Mildly interesting
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wrote on 17 Feb 2025, 23:42 last edited by
You are deliberately missing the point. There’s not the huge difference between 73 and 88 as there is in watches.
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wrote on 18 Feb 2025, 00:30 last edited by
I dont have any expensive watches, but I think for people who "collect" them or buy them, they are like pieces or art.
The price itself does not justify what you receive, just as if you were buying a painting by a famous person that costs USD$XXX+ dollars.
For sure, if you just buying something to tell time, then you would not buy an expensive watch.
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wrote on 18 Feb 2025, 01:50 last edited by
For a mere $430,000, you too can look like a Russian oligarch!
I guess beauty really is in the eye of the beholder
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wrote on 18 Feb 2025, 01:57 last edited by
On his deathbed, he'll have a Rosebud moment where a single tear will stream down his cheek as he laments that nobody ever asked him what time it was.
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On his deathbed, he'll have a Rosebud moment where a single tear will stream down his cheek as he laments that nobody ever asked him what time it was.
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wrote on 18 Feb 2025, 02:45 last edited by
I got this watch for my birthday. It's my first Citizen and the most expensive watch I have ever owned. I think it looks much better than the $430k watch that phibes posted. It's solar powered with a 20 year battery that can be replaced. I suppose the battery will still have to be manufactured in 20 years for that to be possible. Whatever, I hope I live to see the battery die.
I have an opportunity to buy a Rolex but even with the great deal of 1/3 it's actual value, it's still way too much to spend on a watch. And it's not something I could sell due to me valuing a friendship over money. If did buy it, which I won't, I would wear it but not every day. -
wrote on 18 Feb 2025, 04:02 last edited by
U came the same argument for pens? A bic will get your message across like a Mont Blanc
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wrote on 18 Feb 2025, 04:04 last edited by
Btw I have neither, Rolex or Mont Blanc.
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wrote on 18 Feb 2025, 04:11 last edited by
I don't own a Mont Blanc.
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wrote on 18 Feb 2025, 04:11 last edited by
Or a Rolex.
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wrote on 19 Feb 2025, 03:13 last edited by
In case you ever wondered why wine bottles are exactly 750 ml. and not, for example 1 liter (1000 milliliters).
In the 19th century the main customer of the French wine producers was England. The English unit of measurement for liquid volume is imperial gallon, which is equal to 4.54609 liters. To simplify the calculations when converting units of measurement, the French transported wine from Bordeaux in 225 liter barrels or exactly 50 gallons, corresponding to 300 bottles of 750 ml. To make it easier for them, they assumed that 50 gallons = 300 bottles.
So, one gallon corresponds to 6 bottles. In fact, this is the reason why even today, wine cases often contain 6 bottles. -
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Wow. I wonder if that is factual.
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wrote on 2 Mar 2025, 19:33 last edited by jon-nyc 3 Feb 2025, 19:34
Las Vegas, 1947.
It was just an amusing pit stop on Route 66.
