Broke my Dream Watch! Your Stupidity Wi Make Me Feel Better!
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For Christmas, having had a good year and so on i finally got my dream watch, a Breguet Tradition 7957 in white gold with retrograde date.
I absolutely love it! I've been hankering after a Breguet having first tried on a different Tradition model about four years ago but couldn't justify it. Finally, in November my lovely wife got me one for Christmas.
And about two days ago I dropped onto a tile floor whilst it taking it off to have a wash and smashed the f
king crystal clean off.
Annoyed with myself doesn't cover it.
It's repairable, at no doubt spectacular cost and being away for ages, but I feel like such a moron.
Anyone else done anything equally stupid to make me feel better?[url]
I absolutely love it! I've been hankering after a Breguet having first tried on a different Tradition model about four years ago but couldn't justify it. Finally, in November my lovely wife got me one for Christmas.
And about two days ago I dropped onto a tile floor whilst it taking it off to have a wash and smashed the f
king crystal clean off.Annoyed with myself doesn't cover it.
It's repairable, at no doubt spectacular cost and being away for ages, but I feel like such a moron.
Anyone else done anything equally stupid to make me feel better?[url]
Smashed my 16600 Sea Dweller into a stone wall and took a huge chunk out of the case 
It was the first major damage, now its covered in dints scratches and the bracelet is scratched to buggery!
I'll get it refinished at some point, but it still keeps good time and I'm no longer precious about it.
It was the first major damage, now its covered in dints scratches and the bracelet is scratched to buggery!
I'll get it refinished at some point, but it still keeps good time and I'm no longer precious about it.
Sorry to hear that, breaking something expensive and new is a sickening feeling.
Mine is not watch related but an expensive mistake none the less.
Going back a few years now I had decided to purchase my dream motorbike a Ducati 848, the bike was a couple of hours drive away and a price was agreed. It was an impulsive purchase and I didn't have any leathers to ride it back in, also being in my early 20s with expired no claims my insurance was mega, I wanted to get the bike home and sort the rest out later. A friend offered me a single motocross trailer and another one had a Ford Ranger to tow the bike back home, he also offered to drive - result.
So we set off on a beautiful spring morning, picked up the motocross trailer (which was worryingly small and flimsy) and headed to our destination. The bike was rolled out and was in pristine condition almost new, paid the cash and onto the trailer it went, the bike was secured using 3 tie downs, two ether side on the trellis frame and one on the front wheel, the front brake was also tied shut for extra bodge safety. It only just fit on and at this point we should have abandoned this venture, hindsight is a wonderful thing.
We set off out of the suburbs and onto the motorway, the trailer was bouncing a lot and myself and the driver were both sweating having reduced the speed down to 50mph we carried on. A few miles down and Im checking my phone we hit a bump, the driver shouts a chilling "IT'S GONE, ITS GONE" I spun round and looked through the cab window and the beautiful red Ducati was indeed gone. Panic and dread sunk in thinking that the bike could be sliding down the road and could cause others to crash or worse. The driver pulled over to the hard shoulder sharpish and we both jumped out, to my relief the bike was still attached by the front wheel to the trailer but was fully lopsided and very heavily damaged from falling and dragging. The bouncing had caused the straps on the frame to break loose and slide to a point of no resistance. My new bike was pretty much ruined, I had no insurance and we were still miles from home, the feeling was pretty bad.
We re tied the bike down as it was, It wasn't going anywhere now and the bumps didn't matter. 10 mins into the return sitting in silence we had to pull over and I was violently ill which was an unexpected reaction. To make matters worse my Dad was waiting at home, being a huge Ducati fan but never having owned one he rushed out to see the new bike and was puzzled when we turned up and the bike was in a bad way.
Life goes on, lessons learnt, material objects and money can be replaced but I consider myself lucky to have got away lightly with no one hurt.
Mine is not watch related but an expensive mistake none the less.
Going back a few years now I had decided to purchase my dream motorbike a Ducati 848, the bike was a couple of hours drive away and a price was agreed. It was an impulsive purchase and I didn't have any leathers to ride it back in, also being in my early 20s with expired no claims my insurance was mega, I wanted to get the bike home and sort the rest out later. A friend offered me a single motocross trailer and another one had a Ford Ranger to tow the bike back home, he also offered to drive - result.
So we set off on a beautiful spring morning, picked up the motocross trailer (which was worryingly small and flimsy) and headed to our destination. The bike was rolled out and was in pristine condition almost new, paid the cash and onto the trailer it went, the bike was secured using 3 tie downs, two ether side on the trellis frame and one on the front wheel, the front brake was also tied shut for extra bodge safety. It only just fit on and at this point we should have abandoned this venture, hindsight is a wonderful thing.
