Reply With QuoteI think any shot could be perceived as showing off, as could every incoming post etc. I think we've just got to accept, these places are watch forums and we are passionate about our hobby.Originally Posted by RAJEN
I am on fence re this.
On WUS , it started with car and then - your watch and your shirt
- your doggy and your watch etc.
Am not kidding.
Certainly has to be done right, otherwise can easily look like showing off.
I think any shot could be perceived as showing off, as could every incoming post etc. I think we've just got to accept, these places are watch forums and we are passionate about our hobby.
I have absolutely no interest in photographic evidence but certainly testimonials from satisfied parties would be in order. Otherwise it is just your word😃😃I'm all for a bit of c##k waving. At last, something I'd win
Only for the weekend though... Manager having it back today!
Here's one of me in your carI despise those in-car shots... you'd never catch me taking one
Why are you wearing grandmas dress?
Gray
Oh, that was your grandma?!
The watch is now sadly gone (it was worth more than the car...........)
This one's still with me - it was taken inside the car - honest.
OK Car related
There's a Hulk in the bag.
Am I doing this right?
LOL Java - reminds me of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHo2pXO_XAI
Why?
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I was right first time. Another Green thread
Green, because you think you have more money than me? Did you watch that clip to the end?
Where is your sense of humour, man?
1the video won't play. and 2 This thread is about cars and watches not money. It only connects with money in your head.
You need a better computer ;)
(and of course only a twit wouldn't associate someone waving a Daytona in a Ferrari with an ostentatious show of conspicuous consumption, but that's just my opinion)
She had better taste in dresses than men - but it's a close thing
Gray
I predicted how the thread would turn and I was right. Should I buy a Lada specifically to participate in this kind of thread.
599 ? Very nice car.
That would be great - I'll send on a Timex for you to wear.
(Apols for the video, didn't realise it was geo-coded)
That would only be acceptable if you had to sell your watch to fund said Lada, which would render you unable to participate.
Look People have all kinds of cars, all kinds of watches, and all kinds of incomes. Live with it. It shouldn't threaten you the way it seems to.
I posted on this thread for fun. To participate. I happen to like watches and cars. I shouldn't have to justify it.
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Scaglietti.
It's not a matter of feeling threatened, it's a matter of taste. But then, as watch enthusiasts, we both know that tastes vary - enjoy the thread.
Very nice, there were a couple of sessanta's local to my area, fantastic car.
Very nice Tim, I recognise the Red Beast in the first pic...!
Weird how people misinterprete things we all like to aspire to as ostentatious in the UK!
In the US they admire nice things whatever they maybe! (especially white teeth)!
Yes Vince the red one is the one you bought from me.
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Then worry about your taste and leave others to theirs.
The American dream has teeth too and where there was once less of the green-eyed monster than here in the UK, I've found they have been cultivating the beast in the recent decade.
Personally, I work on the principal of celebrating the earned success of others and doing what I can to make others successful. I also don't measure success in material terms, although respect that for some this may be how they themselves gauge whether they have achieved or not.
As for cars, I get a buzz from driving any new car and how long that thrill last for is down to how good the car is, not the cost of it. I've met a fair few people on TZ who love cars and watches and that has led to off-line friendships. The enjoyment of a mechanical watch and cars seems intertwined for many.
If you want to moan about the signs of material consumption and the perceived flaunting of it, why are you on a watch forum in the first place? This forum is filled with photos of 'new arrivals', SOTC, 'what should I buy?' etc; therefore, the backbone is about expenditure and showing it off.
That was my point.
I always assumed the majority of people on this forum had more than one watch, often quite a few and with a fair chunk of money sunk into them. Perhaps I just live in an affluent area but of the members I've met from TZ a lot of them have interesting cars. There's already a thread here on 'what do you drive?' so whats so wrong about one on car wrist shots?
It's an XK120, btw. Not mine sadly but I am insured on it and do get to drive it.
I've suddenly lost all interest in watches... do you have any more pictures of that car?
Not sure this counts - cheap watch, historic vehicle.
Lots of watches here worth more than both my cars put together
My two
This last one isn't mine but I get to tinker with it occasionally
Thanks for that observation, Father Preachy. It would have been nice to be allowed to leave the thread on a positive note, as intended.
Would you like me to rally a few members in order to ask Eddie if you could be added to the causes supported by the Fundraiser?
Then you needn’t feel left out.
Fine Japanese kit, built tough.
I'm up for it if you are.
I’ll start straight after the Bank Holiday.
Get down to the Volvo showroom tout suite
Volvo? Ah ffs.I’ll start straight after the Bank Holiday.
Get down to the Volvo showroom tout suite
I remember a street beggar turning his nose up at my prawn salad on wheatgern once...
One's German & one says London, but who knows!
1- If bought with hard earned money, everybody has a right to to buy what he/she likes.
2- I can't look inside peoples head to know if they are showing off or just passionate about cars and watches.
3- I wouldn't put so much money towards material goods if In my posession, but that's not the point here, freedom of choice is.
Oh, and WUS sucks..........
Daddel.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Gorgeous
Is there a thread for watches & Chuck Taylor's?Lots of watches here worth more than both my cars put together
Wow... I always thought that the XK120 was my favourite vintage car... I now realise that it is my favourite car full stop.
You are very lucky getting to drive one of those!
In my defence, I thought the prawns were off.
Watches and cars. Boys and toys!
If you are on a watch forum that is what it is mainly about.
Revman revving.
The obvious.
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The not so obvious!
Mitch
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