Who Watches the Watchmen (Our Chit Chat Thread)

Irish VAT when bringing it over here

VAT is due over the total amount paid to get it to Ireland, including shipping and insurance costs.

Do you not live in Ireland?

While admiring Fitz 11 "store of wealth" (his words) in the SOTC thread a question came to mind. What is the difference, if any, between a Kermit & a Hulk watch? Both are green divers. Am I missing something?

I hate not being able to multi-quote almost as much as I hate not being able to split out quotes into points as we used to be able to do.

I have a personal account on insta for the usual, being social and fake successful 😁

Then I have the watch and collectible account as a "hobby" account. I'd love to think it's because I'm not shallow and seeking validation, but, honestly that's probably part of it.

Not that I need external validation or to be told "Wow, your stuff is great!" More that honestly, of my circle of friends, I'm the only one with an interest in watches and planes.

My friends do have an interest in comics, sci-fi, collectibles and some of my other interests esp 3D printing, but, not one of them could tell a Vostok from a Seiko 😉

So if I was to do a bit of soul searching? My hobby account on insta would probably be a way to connect with people who share that interest in at least a superficial way. It's not a search for validation... Or maybe?🤔

Far less detail, chat or craic on Insta than here, but, some really fantastic photos. Some of the dealers share shots of vintage pieces and some of the folk doing watch photography are capable of amazing shots.

I have found some gems of people in certain accounts like sinngram, Jung urmacher and others. Even your account Fitz, it's not just showing off or swinging balls. There are some lovely photos, a bit of craic and always a bit of knowledge.

1 thing that has me using insta more the YT aswell, is that I generally find myself on Insta, whilst listening to a podcast or similar. Allows me to split my attention between 2 things and convince myself I'm able to multitask rather than having an awful attention span 😂

Edit

Forgot to add, feel your pain on the funds front. Very illiquid at the mo but sure it's not the end of the world. Wanted to buy something recently but the only way I could swing it was by letting go the VC.

And I just smile too much every time I wear it so, the blue stays here 👍

There was maybe a couple of hundred off it, I didn’t really push her as wasn’t going to purchase but at the same time didn’t seem to be a lot of movement.

If I were going Pam that’s the style I’d be going for, looking at the pics it does look big on the wrist but didn’t maybe feel as big, I certainly didn’t gasp when I put it on.

When I compared the new speedmaster to the old one, didn’t like the bracelet, clasp seemed tiny.