I gotta know more

"Forgive me, Father for I have sinned. What is my penance?"

"Three Hail Marys, the Lord's Prayer, and, uh, what's that watch you're wearing?"

Roman Catholic church is anything but poor

Patriarch Kiril was blinging so hard they removed the watch from his wrist, but forgot to photoshop the table reflection. Apparently it was a $30k gold Breguet.

FTAC2011 said:

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Lol totally photoshopped. That dude sometimes doesn't even wear shoes to make sure he humbled himself

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yeah but I can see some greasy guido friend of the Church giving it to some hapless Msgr, and some Msgr giving it to Pope Francis saying "this gift came for you" and him not knowing what it was and just wearing it.

Case in point, my pastor is a pretty down to earth guy but has a $4,000 watch that he wears as it was a gift from when he was the pastor at an ultra-rich catholic church in the woodlands.

Silian Rail said:

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I gotta know more

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It was photoshopped. Here is the original on a stock website.

Silian Rail said:

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FTAC2011 said:

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Lol totally photoshopped. That dude sometimes doesn't even wear shoes to make sure he humbled himself

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yeah but I can see some greasy guido friend of the Church giving it to some hapless Msgr, and some Msgr giving it to Pope Francis saying "this gift came for you" and him not knowing what it was and just wearing it.

Case in point, my pastor is a pretty down to earth guy but has a $4,000 watch that he wears as it was a gift from when he was the pastor at an ultra-rich catholic church in the woodlands.

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My girlfriend's uncle is a pastor. (I think it's a smallish church, but not sure.) Met him for the first time a few months ago and he was wearing a very nice watch. He said over a year ago one of his church member's walked down the isle and whispered "God told me to give you my watch" and put it in his hand.



He said he wore it as a reminder that God was always going to take care of him. He knew it was a nice watch, but didn't know how nice until I told him.

we call those indulgences

God told me to give you my Rolex is one of the more absurd things I have ever heard

Super uncharitable and cynical me says pastor wanted to buy himself a Rolex but didn't like the optics so came up with a story.

I promise this is about watches, please read on…

Hi everyone, my name is Travis and I'm class of '00 with a BS in Ag Economics. About 4 years ago, I left corporate America and started Trek Strategy, which is an ecommerce strategy consulting firm. Almost a year ago, I met a man named Paul Brown (yes, he is the grandson of THAT Paul Brown). We hit it off immediately. Paul did 3 tours with the Marines in Afghanistan, went to work for Defense Intelligence, then counterfeiting with Chase, then into full time ministry. He has a great mind and deep passions. I spent 18 years in corporate America working for Nestle and Netgear and finally left as an executive. I've been consulting for the last 4 years. We had very different experiences and very different talents.

Paul had been working on building a watch in Switzerland for 3 years and was finally finished with his 5th prototype, but he didn't know how to bring a product to market and needed help getting capital. After about 10 meetings, we decided to join forces in December.

As we've been patiently waiting on the production and shipping, we've been working hard to tell our story in a digital world. We believe that we have an edge with a DTC model that doesn't include all the bloated costs that go to the traditional methods to market, so it's very competitively priced. We believe in quality and that high quality should be affordable, so we went with the Swiss Made Ronda R150 movement, sapphire crystal, and stainless-steel bands. Paul wanted this watch to work in the harshest conditions, like what he experienced while on tour. We also really wanted to wow consumers, so we included a Zulu strap, some tools, and a nice leather carrying case that's made right here in Texas. We also believe that we should be open and honest about our ambitions and goals, so we are very forthcoming about our faith and the different missions that we support. So that's the gist of our story, and you can see a lot more on our site. We're putting the finishing touches on it right now.

The result of all this work is the Wasson Automatic Field Watch that arrives next week and is on pre-order right now.

WHY AM I TELLING YOU ALL OF THIS?

I've been on TA for nearly 10 years and started following this thread a few months back. I've been reading what you guys are discussing and I thought it would be the perfect place to come discuss my watch.

• I would love to know what you guys (honestly) think about it. You are aficionados. I respect your opinions, good or bad. They will help us craft our message.
• If any of you are interested in buying it, I would give you a discount, so let me know.
• We plan to sell on our own website, social media, use affiliates, etc. But if any of you guys are connected and could make any introductions for wholesale to a store, I would really appreciate that.
• I've got several lines into the military exchanges but have yet to get a meeting. I think the watch would sell very well in the military environment.
• If you have any ideas of how we could get noticed that we haven't thought of yet, then I'd love to hear them.

Thanks for letting me come into your thread and I value your feedback and assistance. I promise I won't interfere with what you guys are doing in here.

Travis Rudolph

www.wassonwatch.com

I like the look. It reminds me of the Hamilton Khaki Aviation.

Hey Travis,

Very cool and good for you, first off the bat the website looks great; and I like the logo.

The water resistance is impressive and it's hard to mess up a class and neat dial design so kudos there.

The only thing I can think of is that in my opinion, the dial would look cleaner without the smaller military time ring.

Also, I think these watches look a lot better on the nato than on the stainless steel bracelet, so it would be cooler if when you click on the nato strap, the picture of the watch changes to the watch on the actual strap; instead of just showing the nato strap laid out.

With that being said, with all the watches I buy, how could I not buy one from a fellow ag; put me on the list.