We set off out of the suburbs and onto the motorway, the trailer was bouncing a lot and myself and the driver were both sweating having reduced the speed down to 50mph we carried on. A few miles down and Im checking my phone we hit a bump, the driver shouts a chilling "IT'S GONE, ITS GONE" I spun round and looked through the cab window and the beautiful red Ducati was indeed gone. Panic and dread sunk in thinking that the bike could be sliding down the road and could cause others to crash or worse. The driver pulled over to the hard shoulder sharpish and we both jumped out, to my relief the bike was still attached by the front wheel to the trailer but was fully lopsided and very heavily damaged from falling and dragging. The bouncing had caused the straps on the frame to break loose and slide to a point of no resistance. My new bike was pretty much ruined, I had no insurance and we were still miles from home, the feeling was pretty bad.
We re tied the bike down as it was, It wasn't going anywhere now and the bumps didn't matter. 10 mins into the return sitting in silence we had to pull over and I was violently ill which was an unexpected reaction. To make matters worse my Dad was waiting at home, being a huge Ducati fan but never having owned one he rushed out to see the new bike and was puzzled when we turned up and the bike was in a bad way.
Life goes on, lessons learnt, material objects and money can be replaced but I consider myself lucky to have got away lightly with no one hurt.
SDarks said:
Sorry to hear that, breaking something expensive and new is a sickening feeling.
Mine is not watch related but an expensive mistake none the less.
Going back a few years now I had decided to purchase my dream motorbike a Ducati 848, the bike was a couple of hours drive away and a price was agreed. It was an impulsive purchase and I didn't have any leathers to ride it back in, also being in my early 20s with expired no claims my insurance was mega, I wanted to get the bike home and sort the rest out later. A friend offered me a single motocross trailer and another one had a Ford Ranger to tow the bike back home, he also offered to drive - result.
So we set off on a beautiful spring morning, picked up the motocross trailer (which was worryingly small and flimsy) and headed to our destination. The bike was rolled out and was in pristine condition almost new, paid the cash and onto the trailer it went, the bike was secured using 3 tie downs, two ether side on the trellis frame and one on the front wheel, the front brake was also tied shut for extra bodge safety. It only just fit on and at this point we should have abandoned this venture, hindsight is a wonderful thing.
We set off out of the suburbs and onto the motorway, the trailer was bouncing a lot and myself and the driver were both sweating having reduced the speed down to 50mph we carried on. A few miles down and Im checking my phone we hit a bump, the driver shouts a chilling "IT'S GONE, ITS GONE" I spun round and looked through the cab window and the beautiful red Ducati was indeed gone. Panic and dread sunk in thinking that the bike could be sliding down the road and could cause others to crash or worse. The driver pulled over to the hard shoulder sharpish and we both jumped out, to my relief the bike was still attached by the front wheel to the trailer but was fully lopsided and very heavily damaged from falling and dragging. The bouncing had caused the straps on the frame to break loose and slide to a point of no resistance. My new bike was pretty much ruined, I had no insurance and we were still miles from home, the feeling was pretty bad.
We re tied the bike down as it was, It wasn't going anywhere now and the bumps didn't matter. 10 mins into the return sitting in silence we had to pull over and I was violently ill which was an unexpected reaction. To make matters worse my Dad was waiting at home, being a huge Ducati fan but never having owned one he rushed out to see the new bike and was puzzled when we turned up and the bike was in a bad way.
Life goes on, lessons learnt, material objects and money can be replaced but I consider myself lucky to have got away lightly with no one hurt.
Oof! I expected a drop off a ramp, but not a drag along the road, Western style! Mine is not watch related but an expensive mistake none the less.
Going back a few years now I had decided to purchase my dream motorbike a Ducati 848, the bike was a couple of hours drive away and a price was agreed. It was an impulsive purchase and I didn't have any leathers to ride it back in, also being in my early 20s with expired no claims my insurance was mega, I wanted to get the bike home and sort the rest out later. A friend offered me a single motocross trailer and another one had a Ford Ranger to tow the bike back home, he also offered to drive - result.
So we set off on a beautiful spring morning, picked up the motocross trailer (which was worryingly small and flimsy) and headed to our destination. The bike was rolled out and was in pristine condition almost new, paid the cash and onto the trailer it went, the bike was secured using 3 tie downs, two ether side on the trellis frame and one on the front wheel, the front brake was also tied shut for extra bodge safety. It only just fit on and at this point we should have abandoned this venture, hindsight is a wonderful thing.
