"PJV" (pjvilela)
02/28/2014 at 18:44 • Filed to: None
1
25|
"PJV" (pjvilela)
02/28/2014 at 18:44 • Filed to: None | 1
| 25 |
Despite beeing a car guy I also love to collect watches.
Cars and watch brands have a long history together as chronographs were essential, since the first day in auto industry to take , average speeds, acceleration times, lap times and so on.
Paul Newman and his Rolex Daytona
You may remember the association between Le Mans, Daytona and Paul Newman with Rolex, Tag Heuer with Mclaren and Steve Mcqueen, Jaeger Le Coultre and Aston Martin, Longines, Girard Perregaux and more recently Hublot with Ferrari, the new Tudor USCC and others.
Gilles Villeneuve with a digital quartz Tag Heuer
I would like to read from you. Meanwhile, I leave you with some of my watches.
Omega Speedmaster
Breitling Jupiter and Tag Heuer Pilot
Tudor 79180 "Big Block"
Omega Seamaster Polaris
ddavidn
> PJV
02/28/2014 at 18:47 |
|
My oppoinion is that you should send me a watch.
|
PJV
> ddavidn
02/28/2014 at 18:59 |
|
:-)
JasonStern911
> PJV
02/28/2014 at 19:01 |
|
when I first bought my RX-8, my dad gave me one of these watches:
other than sucking down the batteries and needing to be rebuild every couple of months, it was a nice watch.
|
PJV
> JasonStern911
02/28/2014 at 19:04 |
|
Wow! Never saw a watch like that before! But def car / Mazda related
desertdog5051
> PJV
02/28/2014 at 19:04 |
|
To each his own. I would rather spend that money on other things, but that is me.
Spaceball-Two
> PJV
02/28/2014 at 19:05 |
|
I collect Nixon watches. Going to need a bigger case soon.
|
PJV
> JasonStern911
02/28/2014 at 19:05 |
|
Rotor dial? how cool is that? Nice one
|
PJV
> desertdog5051
02/28/2014 at 19:07 |
|
I agree but there is something in this machines that is so similar to cars...can't explain :-)
|
PJV
> Spaceball-Two
02/28/2014 at 19:10 |
|
Very nice collection! Can you give the model of the middle one in the 4th row (steel chrono) ?
|
Spaceball-Two
> PJV
02/28/2014 at 19:14 |
|
That's actually a Citizen my father gave me when I graduated h.s. many moons ago.
|
desertdog5051
> PJV
02/28/2014 at 19:40 |
|
Agree. They wonderful pieces of machinery. I have 3 and I rarely wear them.
Vee Ate Injun
> Spaceball-Two
02/28/2014 at 20:01 |
|
no " The Dork " watch?
mine is unfortunately showing its age so i don't wear it anymore, but I loved that dorky watch. I had audio clips of KARR (KITT's evil twin brother) and HAL 9000 ("
I am completely operational, and all my circuits are functioning perfectly
" and, of course, "
I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
"). I also had
Spanish Flea
and
Tijuana Taxi
, just for laffs.
The Dummy Gummy
> PJV
02/28/2014 at 20:09 |
|
I should post the Rolex to go with your post, but ironically my cheapest watch is my favorite. I know it's quartz. Don't judge me
|
PJV
> The Dummy Gummy
02/28/2014 at 20:13 |
|
No, not at all. I also like Quartz watches. The Omega, Breitling and Tag posted are Quartz. And Btw I like you watch
|
The Dummy Gummy
> PJV
02/28/2014 at 20:19 |
|
Tag's are quartz? I had no idea. Omega's are great.
|
PJV
> The Dummy Gummy
02/28/2014 at 20:21 |
|
Back in the 80's and 90's they have made a lot of Quartz watches. Mine is from 1993
|
The Dummy Gummy
> PJV
02/28/2014 at 20:29 |
|
Interesting. A tag will probably be my next one. I'm thinking of buying it for my five year anniversary at work, but i don't know if I will have enough cash. I have to get my wife a new watch. Bye your watches are awesome.
|
PJV
> The Dummy Gummy
02/28/2014 at 20:37 |
|
They are good value for money but, IMO, Omegas are better and more solid 2nd hand value. Interesting (or not), where I live women love to wear men watches. My girlfriend loves wearing mine. It's cheaper because I don't need to give her any watch :-)
|
The Dummy Gummy
> PJV
02/28/2014 at 20:40 |
|
You don't think the tag will appreciate? The Rolex has appreciated significantly in value.
|
PJV
> The Dummy Gummy
02/28/2014 at 20:46 |
|
Rolex was, is and will always be a solid value but in Portugal even they depreciate. The steel Submariner can be bought for 3500 euro in 2nd hand. They cost around 5500 euro new. Saying that, I believe that the Tag will depreciate a lot.
|
The Dummy Gummy
> PJV
02/28/2014 at 20:50 |
|
Bummer. I will have to really think about it. I'm a sucker for a good movement. I wish the women around here loved men's watches. It'd be a lot easier and cheaper.
|
PJV
> The Dummy Gummy
02/28/2014 at 20:51 |
|
And the most interesting thing is steel watches holding the value better than gold ones. You can buy a gold Rolex Daytona for the same price of a steel one (2nd hand of course)
|
The Dummy Gummy
> PJV
02/28/2014 at 20:56 |
|
That's crazy. I actually thought the gold was the only reason the one I had appreciated
|
PJV
> The Dummy Gummy
02/28/2014 at 21:00 |
|
True! It's bonkers but you can check that on ebay. Always a good source to know the average price of watches.
King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider
> PJV
02/28/2014 at 22:23 |
|
Beautiful pieces!
While they are still new to the industry, I really love the utilitarian look/feel of Bell & Ross; I'm known to bang my watches up, so having something nice and durable is key for me.