42 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
What A Deal!, December 2, 2010
This review is from: Blancpain Men's 5025.3630.52 Fifty Fathoms Tourbillon Rose Gold Watch (Watch)
At first I saw this watch and almost passed on it. Then I saw below the details that if I bought two of them, I would get a $100 Amazon gift card. That was the selling point right there. I know what your thinking, " A $100 gift card for the small price of $160,000". What a deal. Right in time too for Christmas season. That gift card will come in handy buying presents for my family.
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21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This watch was worth the money, December 10, 2010
This review is from: Blancpain Men's 5025.3630.52 Fifty Fathoms Tourbillon Rose Gold Watch (Watch)
Recently, my father passed on after losing a long fight with Pancreatic cancer. My mom called me at 2:00am one night crying and I knew before she even said anything what had happened. After the funeral, my mother told me that she couldn't live on her own. Who could blame her, she lived with my father for 60 years. She couldn't live there anymore with all the memories of him, so we decided to sell the house and give her a clean start and to also cover the funeral costs. I love my mother so I wanted to help her be happy.
I sold my father house in today's bad market for a lose, but was intent on finding her a nice condo or townhome in a friendly neighborhood where she could meet new friends and feel safe. She would always talk about living by the beach and I wanted to make her dream a reality. Who wouldn't cater to the dreams of the woman that raised you? I had her live in my home while I searched for the perfect beachside condo.
One day, while I was on Realtor.com and talking to a real estate agent, I stumbled upon this watch on amazon.com. Being a victim of ADHD, I hung up with the Realtor and started marveling at this watch! It was magnificent! It function the same way as a watch for a mere fraction of the cost, but at this price... it HAD to be special. I mean, why else would a watch cost more than a small house or Porsche?
When I saw this watch, I knew what the money should be spent on! Well, as luck would have it, the house sold for exatcly $83,050.99 and not a penny more or less. My father owned a Rolex Submariner and he used to always shove that in my face. What would be a better definition of justice than to sell his house (the one he built with his own hands, by the way.) and use the money to one-up him?
I broke the news of this decision to my mother by putting her in a cab and sending her to a double-wide in a ghetto trailer park. She must have still be grief-stricken because when I told her, she went straight into a catatonic state. The watch is amazing and well worth the investment!
The best things in life are free, for everything else, there's pretentious Swiss watchmaking D-bags!
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27 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Why so expensive?, December 18, 2010
This review is from: Blancpain Men's 5025.3630.52 Fifty Fathoms Tourbillon Rose Gold Watch (Watch)
At first I was skeptical about this watch, but after getting it I realized that this watch is made with 18k gold, and it weighs nearly 13 lbs.! If you know how much gold is going for per ounce these days, you'll see that this watch is quite a bargain. You can't tell from the picture, but the face is roughly the size of a dinner plate. It's meant to be worn around the waist like a prize-fighter belt, so that you can charitably show everyone the time and look dashing and elegant while doing so. I don't go out to many fancy gatherings where it's appropriate to wear, but I've gotten a lot compliments on it from the ladies at church.
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