Has anyone ever bought a watch off someone famous?

[JPCain86]

just interesting to know, surely they buy enough.

[MMC]

No, but I bought the real tennis ex World Champion's bicycle from him last week. Very smart it is too.

[jwg663]

I bought a 1966 Land Rover about twenty years ago & one of the (million & one) previous owners had been a guy
that read the news on Scottish Television.

That's about the best I can do.

I have met a guy who wears a Cartier Pasha which he claims he got in settlement of a debt from a well known Scottish
"wild man" musician. Story may be keich, though.

[Gurmot]

just interesting to know, surely they buy enough.

I'd be curious to know if there are any famous members on here. Plenty of famous "WIS" so it's reasonable to assume there are one or two of the pretty people lurking hereabouts.

So come on, don't be shy...........

[Damo8604]

I've often wondered that too!

[Scottishtrunkmonkey]

I'd be curious to know if there are any famous members on here. Plenty of famous "WIS" so it's reasonable to assume there are one or two of the pretty people lurking hereabouts.

So come on, don't be shy...........

Here I am

[catflem]

I've got one that belonged to Orlando Bloom............ I didn't buy it from him though.
















I'll get my coat

[Gurmot]

Here I am

Is that really you? Who'da thunk it!

[flame]

Hi

Didn't someone buy Sammy Davis Junior's Heuer....?

Best - Neil

[techireland2000]

I never got a watch from somebody famous, but once I did get to ask Ronan O Gara the time ( Ireland/Munster Rugby)

So I guess I kinda got the product of his watch......Does this count ??

[Foxy100]

Ted Heath once asked me the time at Farnham railway station. Oh and I've tried on Guy Smith's Daytona he was given when he won Le Mans. And I've tried on one of the Monacos McQueen wore in that film. Haven't bought one from anyone famous.

[rahilb]

yes, i'm batman.

[ralphy]

My TVR was previously owned by Tony Robinson, does that count?

R

[Chris_in_the_UK]

My TVR was previously owned by Tony Robinson, does that count?

R

So you bought Baldricks car?........

[Seabadger]

I bought a Baume & Mercier that was previously owned by a DJ who is apparently quite big in Austria.

I can't remember his name, I'm afraid.

[stooo]

I bought a Baume & Mercier that was previously owned by a DJ who is apparently quite big in Austria.

I can't remember his name, I'm afraid.

DJ Billion BPM. Techno techno.

[ralphy]

So you bought Baldricks car?........

Yep! Worse still, he'd had it painted in a colour to 'match' his father's old Jaguar, so it took ages for my painters to come up with a close enough modern substitute.

R

[Chris_in_the_UK]

Yep! Worse still, he'd had it painted in a colour to 'match' his father's old Jaguar, so it took ages for my painters to come up with a close enough modern substitute.

R

Stupidy, stupidy, stupidy..............

[Dave O'Sullivan]

I bought an M3 convertible that used to be owned by a football player called Don Hutchinson.

It was a typical players car so I moved it on. All the bells and whistles but not looked after at all. Every panel had scrapes and the wheels were like 50 pence pieces. Also, I looked like a twat driving it.

No watches though.

[langdalematt]

I bought a Rolex Yachtmaster Platinum that was owned by Golfer Jose Angel Jimenz. I was told they often get given watched by the sponsors to wear and then either sell them or give them to their caddies who sell them. Anyway it was worn a couple of times and had his name on the guarantee.

[Barry]

Never bought one that I am aware of, but sold a watch to a US senator!

[Raffe]

I bought a Baume & Mercier that was previously owned by a DJ who is apparently quite big in Austria.

I can't remember his name, I'm afraid.

DJ Ötzi? Terrible music, I am sure you heard it during après-ski.

