend a lot of time in my car. So having a nice one makes my life better. Having a super expensive watch would make zero difference in my life. Negative, arguably, since it isn't useful and I probably wouldn't wear it (back when I had my hamilton, I usually just kept it in a drawer and just used my phone).
And yes, I could write a $20k check on a watch right now and shrug it off. |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:06 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor so then nutella is right -- you're just judging conspicuous consumption preferences
the only other point you are making is that some compliance monkey making $300k per year shouldn't have $150k in Royal Oaks sitting at home, and on that we all agree. |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:08 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat Of course. Everyone does this, right? In fact, by saying it is crazy that I buy smartwatches instead of expensive watches, aren't you doing exactly that too? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764785) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:10 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor no. i'm saying you aren't presenting yourself well when you wear a smartwatch in a business or business casual setting. the price of the two is irrelevant (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764799) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:11 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat "i'm saying you aren't presenting yourself well when you wear a smartwatch in a business or business casual setting"
Difference without distinction. Also, my former boss said the same thing when I had a Jeep instead of a BMW. |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:13 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor it most certainly is not. it's the equivalent of wearing Under Armor heat gear under a blazer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764817) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:15 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat And I've done that on a bunch of webcam conferences. That's normal where I work (and I don't bother with the blazer).
Different cultures. |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:16 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor you wear heat gear with a blazer?
lol, ok now i see what's going on here, and why you are having such a hard time with this. |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:20 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat Underarmor shirts and whatever. Though yeah, I've seen people at work literally wear them with a blazer. Tech company people absolutely do this shit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764860) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:11 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage I have also blown way more money on cars than you. The $120k Porsche death machine I drove all of last summer being but the latest example. I had to sell it because the insurance was just insane and my wife made me get rid of it. Tindersloots lease is up in November and we will get an X5 for her. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764809) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:14 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat I don't think driving a car for a summer and selling it counts for shit. And ljl on saying "I had to listen to my wife who made me sell it!" Jfc.
Yeah, my wife ended up preferring the X3 over the X5, btw. She thought the X5 was bigger without being more useful. |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:14 PM Author: aquamarine bateful laser beams twinkling uncleanness I think what you’re not getting is that a far bigger percentage of UMC megacorp drones have nicer watches than you realize because you’re not paying attention to it. My husband has an IWC watch he wears that I personally thinks looks like some $100 watch. In fact, if the person is driving a normal luxury car, they prob own at least one nice watch. It is just as common and normal. You just don’t realize it because it’s not obvious. A Rolex starts around $5k. Tons of people driving a bmw 3 series are wearing one. It is not the CEO.
Your other point is that most people who are buying luxury watches are taking it to the extreme. Valen’s example is highly unusual. He has some $100k+ watch collection or whatever. That’s is the equivalent of buying a bunch of Porsches on his salary. Most people aren’t doing that and buy 1-2 watches that they wear all the time. |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:21 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat Maybe. But I'm noting that when I walk around the office, the overwhelming majority have either no watch or a smartwatch these days (inclusive of shit like fitbits).
"A Rolex starts around $5k."
It isn't that this is big money for me or most people we're talking about. It is that this isn't what people are buying/wearing these days and it seems like a silly use of $5k.
