What does your watch say about you?

[bobbybee]

SpeckledJim said:

bobbybee said:

The GMT-II in the advert has more than £1500 of 18K gold in it,
Want fries with that hat?

But that's a £20k watch, isn't it? Genuine question.

Ahh, point taken

[hman]

tuscaneer said:

pete a said:

And you sir have tiny wrists...

Here you go cherub....

LOOOL do you shave your hands and wrists or are you a woman?

[tuscaneer]

hman said:

LOOOL do you shave your hands and wrists or are you a woman?

I GENERALLY try to time my immac runs when I'm doing your wife's tt as well.....saves a bit of time

[SickFish]

tuscaneer said:

pete a said:

tuscaneer said:

You, sir, have impeccable taste......

And you sir have tiny wrists...

Don't worry about my wrist size sweetheart. .they're robust enough to be able to put 6 foot tall fifteen stone blokes on their arses wearing 14oz gloves......stty angle photo that but I wasn't aware I was being analysed so closely
.I'll upload a different angle in a minute before my ego gets hurt

You seem to mention this a lot that your involved in whatever martial arts.... (look at the boxing gloves comment).

I'm 5ft9 and 14St (30" waist, just so you know...) and put people down much bigger than I and this is only in 4oz gloves... I don't see the link other than you trying to make out your "well ard".....

PS.... why do you cock your wrist in photos.... a bit like its erm.... limp?

Edited by SickFish on Wednesday 22 October 13:08

[SickFish]

Oh and back to OP.... today I am sporting a G-shock Mud Man.... guess it says "sporty...." I haven't really thought about it

[Biker's Nemesis]

SickFish said:

tuscaneer said:

pete a said:

tuscaneer said:

You, sir, have impeccable taste......

And you sir have tiny wrists...

Don't worry about my wrist size sweetheart. .they're robust enough to be able to put 6 foot tall fifteen stone blokes on their arses wearing 14oz gloves......stty angle photo that but I wasn't aware I was being analysed so closely
.I'll upload a different angle in a minute before my ego gets hurt

You seem to mention this a lot that your involved in whatever martial arts.... (look at the boxing gloves comment).

I'm 5ft9 and 14St (30" waist, just so you know...) and put people down much bigger than I and this is only in 4oz gloves... I don't see the link other than you trying to make out your "well ard".....

I am 6ft 4" and 15 stone 3 pounds, I used to box quite a bit in my younger days. So, what does that and my Swatch watches say about me.

[hman]

tuscaneer said:

hman said:

LOOOL do you shave your hands and wrists or are you a woman?

I GENERALLY try to time my immac runs when I'm doing your wife's tt as well.....saves a bit of time

Yeah, thats right I saw you also do the same on your mums too.

She owes me £40 for last time too.

[tuscaneer]

SickFish said:

You seem to mention this a lot that your involved in whatever martial arts.... (look at the boxing gloves comment).

I'm 5ft9 and 14St (30" waist, just so you know...) and put people down much bigger than I and this is only in 4oz gloves... I don't see the link other than you trying to make out your "well ard".....

PS.... why do you cock your wrist in photos.... a bit like its erm.... limp?

Edited by SickFish on Wednesday 22 October 13:08

I was illustrating the point that my wrists can't be THAT slender by pointing out that they seem to work fine when connecting with hard heads in big gloves. if you are fighting in 4oz gloves then surely that would make it easier not harder to put someone out?? if you're trying to sound "well ard" you haven't done a very good job of it!! wearing 4oz gloves you should be able to knock a fkin horse out!!....there's a reason you don't go lighter than 10oz even in pro boxing- it's dangerous.

I think I may cock my wrist to get the watch in shot . sorry if it's making you a bit hot under the collar!

[ilduce]

hman said:

tuscaneer said:

hman said:

LOOOL do you shave your hands and wrists or are you a woman?

