Do You Guys Smoke Cigars?
It seems like this would carry into this hobby quite a bit? Do you have a cigar dress watch?
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J.S. McDuff
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Quit in 2008. But up until then I appreciated a nice Romeo Y Julieta or Acid from time to time.
I'm more of a pipe person. As with most recreational things, the idea is to lose track of time so the watch is unimportant to me. But the one other pipe/cigar guy I know is a big expensive tool watch person so I tend to wear the cheapest plastic quartz stuff I have to annoy him.
Smoke Marijuana only
I would, but the wife is not a fan.
No. Tried it once and I think I traumatized the guy who gave me a cigar with my poor cigar etiquette and how I smoked that thing.
In my defense, it's expensive (compared to the cheap kreteks I smoked at the time) so I tried smoking it like how you'd smoke a blunt.
Runs away from the inevitable grumbling
Correlation does not imply causation. Put another way, I have no doubt there are people who are into cigars - a bit of a Richie Rich hobby/lifestyle/call it what you will - who also enjoy wearing expensive watches. But generally, across the broad range of people who are into watches, I reckon cigars would be pretty unimportant. Even now, the poll's showing about a 1 in 10 interest which is probably even high.
It works in other ways, too. You might wear a Rolex... but drive a Mazda. You might wear an Omega... but have never worn a suit in your life. And so on and so forth. An observation that someone enjoys something expensive and exclusive doesn't always mean that person is going to be into other things like that.
I have been enjoying cigars since my early 20's and still enjoy them to this day.
When I got up to a minimum 1 cigar a day I quit. Montecristo #2 was the favorite
I might die if I did, not from smoking, but being murdered when I get home 🤪
All depends on the occasion. I did once this year and perhaps again and if I major accomplish more things that I like to do and get it done. Cigar with my favorite watch for sure!
I'm more of a pipe person. As with most recreational things, the idea is to lose track of time so the watch is unimportant to me. But the one other pipe/cigar guy I know is a big expensive tool watch person so I tend to wear the cheapest plastic quartz stuff I have to annoy him.
No freaking way, I thought I was the only pipe smoker on earth! There must be some connection between pipes and watches man
As for cigars, I actually took a photo for one of my reviews in a cigar lounge, and more recently a friend took this dope picture of me that happens to be relevant to this thread
I wonder what the connection is, or what stereotype we're living up to 😂
Cheers!
I really enjoy a fine cigar when the stars align. My brother and I would puff together (and sip!) on my patio. He always wanted to know how long he could make a cigar last so we often timed it as well as how long we could go before the ash broke. I guess that makes this Seagull my official cigar watch.
No mention of Cuervo y Sobrinos yet? Robert Farago of www.thetruthaboutwatches.com seemed to often write from and about the local cigar lounge in Austin, TX and was a fan of their watches.
I don’t smoke cigars that often but when I do, I go for a Nub, which is an every day smoke IMO. I’m thinking a g-shock would pair well.
I don’t smoke and never have smoked anything (outside of meat). I grew up with 2 doctors as parents. We had textbooks in the house, showing exactly what happens to your lungs when you smoke. Nothing was a more effective anti-smoking tool for a kid than seeing diseased and blackened cancerous lungs. Hard pass.
I don’t smoke and never have smoked anything (outside of meat). I grew up with 2 doctors as parents. We had textbooks in the house, showing exactly what happens to your lungs when you smoke. Nothing was a more effective anti-smoking tool for a kid than seeing diseased and blackened cancerous lungs. Hard pass.
My childhood best friend’s parents were both pathologists. They had a pair of smoke- damaged lungs preserved in a lucite block on display in their home. Pretty graphic.
This is going to be a really generational thing as well I suspect due to generational attitudes and modern perspectives on smoking in general. But a lot of people I know that used to smoke cigars quit long ago for health reasons. I enjoyed the occasional cigar but haven't inhaled smoke of any kind (cigs, marijuana, cigars etc.) in many many years. Lungs aren't meant to do that, and I kind of hate myself for having been a very heavy smoker of cigs and cigars and pot in my youth (I have spots on my lungs that showed up on x-rays that I need to periodically get checked out).
Only when I ran out of cigarettes. The idea of occasional and recreational smoking is… odd.
