Anyone keen on watches?

[Macca]

well of course.

[Gazjam]

Not sure I'd WANT to nick this...



£383,258!
https://www.chrono24.co.uk/rolex/rol...4_nV8Org&pos=1

[Barry]

That must be a pretty rare Rolex with the Arabic dial.

[Gazjam]

Given the price too...
Dubai businessmen only I think!

[Barry]

Might have been a customised watch, if Rolex offer that service. If so, it would explain the high price.

[Gazjam]

aye,
could do.

Quite like the style, have a reverse panda one, but that silver one would be nicer without the expensive bling around the bezel.
The pale blue on silver works quite well.

[Pigmy Pony]

100%
Same applies to Hifi, cars, houses, handbags (if that’s yer thing) or whatever material stuff you enjoy.

Steves bang on with this, and Roy’s just sharing his passion here, as we all do.
Different strokes different folks.

If someone gets their stuff just “for other people”, they aren’t in a very good place.
Nobody here’s like that though.

Alright, who's been talking? Got to be Macca, that's the last time I lend him my favourite Prada...

[Pigmy Pony]

Given the price too...
Dubai businessmen only I think!

Not sure it would be Dubai, they have a thing for gold plated cars, and that particular watch just wouldn't match.

[Pigmy Pony]

People do notice watches, clothes, haircuts all that sort of stuff.

I used to go in the bank a lot to cash cheques as I didn't have an ATM card for years. Go in on day off scruffy and in trainers compared to on my lunch hour from work in suit and tie with mirror-polished shoes.

I was never addressed as 'Sir' wearing the scruffs. The difference was quite alarming.

I got a fake Rolex in TJ and wore it to work for a few months until it died. One day someone asks 'What's that watch you're wearing?'. A woman at the back of the room who I never had anything to do with immediately pipes up 'It's a Rolex.' She'd clocked it - if you'll excuse the pun.

What you look like massively affects your interaction with others - not family and friends but people who don't know you. Can be critical.

Worked with this posh woman for a bit she was always immaculately turned out. On dress down day I would always wear my usual scruffy sportswear. One time she says to me 'You always dress like you're poor why don't you wear decent clothes?'

The reason is I've always lived in poor, rough neighbourhoods. Maybe not so much these days but years ago if you dressed posh you stand out and you're a target. Dress scruffy they assume you're one of them. You don't see piranhas eating each other.

When I used to go hifi shopping in the 70s and 80s I used to smarten myself up a bit, my reasoning being that the salesmen would give you more attention if you looked like you could afford their kit. I don't think it matters much these days, in fact it looks like some folks might be 'dressing down' at hifi shows. Unless it is a deliberate attempt to keep the sales blokes off their backs

[Gazjam]

When I used to go hifi shopping in the 70s and 80s I used to smarten myself up a bit, my reasoning being that the salesmen would give you more attention if you looked like you could afford their kit. I don't think it matters much these days, in fact it looks like some folks might be 'dressing down' at hifi shows. Unless it is a deliberate attempt to keep the sales blokes off their backs

Steve going Hifi (and handbag) shopping in the 80's