Omega watch

When I had my joinery business I was asked to install a shop front in the Burlington arcade for Lacroix. Whilst doing it I took a walk to the shop selling Rolex watches. I was amazed to see the B & Q 99p factor still prevalent even at those prices. There was a watch for sale at £ 39,999-00 One would have thought that they would have put it at £ 40K so that the buyer could have said he had a £40K watch instead of a £39K one

The cheaper ones at £ 11999-99 was even more blatant & I immediately thought of buying a litre of fuel.

Oh!!!-- and as for Lacroix--- Lacroix himself visited one day & told the foreman that he could have anything in the shop at half price. But as the cheapest thing at the time was a tie at £ 100-00 he declined the offer.

I was in the bar above the harbour masters office in Boulogne & was talking to a doctor's wife . Also in the bar were her husband & the crew of his yacht.

She said he had something special. She called him over to show me his Rolex watch & on the back it was engraved

Rolex Fastnet Race 2005 Winner overall

Considering owners spend £100's of k's trying to win one of those it has to be something really special. He was proud of his French crew but just as proud of his British designed & built boat. He actually had a couple of class wins & Rolex watches for those, but this was his crowning glory. No amount of money can buy a winner's watch as many a millionaire will tell you

Edited By Sam Longley 1 on 01/11/2017 14:45:01