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Did the best watch you ever had cost much?

Posted - February 28, 2019
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  • 46117
    No because I never wore any ever.  I got a Timex for my first Communion in 2nd grade.  Last watch. This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at February 28, 2019 10:02 AM MST
      February 28, 2019 8:21 AM MST
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  • Most likely,  but I have no idea how much it was cos it was a gift back when people wore watches. It was a popular brand at time but I just liked it cos pretty. Couldn‘t have cared less about the name. 
      February 28, 2019 8:33 AM MST
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  • 19937
    I was given a very expensive watch as a gift. 
      February 28, 2019 8:34 AM MST
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  • 44656
    $63 at the ship's store.
      February 28, 2019 9:41 AM MST
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  • No it was one of those dorky calculator watches that probably cost $15 from K-Mart. 
      February 28, 2019 10:01 AM MST
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  • 5391
    Define “much”. 
      February 28, 2019 4:44 PM MST
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  • 44656
    On my last ship (USS LaSalle), I was talking with our Executive Officer, CDR Johnson on deck. He was holding on to the lifeline and I looked down at his hand. His gold Rolex was unclasped. I said..."Commander..."Don't move." and grabbed his wrist. He owed me one.
      February 28, 2019 5:45 PM MST
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  • 5391
    My buddy lost a prized Patek Philippe “chronograph“ overboard in the Gulf on one of our fishing trips a couple summers back. $15,000. (It was supposedly waterproof to 300 meters, but we’ll never know) smh This post was edited by Don Barzini at February 28, 2019 8:43 PM MST
      February 28, 2019 6:01 PM MST
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  • 44656
    Yikes.
      February 28, 2019 6:04 PM MST
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  • 5391
    That was cheap for a Patek. Those bad boys can cost as much as a Ferrari. 
      February 28, 2019 8:33 PM MST
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  • 44656
    I will never understand why someone would pay a zillion dollars for a timepiece that is no more accurate than my $50 flip-phone. I was actually in charge of the most accurate clock on the planet. A caesium beam osccilator clock that was on the 'flying clock' experiment in the 60s trying (successfully) to prove time dilation. It was transferred to my first ship. I kept it at a billionth of a second of accuracy. An inspector from the Navy lab said I was the only one in the world who was able to do that.
      February 28, 2019 8:44 PM MST
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  • 628
    Hello there Element 99
    People will have passions and a desire to collect all kinds of different things. For some it may be an issue of showing status, for others it may well be they just like and appreciate something that is finely made. For some it might be rare autos, others will enjoy art and pay hug amounts to acquire certain works.
    I like to collect statues, some may say I am crazy to do so, but it gives me joy to find them and set them on my property.
    A "zillion" to some is spending cash for others..

      February 28, 2019 8:53 PM MST
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  • 44656
    I was fascinated with US coins and completed a few sets...Large cents from 1816-1857, a complete set of Lincolns and Mercury dimes. I lost linterest when they were complete so I split them up and gave them to my adult children. (who have no interest.)
      February 28, 2019 9:00 PM MST
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  • 628
    That is wonderful you were able to pass the collection along, even if they do not appreciate the value, someday I am sure they will.
      February 28, 2019 9:05 PM MST
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  • 44656
    It was fun collecting them. The large cents were my favs. All that history..Who touched and handled them. It was and is quite fascinating.
      February 28, 2019 9:13 PM MST
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  • 5391
    I understand it from a collector’s POV, it’s a form of art, but I find it frivolous in the extreme.  
    How accurate does one really need to be? 
      February 28, 2019 9:20 PM MST
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  • the only watch i've ever worn is an apple watch and it was 329 dollars 
      February 28, 2019 4:56 PM MST
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  • 44656
    Too much. Your phone has a clock.
      February 28, 2019 5:41 PM MST
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  • yeah and i paid 1k for that lol 

    the watch is convenient cause i don't always have my phone on me 
      February 28, 2019 6:03 PM MST
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  • 44656
    A K buck for a silly phone and it isn't attached to your ear?
      February 28, 2019 6:07 PM MST
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  • not at work. i am a busy body and i put it down and leave it all over the place. buuuuut i also get a lot of important calls/texts so it's nice to be able to see and respond + answer calls without holding my phone 
      February 28, 2019 6:12 PM MST
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  • 17620
    Yes.  I haven't worn any jewelry for lots of years, but when I was younger I wore a watch....small round  face/leather band.  My boyfriend who was in Europe at the time bought it for me.  It was a Gucci.  I loved it and when my daughter expressed a like of it, after I had stopped wearing it, I gave it to her.  She still has it.
      February 28, 2019 6:35 PM MST
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  • 14795
    I've had a few expensive ones given me by who I live with....I've never once worn them  and gave them all away to my sisters /kind of sisters in law and my mum....:) 
      February 28, 2019 8:49 PM MST
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