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Re: Is that the reply?
In Response To: Is that the reply? ()

: Yeah, any question is a legit question. I'm not
: sure "Is that the question" has
: any condescending tone in it. No?

: "Is that the reply?", there is no
: condescending tone in it either. If you feel
: in anyway I offended you, I'm sorry. My
: reply is actually discussing watch related
: issues. Your reply is your feeling against
: my reply, if I read correctly. Sounded like
: a judge.

: My reply was: "A watch is just a

: Explaination: In terms of keeping time, water
: resistance, and other functional aspects of
: a time piece, Rolex/Omega/etc prestigeous
: brands are not significantly better than
: lesser brands. It's not hard to find much
: less expensive watches that keep better
: time, more robust than expensive ones. A
: watch is really just a watch.

: Then, why people choose to buy Rolex/Omega?
: It's about styling (looks), workmanship
: (quality, including bracelets), and brand
: name prestige. So this can be considered
: "attack" to Omega/Rolex?

: Back to the crown issue. As long as the watch
: is rated at 300m (or certain meters), there
: is not much difference what type of
: technology (if we can call it technology)
: was used. It's really cheap and simple to
: buy/make any type of crown. No?

: Next time, we need to compare who's polish
: cloth is better, like that has anything to
: with the watch itself.

What are you trying to imply here???? It seems taht you know more about watches that the average joe, but that fact doesn't make ME know a lot. I would have appreicated it if you would just understand that. When I believe when a person makes a stupid comment, I definately don't riddle him/her........

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