Banky W paid $14,000 for a fake Rolex, the seller used the money to get a real one.

In other news, Banky W spent $14,000 on a watch that couldn't even tell him when it was time to go home.

The singer and entrepreneur recently sat down on The Mentality podcast with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu and admitted that he once spent $14,000 on what turned out to be a fake Rolex. According to him, the whole thing started when another artist asked him why he wasn't wearing a Rolex. Banky W explained that he preferred to invest in real estate, but the artist told him there were "some rooms you won't enter, and they won't respect you if you're not wearing a Rolex". The artist linked him with a seller, and Banky W convinced himself he was getting a great deal.

( claps hands like Don Jazzy )

"I actually went through the process and bought a fake Rolex for like $14,000. Yes, I confess it," he admitted. For a while, wearing the watch gave him the feeling of acceptance he thought he needed. That feeling didn't last long. "Maybe six to nine months down, the Rolex started having k-leg," he recalled, with parts of the watch falling off and it gradually stopped working properly. About a year after buying it, the watch had completely fallen apart. He later discovered the seller had been arrested by the police for dealing in fake luxury watches.

(shakes head like Tony Elumelu, watching a man spend house rent on a wristwatch that disgraced him in broad daylight)

But here is what the blogs did not tell you.

The real reason Banky W bought that fake Rolex is not peer pressure. It is because he had been watching too many John Wick movies and convinced himself that a Rolex would make him look like a secret agent. He spent weeks practising dramatic wrist movements in the mirror, imagining himself walking into exclusive rooms and intimidating people with his watch game. The reality was far less glamorous, six months later, the watch fell apart during a handshake with a business partner, and he had to pretend he was demonstrating a "magic trick." Now he tells the story as a lesson about validation, but deep down, he is still angry that the fake Rolex cost more than his first car.

(sighs like RMD, watching a man turn a wristwatch disaster into a podcast anecdote)

Edgar doesn't lie.

Source: A friend, John Clement who was there when the watch fell apart and has never let Banky W forget it.

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