Horological Meandering

Dear all, I am a relatively new poster to this forum although a long-time lurker. I would like to thank all the contributors here who have vastly expanded my knowledge and appreciation of fine watches. On to my question: I live in New York and at least a ... 

At the age of 18 I started to get into watches and habitually wrist check people ever since. I get the obvious comments from people of a similar age (earlier twenties) saying 'nice watch' 'is that a rolex?' Etc. And to be honest it does het a bit tiresome... 

Thanks for your thoughts. I think you make a lot of really good points. I think you hit the nail on the head by explaining that there's a difference between someone who admires your watch because it's a symbol of wealth versus someone who admires it out o... 

I do agree with you; I hate to say it (especially as a Rolex owner). I've been known to comment to some of my friends that "gold-digging" women actually are incredibly ignorant. If you set out to gold dig you wouldn't go for the guy necessarily with the R...  

esp when you run into another like minded watch lover. But staring is a no no. cheers PAt

... unless his/her taste is strikingly similar to mine. If I find someone on the street or in the meeting or at the party who wears my favorite brands, I wouldn't be able to help talking to the person. But on the subway, that may lure the bad guy's appeti... 

I was invited by a parisian AD to the 2008 Soccer European Championship to attend a game between Germany and Poland. I was in Klagenfurt, Austria. So, once arrived at the hotel, we took the bus to go to the Stadium. There were only 7 people in the bus. Th... 

That's a great story! I also like your analogy. :)

'If you feel you have the opportunity to do it well, do it. If you doubt, don't do it.' True to a lot of situations. I might cut out the last sentence as for a life "motto" it could be seen as slightly defeatist ;)

Now, that is optimism, Nicolas! If I remember correctly, France ended up LAST of its qualifying group even after Romania... ...and Spain went on to win the Cup... Watches, I am sure, were secondary on those dates. I can imagine you veeeery sad... :)

Thanks for moving the knife in the wound. :) Best, my friend. Nicolas

Extremely rare for me to engage a complete stranger in a setting where watches are not the focus. It seems rather intrusive and creepy to me, and may be construed badly. It may be different if I was wearing the same brand and could flash a wrist back at t... 

Sometimes i really cannot help but be amazed by a person's watch, and i will give a short compliment. But that really depends on what watch it is. I never comment on Rolex's because i find that there's probably a large majority of the owners who buy Rolex...