These days, I only vape until I can finally quit.
The flexing mention by @Phil_Graves made me think of the Dan Bilzerian silliness, at which point it dawned on me that the commonalities of "the brown leaf" (that's a subforum on badgerandblade.com, where they realized that traditional wet-shaving enthusiasts had a tendency toward smoking and paraphernalia [and then traditional menswear, fountain pens, etc.]) ... oh yeah, basically these:
overwhelmingly male audience and generally proud of it
disposable income and general affinity for ostentation or at least projecting a dated version of affluence
not afraid of "tradition" and old-school stuffs
outcasts from normal society (j/k)
No, but much like with good alcohol and quality food, it’s one of those rabbit holes I’d like to learn more about without falling too far down… the watch budget takes priority! 😅
Definitely something I’d be interested in getting educated in.
I do think there is a similarity between the hobbies. Kind of a "man-cave" indulgence. I enjoyed a few fine cigars in law school and, on fewer occasions, after marriage with male friends bonding over maybe a John Wayne movie and a sip of bourbon. Stopped when the kids were born to avoid any potential negative influences on them and because the wife hated the smell on my clothes. Been years since I had one. My wife and kids don't really understand my new-found watch obsession, but kindly indulge me and seem to enjoy knowing that there is always an effortless "gift" for me on the special occasions. It seems the wife realizes there could be worse vices . . . That said, I believe, now that I think about it, all my watches were probably chosen with the idea they would look good in a smokey room, sitting on leather couches, enjoying good conversation and an Arturo Fuente or Cohiba.
Used to enjoy the occasional cigar with the guys, but then preferred a smaller tobacco pipe (English blends mostly). It's pretty rare these days as it's hard to turn down kissing the wife 😂.
The flexing mention by @Phil_Graves made me think of the Dan Bilzerian silliness, at which point it dawned on me that the commonalities of "the brown leaf" (that's a subforum on badgerandblade.com, where they realized that traditional wet-shaving enthusiasts had a tendency toward smoking and paraphernalia [and then traditional menswear, fountain pens, etc.]) ... oh yeah, basically these:
overwhelmingly male audience and generally proud of it
disposable income and general affinity for ostentation or at least projecting a dated version of affluence
not afraid of "tradition" and old-school stuffs
outcasts from normal society (j/k)
https://youtu.be/kkDMz2ml0gw
No, but every one of my watches is a Bourbon watch. 🥃
I really enjoy a fine cigar when the stars align. My brother and I would puff together (and sip!) on my patio. He always wanted to know how long he could make a cigar last so we often timed it as well as how long we could go before the ash broke. I guess that makes this Seagull my official cigar watch.
Similar tradition with my brother, except the cigar has evolved into the blunt. Usually accompanied by a hot towel shave.
Sadly, they are less often now we're on opposite coasts.
Similar tradition with my brother, except the cigar has evolved into the blunt. Usually accompanied by a hot towel shave.
Sadly, they are less often now we're on opposite coasts.
A blunt and a hot towel shave!? Sounds relaxxxxxiinnnng. I've only had one of those experiences but there are still chapters left in my story.👍
I used to work by a great cigar shop, every once in a while I'd go get one, but it's been a few years since I got a nice cigar as opposed. I think I had 2 black and milds last year, major downgrade!
Love watches, hate smoke.
Job doing lung transplants, and a minor daily concern about all of our air quality (so many fires and Smokey trucks in our environment)
So, Intentionally drawing smoke into my lungs seems like a punishment not pleasure. 🤷♂.
Plus I’d stink and my wife and daughter would douse me in febreeze
Correlation does not imply causation. Put another way, I have no doubt there are people who are into cigars - a bit of a Richie Rich hobby/lifestyle/call it what you will - who also enjoy wearing expensive watches. But generally, across the broad range of people who are into watches, I reckon cigars would be pretty unimportant. Even now, the poll's showing about a 1 in 10 interest which is probably even high.
It works in other ways, too. You might wear a Rolex... but drive a Mazda. You might wear an Omega... but have never worn a suit in your life. And so on and so forth. An observation that someone enjoys something expensive and exclusive doesn't always mean that person is going to be into other things like that.
Into homages, but smoke nice cigars and drink good bourbon.