mike2
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Economics
A few years ago private jets cost $1000-3,000.00 an hour to operate....now this is $4000-8000.00 so what was a $3000 trip is now $12,000-15,000 plus the "dead-head" time home if you are staying a while......and that is one way:so commercial travel really starts to look better......now add to that the purchase of that 6-figure timepiece on your Amex card ..........suddenly you have a "gillion" points that you can use to purchase airline tickets with ....so now you are traveling coach, business, or even first class for free vs the $3,000-8000 per hr private cost.......... It does not take long to see that he could soon aquire another timepiece. So what you are seeing is just good business ........plus an airport and airplane are probably two of the safer places in the world to wear a piece of that nature
Jeans etc....
By: mike2 : July 10th, 2009-15:00
More people than you think, including myself, travel in levi's & shirts thru commercial airports wearing highly complicated Patek Philippe watches of this nature. The reality is few if anyone knows what they are,their scarcity or value. They are made to b...
I agree with Mike
By: AT : July 10th, 2009-15:15
We were in first class, the person had a nice Vuitton bag and a luggage tag from a pretty exclusive fishing resort in north of Vancouver that I've been to a few times. All in all he could still have a fake but didn't look like it.
Economics
By: mike2 : July 11th, 2009-09:46
A few years ago private jets cost $1000-3,000.00 an hour to operate....now this is $4000-8000.00 so what was a $3000 trip is now $12,000-15,000 plus the "dead-head" time home if you are staying a while......and that is one way:so commercial travel really ...
isn't that just the best...
By: Rob : July 10th, 2009-16:26
seeing such a nice piece being worn so casually. Awesome combo IMHO. The ONLY way to wear watches of this caliber IMHO. I always thought it'd be nice to wear a tux with an Aquanaut. Conversely, with jeans and tee, the higher the complication, the better!
no more private jet?
By: mjnoumoff : July 19th, 2009-17:23
maybe his company sold their private jet? could also depend on his final destination. he may have a Cessna CJ2 for shorter-trips but his travels on the day you saw him, took him transatlantic/pacific and his CJ2 doesn't have that range. so a lot cheaper t...
Real thing and fake?
By: Mech : July 19th, 2009-18:20
In Asia, this is hard to tell, even in close range. I had a recent encounter with a 'rich' friend of mine and we flew back together and I spotted him wearing a Nauty and at the time, I didn't know Nauty enough to tell that a real thing doesn't come with a...