Angelo makes a good point about addiction:
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Jeff: You must admit, for a fleeting moment in 2013, Invicta pulled you back in. I don't see that happening again anytime soon----but watches in general? They'll pull you back in.
Posted by: Angelo | February 09, 2014 at 05:34 PM
One fallacy of addiction (or its lower grade cousin, obsession) is that it is either/or - either you have to be addicted/obsessed, or you have to completely disavow. I tend to think that you're not "over" an addiction until you can participate in moderation, whether we're talking about watches or booze, etc.
Angelo, Jeff and I seem strangely linked in our obsessions, what could be called "karmic isomorphism" (or maybe we just egg each other on a bit). Like Jeff, I was pulled back in by Invicta for a short spell - maybe two months - and then I shook myself out of it. I still own two Invictas, a Speedway Reserve and a Capsule, and I was intending on keeping the Capsule, if nothing else as a reminder. But I honestly think that my "Invicta Fever" of 2013 was an anomaly, a deadcat bounce in Invictaddiction. But its over. I'm selling my last two Invictas and I don't plan on buying another. I just don't find them aesthetically appealing any more. I haven't spoken with Jeff about Invicta lately, so can't speak for him, but I'm 98% sure I'm done.
Posted by: jonnybardo | February 09, 2014 at 07:15 PM
My Invicta problems started with discontent over lume. Then I started being drawn to a different aesthetic and found some smoke and mirror aspect to them and sold them off.
Posted by: herculodge | February 09, 2014 at 08:24 PM
Based largely on this discussion----I decided to wear my Invicta Sea Spider today (Black and Gold). It's big and bold. My younger co-worker saw it and said "That's a really nice watch. Justin Bieber wears expensive watches like that." I liked the attention and the compliment but I'll leave it at that.
Posted by: Angelo | February 10, 2014 at 09:20 AM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Working-Vintage-Realistic-Patrolman-3-Model-12-757-Multiband-Radio-AM-VHF-UHF-/191067682872?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276
This is kind of nice. I love these '70s vertical radios and the Patrolman series is collectible. I have a Realistic Astronaut 5 that's formatted like this. Great radios for the price.
Posted by: Angelo | February 11, 2014 at 04:38 AM
LOL, Angelo. You both justified your wearing of that Invicta and completely turned me off ever wearing an Invicta, all in one fell swoop. Well done.
Posted by: jonnybardo | February 11, 2014 at 08:29 PM