. . . and Speaking of Social Media for Watch Enthusiasts, my personal usefulness rankings are:

• Twitter . . . the perfect "10"
• Tumblr . . . quick, easy and visually appealing; good integration with Twitter; wish there were more serious watch guys there . . . so I give it a "7"
• Facebook . . . maybe it's just me, but it still seems very cumbersome; competing vintage Heuer groups require multiple postings . . . links to this forum don't work . . . ugly, primitive index pages . . . I give it a "4" (and this would have been a "3" but for the recent Mick Jagger posting on FB)
• Pinterest . . . lots of pretty pictures, but just about worthless for watch information . . . give it a "0.49", which would round down to "0"
• Linkedin and Instagram . . . don't know / never registered

: Dear Jeff,

: By coincidence I activated a "tweet-account" a couple of
: days ago, mostly out of curiosity. I met a very good
: friend/collector last week and we talked about Twitter...it
: appears to be a very powerfull tool and I have heard some
: stories also about selling on twitter... To be honest I always
: have been, and I still am up to a certain level, very sceptical
: about these new media. I have strong difficulties already with
: keeping up with "normal" life and all this facebook
: and twitter stuff is in fact one step too far for me right now,
: in fact I already struggle every day to get my emails answerred
: (I try to get every email answered I receive...if not same
: day...then at least same month LoL). Sometimes I wonder where
: people get all the time to be so active on those "new
: media"!? As a responsible father (and husband) from two
: young kids a lot is explained by having not so much time left of
: course...

: So, I received your tweet yesterday...almost immediately after I
: posted the 1153BN up for sale at ChronoTrader. Now, I have to
: say when I list a watch on ChronoTrader it usually doesn't take
: long before it is sold. Maybe explaining that I sell timepieces
: too cheap...or maybe that people have confidence in me and my
: attitude of handling watches and people more specifically.

: Now...I was very surprised about your tweet about the 1153BN I
: listed for sale, and was pleased with it. I followed the
: "hits" on your ChronoTrader sale forum
: "live" and there was a significant number of visitors
: in a very short timeframe. Obviously thanks to your
: "Tweet". So, I'm really convinced this tool is a very
: powerfull tool, probably with many applications. I now have
: experienced myself, thanks Jeff!

: For myself I remain quite reluctant towards Twitter and Facebook.
: They ask time from you and seem to be addicitve for many persons
: (not at all for me), again I have too many things going on in my
: "normal" life but ofcourse I hear and see things
: happening all the time, having a lot of contacts with great
: friends/watch collectors. Besides all that...I'll need to keep
: up with technology anyway, certainly because of my two kids
: here...they will soon be able to do more with those media then I
: will ever can...on that side I'm very old-fashioned but at least
: I will need to pretend I know what it's all about ;-)

: I'll definately need to invest some more time to get the
: picture...I mean...I don't understand Twitter completely...I
: miss the essence of it I think. I'm sure it will bring some more
: ways to information and connections...but I'll need to figure
: out in the days/weeks to come!?

: And while I want to point out already that I will not become an
: avid Twitter user anytime soon (probably never) I'd like to get
: more into this "Twitter" thing...but I'd like to learn
: some from your experiences and also from other OTD members here.
: What do you use it for? What are the real advantages?
: Are there downsides???

: For what can I use Twitter??? Maybe an interesting
: tool to "Tweet" some pictures every now and then from
: watches/projects I am working on?? Just a first idea...

: Looking forward to hear experiences from all of you,
: Thanks,
: Abel

: oh yes...my tweet account is @heuertime ;-)

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