I GENERALLY try to time my immac runs when I'm doing your wife's tt as well.....saves a bit of time

Yeah, thats right I saw you also do the same on your mums too.

She owes me £40 for last time too.

What a coincidence. Both of you working in a beauty salon. Fabulous!

[tuscaneer]

Biker's Nemesis said:

I am 6ft 4" and 15 stone 3 pounds, I used to box quite a bit in my younger days. So, what does that and my Swatch watches say about me.

fked if I know fella!!

[tuscaneer]

ilduce said:

hman said:

tuscaneer said:

hman said:

LOOOL do you shave your hands and wrists or are you a woman?

I GENERALLY try to time my immac runs when I'm doing your wife's tt as well.....saves a bit of time

Yeah, thats right I saw you also do the same on your mums too.

She owes me £40 for last time too.

What a coincidence. Both of you working in a beauty salon. Fabulous!

do you fancy coming down for a makeover love??!!

[SickFish]

tuscaneer said:

SickFish said:

You seem to mention this a lot that your involved in whatever martial arts.... (look at the boxing gloves comment).

I'm 5ft9 and 14St (30" waist, just so you know...) and put people down much bigger than I and this is only in 4oz gloves... I don't see the link other than you trying to make out your "well ard".....

PS.... why do you cock your wrist in photos.... a bit like its erm.... limp?

Edited by SickFish on Wednesday 22 October 13:08

I was illustrating the point that my wrists can't be THAT slender by pointing out that they seem to work fine when connecting with hard heads in big gloves. if you are fighting in 4oz gloves then surely that would make it easier not harder to put someone out?? if you're trying to sound "well ard" you haven't done a very good job of it!! wearing 4oz gloves you should be able to knock a fkin horse out!!....there's a reason you don't go lighter than 10oz even in pro boxing- it's dangerous.

I think I may cock my wrist to get the watch in shot . sorry if it's making you a bit hot under the collar!

I couldn't care less if I sound well 'ard or not fella I was trying to understand the link between a watch and boxing.... You're quite the rambunctious tyke aren't you

P.s. I don't box..... HTH

[tuscaneer]

SickFish said:

I couldn't care less if I sound well 'ard or not fella I was trying to understand the link between a watch and boxing.... You're quite the rambunctious tyke aren't you

P.s. I don't box..... HTH

haha!! yeah, i'd worked that out but wanted to smoke you out rather than flatly call you out on it!!

in all seriousness I don't give it a lot of thought. my life is my wife and kids, my business and a VERY close third is boxing. I've grown up with it, lived and breathed it for most of my life. it's not about "hard" it's a sport, but most of my thought processes involve something boxing related. you'd probably see from my exhaustive posts in the boxing thread that I am obsessed with it.

I owe what I am today to the discipline and bull headedness that boxing instilled in me when I was younger. I was a fat kid that loved to watch it. that morphed into getting involved and getting fit. i'm too busy at work nowadays to be totally committed (so am a determined chap but a bit fatter than a was a few years ago!) but still think about it permanently .

rambunctious tyke?? absolutely!!

[SickFish]

tuscaneer said:

SickFish said:

I couldn't care less if I sound well 'ard or not fella I was trying to understand the link between a watch and boxing.... You're quite the rambunctious tyke aren't you

P.s. I don't box..... HTH

haha!! yeah, i'd worked that out but wanted to smoke you out rather than flatly call you out on it!!

in all seriousness I don't give it a lot of thought. my life is my wife and kids, my business and a VERY close third is boxing. I've grown up with it, lived and breathed it for most of my life. it's not about "hard" it's a sport, but most of my thought processes involve something boxing related. you'd probably see from my exhaustive posts in the boxing thread that I am obsessed with it.

I owe what I am today to the discipline and bull headedness that boxing instilled in me when I was younger. I was a fat kid that loved to watch it. that morphed into getting involved and getting fit. i'm too busy at work nowadays to be totally committed (so am a determined chap but a bit fatter than a was a few years ago!) but still think about it permanently .

rambunctious tyke?? absolutely!!

