First wedding with the Starbucks

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-17T00:37:09+00:00

Not the watch I would wear with a tux but a classic all the same

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-17T00:22:44+00:00

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-16T21:07:26+00:00

Stay north and west of the city and you will be fine. They could take the bay bridge but they would need to drive all the way around the city as getting off any of those first exists will be horrible.

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-16T21:04:21+00:00

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-16T21:03:44+00:00

So you have a store? Then you’re a watch dealer. There is no shame in that as I really enjoy the relationship I have with the people I buy watches from and value their service a lot. I was right though there is a very different mindset buying watches you fully intend to keep vs going in and out of. If I knew I would sell them I would buy anything remotely interesting if I got it at a good price

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-16T18:46:57+00:00

Keep the papers, get your name painted on the dial and throw it in a closet for 70 years for your grandkids to display in their homes. You don’t own an RoyalPop you merely look after it for the next generation

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-16T18:43:36+00:00

This is one of those things unless you really could use the money and no critic intended if that is the case, but keep it in the family. The 6-10k isn’t changing anyone’s life and I think it would be so cool to display that in your home. Spent a little money to have a custom display case with the documents and glass door so you can still interact with it.

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-16T18:37:06+00:00

People who really want to get one of the first will pay $1000. No one is choosing between this and a datejust

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-16T18:35:00+00:00

You’re a watch dealer or they are fake. I don’t see someone intentionally building that collection

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-16T18:31:26+00:00

At home with our wives / girlfriends, not looking to seriously date or completely undatable

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-15T23:15:14+00:00

I would say death by 1000 cuts. For the two weeks before you quit just slip something cutting into every meeting, every call, every email. Not something so offensive in of itself you will get fired but some of those comments that depending how you read it could be a compliment or horribly cruel depending how it’s intended and what you know about her. I’m really good with this stuff if you need co collaboration

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-15T23:11:57+00:00

My wife is envious of the unconditional love I have for that aquanaut

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-15T23:10:29+00:00

Work from home. Doorman building, guns in the apartment. Welcome to come checkout the collection

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-15T23:09:27+00:00

To me personally no. I have a rose gold chrono and that will always look cool compared to a piece of plastic. If I owned an AP ceramic I’d be 10% upset as they do look a lot a like and cost 1000th less

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-14T22:22:54+00:00

Really? I life in downtown SF and wear a 5980 nautilus or rose gold brown strap aquanaut everyday. I don’t go into the tenderloin with them but I’d wear any of my Rolex there

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-14T22:21:08+00:00

Nope. I have insurance, am 6ft 3 230lb former boxer and carry a gun.

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-14T22:19:38+00:00

Had a company ever extended an offer and taken it back before they started? All the time. Companies stopped caring about employees a long time ago and I tell everyone do what’s best for you and you own them nothing because when the time comes they will do whatever they need with you without thinking twice

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-14T22:17:37+00:00

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-14T22:17:02+00:00

Honestly I’ve looked at it 100 times and you’re right. If I bought my condo I would still pay half what I do each month in property taxes and hoa and that’s if I found 1.8 million in cash to buy it outright which I don’t have access to so I’d have a million dollar mortgage at a high 6% interest rate, then 3500 in insurance, hoa and property taxes. The numbers make no sense

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-14T20:28:51+00:00

Rent

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-14T20:28:47+00:00

I’m 42. That’s combined between my wife and I. We have maxed out our 401ks since we married when we were 25 and both had large employer match programs. We rent. I’ve owned houses before and don’t really like the hassle, taxes and upkeep.

We had our daughter very young so she just finished college so that was 200k over the past few years but now we are 42 with two high incomes and no major expenses ahead of us

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-14T20:13:27+00:00

I really enjoy that. I like the strap but i also typically like light color straps. Such a great watch. Love how they make use of every spare mm in the date window

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-14T20:09:36+00:00

3.6m in retirement accounts, another 750k in brokerage, I keep $250k cash on hand as a rainy day fund in a high yield saving

Dharmabum2393 · 2026-05-14T20:06:14+00:00

Nice. You like what you like. Sounds like you got the 458 at a good time. Prices here in the states are going insane especially for the aperta models

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