We set off out of the suburbs and onto the motorway, the trailer was bouncing a lot and myself and the driver were both sweating having reduced the speed down to 50mph we carried on. A few miles down and Im checking my phone we hit a bump, the driver shouts a chilling "IT'S GONE, ITS GONE" I spun round and looked through the cab window and the beautiful red Ducati was indeed gone. Panic and dread sunk in thinking that the bike could be sliding down the road and could cause others to crash or worse. The driver pulled over to the hard shoulder sharpish and we both jumped out, to my relief the bike was still attached by the front wheel to the trailer but was fully lopsided and very heavily damaged from falling and dragging. The bouncing had caused the straps on the frame to break loose and slide to a point of no resistance. My new bike was pretty much ruined, I had no insurance and we were still miles from home, the feeling was pretty bad.
We re tied the bike down as it was, It wasn't going anywhere now and the bumps didn't matter. 10 mins into the return sitting in silence we had to pull over and I was violently ill which was an unexpected reaction. To make matters worse my Dad was waiting at home, being a huge Ducati fan but never having owned one he rushed out to see the new bike and was puzzled when we turned up and the bike was in a bad way.
Life goes on, lessons learnt, material objects and money can be replaced but I consider myself lucky to have got away lightly with no one hurt.
I laughed about it, because what else can I do. It's a 'thing' and I'm fortunate to have health and family. Things can be fixed.
Baldchap said:
For Christmas, having had a good year and so on i finally got my dream watch, a Breguet Tradition 7957 in white gold with retrograde date.
And about two days ago I dropped onto a tile floor whilst it taking it off to have a wash and smashed the fking crystal clean off.
Annoyed with myself doesn't cover it.
It's repairable, at no doubt spectacular cost and being away for ages, but I feel like such a moron.
Anyone else done anything equally stupid to make me feel better?[url]
God friend had been hankering for a snowflake. He had various Seiko's, but the Grand Seilo was a stretch too far for him.And about two days ago I dropped onto a tile floor whilst it taking it off to have a wash and smashed the f
king crystal clean off.Annoyed with myself doesn't cover it.
It's repairable, at no doubt spectacular cost and being away for ages, but I feel like such a moron.
Anyone else done anything equally stupid to make me feel better?[url]
Retirement came, he decided to go get it.
1 week on, having taken it off to shave(why, he's retired) it fell flat on the tiled floor and glass was a collection of shards...
Panic, worry and anger ensued. But he went back to the retailer as it needed fixed and fully expecting a fair bill to return it to former glory, was eventually told that GS would cover this. He was stoked when he found out despite having accepted that he would be paying for it.
Don't give up hope ...
Sorry to hear about the accident. Hopefully your household insurance will pay for repair costs, and you will enjoy the piece restored to its full glory.
A few years ago, I had a very long yet thoroughly refreshing evening in London with business colleagues. In the morning, I found my non-functioning Calatrava next to my bed in the hotel. On closer inspection, it had a chip in the crystal case back and a shard of glass had jammed the mechanism. I have no recollection of what happened.
Sent it to Rhone Services for a fix and the accidental damage repair bill got settled by insurers.
A few years ago, I had a very long yet thoroughly refreshing evening in London with business colleagues. In the morning, I found my non-functioning Calatrava next to my bed in the hotel. On closer inspection, it had a chip in the crystal case back and a shard of glass had jammed the mechanism. I have no recollection of what happened.
Sent it to Rhone Services for a fix and the accidental damage repair bill got settled by insurers.
Chicken_Satay said:
NDA said:
I lost a Breguet in the bottom of the Solent when I fell out of my boat.
How did you lose the watch? Did the strap snap or something similar?Entirely my fault - I was attempting a Miami Vice style of manoeuvre that went a bit wrong.
NDA said:
I fell out at high speed and dislocated my shoulder in the process. I assume the watch was simply ripped off me - it was on a rubber strap and firmly attached. I have no idea how/if it broke. The whole event was quite dramatic.
Entirely my fault - I was attempting a Miami Vice style of manoeuvre that went a bit wrong.
Hope you had the kill chord attached! Assume you found the Solent was a lot colder than Florida.Entirely my fault - I was attempting a Miami Vice style of manoeuvre that went a bit wrong.
HocusPocus said:
Hope you had the kill chord attached! Assume you found the Solent was a lot colder than Florida.
I didn't.Don't want to derail the thread - but it was a Breguet!
I was in the water for around 45 minutes before being rescued. It's why I am such an evangelist for life jackets - I honestly would not be here now had I not had one on. Hot day, nearly didn't wear it.
I was an idiot. Sold the boat when Nick died. Less importantly, I replaced the watch on insurance.
Not as bad as some, but I got engaged and bought myself a Speedy Pro as an enjoyment present. Aide from a Speedy Snoopy 9of any sort as I am a massive Snoopy fan) my dream watch. Went on holiday to Canada and dived to stop door shutting. Bolt shut on the Speedy, putting a massive ding in the Hesalite. Halfway through the holiday... Had to look at it for the other half and curse myself each time.
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