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:35 PM Author: aquamarine bateful laser beams twinkling uncleanness In most corporate environments, men who are in and out of meetings and wearing business casual or sometimes suits do care past a certain age (roughly around 35) about looking somewhat professional and it looks weird to wear a fitbit. Better to wear no watch. If you’re in a meeting with a bunch of dudes past 35, most of them are wearing a decent watch. Ive actually noticed guys who normally wear apple watches take them off or wear a normal watch if they have client facing meetings. I’m not talking about tech where everyone where’s T-shirt and jeans or low level cube monkeys. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764951) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:38 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat Yeah, I'm in tech. Everyone is wearing some fitbit or smartwatch. And tech WORSHIPS youth, so aging men are terrified about looking "out of the loop" and stodgy. I remember my 64 year old boss approaching retirement who had a collection of expensive watches switched to the Galaxy Watch S2 as soon as it came out. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764978) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:48 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor people in tech are such fucking losers, lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38765044) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:16 PM Author: Glassy glittery area lettuce just say you bought some shitty subaru or VW or whatever recently, therefore doing the same is the only acceptable choice in life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764834) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:22 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat I thought Nutella has a Mercedes GLE 350. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764872) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:25 PM Author: Glassy glittery area lettuce I haven't kept track and Mercedes renaming their suvs so every one is GL something is dumb and confusing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764885) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:26 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat ML became the GLE. GLC is the small one, GLE is the medium one, GLS is the big one, G wagon is the offroad/military one. In other words, she got the one equivalent to the X5/Cayenne. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764893) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:29 PM Author: Glassy glittery area lettuce just say she bought a fucking m class. those are shit anyways. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764904) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:30 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat They're fine, though the 350 isn't great, IMO. The 63 AMG is amazing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764909) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:36 PM Author: Glassy glittery area lettuce rather get a Z71 tahoe and not look like a fucking immigrant (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764960) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:44 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat We're mostly immigrants and 1st generation people (both here and at work) so that's not cr. Telling people like Nutella, Mandy, myself, Are Reptile, etc. that this isn't what normal Americans buy is somewhat pointless. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38765018) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 8:04 PM Author: silver fortuitous meteor set “On the elevator ride down I was like, ‘Sorry I didn’t get the memo that it was Daytona day.’” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38761599) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 12:40 PM Author: startling contagious national idiot I like to imagine that I was on that elevator at that time with a machete. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764631) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 8:47 PM Author: Swollen Shaky Church Building I have a pocketwatch (my phone) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38761821) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 8:47 PM Author: supple parlor national security agency (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38761825) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 10:49 PM Author: Wine Know-it-all Temple Trust Fund For the last 10 years I have worn a $90 Fossil watch that I purchased for $60 at a watch store going out of business sale. It will probably be my watch for life. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38762395) |
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Date: August 29th, 2019 10:59 PM Author: bistre bawdyhouse quadroon CEO and CTO of my company (LinkedIn T25 Private) wear matching rolexes that they bought in Switzerland together when they sold their last company. I wear either a Tudor or a Nomos. Everyone over 40 here (translation, “old” by tech standards) has something respectable on their wrist. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38762472) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 10:59 AM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage Black Bay all the way! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764062) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:04 PM Author: bistre bawdyhouse quadroon Yep, mine is the newer in-house movement w/ red bezel or bracelet. Glad I switched from an Omega to this, felt like Omega was getting a bit too flashy and desperately trying to raise their MSRPs to act as if they're Rolex. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764763) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:11 PM Author: Odious Incel Private Investor For whatever reason I just can't get into Omega watches.
Their new speedmaster racing co-axial is nice, but I wouldn't spend $8k on it |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:23 PM Author: bistre bawdyhouse quadroon I prefer a 2-watch rotation for every day wear. A simple but obviously high quality diver and a subdued / thin dress watch on strap. Their divers have just a bit too much "pop" for lack of a better word, maybe it's the degree of polish on the metal. Most of their dress watches are co-axials which is fairly thick, versus a manual wind (the classy a cups of the watch world) that I can get with Nomos. So, Omega just doesn't have anything that appeals to what I'm shopping for.
It's also evident that it's their strategy to push the brand upmarket, and if I really cared about that then I'd just get a Rolex and be done with it. |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 11:11 AM Author: dashing base round eye i think many expensive watches look nice and i can appreciate their heritage and craftsmanship, but if owning one of these watches equates me with the kind of douchebags featured in this article then gtfo because they are all insecure striver posers
also, odds are high that those guys rocking daytonas were all "renting" them from a monthly subscription startup |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 11:34 AM Author: supple parlor national security agency (not an ABC Guy) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764352) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 12:43 PM Author: Appetizing dun garrison hunting ground Why does this thread have so many replies (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764645) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 12:44 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat A thread about forms of conspicuous consumption being popular on XO? I, for one, am shocked. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764649) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:02 PM Author: Excitant underhanded goyim stage Becauese my watch schtick is apparently cooler than my Russia schtick. Need to do more Patek trolling. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38764753) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 2:30 PM Author: disrespectful black hospital kitty cat It is more interesting and I say that as someone that thinks expensive watches are stupid. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38765245) |
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Date: August 30th, 2019 1:41 PM Author: Glassy glittery area lettuce we could all be talking about nintendo or why you are such a fucking loser instead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38765000) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2019 5:33 AM Author: thriller idea he suggested so mean (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38778866) |
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Date: September 16th, 2019 7:02 AM Author: Soul-stirring brilliant knife This thread is now about TMF trying to justify his life choices. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#38840924) |
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Date: December 28th, 2019 2:06 PM Author: thriller idea he suggested NoWatch is the biggest hack (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4333671&forum_id=2#39339981) |