boltjaM3s--
You've often written, "After awhile, successful people get tired of defending themselves...it's too much work" and I take it you really mean it.
We all live unique lives of course, but that statement just does not accord with my experience and those of people I know well. A few do feel threatened, like their kids might be kidnapped, or that their homes might be targeted for attack. These are realistic fears in my view, and I sympathize with people who feel that. But no one "gets tired of defending themselves," in the sense you mean it. It just doesn't come up much.
But it does for you, you say. Could you be eliciting it in some way?
Your comment, "I get lots of negative reaction...just as intended," is evidence that you desire to elicit these tensions.
But not by watches, surely, as so many of them look alike.
Why have you included a picture of four watches? Do you want to show off? Well then, those are vary nice watches that you have. Good job. You did good. You bought watches.
But they are not watches of great interest to me as they all have hash marks instead of Arabic numerals. I like Arabic numbers because I can read them faster and there's no ambiguity. That's why the armed forces uses Arabic numerals in all government issue (GI) watches. People nearby can see the correct time too. And when I slide out of the shower, I'll know right away whether I've put the watch on upside down. One of the worst watches ever made, to my lights, is the Movado Museum watch: it has no numerals at all. A museum is where it belongs, not on someone's wrist. The watches you have on display are not Museum watches, but they do seem unnecessarily hard to read quickly.
Continuing the digression you created, I can add that I prefer titanium watches with titanium bands because I find stainless & gold, etc. too heavy to wear. Up until 2013, Rolex never made one (and their new titanium sport watch has no Arabic numerals, of course) so I never had much interest in the brand.
But the pricey competition has made lots of titanium sport watches over the years, but it seems the height of foolishness to buy any of 'em as the virtually all (except Rolex) have ETA movements in them. So some shnook is paying for the case, the bracelet, and most importantly the watch face, and he could get a nearly identical movement in an ordinary Hamilton.
Perhaps you will show us some other things you bought. Lawn furniture perhaps?
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