You know you're into watches when.....

blue5000

Just thought I'd start a light hearted thread on the little personality quirks of people who are into watches. Don't be embarrassed, it might be good to know that you're not the only one. So here's mine:

When you check the old magazines in a doctor's waiting room for interesting watch ads:pac:

sparrowcar

When the wife leaves the house and I head upstairs with the iPad for some "special time" and end up just looking at watches instead....

Johnnio13

When the wife keeps saying "why do you bother looking at watches you can't afford all the time. Here is the argos catalogue"

CarltonBrowne

When somebody tells you that they've just bought a Porsche and you ask if it was made by IWC, Orfina or Eterna.









Apologies - I think I've posted this before.

Tell me how

When you miss what someone is saying because you're trying to catch what's on their wrist.

bren2002

Your estimation of a person goes up when you notice they have a real watch.
And conversely goes down if someone asks you is yours a fake.

Homer

You know your wrist size but no other body measurement

Deep Thought

someone asks you "Have you got a problem?" when you are staring sideways at them trying to see the name on the Dial

Wibbs

When you absentmindedly try to handwind a quartz watch. Yep.

893bet

If you fall or stumble you instinctive protect your left wrist incase you damage your watch.

valoren

Manchester United get drawn against Basel in the Champions League and you start thinking about new watches.

blue5000

You have to get the post before your OH, or, you now use your work address, for ebay/paypal and then smuggle 'stuff' home.

I read a book about antique tractor restoration and to keep things simple the advice was to only specialize in one particular model of tractor. This way whenever a new one arrived you could (honestly) say ''it's just spare parts for that one over there''.

Deep Thought

valoren wrote: »

Manchester United get drawn against Basel in the Champions League and you start thinking about new watches.

Actually took a Job working for a company as they were based in Basel...

Left 3 months ago....Miss flying into Zurich

flutered

Wibbs wrote: »

When you absentmindedly try to handwind a quartz watch. Yep.

a few times i got a nice watch online very cheaply because it was advertised as needing a battery, when all it required was a good shake

Daemonic

You browse and buy straps with no particular watch in mind for them.

rwbug

You are channel hopping and stop on babestation to try to identify her watch

Ionised

When you are getting your eyes tested and end up having a 20 minute conversation with the optician about his watch.

emo72

rwbug wrote: »

You are channel hopping and stop on babestation to try to identify her watch

Well played. Noted for future reference.

Deep Thought

rwbug wrote: »

You are channel hopping and stop on babestation to try to identify her watch

They wear watches...errrr....and what is this Babestaion you speak of ??