Reply With QuoteGreat shots ,great watches !
Great shots ,great watches !
I really really like the Cellini . Looks an impressive event
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Great pics and looks like a great event.
That Cellini is the pick of the bunch there - lovely!
I surprised myself by thinking that too!Originally Posted by ach5
Nice to see the C of E branching out. Do they have money lenders in there as well?
I was born in Lichfield, brings back memories
I was christened in a Rolex boutique
wonder if the Vic had it away with one under his frock
Some very nice watches there, loving the Skydwellers and looking forward to getting "ze call" (sometime maybe...)
Now I'm not a religious man but there seems something very odd (to me at least) about having a Rolex event in a church. Like letting the fox into the hen house. Or the weight watchers class into the cake shop. Still, as long as the Vicar's happy?
That scene strikes me as being extremely tacky, to be honest.
And they keep your christening day baby boots till your 18th birthday
Agreed, though in the tackiness stakes I am struggling to decide which is worse - Lichfield Cathedral for hosting an exclusive event aimed at flogging expensive watches, or Rolex for thinking that "More than a Sign, a Commitment." is an appropriate tagline in a religious venue.
The marketeers from both organisations deserve the "Irony of the Year" award.
Nice watches though.
I seriously doubt Rolex had anything to do with it; it's far more likely that it was solely the local dealer's idea of a tasteful display.
But yes, quite off-putting on many levels.
The manager made the sign of the coronet on my forehead with Moebius Synt-A-Lube
From the Lichfield Cathedral website:
VENUE HIRE
The Cathedral is the only medieval three-spired Cathedral in the UK - the perfect setting for your event!
It has played host to a great range of events including formal dinners, graduation ceremonies, concerts, exhibitions, lectures, product launches, markets, festivals, location filming and more.
The Cathedral is a prestigious venue which can be transformed to suit the needs of your organisation. We can offer a box office, as well as interval refreshments and other catering, from our Cafe, Chapters. We will also allow external caterers.
Events can take place in the Cathedral itself, or in one of the other charming properties in The Close.
These buildings cost a tremendous amount to keep maintained, and are generally encouraged to exploit the value of the space as much as possible. I would guess that commercial activities like these are restricted to the nave, kept far away from the choir and the sanctuary and the altars. Also: shiny, useless, overpriced tat is available in every cathedral shop in the land.
And to be fair to the Cathedral, although luxury watches don't mesh very well with the stuff about a rich man passing through the eye of a camel etc, there's nothing inherently inethical about watches - no sweatshops, no ravaging of the environment, no exploitation of distant peasants etc
I don't think this comes across the way you meant it to!
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Nice. I like the Air King.
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i don't know what you meanI don't think this comes across the way you meant it to!
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Very similar to a well known preserved railway that hired out a train in all innocence and it was used to film a well known blue movie a year or two back, certainly a product launch of one form or another
Absolutely - and fair dues to the Cathedral for spotting a market. I know from our local village church just how expensive these facilities can be to run.
The irony, though, is priceless.
Lichfield Cathedral is dedicated to St Chad. When St Chad was Bishop of York he devoted himself to humility and self-denial. He then resigned the bishopric in a dispute over its validity, citing that he had always felt unworthy of the position. This act of humility resulted in his appointment as Bishop of Mercia, which is how Lichfield ended up as the seat of the diocese, and hence how the Cathedral came to be.
Somehow I doubt humility and self-denial were much in evidence at the the Rolex event
I lived for a while in Lichfield and the cathedral was one of the very few nice things about it. One summer evening we took a friend out to show him round, starting with the chavs cruising up and down the Birmingham Road in their twatted-up Fiestas and Corsas and then a nice big fight involving about 30 people outside the restaurant we were in. One lucky fellow probably didn't notice how much he was bleeding but he left a trail to the cash machine and on to a variety of pubs, you could still follow the spots of blood the next day. We ended the night in the Angel, a complete hole of a pub but generally always good fun, where someone suggested my girlfriend's tattoo was Polish and the bouncer had to help him out the door. Another typical night in Lichfield...
"A man of little significance"
Lovely building, the lighting looks really good. used to have a colleague who was part of cathedral masons team.
Wonder how long it will be for the bishop has "sponsored by amigo loan sharks" embroidered on the back of his cassock...
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Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
Well, that really depends on the brand. ;)
Choir boys have to be stored somewhere 😳i don't know what you mean
What a bloody tacky and tasteless event.
I could almost wish someone would have gone in there and tipped the tables over shouting "den of thieves".
the local vagrant/tramp should have gate crashed it in a Les Patterson stylee
When was this?
They are my local AD and I didn't know anything about it. Would like to have tried on the Sky D's. I assume they were the dummies, that have been doing the rounds.
A Rolex event in a church, wrong on so many levels, just a massive reminder of the greedy messed up times we live in. The sign of the cross has a nice new crown.
I would have told my AD to shove it up his arse if our local Rolex roadshow was in a church (or any place of worship of any religion), what an absolute disgrace.
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Whilst I wouldnt have put it so strongly, I certainly do agree in principal.
I don't find that too strongly-worded — if anything, I think he's being restrained.
I tend to agree, there are so many other nice modern and classic buildings around that a religious venue should be just that and nothing else!
Have you been watching those 1970s Zombie films again?
Nicely put. I agree with others who think that a cathedral shouldn't be hosting this kind of event. Can't imagine a mosque or synagogue doing this.
Impressive venue, I wont get in to whether its right or not but its impressive none the less.
Salloways are my closest Rolex AD but I've never had a decent experience with them either in purchasing or aftersales. I have been on their waiting list for a Daytona for a long time, going back to the pre-ceramic days. However, when a good friend of mine bought a day-date from them recently, he was given the next Daytona that came in as a sweetener (with a £500 discount)! I don't even look in their window any more.
"Chav-o-ways" seems more apt given this thread.Salloways are my closest Rolex AD but I've never had a decent experience with them either in purchasing or aftersales. I have been on their waiting list for a Daytona for a long time, going back to the pre-ceramic days. However, when a good friend of mine bought a day-date from them recently, he was given the next Daytona that came in as a sweetener (with a £500 discount
Hey! Lichfield is one of the better Towns in this parish
I would have done if I'd have known about it
Reminded me of a 90's song:
"Here we go again
Here we go-go-go to the temple of consumption
Get your gear and start to spend
Here we go-go-go with a total dedication"
Seems appropriate. Clearly the Trinity would each be wearing a Sky Dweller. Wonder if they got a discount for buying three at the same time?
Just saw this - maybe Rolex is not so bad after all.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40934331
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