Archive for March, 2009

31
Mar

High Scorer: darkdevil

Congratulations to darkdevil from Singapore for scoring a Seiko Black Dial Sporty Dress Chronograph SNAB79P2 for $150 – a discount of 55%!

High Score: 55% discount

High Score: 55% discount

30
Mar

High Scorer: a.c

Congratulations to a.c from Singapore for scoring a Casio G-Shock G-Lide Velcro Watch GLS5600V-7 for $30 – a discount of 75%!

High Score: 75%

High Score: 75%

27
Mar

High Scorer: daryllimps

Congratulations to daryllimps from Singapore for scoring a Seiko Red Racing Tachymeter Chronograph Alarm Watch SNAB07P1 for $120 – a discount of 68%!

High Score: 68% discount

High Score: 68% discount

26
Mar

High Scorer: javor1500

Congratulations to javor1500 from Poland for scoring a Luminox Navy SEAL Dive Series II Model 3901 for $101 – a discount of 63%!

High Score: 63% discount

High Score: 63% discount

20
Mar

Latest & Greatest - Version 3 released!

Firstly, we would like to thank our loyalists as well as critics equally whose valuable feedback continues to define and shape CountSpin. One nagging problem that many of you were unhappy about — you had to make sure you were around to participate in a deal when it went live. Sure, we offered the alert feature in the last release which took some of the pain away since you could be notified just when your desired deal was about to come online. But then what if you were busy at that time (you have a life, after all!)? Point taken.

With this latest release, you now have the ability to place a bid in advance on the deal (or deals) that you are interested in! Basically, you can just enter the price you are willing to pay on a deal that is in queue. As and when the deal goes live and the price starts falling, the system will act on your behalf to track if the price drops to your bid amount. If it does, your purchase is automatically made and you will be mailed an invoice. If not, you will be notified that the bid didn’t work out.

We have kept the process as simple as possible. To place a bid, you need to just click on the deal you are interested in and then reach for the ‘Place Bid’ button. The guidelines then are as follows -

  • You can cancel your bid any time before the deal goes live.
  • If the deal does not go live for some reason (usually when the show has run out of time), your bid will automatically be cancelled.
  • Once the deal is live, you cannot withdraw or change your bid.
  • After the deal has played out, you will be notified whether or not your bid won.

So go ahead — take her out for a spin!

17
Mar

High Scorer: robbie409

Congratulations to robbie409 from Netherlands for scoring a Seiko Chronograph Dark Brown Leather SNN165P1 for $74.72 – a discount of 77%!

High Score: 77% discount

High Score: 77% discount

04
Mar

Steve Carell is a Casio Watch Geek

Steve Carell in '40 Year Old Virgin'.

Steve Carell in '40 Year Old Virgin'

 

Steve Carell aka Andy Stitzer in 40-year old virgin wore a Casio G-Shock DW-5600E-1V throughout the movie. This wristwatch is a classic model from the G-Shock series. If you are looking for this particular watch or other Casio watches, make sure to visit CountSpin on Mondays. Don’t wait till you are 40 for that special time!

Steve Carell in '40 Year Old Virgin'

Steve Carell in '40 Year Old Virgin'

 

01
Mar

Are you a Watch Idiot Savant?

Feedback keeps pouring in from counters that they want to see other stuff besides watches on CountSpin. You know what, we want to start showing other stuff as well — look out for jewelry coming up in March. Meanwhile, how can you tell when someone has had an overdose of the wristwatches on CountSpin? Here are some tell-tale signs of what they call a ‘Watch Idiot Savant’ (WIS) -   

  • self trained to sleep in 5 positions while wearing his/her COSC certified chronometer in bed.
  • opens the back of a new Patek on the first day of acquisition and hand winds the rotor to tighten up the main spring.
  • takes the 200 meter water proof Seadweller off from the wrist and puts it into the deepest pocket before walking into a storm without any rain gear.
  • waits every 60 minutes in front of a radio controlled clock all weekend in order to adjust all his/her 14 mechanical watches to the accuracy within -2/+2 seconds per 24 hours.
  • spends $500 plus on polish equipment and materials and works 20 hours in order to refinish a $200 worth SS bracelet.
  • has an annual budget of $500 on the purchase of a new watch and posts the question on the CountSpin chat forum “which one is better? a Rolex or a TAG?”
  • wears a triple date chronograph with moon phase everyday, but cannot even tell time from the basic hour and minute hands on the dial without a pair of reading glasses.
  • memorizes all serial numbers of the Rolex watches made in the past 60 years but keeps forgetting the wedding anniversary.
  • a Watch Idiot Savant is someone who can be so distracted by his watch, that he fails to note the time.
  • sends his watch to the Bahamas to ‘unwind.’
  • A WIS is someone who bases his vacation destination on the water resistance rating of his watch.
  • starts winding up his collection of manual wind watches and finishes the last one just as the power reserve on the first one runs out - and then starts all over again.
  • politely asks his wife and daughter to be quiet and turns off all noisy appliances so he can listen to the rotar on his new Valjoux-equipped Hamilton Chrono spin.
  • ten minutes after meeting someone for the first time, can tell you what kind of watch the person was wearing, but can’t remember their name.
  • a WIS is one who can tell you the start up date of most Swiss watch companies but cannot remember his anniversary or his kids birthdays. 
  • remembers to wind all his watches, but forgets to take out the garbage on garbage pick-up day.
  • can recall every watch purchase and what he was doing at the time he snagged the deal on CountSpin but cannot remember the dinner party he and his significant other are invited to that weekend.
  • meets Cindy Crawford and notices her “my choice” Constellation long before her chest.
  • has a watch collection that equals the cost of a new 911 but drives a Toyota Camry. 
  • convinces his wife to put off having that next kid so he can get a Patek 5035.
  • plans a vacation strictly around watch shopping.
  • has the number of the Naval Observatory Master Clock on speed-dial, or worse memorizes it.
  • buys magazines only for the watch ads, reads none of the articles.
  • knows personal details of posters on watch forums.  
  • spends more time gazing at and fondling his new watch than he does his significant other.
  • thinks about watches, not baseball, during coitus.
  • has nightmares about Rolex world domination.
  • a Watch Idiot Savant is someone who spend a large fortune on watches to have a small fortune on watches.
  • someone who remembers what watch their proctologist was wearing.
  • one who considers safe sex putting their watch in a Scatola del Tempo box.
  • a Watch Idiot Savant is a person who cannot deal with anyone whose hands don’t point to 10 and 2.
  • wakes up in the emergency room and asks the nurse if his watch was scratched.
  • takes off his watch before sex.
  • knows the two-letter Internet country code for Switzerland.
  • gets his watches serviced more often than he gets his cars serviced.
  • thinks that Ferraris are made by Girard-Perregaux and wonders why Porsches are made by so many different companies.
  • knows how to set every chronograph ever made but has no idea how to make his VCR display anything besides 12:00.
  • owns more watches than the guy selling fake Rolexes on 42nd Street.
  • thinks that Gilbert and Schugart wrote “HMS Pinafore”.
  • actually looks forward to having strangers ask him for the time.
  • buys a Tag-Heuer so his 3-year-old can learn to tell time.
  • owns $15K worth of watches and wakes up to a $15 Sony digital alarm clock.
  • first thinks of movements, not modems, when hearing the number 28,800.
  • someone who believes Roman numeral 4 is written “IIII”