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| Posted: Sat Jan 12th, 2008 10:04 am |
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Paxman 3T WIS 
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I was making my way through the hospital I work in when I walked past two surgeons and I heard the magic words "Blancplain Flyback." Well, that stopped me dead in my tracks, and I quickly inserted myself into their watch conversation. The Cardio-Thoracic surgeon Alex was showing the Vascular surgeon Jeff his new watch... enter the lowly PACS Administrator. Alex held up his wrist for me to see and asked if I knew what his watch was... Did I pick it up? Oh yeah, from six feet I knew it was a Glashutte Original Senator of some sort. When I responded with the correct information his jaw dropped. He told me I was damn good and that one in 100 would have known what he was wearing. He went on to tell me he had been eyeballing perpetuals for some time and decided on the Glashutte rather than a Patek which he felt was overrated. I couldn't agree or disagree having never handled one... We went on to exchange watches with me being the low man on the totem pole with my Alpina. Amazingly, they were impressed with it! Jeff had a Tag Aquagraph which was very sweet too, but the Glashutte was incredible. A beautiful rose gold case, exceptional looking and complicated movement and super dial work with a lot going on in a rather subdued fashion. Very hefty. I was most impressed with the leap year indicator just under the brand's logo.  Working in a hospital In Green Bay, Wisconsin lets me rub shoulders with collectors that have far more discretionary income than I do, but there are only a few WIS among them since we are located in the far North... not too very cosmopolitan! Many will grab a Rollie or Tag without having any knowledge of what they are getting into, but only a few truly love watches. To my knowledge, there are only three WIS among the physicians. One a UN aficionado, Alex who sports Glashutte, Rolex, IWC and Graham and Jeff who favors Tag and Rolex. And the Blancplain Flyback?? Well, Alex should've had that delivered yesterday. I asked him his address so I could stake out the place...
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| Posted: Sat Jan 12th, 2008 10:12 am |
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srh_pres 3T WIS 
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Now when you say you exchanged watches, did the GO come home with you?? heh, would have been nice, huh...  I have run into 1 WIS at my work, and he was a contractor doing some IT stuff - sporting a panny... He saw my Enzo on at the time, and we did the same obligatory exchanges and incantations... Its great to run into a fellow WIS, but you're right Mark, few and far between I'm afraid... ;)
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| Posted: Sat Jan 12th, 2008 05:58 pm |
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zippofan 3T WIS 
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I have heard the following comment more than once at work: "It's only a watch..." :shock: And over the Holidays I was showing my Citizen Eco Drive LE Bullhead to some family and I heard: "Oh nice, is that a Fossil?" :shock::shock: I didn't even want to get into it! Cheers, Griff
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| Posted: Sat Jan 12th, 2008 07:06 pm |
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shane1000m 3T WIS
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Now when you say you exchanged watches, did the GO come home with you?? heh, would have been nice, huh... Exactly what Steve said, was what went through my mind when reading this. Gorgeous watch.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 12th, 2008 08:30 pm |
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Paxman 3T WIS
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shane1000m wrote: Now when you say you exchanged watches, did the GO come home with you?? heh, would have been nice, huh... I am not gonna lie... There have been two occassions this year where I wanted to run. This was one, the other was with a UN!! My odds weren't good as my true identity is known to these gentlemen! 
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| Posted: Sat Jan 12th, 2008 09:33 pm |
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shane1000m 3T WIS
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Paxman wrote: shane1000m wrote:Now when you say you exchanged watches, did the GO come home with you?? heh, would have been nice, huh... goofyHilarious mate
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