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I have a Belgian friends ...
Dec 09, 2022,07:47 AM
... who's thinking is VERY similar to yours ... you once met him in Paris back in 2008 I believe.
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Profession
By: Ssherman855 : December 7th, 2022-03:00
I understand this may be a sensitive subject and mean no harm; please only participate if comfortable. What are some collectors professions here? Have you found other collectors while in your professional ecosystem that the hobby has helped enhance those ...
Easy....
By: InHavenPro : December 7th, 2022-03:27
Real Estate and estate security. As plain and traditional as it gets. Yes, of course, there have been people that I've worked with, at all wealth levels, who love horology and enjoy it to varying degrees. Likewise, there have been people who, despite thei...
Thanks Filip
By: Ssherman855 : December 7th, 2022-16:44
Yes very similar findings, I shared a story below but I am in commercial banking- appreciate your take.
What a fascinating field
By: Ssherman855 : December 7th, 2022-16:51
I’m sure you see the world entirely different than most people. Any revelations through algebra you’d care to share? did noticing the other speakers watch spark up any conversation or engagement that maybe wouldn’t have occurred without it? Sorry, I share...
I wholesale semi trucks to dealers.
By: Thomas_3 : December 7th, 2022-05:18
we buy them from the end user and fleets and sell them back to dealers for inventory. We buy them sight unseen but have them inspected by a 3rd party inspection service, we share the report with the buyer prior to any money/titles changing hands. Buyer is...
:)))))
By: amanico : December 7th, 2022-09:29
😂😂😂❤️
By: FabR : December 7th, 2022-09:30
LoL!
By: InHavenPro : December 7th, 2022-14:18
I used to have a French teacher who literally smacked me in the back of the head in high school, she would go to jail for that today x))....
Well....
By: InHavenPro : December 7th, 2022-14:49
I went to school both in L.A. and in Belgrade, this one happened to be in Belgrade, perhaps unsurprisingly ....
Yeah, here in L.A. ....
By: InHavenPro : December 7th, 2022-16:01
Unless you are attending Le Lycee Francais, chances are you're not taking French language lessons . I had French from 1st grade in elementary school in Europe, but the only French I learned was during those first 5 years, all of my subsequent teachers (es...
I did have Latin....
By: InHavenPro : December 7th, 2022-19:22
for a brief time in elementary school as well, I enjoyed it mostly because I was always hyper passionate about philosophy. Italian I had for two years in undergraduate university, but admittedly my knowledge is simply fundamental - I can find my way aroun...
:)))
By: InHavenPro : December 7th, 2022-16:12
:=)
By: amanico : December 7th, 2022-16:23
One of the dumbest but also funniest....
By: InHavenPro : December 7th, 2022-16:28
stories I have from the years I attended school in Belgrade is this one law professor (hawhawhaw) in undergraduate university who finished his law school at the Sorbonne, and was therefore BY FAR the most pompous teacher I ever had! Not only did he litera...
I have a Belgian friends ...
By: bimbeano : December 9th, 2022-07:47
... who's thinking is VERY similar to yours ... you once met him in Paris back in 2008 I believe.
😱😂😉
By: FabR : December 8th, 2022-04:38
Well said
By: Cookies : December 7th, 2022-09:31
Heehee
Patent examiner
By: RayStantzPhD : December 7th, 2022-09:21
I hold a Ph.D. in aeronautical engineering, worked in research (turbomachinery) for many years.
I think so too, luckily :)
By: RayStantzPhD : December 7th, 2022-14:42
Many things are getting less interesting the more you now about, demystified sort of... with this field however I find it always gets even more fascinating!
:-)
By: RayStantzPhD : December 7th, 2022-17:59
and you can't even imagine how much fun it would be to discuss the turbocharger technology of (old and new) 911 turbos X-)
anytime!!
By: RayStantzPhD : December 7th, 2022-18:07
😂😂😉
By: FabR : December 7th, 2022-09:34
;-))
By: FabR : December 7th, 2022-10:32
Hehehe!!!
By: amanico : December 7th, 2022-09:44
Quite a lot of jobs I did
By: Cookies : December 7th, 2022-09:36
Currently studying medicine after a decade of managing/serving in hotels and restaurants. Prior to that, I competed in bodybuilding contests and worked in 2 large commercial gyms. My part time work now involves cutting trees, lawn mowing, and landscaping,...
Thanks Nico
By: Cookies : December 7th, 2022-09:53
My early years were spent competing in bodybuilding/manhunt contests. Met many colourful people in those early years. My body is no longer massive, but somehow, when I see those scary looking powerlifters/bodybuilders, they gravitate towards me because I ...
Wow who’d know
By: Cookies : December 7th, 2022-10:02
Amazing you were a DJ and Barman too. Those were the most colourful days, money cannot buy these moments and experiences. Would you do an encore, one day? Just for a day…
For one day, I’d..
By: Cookies : December 7th, 2022-13:48
Like to be a sherpa. I can carry the bags a little and still reach Mt Everest. Through grit and talent and experience, not by deep wallets.
Physician
By: aperna : December 7th, 2022-12:44
Physician specializing in internal medicine with an emphasis on cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. However, I have seen and done it all. I have been doing it for 38 years. The first 30 years were in private practice. The last eight years I’ve joined a ...
You have a big heart Doc
By: Cookies : December 7th, 2022-13:53
Respect and salute. In this day and world, many skip the “step” to get ahead financially. Some resort to research fraud, or insurance fraud. I have seen quite a few already.
Cheers Dr.T
By: InHavenPro : December 7th, 2022-14:24
With heartfelt wishes, likewise to you and yours!
Telecoms
By: chris7509 : December 7th, 2022-13:07
Telecoms industry for me. As i guess most of us i always look at either my colleagues or customer wrists. Being in a customer interface, it is a bit ackward sometimes to have my kind of pieces so, here comes the joy of long sleeves. Also, it is difficult ...
Such great dialogue
By: Ssherman855 : December 7th, 2022-16:38
Thanks all for such engagement, some very interesting bits of info I still need to respond to. For myself, I am a commercial banker ($10mm-$100mm revenues) for a large US bank. I had never comingled horological passion with work; not intentionally it was ...
psychiatrist
By: donizetti : December 7th, 2022-18:24
Plenty of watch aficionados in my line of work! Best Andreas
x))
By: InHavenPro : December 9th, 2022-18:25
Author, Editor, Publisher
By: cazalea : December 8th, 2022-15:37
My whole working career (now retired) was in this order: Newspapers, then books for youth workers and church groups, then automotive repair and parts catalogs and diagnostics, estimating and labor time guides, then car price guides and residual value pred...
Not only a fruitful....
By: InHavenPro : December 9th, 2022-20:13
but a long and eclectic career! It's always informative and entertaining to read about your professional life experiences Mike! Cheers, Filip
Radiologist
By: Ruffian : December 11th, 2022-04:35
Collecting (all things, not just watches) has been shown to be more prevalent among academics, a fact that seems borne out by this thread.
Interesting observation
By: Ssherman855 : December 11th, 2022-05:26
I tend to agree, however, I would disagree on the term “academics”. I would categorize it more as the intellectual and curious (heavier on the curious)… for example, I barely graduated high school but have a career where most of my colleagues are MBAs or ...