The ultimate status symbol?
 

I think it is the Rolex. You might like other watches better etc. But if a guy can blow 20k on a stupid watch that doesn't keep time, he has arrived.

PS yep, I have one so I am biased.

That's a status quo I wouldn't be proud of. You spent $20k on a watch you can buy for $1500-$3000, that really costs $500 to make.

Rolex is a good watch, indeed...

when u wipe your ass with 100 dollar bills or giant panda fur

The ultimate status symbol is not giving a fuck about status symbols.

If you need to show the world that you're a big deal, you probably aren't.

It's having dinosaur eggs for breakfast

Amen to that :thumbsup

Yeh, I tend to agree. Buy a nice watch because you want a nice watch... not because you want other people to think "wow, he is awesome!" I don't need "friends" that come attached to fancy "stuff".

Serving Armand De Brignac to your buddies :thumbsup
http://www.luxury-insider.com/Curren...gnac-2-420.jpg

BUT.... with the same token I agree with :

Rolex is not even in the top 10:
http://www.luxois.com/article/2009/0...atches-in-2009

Patek Phillipe at 1.49 Million US$
http://www.luxois.com/images/patek-p...lon-5002-p.jpg

:thumbsup

i wonder what type of watch the Woz wares...

answered my own question

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/wozmodo/w...ted-260237.php

for the record i dont carry a watch, if you need to know what time it is you are not living free enough. leave the cell at home too. i value my freedom way too much to be bound by these items.

i let the sun tell me when its time to get up and time to go to bed, and ya dont need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows either! ;)

word :2 cents:

the ultimate status symbol is your assets that produce revenue

I make omelets from mine.

There are no status symbols unless your mind needs some for whatever reason.

So true. :thumbsup

i sport the good old fashioned timex ironman watch... its all i ever need!!!

The ultimate status symbol is being able to walk into a room and have people want to talk to you. The more people the better. The more you have to pick and choose and the time gets divided the more you are a status symbol in your own right.

+1

I couldnt give a fuck less about buying something to impress others. Who cares what they think, they cant make or break me.

An Island.

So you're saying boobs are the ultimate status symbol, then? :1orglaugh

I get the point but the need to use language that we all understood in order to make the question. :thumbsup

Sly, V-rocks and Woj could all enter a room and even though I would love to have a beer with them. I do not have a clue as to who they are. (Woj less as he never remembers who I am.) I work from home in a three person company. I live in three cities. I admit, sometimes I feel a need to step up my game.

But the point of the thread was that I had seen a billboard for Rolex. Seemed an odd way to advertise them. But I got to thinking that it is the ultimate waste of money and thus has the highest status. A Mont Blanc pen is close but that is so dumb that it has a backlash. Cars are harder as everyone has an opinion. Seems that a Rolex hits the sweet spot of being wasteful, expensive and not totally insane.

to me spending that much on a watch is idiotic no matter how much $ you have. Plus, who really cares what other think about you. I don't give a shit about "status symbol". I'd rather live my life the way I want and not in a way to impress people that won't give a fuck about you when the $ is gone.

You could feed a city in Africa with those money,


much better symbol I think..

The ultimate status symbol is to walk into any room with your woman and have people swarming all over her, but have enough money to keep her. :)

People still wear watches?

This is true. A hot babe trumps everything.

If you are important enough -- you can turn up late for anything.

Buying a Brand new S series Benz and oh AMG of course.

Selling tickets to your own funeral
 

When you can charge to have people come look at your rotting corpse you have arrived. But since you've just departed you won't know it LOL

The ultimate status symbol is being able buy a $20m, 15k sq foot home. Without a mortgage. :2 cents:

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A Rolex is a minor league status symbol, it screams "I am a successful salesman..."

The Ultimate status symbol is, and has been for a while... a Yacht.

http://www.agent4stars.com/yachts%20...asAtabeyki.jpg

Doesn't have to be as big as this one, but from Monaco to Marbella, Puff Daddy to the Russian Oligarch the biggest possible boat is what they want to be seen on.

Having no debt and being able to buy what you want.

How is that a status symbol?

I know what you saying, having no debt and buying what you want is a good lifestyle, but it isn't a symbol.

:thumbsup

Your own island with landing strip, private jet, yacht, and Ferrari.

... and tons of hot, busty women in the backyard lagoon :)

http://i31.tinypic.com/20glk5t.jpg


It's the most baller shit EVER!!!!!

That'd be the life :thumbsup

Money is over rated,you can have all the toys,mansions all you want.my cock is still bigger than yours

I think the ultimate is a big penis, because that is what all of these expensive items are replacing. I already own my status symbol.:thumbsup

I like what Libertine said.

I would add that owning your own company is a pretty nice thing too. Even if it is not making a fortune, you are still your own boss. That's status right there.

I agree they aren't a great value, but the margins are not as high as you cite.

At $1000 an ounce, some of the Rolexes contain thousands of dollars of gold alone.

One word: SLAVES...

Right on. Having a tan where your watch should be is the real status symbol.

This is MS co-founder Paul Allen's yacht -- Octopus. The world largest yacht. It docked in St. Maarten next to the ship I was working on in 2004, and it is sick!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...opus-yacht.jpg

i agree absolutely

I think the only status symbols I really consider important are:
Good blowjobs several times every day .. whenever you want .. and regular two girl blowjobs
That and the best food money can buy

Those are the only two important ones