[P9CLY]

I was once in conversation with John Travolta years ago,he had the same flight sim software ''Aerowinx'' we chatted on the forum,I asked him why he was using this specific simulator,he said he was at that time learning to fly heavy jets and this modelled the 747 as near as you could without actually flying the real jet and he would use it between his acting roles.He did send a pic of himself using it so I did know it was him and not just some random guy.

http://www.aerowinx.com/

[MzM]

I was once in conversation with John Travolta years ago,he had the same flight sim software ''Aerowinx'' we chatted on the forum,I asked him why he was using this specific simulator,he said he was at that time learning to fly heavy jets and this modelled the 747 as near as you could without actually flying the real jet and he would use it between his acting roles.He did send a pic of himself using it so I did know it was him and not just some random guy.

http://www.aerowinx.com/

Now thats really cool

[Michael E]

I'm now the lucky owner of a Rolex 1016 explorer that used to belong to Allan Gill and Sir Wally Herbert the polar explorers famous for being amongst the first four men to walk to the north pole in 1969.
Cheers Mick

Polar explorer Allan Gill.

Sir Wally and Allan Gill.

Sir Wally Herbert's Rolex advert.

Pictures from the 1969 expedition.

[Bloobird]

Sort of, in a very roundabout way...

I had an old MGB that I sold to one of the comedy 70's runners out of the 118118 adverts. Within a week I'd managed to convert all the proceeds of that sale, plus a bit more, into a Sub LV. So technically, you could say that a (not very) famous person "bought" my watch.

Tenuous, I know...

[Darren Cal.11/12]

Hi

Didn't someone buy Sammy Davis Junior's Heuer....?

Best - Neil

YEP .... http://www.chronocentric.com/forums/...=read;id=54069

[hhhh]

I once bought a cricket bat off Graham Gooch.

Seemed like a good idea at the time but when I went to use it in a match it was so bloody heavy I could barely pick it up.

[flame]

YEP .... http://www.chronocentric.com/forums/...=read;id=54069

That's the one....now that is really cool !

Best - Neil

[ktmog6uk]

I once sold a William Shatner CD to Graham Norton

[Dr.f]

My nearest claim to fame is having bid on the Alan Gill Rolex Explorer 1016 that previous poster actually bought.

[Captainhowdy]

I bought a Rolex Yachtmaster Platinum that was owned by Golfer Jose Angel Jimenz. I was told they often get given watched by the sponsors to wear and then either sell them or give them to their caddies who sell them. Anyway it was worn a couple of times and had his name on the guarantee.

Is the Jose fella related to Miguel Angel Jimenez?

[RJM25R]

No but I have sold a 3 piece suite to Paul scholes and his wife!

And a car to someone off corrie.......

[Michael E]

My nearest claim to fame is having bid on the Alan Gill Rolex Explorer 1016 that previous poster actually bought.

I will update you on the explorer Dr.f when I get the chance, I have met Allan's sister Muriel and I have another Rolex letter which she gave me regarding the watch that is addressed to Sir Wally, she also wanted to give me a couple of vintage cameras that used to belong to Allan which I ended up buying too.
I wasn't actually the winner at the auction but did a deal with the winner/owner for the watch, like you I wanted that watch but could not bid against my mate, but with a bit of negotiation I managed to bag it.
Cheers Mick

[AndyMilts]

Bought James Beaties X5, from a BMW dealer. He sold it as he got done for drink Driving, as few people mentioned cars, he was a footballer

Watch wise sold a Panerai to Graham Thorpe and bought a Tag off Darren Bicknell both ex England cricketers, both are mates so slightly different I guess

[Raffe]

I once bought a watch from Günter Steinhart.

[Tokyo Tokei]

Bought a Rolex from James Dowling, if that counts. Oh and a watch and a gazillion straps from a Mr E Platts, who is quite well known I understand

[Antony23]

YEP .... http://www.chronocentric.com/forums/...=read;id=54069

Great story, and what a bargain price for a bit of history!

