patrick_y
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So many idiots out there...
So, this is my script: "I have two options, I can either say yes, or I can say no. Nearly every time I say yes, just remember no good deed goes unpunished and you're probably going to scratch it with your rings when you try it on - making you the jerk. And if I say no, you're going to be insulted and think I'm a jerk. So, let's just be careful so neither of us are seen as jerks in each others' eyes."
"Can I see your watch"?
What do you do when someone asks "can I see your watch"? Do you take it off and hand it to them, or say "sorry, I don't take it off for anyone". I worked in an offic where on of the guys wanted a Rolex DateJust, he kept looking at mine and asking question...
If it's a safe situation, I'll hold out my wrist.
No taking off, that's only for people I trust.
I had a worse experience than you
I was at a watch event and a fellow collector I knew well introduced me to someone. That someone asked to have a closer look at my Lang and Heyne Friedrich lll. He fumbled and dropped the watch on to a hard floor from four feet!!! My collector friend was ...
This story makes me cringe! Drawing a pistol would be an appropriate response for dropping an L&H.
Great to hear that it was unscathed however!
Thank you!
I now have a very high regard for Lang & Heyne watches. They look dressy with a fragile looking movement but the quality is there.
I politely decline. If they have a problem
with it then we'll . . . they have a problem with it. I've had people drop a watch of mine. Once burned . . . twice shy.
If this is not in jest
then I'm glad you made the correct choice and live to fight another day. I just wish I'm as sensible as you.
Dear friend....
I empathize monumentally with such ordeals, you made the only right choice, though dare I say that here in the US you could have easily 'lent' him your timepiece for a second, shot him in the head, and retrieved your rightful possession. Much better luck ...
I usually just show them but would never hand it to others as I dun want others to say they wanna try it on their hand.
I am a bit nitpicker when it come to personnel items. Luckily you caught it on time.
I almost always let them look...
but over a table. There's no point in handing it to someone if you're not sitting or standing at a table/desk/shelf. That way they keep the watch above a surface that, if dropped on, is no big deal since it doesn't have far to go.
So many idiots out there...
So, this is my script: "I have two options, I can either say yes, or I can say no. Nearly every time I say yes, just remember no good deed goes unpunished and you're probably going to scratch it with your rings when you try it on - making you the jerk. An...
One of the things that freaks me out sometimes.
General rule I try to follow, only over a table. And then of course we need to be sure to take the knifes, forks, etc out of the way. Sounds like you got a lucky break on your incident. I do understand why your colleague would wanted to have looked at you...
If I know the person well
Then I take it off and hand it over to the person to see it. It usually happens at a watch meeting where attend also other watch enthusiasts. If an unknown person somewhere else ask to see it I don't see any reason to take it off. Several years ago a frie...
Post COVID, no one..
Gets to touch my watch. If I think it is safe, I would hold out my wrist.
I take it off over a safe location while sitting down, like at a table with a cloth on it.
I never take if off if we are standing, especially on a hard surface. The law of gravity is always with us.