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I can't tell you how often I get "out-watched" here. I'm out at a bar or restaurant, I look over, and someone is wearing an expansive Patek or a Rolex Daytona or a Gold Cartier.
So the other night I went to hear some jazz with my fiance and a buddy of mine who actually writes articles about local jazz bands. Pretty awesome night, so I'm wearing my new Seiko Marinemaster Hi-Beat, feeling like a million bucks.
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Apparently drinking before a drinking event is a sign of being a lush, so true to form we met at a different bar beforehand to pre game:
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Around 8:00 pm we went to Gramercy Park Hotel to hear the Brian Newman Quartet. My buddy had written an article about them and honestly they were awesome.
When we got there I looked down at my Marinemaster and it was just glowing! I'm not really sure how it even got a charge....
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So the band plays two sets with an intermission in between, during which I look over at the guy next to me. He's wearing a solid gold Calibre de Cartier. Rose Gold, on the bracelet. Must be at least a $30 grand watch.
So I ask him, is that the Calibre de Cartier, and he says yes. We start talking about watches, what he owns, etc. Then he hands me the watch and tells me I can wear it while he goes outside for a minute. I can't believe he's going to leave me with this expensive watch, but his friend was right there to keep an eye on me. So I said yes, and switched watches with him--giving him my new Marinemaster to wear.
The watch fits me like a glove, and I'm loving it! Unfortunately I didn't have enough light to get a good photo....
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After a minute or two, it dawns on me that this could all be a ruse to steal my Seiko, and that the Cartier could be a fake. Stranger things have happened. But no, he came back, we exchanged watches, and all was well.
Then the second set started, and out of nowhere Lady Gaga shows up, dressed in what can only be described as a huge red feather, and did almost the entire last set with the band:
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It was a night to remember in many ways, and I'll always remember that nice gold Cartier being on my wrist--even though I did get "out-watched" once again!!!
So the other night I went to hear some jazz with my fiance and a buddy of mine who actually writes articles about local jazz bands. Pretty awesome night, so I'm wearing my new Seiko Marinemaster Hi-Beat, feeling like a million bucks.
View attachment 15146
Apparently drinking before a drinking event is a sign of being a lush, so true to form we met at a different bar beforehand to pre game:
View attachment 15147
Around 8:00 pm we went to Gramercy Park Hotel to hear the Brian Newman Quartet. My buddy had written an article about them and honestly they were awesome.
When we got there I looked down at my Marinemaster and it was just glowing! I'm not really sure how it even got a charge....
View attachment 15148
So the band plays two sets with an intermission in between, during which I look over at the guy next to me. He's wearing a solid gold Calibre de Cartier. Rose Gold, on the bracelet. Must be at least a $30 grand watch.
So I ask him, is that the Calibre de Cartier, and he says yes. We start talking about watches, what he owns, etc. Then he hands me the watch and tells me I can wear it while he goes outside for a minute. I can't believe he's going to leave me with this expensive watch, but his friend was right there to keep an eye on me. So I said yes, and switched watches with him--giving him my new Marinemaster to wear.
The watch fits me like a glove, and I'm loving it! Unfortunately I didn't have enough light to get a good photo....
View attachment 15149
After a minute or two, it dawns on me that this could all be a ruse to steal my Seiko, and that the Cartier could be a fake. Stranger things have happened. But no, he came back, we exchanged watches, and all was well.
Then the second set started, and out of nowhere Lady Gaga shows up, dressed in what can only be described as a huge red feather, and did almost the entire last set with the band:
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It was a night to remember in many ways, and I'll always remember that nice gold Cartier being on my wrist--even though I did get "out-watched" once again!!!