Luxury watches
Aug 16, 2018 11:56:09 #
When does it become smarter and better to find alternate ways of displaying ones affluence? Smarter and better to me is becoming successful and then donating much of that success to charitable causes. Classic example of this is the Bill Gates creating the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Their foundation has already donated over $50 billion dollars to great causes of which he directly donated $28 billion himself in 2013. I wonder watch kind of watches he and his wife wear? LOL
Aug 16, 2018 12:06:28 #
PhotoPhred wrote:
Citizen EcoDrive. No batteries, perpetual calendar, and I have not set the time except for daylight savings. To therwol, some of those old Rolex watches a worth lots.
I love my Citizen Ecodrive especially the 'Perpetual Calendar'. The atomic time is a nice feature also knowing that I never have to reset the time either! It's so nice not having to change the calendar date as months pass by including leap years. Just set it and forget it! (Yes, I stole that quote from a tv commercial). It's nice not having to change batteries either. However, I have read that after roughly 10 years or so, the capacitor that is charged by sun and artificial indoor light will need to be replaced. I can handle resetting my watch once every 10 years or so.
Aug 16, 2018 12:28:51 #
rocar7 wrote:
But thatâÂÂs not what a wristwatch is for. ItâÂÂs for keeping an eye on the time - âÂÂWeâÂÂre running a bit late, letâÂÂs get a move onâÂÂ. Anybody remember the original Bulova Accutron? One of the first battery powered watches. It had a vibrating tuning fork, and the mechanism counted the vibrations, converting that to time. Incredibly accurate compared to contemporary watches. You can still buy them used.
Thanks Rocar. I totally forgot about my dad's watch that I inherited in 2007 and needs to be fixed! It's an 18K gold Bulova Accutron Astronaut watch (which I didn't realize it was 18K until years later when I did some research on the internet and found these are collector's items and then looked closely at the back of the watch and saw the 18K). I found 2 people specializing in fixing these watches on the internet and been meaning to contact one of them and put watch back into drawer and forgot about it until now. I just contacted one of the repairmen today- thanks to your post. It will mean so much to me to wear a watch that belonged to my dad and a conversation piece as well. Unlike the younger generation, I'd rather wear a watch vs having my face buried in a smart phone and no watch.
Aug 16, 2018 12:37:45 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
DesRose wrote:
When does it become smarter and better to find alternate ways of displaying ones affluence? Smarter and better to me is becoming successful and then donating much of that success to charitable causes. Classic example of this is the Bill Gates creating the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Their foundation has already donated over $50 billion dollars to great causes of which he directly donated $28 billion himself in 2013. I wonder watch kind of watches he and his wife wear? LOL
He also purchased a $5 million apartment for his
eldest daughter and spent $37 million to acquire property, stables, horses and facility to feed her equestrian passion. The last thing I would consider spending money on is horses. People spend their money on what pleases them assuming they have the money to spend.
Aug 16, 2018 15:00:25 #
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