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Old 21 October 2021, 07:25 AM   #31
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I had to compliment my waiter who served my bowl of ramen, he had a full RG sky dweller. He turned out to be the owner who couldn't find enough workers. He jokingly wanted to trade for my SS ROC...I said yes, but then he quickly ran off serving other people's ramen.
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Old 21 October 2021, 08:15 AM   #32
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A beauty. Mine is coming soon.
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Old 21 October 2021, 10:47 AM   #33
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I am fortunate to own several PM ‘s watches… they are noticed yes…Most are great comments.

I try to hide them in areas when walking around, or situations /areas that might be better to be cautious.

In general, most people don’t have a clue what a pm Rolex costs, probably they think $10k and some others think $100k, anyway no clue….

The problem having many gold ones is that they think I’m
crazy, but they don’t tell me.

I wear gold watches because I love the weight and the look.
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Old 21 October 2021, 11:00 AM   #34
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Oh she does. I would say that it is one of the intended results of getting a yellow gold Rolex.
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Old 21 October 2021, 11:04 AM   #35
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Most ppl don’t care about watches like we do. I think that with all the Invicta, MK, Fossil watches has tone down the attention a gold piece will get.


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Old 21 October 2021, 11:18 AM   #36
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Yes. thats the reason why rose gold or white gold would be a better option if you are concern about "bling bling" effect but still like some precious metal on.. Don't get me wrong, they still will attract some attention, but its lesser than a YG.
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Old 21 October 2021, 11:54 AM   #37
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Don’t have any yellow or white gold but I can 100% say these 2 get a fair amount of attention. Drive thrus when paying, restaurants, shopping, etc. I just say thank you and keep it moving.

Don’t want to get into any long drawn out conversations about what is it and what model/brand. Not my thing. At all………
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Old 21 October 2021, 12:02 PM   #38
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99.9% of people don't care what watch you are wearing or longingly look or sneak glances at your watch
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Old 21 October 2021, 12:41 PM   #39
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99.9% of people don't care what watch you are wearing or longingly look or sneak glances at your watch

I must live exclusively amongst the .1 then.

Plenty of looks, nods and comments even with a stainless sub date.

Maybe y’all need to smile more lol.


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Old 21 October 2021, 02:10 PM   #40
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My YG President is the only watch that draws attention.
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Old 21 October 2021, 03:08 PM   #41
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Yes. Absolutely. I have joked about this before, but trendy restaurants with snobby hostesses always give me great tables when I’m wearing a YG Rolex. If I’m wearing no watch abs dressed semi casual, I’ll be seated in the alley next to a dumpster.
Dont know what kind of restaurants you're going to... but Ive been to countless ranging from hole in the wall to mega fancy and not once, I repeat, not once has the hostess or waitress or waiter or sever stopped to do a wrist check before deciding where I sit.

On the next episode of things that never happened lol.
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Old 21 October 2021, 03:45 PM   #42
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Do you wear yellow gold watches? If so, does your watch actually attracts (unwanted) attention? Or do most ppl don’t notice/care in practice?

Please share your experience!

PS. I didn’t mean to say that attracting attention is necessarily a bad thing.


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Ive only got a rose gold watch and only had negative comments to be honest
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Old 21 October 2021, 08:11 PM   #43
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Ive only got a rose gold watch and only had negative comments to be honest
which model?
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Old 21 October 2021, 08:20 PM   #44
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This is a problem sometimes in my opinion. I have a yellow gold day date black dial with baguettes. It’s very loud in my opinion. Of course sometimes I think I’m paranoid about that. I absolutely don’t want attention. I find the piece incredibly beautiful to look at myself but the only attention I ever want when it comes to my watches is from other watch enthusiast. I mean true watch enthusiasts. Horology hunters if you will. They are the only complements I am looking for. Reason being they are somebody I can sit down and have a cup of coffee with and discuss our hobby. Everyone else I could not care less. I don’t want other attention. As a result I rarely wear that piece. Meanwhile I’m working on my collection to be more under the radar and much higher end than my YG DD.
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Old 21 October 2021, 08:35 PM   #45
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Damn right it does! ;)

You want examples? Ok, order my coffee, wearing long sleeved shirt, reach out to grab the cup, barista exclaims “OMG your watch is beautiful” , I wink and say thanks! :)

Haven’t had any unwanted attention here in Sydney :dunno:

That is stunning! The blue and gold combo is hard to miss. My YG Daytona isn’t exactly subtle but I’ve only gotten noticed by other WIS as far as I know.






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Old 21 October 2021, 09:29 PM   #46
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Old 21 October 2021, 09:41 PM   #47
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Is my watch too small?
Do I not waive my arms around enough?
Or, perhaps I just don’t get out enough?

I was hoping for so much more attention. Could it really be my smile? Do I combine smiling with the arm waiving? I assume this should be done out somewhere, right?

Wearing a watch is hard.


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Old 21 October 2021, 09:56 PM   #48
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My yellow gold pieces have received a fair amount of comments and looks, all positive. I can tell you though my Bluesy got the most by far. That watch enters a room before you do! A few pics as requested.
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Old 21 October 2021, 10:00 PM   #49
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For me, these two got more attention than the other PM.
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Old 21 October 2021, 11:01 PM   #50
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i really want to add a YG daytona to the collection or a YG submariner one day however the times are changing for the worst currently in NYC and not sure how much wrist time it would actually get unless i can afford to hire a bodyguard =P which leads me to answer YES : definitely gets more attention. sometimes, unwanted attention as well. There have been quite a few muggings in NYC and even a shooting at a very well known restaurant over a watch. people are specifically targeting luxury watches given the craze going on today.

i have a few co workers who have quite the collection and prior to this fiasco would constantly wear PP's, AP's and Rolex's but lately that hasn't been the case.

While we all love our watches, we must be careful and cautious so we can be around to enjoy them and one day pass them down to whoever we choose =)
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Old 22 October 2021, 01:16 AM   #51
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I’ve got a Bluesy but I need a full YG in my life!!
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