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so the other day i was sitting with my mother having lunch, when she turns to me and asks me some questions about Breitling and watches in general. She has always been a long time admirer of well made swiss watches but has never really treated herself to anything special. After some chit chat about watches she says to me "do you mind if we go to the store today and take a look"?

well how can you say no to your mom??? so we go down to the store and while we are there she must have pulled out 15 watches. after about 1.5 hours of trying on watches she finally opts to purchase a galactic 36 mother of pearl on blue lizard. she was very happy with the watch. i like it too but the bezel throws me off a little. on the way back to the house when i dropped her off. she starts asking me if she should have ordered the same watch but with the diamond markers on the dial instead of batons. It took all of about 2 hours for her to decide that she would prefer this instead. so she puts the watch back into the box and i call my AD to notify him that we want to bring it back and order the other watch she prefers.

the next day she sends the watch back to the AD, this time my father is with her and i guess he got the urge to look at watches or my mom must have planted a bug in his ear. I get a phone call from my father asking me what i think about the chrono galactic 39mm. i told him that its more of a womans watch due to the size. He likes it though. So that evening i spend the night over at their house having dinner and talking watches. Looks like my fun hobby has now started to rubb off on my parents.....lol.

Sounds like it's gonna be one expensive Christmas

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"Leave the gun, take the cannoli."

More power to 'em!

Let's hope you haven't set them on their way to squandering your inheritance on watches

It's great to be able to share in a hobby with those you love. Awesome story.

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“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.” - Albert Einstein

lets hope the inheritance stays intact.. hehehe .

i am glad that they both like breitling. they really deserve to have some nice things.

@roman4405 - lol i guess christmas might be a bit more exciting this hahaha

You should have showed them the wonders of G-Shock!

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-RJ

hahaha i tried...before i even mentioned to look at breitling my mother was already looking at Piaget and AP . i thought this would be less shock to her system in terms of price.

No! This is like the famous Seinfeld episode where the worlds of "Relationship George" and "Regular George" became merged. Worlds colliding!!!!!!!!

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SHARKMAN

hahaha "relationship George is killing Regular George"

what a great show

The George you currently know is dying a little everyday!

Great story!

I wish my parents or brothers, or anyone in my freaking town shared the same passion for watches that I do!

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Tissot Le Locle

Think of it! Soon your parents will be on this board. And we'll have threads with names like "Why haven't you called??"

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SHARKMAN

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“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.” - Albert Einstein

My all-time favorite line is in that episode.... 'welcome to movie phone...why don't you just tell me the number' Kramer kills me!!

That's a great story, your parents have great taste!!!

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"I don't own any watches, I just lease them"

oh please....say it aint so!

and yes..Seinfeld is the best sitcom ever made. Next in line King of Queens!

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Tissot Le Locle

Agreed...Seinfeld is the best. The Office is pretty high up there as well.