[farmkid]

One lunch time about 4 years ago I was sitting outside the Hoxton bar and kitchen in east London
having a drink with a female friend of mine . Jason Orange from the boyband 'Take That' walked by on his
own and sat in a nearby cafe. The girl I was with then started banging on and on asking me to see if she could have a photo
taken with him.....in the end to shut her up I went next door and asked him- he said no problem.
So I go back and tell her to grab her camera and hurry up.
So my friend sits next to Jason Orange and I take the photo- just as we were then leaving I notice he is wearing a 40mm
Luminor Marina Panerai on a Panerai Croc strap.......I was wearing my old Pam 104 on a Gunny strap- so I showed him it....
we then chatted about watches for awhile...he said someone had given him his Pam as a gift..and about 30mins later
we were still there talking and in the end we had to make our excuses in order to leave....
my friend and I thought it was quite surreal and/or odd. He is in a very well known pop band and yet was wandering around Hoxton on his
own and was so friendly and chatty it was as if he was lonely and appreciated some people to talk to.
I didn't have the heart to tell him to 'man up' and get a 44mm Panerai.

[Neilo]

Not a watch but I used to own Jeremy Clarkson's old Escort Cosworth reg No K38 FMC (ford motor company) back in the 90s

[bigvic]

I'd be curious to know if there are any famous members on here. Plenty of famous "WIS" so it's reasonable to assume there are one or two of the pretty people lurking hereabouts.

So come on, don't be shy...........

Thre is of course a certain tz-uk member who's bought & sold on here thats getting a fair bit of airtime on talkSport lately...

[dek10000]

Not a watch but I used to own Jeremy Clarkson's old Escort Cosworth reg No K38 FMC (ford motor company) back in the 90s

very cool car btw

[Bogmanfan]

Sold my Tag golf watch to Leinster & Ireland rugby legend Bernard Jackman. Face to face deal. Very nice bloke!

[markc]

Thre is of course a certain tz-uk member who's bought & sold on here thats getting a fair bit of airtime on talkSport lately...

Yes - but he's not THAT famous is he? I mean he follows ME on Twitter!

(Sorry mate - if you read this!)

Cheers,

[mrpgkennedy]

I would imagine many famous people are either given them or when they want a new one they just buy it, it probably doesn't cross their mind to sell the old one. If they did they would tend to tarde it in or auction it as i'm not sure they like the image of them selling stuff

[NickHKent]

I bought an M3 convertible that used to be owned by a football player called Don Hutchinson.

It was a typical players car so I moved it on. All the bells and whistles but not looked after at all. Every panel had scrapes and the wheels were like 50 pence pieces. Also, I looked like a twat driving it.

No watches though.

Hutch put a vintage Rolex (I think it was a pre-daytona chronograph, can't remember) through auction a while back so someone out there has an ex-footballer's watch.

[cad monkey]

No but I have sold a 3 piece suite to Paul scholes and his wife!

And a car to someone off corrie.......

Hang about, are you saying that Paul Scholes buys 2nd hand sofa's?

[Captainhowdy]

Hang about, are you saying that Paul Scholes buys 2nd hand sofa's?

That one has set me off, in Talksport style "things around the house" footballers.... how about Peter Couch, or Daniel Aga

[Raffe]

No but I have sold a 3 piece suite to Paul scholes and his wife!

And a car to someone off corrie.......

Hang about, are you saying that Paul Scholes buys 2nd hand sofa's?

Where does it say "2nd hand sofa"? RJM25R might be in the business of selling expensive sofas to foorball players....

[TheWatchman]

I'm now the lucky owner of a Rolex 1016 explorer that used to belong to Allan Gill and Sir Wally Herbert the polar explorers famous for being amongst the first four men to walk to the north pole in 1969.
Cheers Mick

Polar explorer Allan Gill.

Sir Wally and Allan Gill.

Sir Wally Herbert's Rolex advert.

Pictures from the 1969 expedition.

Now that is REALLY cool...

My nearest claim to fame is having bid on the Alan Gill Rolex Explorer 1016 that previous poster actually bought.

....and that's just bad luck :(