Odd Commemorative Watches

[Victoria]

Ever seen a watch whose face bears some kind of commemorative event? There are some weird ones, boy.

A daily reminder of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Merci Napoleon!

EDIT: More.

Abolish Slavery Commemorative watch (Juneteenth watch?), with logo, "Am I not a man and a brother?". Should've read "40 acres and a Swatch".

And one commemorating the reign of Pope Pius XII.

(POPE PIUS XII??? WHO buys these things??)

[jiro]

hahahahahahha

Now, those are some wierd crap~ hahahaha

Where do you even get these pictures from V?!!! Hopefully, they're not your new acquisition~?!

[Victoria]

Where do you even get these pictures from V?!!! Hopefully, they're not your new acquisition~?!

Wellll. Now that you ask.

I always thought JFK wore a Cartier Tank (edit: wow, he wore it high, almost half-way up his arm!).

Turns out, Google-searching turned up that he wore an Omega given to him by his friend "Grant"...

...which sold to the Omega Museum for U$350k. Marilyn Monroe had given him a gold Rolex, and that sold for "only" 120k. I mean, YOU'D THINK it would be the opposite, right?

Anyway, so I looked up this Fleabayer, thewatchandjewelryking, and saw ALL kinds of odd commemorative watches for sale, like who amongst us has not pined for an Eugene V. Debs watch!

(Love his listing description: "EUGENE DEBS WATCH! SOCIALIST! LEFTIST! Poh21")

And of course, who can live without a Harry Houdini watch! It even disappears every time you're in DC.

The seller's JFK commemorative watch didn't interest me.

Much rather have had the Prez' WWII Navy-issue pants, which also went under the hammer.

That sold for $6,000. Just what the hell.

[fitmic]

Everyone just loves a Mussolini watch.

[Victoria]

Everyone just loves a Mussolini watch.

(The "DUX" killed me!)

How about...EL CAUDILLO DE ESPA

[TWP]

When I am full of [censored] I wear my watch half way up my arm, too. At least it stays clean when it drops below waist level.

Who buys the Pope watch? When my wife and I took catholic 'classes' they made us buy one to help pay for bibles, paper, and pencils. Still trying to figure that one out. Wait for the JPII edition. That one is going to blow your mind. A must for collectors.

Edited September 23, 2007 by TWP

[Victoria]

When I am full of [censored] I wear my watch half way up my arm, too. At least it stays clean when it drops below waist level.

OMG! Blasphemy!

(I actually love President Kennedy. Yes, philanderer, almost brought the world to the brink of nulcear annihilation, etc. Who cares. He had style)

Who buys the Pope watch?

Uh, the same group who presumably buys Barbie Dolls which you can dress up to look like nuns?

We Catholics are FUN.

When my wife and I took catholic 'classes' they made us buy one to help pay for bibles, paper, and pencils.

LOL!

Still trying to figure that one out. Wait for the JPII edition. That one is going to blow your mind. A must for collectors.

Way ahead of you, sunshine.

[TWP]

Uh, the same group who presumably buys Barbie Dolls which you can dress up to look like nuns?

Victoria

I have not played and/or bought a Barbie Doll since I was eight.

My Sexual Progression

Barbie Dolls till age 8 (as they came sexy the church taught us to dress them up as nuns that little boys need to see women as pure)

Age 8-14

[censored], typically to Department Store Catalogs, you know the ones showing the panties

15-28

Dolly. No not the first cloned sheep, rather an inflatable device. Washable, traveled well, and Dolly could have came in handy had the seat on the airplane failed.

29----

Married

Cheers

TWP

Edited September 23, 2007 by TWP