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Friends of Martin Golan are impressed the 27-year-old had that kind of money just lying around. They thought there was a myriad of things he could have otherwise spent the cash on – like paying down his HECS or even an errant credit card.
Instead, those friends had to feign interest in Martin’s new Rolex Submariner.
“Well, it’s new to me,” jokes Martin.
“I see this as an investment. Spending $17 000 on a watch now is like buying gold right now. When it’s really valuable. This watch I got second-hand – or should I say second-wrist?”
Our reporter feigned a polite chuckle and nod.
Martin said he decided to buy the watch because he thought it looked cool and he wanted one.
Both fair arguments, say his friends Tom and Rudy.
They too had to feign interest today when Martin came over for lunch.
“All I could say was, ‘That’s mad, bro,’ and swear when he told me how much he paid for it. I don’t understand watches. Are they like cars? They all do pretty much the same job, others are just nicer to sit in and go way faster than the speed limit? Is it like that?” asked Rudy.
“Because you can get a watch for $30 at the chemist with a face large enough for an 18-year-old Labrador to read. Not saying I’d want that thing on my wrist, just saying there’s cheaper options out there.”
Tom nodded.
“First it was his Mizuno MP20s, now it’s his watches,” he said.
“I’ve got a set of Ping Eye 2’s that do pretty much the same job as his golf clubs, he just spent a month’s rent on his clubs and I got mine by breaking into someone’s house when I knew they were on holiday,”
“Watch people are a different species.”
More to come.
