劳力士拥有者的演化

checkin · 发表于 2009-8-4 13:17

原作者:James Dowling 译者:BILLYU

Rolex拥有者的演化

Hi 同志们，

前几天和我的一个朋友聊天的时候发现他带了一块新的DateJust，有趣的是之前认识他的时候他戴的是一块JLC的Master Geographique。
我问他关于现在的这块Rolex他说几乎是他每天所佩戴的表了。

这让我想到了很多其它人和他们的戴表轨迹如下：

1）还不接触手表
2）开始关注手表并且买了他们的第一块机械表，或许是Longines，Bell&Ross或者Tissot
3）开始喜欢上手表并且买第一本手表杂志
4）通过一些了解后他们开始不满意自己的第一块表并且买入诸如OMEGA这样的品牌
5）戴了一段OMEGA以后开始买入Rolex
6）他们发现自己的绝大多数时间在佩戴Rolex
7）他们发现了Timezone或者其它类似的手表网站并且每个星期在上面泡几个小时
8）他们发现Rolex并非什么最好的表
9）他们开始买古董表
10）他们开始每天在论坛上泡1个小时
11）他们开始预算着买一块机械计时表然后购入OMEGA Speedmaster
12）他们开始开车去看橱窗里的IWC或者JLC
13）他们的计算机一开机就连上了手表论坛
14）他们开始在论坛上询问IWC和JLC的价格并且计算从远东（HK）运送过来的税收问题等
15）他们在网上购买自己的第一块很贵的表
16）他们开始在论坛经典贴中翻看Blancpain和Brequet的区别
17）他们陪家人的时间慢慢比泡论坛的时间还少
18）他们已经开始忘记了自己的Rolex和OMEGA放在哪里了
19）他们无法确认哪块Blancpain Trilogy更适合他们
20）所以他们买了一块Royal Oak
21）随着手表价格的不断上涨他们开始拥有了短期的满足感
22）他们坚信如果自己的生命中不拥有一块Alange或者PP就是不完整的
23）买一块Alange或者PP
24）他们开始小心翼翼自己的表，走入人群的时候尽量避免碰触坚硬的东西以免弄坏了手上的表
25）他们开始找自己的Rolex
26）他们发现绝大多数时间还是应该戴Rolex
27）他们买了歌剧院的套票，这是唯一的机会穿正装并且佩戴他们昂贵的表
28）他们每个星期只上论坛一个小时

这种人你认识么？

祝好运
James

checkin · 发表于 2009-8-4 13:20

本帖最后由 checkin 于 2009-8-4 13:21 编辑

原文版本

Hi Folks

I was talking to a friend the other day and I noticed he was wearing a new Datejust; I found this interesting as the last time we had met he was flaunting (and I do not use the word lightly) his new Jaeger le Coultre Master Geographique. I asked him about his new watch&he told me that it was now his everyday watch.

This got me to thinking about other folks I know and the watch owning progression they seem to go through and it seems to run like this:

1. Their pre-watch life
2. They become aware of watches and buy their first mechanical watch, probably something like a Longines, Bell&Ross or Tissot.
3. They enjoy the watch&buy their first watch magazine.
4. After reading a few issues they become dissatisfied with their watch&they trade it in&then buy something like an Omega.
5. After a while they keep the Omega and buy a Rolex
6. They find themselves wearing the Rolex most of the time
7. They discover TZ or some similar forum and spend a couple of hours a week on it
8. They discover that Rolex is NOT the best watch in the world
9. They buy their first vintage watch
10. They are spending an hour a day on TZ
11. They begin to develop an urge to buy a mechanical chronograph&buy a Speedmaster Moon watch
12. They drive out of their way to look in the window of their nearest IWC or JLC dealer
13. Their computer now opens TZ when switched on
14. They start to ask questions on TZ about prices of IWCs and JLCs&import duties× from the far east
15. They buy their first expensive watch on line
16. They start to look at TZ classics to try and understand the differences between Blancpain&Brequet
17. They are spending more time on TZ than with the family
18. They can not remember where the Rolex and the Omega are
19. They can not decide which of the Blancpain Trilogy is the best for them.
20. So they buy a Royal Oak
21. As the price of the watches increases, they are satisfied for a shorter time
22. They believe that their life will not be complete without either a Lange or a Patek
23. They buy one
24. They become obsessive about the watch, walking into other people so that they will be able to avoid walking close to any solid objects in order to protect their watch
25. They start to look for their Rolex
26. They find the Rolex and start to wear it almost all the time
27. They buy a season ticket to the opera, (its a chance to dress up&wear one of their expensive watches).
28. They now spend only an hour a week on TZ.

Is this anyone you know??

Good Luck
James