[Disastrous]

tuscaneer said:

pete a said:

tuscaneer said:

You, sir, have impeccable taste......

And you sir have tiny wrists...

Don't worry about my wrist size sweetheart. .they're robust enough to be able to put 6 foot tall fifteen stone blokes on their arses wearing 14oz gloves......stty angle photo that but I wasn't aware I was being analysed so closely
.I'll upload a different angle in a minute before my ego gets hurt

Well I for one and very impressed by your wrists, not to mention a bit aroused.

Time for a "what do your wrists say about you?" thread?

[tuscaneer]

Disastrous said:

Well I for one and very impressed by your wrists, not to mention a bit aroused.

Time for a "what do your wrists say about you?" thread?

oohh!! hello sailor!! you know what they say......" big shoulder/slender wrist makes for a faster shiver fist " ..........(that means "wk" by the way!!)

[Ari]

SpeckledJim said:

Ari said:

I'm afraid our friend SJ above is like the people that don't understand German car quality and bang on and on about just a 'bit of soft touch plastic' bring the only difference between a Citreon and a Mercedes, everything else must, therefore, be 'snob value'.

Or to put it another way 'I dun get it so there can't possibly be anything to get'.

And they never will so best to just smile and pay them in the head.

If the reason for buying a quality watch was quality, it wouldn't be advertised the way it is - purely and simply by association to cool stuff.

80% of the watches everyone fawns over for their 'craftsmanship' have practically-identical ETA movements. It's a charade.

Quality watches might be quality items, but they are primarily jewellery. Signifiers of status and worth.

Wearing them can be justified by straight middle-class guys because they also tell the time. But that's essentially a get-out clause to side-step the wearing of jewellery.

For everyone who claims they just 'appreciate the precision and quality', lets take a poke through their kitchens and tool kits and see if that philosophy to life also extends to items that the guys at work don't get to witness on a daily basis.

Hilarious!

How, pray tell, does my watch 'signify status and worth'? Short of going up to people with a magnifying glass and holding it out going 'here, look at this', who's to know what brand of watch I have on my wrist? My girlfriend had been with me for over a year before she noticed what sort of watch I wear, and then only because she was with me when I had a link put in.

So even if people do notice my watch, and indeed take any notice of it, all they're going to see is a fairly smart stainless steel watch that might have cost £100 or might have cost more.

It's not a Ferrari you know, no one notices, far less cares (other than a few geeks on watch forums).

[Ari]

bobbybee said:

SpeckledJim said:

If the cost to make a £10k Rolex exceeds £1500 I'll eat my hat.

The GMT-II in the advert has more than £1500 of 18K gold in it,
Want fries with that hat?

No, he's ok for fries, he's got a massive chip on his shoulder.

[Biker's Nemesis]

NeMiSiS said:

Biker's Nemesis said:

I am 6ft 4" and 18 stone 3 pounds, I used to box kippers at Fleetwood docks quite a bit in my younger days. So, what does that and my fluffy Swatch watches say about me.

It says you are happy with your Homosexuality, which is good, do you wax your arms and hands like the other Gay guy or are you a hairy Jockey?

Any who, fluck off back to your Biker Banter cupboard.

LUX

Hello big lad, where you been hiding then.

[PPPMAT]

I weigh 21 st I am 4'11" and have a 4" waist - I'm rock me. I wear a Hello Kitty pink Timex and I love it.....

Anyway, If it was just status that everyone was bothered about wouldn't everyone buy a good fake brand rather than a real one? No-one would really know.

For me its pleasure of ownership - I know I have something well made and of quality that I appreciate. If someone else notices (which they never have, well they might have but have never mentioned it) I'm not going to lie - that would be a bonus and a validation of my unrivalled taste (joke ...its just a joke - that last bit anyway, maybe)

Edited by PPPMAT on Wednesday 22 October 22:26