Went to a lovely wedding at a really exclusive Hotel last night. I was a partnering my girlfriend and didn't know any one there. My girlfriend let it slip that I was a watch lover to a guy we were chatting to who had a lovely 45mm Omego PO on. He then prompted the groom over and he told me that the Brides father took him aside before the wedding and gave him a new Rolex GMT the same as this.

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The groom then told me he doesn't even wear a watch and the most he'd ever spent was $80 on one. After picking my jaw up off the ground, the groom told me that this watch doesn't have a battery and you never need to service it. I just said nothing as I'm sure he didn't need my advice on watches only 15 minutes after he got married and was running around for photos. It got me thinking about two things.

1/ How many people get the watches that some of us crave and really have no idea what the actually have?
2/ When is it going to be my turn to get a gift like that?