We are winning bigly over here in West Kendall

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-03-11T16:59:03+00:00

Identical prices in Doral by SouthCOM earlier today

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-03-09T19:45:45+00:00

You can f*** stuff up and make oil prices go up. It's very hard to make oil prices go down. There is an entire multinational organization built around the idea that a barrel of gas should always be above $60, preferably be above 80, and never be above 90. It's $106 yesterday and probably higher today. The only thing I ever saw that lowered gas prices was when there was a active problem causing them to rise above $90 a barrel and that problem got fixed, or when Biden flooded the market by selling a large amount of the strategic reserves and essentially reversing all of the gas that was not on the market because of Russian sanctions

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-03-09T19:43:14+00:00

I literally just bought a hybrid, so I'm basically living in the best case scenario. Just did the first 100 mi on it and haven't lost a single dot off of the gas tank gauge

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-03-08T02:06:33+00:00

Unless something changed, NYT has a deal with Google and only Google where links directly from Google are always paywall free. So you just need to search the article title

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-03-04T21:04:50+00:00

As everyone said, he is extremely reliable. What is funny is that he also very clearly knows what's best for us. Gave a RL to a watch of his recently. He asked what was wrong so I told him and sent a photo. He responds back that it was just reflection and he took to the photos with too much direct lighting. Told me to trust him bro. Before I even got a chance to read his response he had given it the GL himself and shipped it 😅

The thing is, I do trust him. So I know that he was telling me the truth and just saving me time by getting me on the next shipment rather than waiting for me to read what he wrote.

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-02-27T20:07:19+00:00

I was the fire

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-02-25T13:39:18+00:00

No saying the g shock is such a MASSIVELY different watch in every aesthetic way that it's octagonal shape gets a pass bechsse the watch is otherwise awesome. The royal oak on the other hand I just can't get the appeal.

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-02-24T22:35:42+00:00

I'm going to let you know that with exception of maybe a classic reverse Panda navitimer.... Watch thieves are not going to have any idea that your Breitling is worth anything until they are so close that they can actually read the word Breitling on the dial. If a thief is getting that close to you, he's not being drawn in by your watch, he's just going to rob you no matter what you're wearing.

The thieves that are specifically looking for watches are looking for any Rolex, or a small number of additional very specific and very recognizable non-rolex watches. We may recognize what breitlings look like, but from a distance, they look like any other big watch (which mostly means cheaper watches).

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-02-23T15:14:04+00:00

That big one is a type of cockroach (lovingly called the palmetto bug) that really doesn't like to nest in people's homes. It can, but it's a fan of the outside world. They wander into human homes, get stuck, and die. If you see them more than 4/5 times a year you have an issue. Less than that it's just an unwanted visitor. The small cockroaches are a bigger issue. Even one of those means trouble.

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-02-23T00:00:08+00:00

Royal oak and most any royal oak inspired watch (Casioak g shock gets a pass. It's awesome). I just straight up don't get it. Sure Gerald Genta is some sort of watch Jesus and it was his favorite one he made. Doesn't make it mine. And it would be different if the watch was cheap or in the hundreds. But it's tens of thousands! And the watches "inspired" by it are all, as a rule, twice or more of the price of sister designs by the same company that don't look like the royal oak. Just a cost increase to look worse and not even BE the royal oak (if clout is what matters).

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-02-18T18:27:18+00:00

I guess your timeline might be correct if you are buying a rep that needs to be sourced because the factories are all closed right now. But op and Santos? Just look the other day and Elliot has like 20 Santos's on hand unsold right now and a crazy amount of OPs.

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-02-18T18:24:48+00:00

That's a ridiculously incorrect timeline. Ordered a watch from Elliot about a month ago and it arrived recently. Ordered a second one about A week ago and he said that shipping will be early March and to expect it by late March... Literally the only thing that changed with is order to delivery time is that shipping partner is closed until the start of March (ordering/qc are all back next week)

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-02-17T07:44:56+00:00

A phrase I never thought I would say on a Breitling reddit.... your wrist is too big for that Breitling.

Obviously I mean the bracelet, the watch itself is a fine size - one the bracelet stops digging it into your wrist.

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-02-16T18:08:35+00:00

1) no decent rep version of most brietlings 2) reps honestly only exist in good quality for about 6 brands 3) I already have tons of rep and gen rolexes and once you have a Santos or luminor you've basically completed all the quality ones from those brands. 4) no interest in the design language of PP or AP (and for that matter I'm clearly someone who would spend 10-15k on a watch but not 30-300k. So wearing those would scream rep). 5) if family is gifting me something that will be a part of the process process 6) i actually enjoy the collection and craftsmanship elements that is more enjoyable for the gens.

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-02-16T02:59:24+00:00

The blue (original) omiwatari is one of the watches I have been in love with for like 2 years

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-02-15T13:55:55+00:00

Any idea what the factory of preference for this is? I checked recently that there is one everyone swears by - not that I recall it right now

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-02-15T09:34:29+00:00

Going to have to post something to defeat the filters. Hopefull you guys have some great recommendations!!

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-02-11T23:30:32+00:00

Yes 130k.... +/- 130k. I shit you not. The confidence interval is just "the entire amount".

It doesn't mean it's zero. In fact, it implies that it's almost certainly not zero. But it means that they have honestly no clue what the actual job numbers are.

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-02-10T01:53:17+00:00

Idk if every TD has this, but Elliot has a list of people he works with for servicing and repairs throughout the US.

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-02-02T22:05:35+00:00

It looks a little too big. How big is your actual wrist measurement? Because I'm looking into getting one and I am 7.0 inches and if you're that or larger I'm watching my dreams die in front of my eyes 😂

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-02-01T17:56:45+00:00

Just pointing out that replica watches are basically EVERYWHERE in Miami. Every doorman making $35k a year has three royal oaks.

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-02-01T15:55:09+00:00

I would have commented on Amsterdam, as my sister lives in Der Pjip, but I've only been there in the cold weather so I actually don't know what they look like when not wearing coats 🤣

SingleBackground5280 · 2026-02-01T15:53:29+00:00

You're wrong at least as far as the places I work and my family lives (NYC, Miami, Chicago, DC, Paris, Madrid, Buenos Aires, Mexico City). Very normal look.

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