Aevum
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kind of unspoken rules that you hear men speak about,
Watches - another passion of ours, it seems...post your pics!
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| Originally Posted by Sovkiller /img/forum/go_quote.gif Bill Clinton our ex-president, uses a $30.00 Timex...that means that he is.... 
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This doesn't look anything fancy to me even while I do not beleive is a TImex, to be honest, IMO the leather strap Timex look a lot more refined...anyway here is the story:
"...Disclaimer: This is a non-political, non-partisan Website. I like everyone.
Here is President Bill Clinton wearing a Timex Ironman LCD watch, during his presidency. Why is the leader of the USA not wearing a Patek Philippe or a Rolex? Is it because he is the people's President for the common man? Is it because Timex is the corporate descendant of a company which made the first "consumer" watches affordable and available to the ordinary working man? Is it because Timex had substantial operations in the state of Arkansas? Either way, he likes his Ironman. I like a fine Swiss watch, but I also have a fondness for the "low name" and the "no name" in watches. The Timex history is one of bringing the "unattainable" to everyday people. How more "American" a value is this for a President to encourage? Clinton has gotten a hard time for his plastic watch. I say, let him enjoy his Ironman.
Clinton has donated one of his earlier Ironmans, along with Hillary's inagural ball gown and Chelsea's ballet slippers, to the Smithsonian Institute..."
"...Disclaimer: This is a non-political, non-partisan Website. I like everyone.
Here is President Bill Clinton wearing a Timex Ironman LCD watch, during his presidency. Why is the leader of the USA not wearing a Patek Philippe or a Rolex? Is it because he is the people's President for the common man? Is it because Timex is the corporate descendant of a company which made the first "consumer" watches affordable and available to the ordinary working man? Is it because Timex had substantial operations in the state of Arkansas? Either way, he likes his Ironman. I like a fine Swiss watch, but I also have a fondness for the "low name" and the "no name" in watches. The Timex history is one of bringing the "unattainable" to everyday people. How more "American" a value is this for a President to encourage? Clinton has gotten a hard time for his plastic watch. I say, let him enjoy his Ironman.
Clinton has donated one of his earlier Ironmans, along with Hillary's inagural ball gown and Chelsea's ballet slippers, to the Smithsonian Institute..."
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for the same reason he has to wear hanes underware, wear a ralph lauren suite and be driven around in a cadillac, the president of the united states cant go around with a swiss watch, in an italian suite being driven around in a german car when all those products have equivalents made by american companies, even if the watch is made in japan, the car and suite in mexico and his underware in china, aslong as its an amercian brand, its cool,
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I had this exact watch when I was 12 and Spiro Agnew plead "No Lo Contetso".
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That doesn't look like a Timex to me.
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That doesn't look like a Timex to me.
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That actually looks like a Panerai, to me.
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Bill Clinton is wearing a Panerai in that pic if you didn't know.
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Well it looks like it, and for sure he may a few more expensive watches as well, some of those personalities get a lot of gifts from friends...and watches are part of those gifts...
Now honestly it could be a Panerai, but IMO it looks horrible (based on looks only) and I much preffer the look of some of the $30.00 Timex they have in Walmart...I don't know what is wrong with those watch makers, they are able to achieve almost perfect machines, and later on they ruin them with the horrible look, and artifacts...
Is so hard to get a watch like those Omega or a Rolex posted before, or a Grand Seiko, simple, plain, traditional...and period...
| Originally Posted by f_klo /img/forum/go_quote.gif Bill Clinton is wearing a Panerai in that pic if you didn't know. |
Well it looks like it, and for sure he may a few more expensive watches as well, some of those personalities get a lot of gifts from friends...and watches are part of those gifts...
Now honestly it could be a Panerai, but IMO it looks horrible (based on looks only) and I much preffer the look of some of the $30.00 Timex they have in Walmart...I don't know what is wrong with those watch makers, they are able to achieve almost perfect machines, and later on they ruin them with the horrible look, and artifacts...
Is so hard to get a watch like those Omega or a Rolex posted before, or a Grand Seiko, simple, plain, traditional...and period...
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More importantly, what is on his other hand? Looks like a 3rd grade art project.
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Maybe something Chelsea made for him.
| Originally Posted by drizek /img/forum/go_quote.gif More importantly, what is on his other hand? Looks like a 3rd grade art project. |
Maybe something Chelsea made for him.
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That was Monica, read here
[size=xx-small]Pramukh Swami Maharaj ties the sacred thread (nada chhadi) to former president Bill Clintons right wrist.[/size]
| Originally Posted by drizek /img/forum/go_quote.gif More importantly, what is on his other hand? Looks like a 3rd grade art project. |
That was Monica, read here
[size=xx-small]Pramukh Swami Maharaj ties the sacred thread (nada chhadi) to former president Bill Clintons right wrist.[/size]
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Is there an echo in here?
| Originally Posted by f_klo /img/forum/go_quote.gif Bill Clinton is wearing a Panerai in that pic if you didn't know. |
Is there an echo in here?
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[size=small]...an echo in here?[/size]
[size=x-small]...in here?[/size]
[size=xx-small]...here?[/size]
[size=x-small]...in here?[/size]
[size=xx-small]...here?[/size]
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| Originally Posted by rsaavedra /img/forum/go_quote.gif [size=small]...an echo in here?[/size] [size=x-small]...in here?[/size] [size=xx-small]...in here?[/size]
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[size=large]LOL![/size]
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