My New Toy

[gareth_oau]

I wanted a breitling, but the one i wanted was double the price! (do I have to sell my Audi now?)

[Bboy_Sparx]

Nice buy! How much did you save over AU$retail?

[Whubbsie]

fortunately the damage was only around A$2700.

Thats a perfectly good running mk1 there..... and I thought I was a mug for spending 600 bucks on my Nixon

[DubSteve]

My TAG Heuer that my fiance got me for our engagement was about 4.5k **** its heavy though

[Rocket36]

So you signed a declaration (a legal document) that you didn't have goods bought out of the country worth more than $900 (or whatever it is), thereby also committing tax evasion and then come onto a public internet site and admit to it (almost gloat about it in fact) and don't expect to be caught? The Tax office know where you live, the sort of car you drive and most likely your name (with some detail matching in the quite extensive systems) all by the information on this website. Smart.

Anyway, it's a nice watch. I spent a lot on a watch in Switzerland last year (can't really go to Switzerland without buying a Swiss watch) and I've worn it every day since. It's AWESOME!!! And you know what, when you declare it, and you're wearing it, the worst that happens is a bad joke from a Customs Officer about how his watch sucks and could he have yours and then him marking down the value as less than the threshold because it's now "used" so it's not longer worth what you paid for it. So for the not taking the option of no problem whatsoever, I really hope the ATO don't catch up with you about it.

Very nice watch, but you can buy a car for that money...

Not any decent sort of car. It's really not a huge amount of money to spend on a good watch.

[GoLfMan]

i love good watches and wear mine everyday
I never check the time on my phone, thats what a perfectly good watch is for, plus they look good.

lighten up Rocket FFS

[Speed]

Nice watch.
I've not actually worn a watch for a long time as I tend to wreck them but do use my phone to check time.

[Buller_Scott]

hey gareth, nice watch!

i myself DO love that style of watch....

next watch i get will put my humble tissot back on the shelf, and the new one'll likely be a citizen/ casio with digital functions and an alarm clock! i found myself really missing that when i was in japan.

and when are you going to japan? how about you, team v? im gonna be hitting up rusutsu and naeba next year.

[gareth_oau]

Nice buy! How much did you save over AU$retail?

AU retail is around $5k, so I'm happy

My TAG Heuer that my fiance got me for our engagement was about 4.5k **** its heavy though

mine's made of titanium and yet its still very heavy, its quite thick. i'll need to swap it from left to right wrist from time to time to keep the biceps even!

Scott, thinking sometime in January, gotta sort out a match of Frequent flier points and available flights, so not decided yet. will be January, coz I'm taking my son who's on school hols then.

I'm off to Thredbo for a week on saturday night, counting down the hours!!

[Buller_Scott]

Scott, thinking sometime in January, gotta sort out a match of Frequent flier points and available flights, so not decided yet. will be January, coz I'm taking my son who's on school hols then.

I'm off to Thredbo for a week on saturday night, counting down the hours!!

awesome! there's nothing quite like powdery face-shots to get the inner kid out and whooping in delight

and funny timing- im going to perisher for the run-of-the-mill 5.5 day midweek deal with my cousin from sydney, starting sunday midday!

i've been watching the snow reports with much interest [well, unfortunately, not the buller one], and nsw slopes are looking DAMN good. im gonna be posting pics/ vids for sure!

funny..... i had all but lost hope for aussie skiing after last season... looks like it's going to work out AWESOME for both of us

i just pray for nice sunny days...

cheers mate,

scotty