u/Evening-Confidence85

Why are grown and educated men romanticising blatant product placement? Product placing is not an achievement.

Being selected to the moon? Cool

Timing olympic events? Super cool

Sponsoring Formula 1 races? Fine

But placing your watch in a blockbuster? Making sure actors are seen around wearing your watch?

How is it an achievement? Are we 12?

I die inside everytime the “Bond connection” gets used as an argument. Why does it get used as an argument???

I mean, one thing is saying “oh Omega quartz chronographs were used to time the olympics so that must mean something”, “astronauts relied on omega watches so that must mean something”

But THIS WATCH WAS PRODUCT-PLACED IN THIS SUCCESSFUL MOVIE is not an argument unless you’re 12

I’ll see myself out.

All the synthetic sapphires I can find for sale look too “unreal” to me… 5+ carats, perfect clarity, sci-fi cuts… i am looking for sellers/cutters of “realistic” synthetic sapphires. Fancy colors, under 3 carats, traditional cuts… anyone come to mind?

Am I the only one who thinks chains are supposed to be tucked under your shirt 9 times out of 10? People still see your chain all the same, even if it’s tucked under your shirt. It will also randomly pop out of your shirt from time to time.

MI SONO ROTTO I COGLIONI vai li a febbraio a cambiare le gomme “ehhh ehhh siamo in alta stagione vi svegliate tutti adesso, portamela la settimana prossima che sono pieno” vai li in giugno a chiedere di mettere fari e cambiare sellino “ehhh ehhhh siamo in alta stagione è un lavoro di 15 giorni” ora IDRAULICI ELETTRICISTI SPAZZACAMINI e adesso PURE QUELLI CHE CAMBIANO LE GOMME ALLE BICICLETTE DIO MADONNA MI SONO ROTTO I COGLIONI DI LAVORARE PER STAR DIETRO A QUESTI QUATTRO STRONZI CON LA TERZA MEDIA CHE TI FANNO IL FAVORE DI FARE QUALCOSA DUE ORE AL GIORNO

Edit: Tutti GENI DEL FAI DA TE QUA, Col ponte auto e la saldatrice laser in garage!!

Se mi prendessi una chiave e un attrezzo per per ogni cazzo di vite, bullone, guarnizione, tubo, serratura e persiana che ho in casa, (che poi o spendi centinaia di euro o resti con il cassetto di cineserie che puoi usare due volte) avrei 2 ferramente, 4 negozi, una falegnameria e una cazzo di officina!

Ho capito che è una cazzata, ma mi devi rispondere “ti svegli adesso?” e tirartela più di un medico?

Che devo fare? Andare al negozio e dirgli VOGLIO COMPRARE UN SELLINO MA MI ARRANGIO? ***E ALLORA*** ME LO COMPRO ONLINE. ***E ALLORA PIANGONO IL MORTO***

I get downvoted every time I reply this. Redditors say I’m “coping”. “Ohohoh this fool thinks people will notice”. THEY DO.

People DO notice your watch! The shallowest, least nerdy, least informed people you know.

You don’t need to be a “watch enthusiast” to spot a watch.

People do recognize you own a Rolex and wonder if they’re fake. They do recognize that your Diesel/invicta is a junky watch.

The fact that they won’t say anything to your face doesn’t mean anything. The fact they surely can’t tell a Breguet from a JLC doesn’t mean anything.

You show up at a reunion with a Rolex, they WILL comment and bitch about it BEHIND YOUR BACK.

You hand them a bill for your services while wearing a Rolex, they WILL comment and bitch about it BEHIND YOUR BACK.

You are wearing a Rolex while doing a job that supposedly doesn’t pay enough, they WILL comment and bitch about it BEHIND YOUR BACK.

It’s not a “niche”.

Hi guys, I’m an IT consultant going through a midlife crisis.

I’m looking at some “goldsmithing” or rather “jewellery repair” evening classes.

Would love to take any, but cannot afford to go through an “apprenticeship”. Need to keep my day job. I don’t come from a family of jewellers.

My question is.

Can you actually learn how to do small repairs - polishing, resizing, putting and changing clasps - and make an acceptable job …on your own? Just after a few weeks of classes?

Thank you if you may.

I’ve been fancying becoming a gemologist, but I can’t leave my day job, and finding the time to take the classes in my country would be VERY difficult if not impossible.

(6 courses of 2 working weeks each; would have to book 6 months in advance)

What are your experiences?
How/why did you become a gemologist?
Did the certification actually give you more business opportunities?

Ferragamo seems to be suffering a decline in popularity …and I hear over and over on youtube that Ferragamo has been declining in popularity because of an alleged lack of quality and whatnot.

I can’t find this lack of quality. I have bought 3 pairs of Ferragamo in the last 5 years or so. A pair oxfords, a pair of chelsea boots and a pair of loafers.

Find me a better made and more comfortable pair of classic men’s shoes for under 500 euros.

Everytime i buy a pair of english or mallorca shoes it’s always the same story “oh, first pair? They will get more comfortable over time!” NO it’s NOT MY FIRST pair, and, NO THEY WILL NOT.

Meanwhile I can buy a pair of Ferragamo and they are the most comfortable shoe from day one?

I just *know* I could commission a few “grail” lab-grown stones, have them set, and scratch a few itches for a 10th of what the mined stones - that i don’t buy anyway - would cost me.

I just can’t get myself to do it. It would leave a bitter taste in my mouth. It’s so irrational. The lab grown stones would just look&feel too good to be true… and yet everyone on reddit just raves about them.

Change my mind (?)