So I'm not alone in my fine madness... Steve Sunshine and I and a few others used to have lonely discussions a few years back.
Buzz, I believe that was my post in another thread correcting someone about the differences between Submariners, SeaDwellers and Seamasters when they were trying to make an analogy about mfgs.
BTW...well sold, Roscoe.
I'm into big watches, and have been since well before their current popularity...fit my size. Been wearing Panerais since 98, soon after they reemerged on the market following Stallone's commission of a few. Having been with Panerai that long, my favorite is my PAM 1 and the Marcos-like collection of straps that go with it...think of it as a CSX2000. Not my only one.
Looking around in my box or on a winder, you'd also find a Submariner Pro like the one above...gotta have that helium valve when I'm in my diving bell.
Biggest, heaviest and thickest one I own is a Breitling Hercules...probably the best time keeper as well.
Also have a Heuer (not Tag/Heuer) Monaco.
Others as well...
Men (at least those who don't live in the Castro or other such enclaves) don't get to wear much jewelry...watches are about it in our modern culture. They perform a function, and the mechanics involved deserve some respect...regardless of price or brand. Combinations of complications (those extra features such as time measurement, multiple time zones, etc.) are amazing when one thinks about what goes into a small case hanging off your wrist. Always cracks me up when someone comes onto a thread like this and smurks about how little they care...yet they drive or lust for a Cobra instead of an old Gremlin.
Pens...another passion.
