Cool thread. I'm a little bit of a watch guy, not too crazy though. I've always preferred Tag Heuer as in my opinion they meet that casual but nice happy medium. I have a few, actually gave one away to my nephew a few months ago and he seemed to be pretty excited about wearing a nice watch (don't see many kids doing that nowadays).

As you can surmise from my username, I'm a massive sports car racing fan. As such I've always been a fan of the Gulf Oil livery, notably any time they're on an Aston Martin or a Porsche. I'd love to have a Monaco Gulf ala Steve McQueen, but alas those are a bit out of my price range.

Here's a photo of my favorite watch, a Formula 1 Gulf special edition. Bought it several years ago when I was at the airport in Singapore. Had some time to kill waiting for my flight to Malaysia and was poking around the duty free. Other than Hong Kong of the airports I have been to the selection in Singapore is about as good as you can find. Wasn't expecting to find this watch, and wasn't really in the market to actually buy one (I usually like to ask permission from the Mrs. before making a significant purchase). Stumbled across this one though and instantly knew I had to have it! Always happy to throw this thing on my wrist.

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Last week my beautiful wife and I were on a well deserved vacation. Our second time to Cozumel in Mexico. First time was a few years ago on a cruise, loved the vibe of the place for that one day, enough we knew we’d like to come back there for a longer trip. So in addition to Tulum (awful place, don’t ever need to return), and Chichen Itza (simply AMAZING!), we spent one perfect week on the beautiful island of Cozumel.

One day we were cruising the local markets, buying some souvenirs for people back home. It was the only day we really spent much time in the “tourist area”. We were walking by a Tag Heuer dealer and I told my wife the honest to God truth that all I wanted to do was go in and look at them. She had other ideas in mind…. I tried on a new Formula 1 with a nice colored face, but I already have a Gulf edition Formula 1 (as my screen name suggests I’m a massive sports car racing fan, so I’m all about anything with the Gulf livery), so I went to look at other things.

I’ve lusted after a Monaco Gulf edition for many, many years, it’s the watch I’ve always wanted. They had one on display and were happy to let me try it on. I try it on and my wife surprises me by saying that she insists on buying it for me! I could never justify buying it for myself. She’s dead set on it and pulls her card out. But the strangest thing happened. Once it was on my wrist I honestly didn’t really care that much for it. I like to think of myself as a simple guy and it just felt too dressy for me. I imagined having it and then never wearing it. So I put it back where it was.

Ended up finding one I immediately fell in love with. I love rubber watch bands, and have always wanted one showing the internal mechanism and gears. So my amazing wife gifts me with this beautiful Carrera. Since this was our first proper vacation in over two years she wanted to make it memorable, and she certainly did!

Thought it might look nice with my Star Wars, so that’s where I decided to take the photos of it. Hope you guys like it as well!

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