Ellen DeGeneres Just Bought a Vintage Rolex. It Only Cost Around $750,000.

[Watch This]

Originally Posted by mongrelnomoad

Frankly, with what that woman went through in the 90s, and the work she's done for LGBT rights in the last two decades, she can do whatever the hell she wants. There are few people who have had such a net-positive effect on so many people's lives, and society's values.

You go girl. Enjoy your Daytona.

[Blansky]

Originally Posted by Wahlberg

I love that actually. She flips 40-50-60 million dollar houses like it's nothing, does it fast, makes a lot of money and keeps going with 1-2-3 houses at a time. She's got the money and is smart, props to her.

Yeah she and Portia are pretty prodigious house flippers. They love to buy, redecorate/remodel and sell them at big profits. Incredibly beautiful homes, and they obviously have great taste.

They've been in Architectural Digest a number of times.

Good for her, I remember watching her comedy routines from way back, sort of a Seinfeld observational humor, which was very well done. A sort of gentle, self deprecating type of humor which was always very smart.

Glad she's having so much success and would love to see her on Hodinkee. I'm sure she's been asked before.

[jaySL350]

Nice one Ellen,,,
Great to see a person be so passionate about there watches,

[Calatrava r]

She is playing an expensive risky game at current market prices betting the mania will continue and she will reap rewards. At least she can easily afford to do it.

[DTap]

She strikes every as being pretty savvy. I bet she paid far less than that article implies. One tweet/insta/mention from her is worth massive $ to the shop owner.


Can’t fault her for it, unfortunately for me though, it feeds the scarcity monster.

[Tangier11]

Originally Posted by mongrelnomoad

Frankly, with what that woman went through in the 90s, and the work she's done for LGBT rights in the last two decades, she can do whatever the hell she wants. There are few people who have had such a net-positive effect on so many people's lives, and society's values.

You go girl. Enjoy your Daytona.

Not to mention REAL. She stood up to loonies who gave her crap about hanging out with Bush instead of pandering to them.

[Jsol]

Originally Posted by thesharkfactor

She’d get my respect if she spent those figures on philanthropy instead of personal effects.

She is a huge charitable celeb. Check out her fund to protect Gorillas in Rwanda.

[Jsol]

Originally Posted by mongrelnomoad

Frankly, with what that woman went through in the 90s, and the work she's done for LGBT rights in the last two decades, she can do whatever the hell she wants. There are few people who have had such a net-positive effect on so many people's lives, and society's values.

You go girl. Enjoy your Daytona.

So true! Well said!

[zengineer]

Originally Posted by Jsol

She is a huge charitable celeb. Check out her fund to protect Gorillas in Rwanda.

I don't think he's coming back to discuss this with us, it was just a random uninformed drive-by swipe at someone with more money than him. It made him feel better for a while maybe so at least some good came of it.

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[capital]

Amazing watch ...

But how come the bracelet seems too narrow? Big space between its border and the lugs, no?

[jasper_lijfering]

Originally Posted by exador

“But Mr. Lijfering, who has sold two other Paul Newmans in recent years, is a savvy and telegenic self-marketer.

His Instagram feed showcases his best available timepieces along with selfies taken aboard his friends’ private planes, in which he is wearing custom-made suits, six-figure watches and Tom Ford glasses. There is even a photo of him in an upscale hotel bathtub chugging champagne from the bottle. “That’s helped us build an international clientele,” he said of his feed. “Our approach is paying off.”

Hook, line and sinker

Haha damn, I do sound like an idiot in that bit 😂

Thanks everyone for checking it out tho. She is a great lady and nice collector.

[daveo5]

Who cares what she does? I don’t.


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[visualplane]

Good for her, congrats!

[MercedesHand]

Good for her.

Good to see a passionate female collector.

[smym18]

Originally Posted by daveo5

Who cares what she does? I don’t.


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Yet here you are commenting on a 7 month old thread letting everyone know you don’t care

[mackychase]

Originally Posted by smym18

Yet here you are commenting on a 7 month old thread letting everyone know you don’t care

Probably spent half the day scouring the entire page looking for something to let everybody know about something he doesn't care for.

[porschejeff]

She makes over $50 mil from her talk show, now a game show host and who knows about endorsement money. It's her money and glad she is spending it to stimulate the economy!

[dnpina]

Originally Posted by TimL1925

It was part of a bundle. She really just wanted a new no-date sub.

How did I miss this? Post of 2019

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[Avs Fan]

Originally Posted by jasper_lijfering

Haha damn, I do sound like an idiot in that bit 😂

Thanks everyone for checking it out tho. She is a great lady and nice collector.

Welcome to the forum Jasper! This is a great place.

[chazadams]

Cool for you to post up Jasper!

That bit you copied a pasted does not desrcibe your entire picture nor paint you well. Would like to hear how your watch journey began and where it is now?

[visualplane]

Originally Posted by mackychase

Probably spent half the day scouring the entire page looking for something to let everybody know about something he doesn't care for.

She also gives to charity constantly on her show.

[Speed]

Originally Posted by Tangier11

I would think she would love to do a talking watches, I bet she hasn't been asked

I think they've been talking to her for eons. Hopefully Hodinkee will match pu the right interviewer with her.

I remember one with Jon Bues and Pras. Man...

[garyk]

Originally Posted by thesharkfactor

She’d get my respect if she spent those figures on philanthropy instead of personal effects.

There's not many at her level who are more philanthropic... I know this is an older thread but I think Ellen is fantastic and she does so much for so many people so I had to comment...

[kumar75203]

I dont keep up with TMZ type celeb news but could've sworn there was some controversy around here recently.

[CalSRQ1]

“When it first came out around 1966, with a retail price of about $700 (about $5,500 today),”

hmm needs a new thread- Who here has paid over retail??????

[CK19]

Originally Posted by kumar75203

I dont keep up with TMZ type celeb news but could've sworn there was some controversy around here recently.

Apparently horrible to her staff, live in fear of her. Heard a few celebs and former writers also say this.

[AJMarcus]

Originally Posted by visualplane

She also gives to charity constantly on her show.

Yeah. It’s tax deductible too

[Alex71168]

Do you get a full set for that sort of money? Lol

[Ensign]

I’d love to see her on a show like Hondinkee.

I’m curious how a woman gets into watches.

It’s mostly dudes into watches.

Are women attracted to watches for the same reasons a men?