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At What Age Did You First Discover Rolex Watches
I remember back in 1972 when I was 12 I went into a New Jewelry Store back where i grew up in Wilkes Barre Pa. It was a Caryle & Co. which had just opened at the Wyoming Valley Mall. In the store they had a display cases of Rolex Watches. At that time they had by the watch displayed the price on a small brass holder. I remember seeing my first Rolex wich had a price at the time of around $1000.....WOW i thought that much for a Watch....esp when i bought a watch for around $25 . I said some day i will have a Rolex!!! And in 1982 I stared my love for Rolex Watches.
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Can't say for sure about Rolex, but I knew I liked watches when I was like 8 or 9 years old. I really "understood" what Rolex meant about 15 years ago I guess. I and everyone else on planet earth had heard Rolex since day one, but it wasn't until the last 10 years that I really knew I wanted one.
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At the age of around 9 , in the Athens Hilton .
I had my first Rolex at the age of 18,a steel Sub. Date |
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well my dad Has has had two since the day i can remember. a vintage datejust and an 18k rolex cellini which is honestly stunning. he then bought a day date but sold it because he did not like it. so since i was a young boy of 7 or 8 i loved watches and always knew what a "rolex " was. I have definitely inhereited his good taste in watches
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I saw a Rolex Submariner in the James Bond movie, Live and Let Die.........never got a Sub........have owned a Datejust, GMT and now a Explorer II (Polar). Got my first one back my Army days and have owned one ever since.
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I was 2 weeks old. They were running ads on the TVs in the nursery of the hospital and had sublimal chants running on the intercom system. After therapy helped me, I remembered that it went something like this, " We make the world's best watches -- as far as you know."
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Bond Baby here, not sure of the year. But always wanted one.
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My father had a TT DJ before I was born so ever since I became aware of watches was his that he wore everyday religiously. I just thought it was the strangest watch with a bubble on it, since at that time the fad was everything liquid crystal digital.
He told me it was the first gift/reward he bought himself when he got to the US. As time passed I learned more and more about it especially why he shook it everytime he woke up when picking it up off his nightstand and how it glowed in the dark. I remember being in awe that it had some self winding feature, no batteries!, and asking him about it till he about lost his mind. Years later when I stayed with him a burglar broke in his place and stole it amongst other things. I was shocked and a bit saddened knowing how long he had it. I remember all my father said was, "That watch has been with me through a lot of things. Ah well, whomever took it needs it more than I do I hope it helps them." And that was that he never bought a replacement or wore a Rollie after that. |
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I first started noticing Rolexes(Fake) when I was 14 on the streets of Chinatown in New York. Since then I've always wanted a real one.
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Ever since i was young i always thought of Rolex's as a very expensive watch worn by the rich blah blah and wlays used to love looking at the through the shop windows, anyways when i was 17 i became very into Rolex and discoverd TRF, learnt a lot about them and brought my 1st one just before i was 18 this year.
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When I was in 8th year. I saw a Rolex ad....Red Air wearing a DayDate on a Time magazine. I thought: one of these days, I will buy a Rolex. I kept the magazine for 7 years until I bought my first Rollie.
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When I was a little kid and my mom always told me that Rolex's were only for rich people.
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Since my dad bought his first (tt Datejust), when I was in primary school, now I'm wearing his first Rolex and bought one myself (GMT II pepsi)
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I was (am) 30 - just bought my first. Parents and uncles had them growing up so I guess I 'discovered' them much earlier.
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probably about 10 when dad got his yellow gold DJ (mid 80's).
only really paid attention to Rolex watches a couple of years ago, and the desire of getting one only kicked in a few months ago...... got my first Rolex 2 months ago. |
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In the late-1970s when I was in my late teens. They used to have an ad on TV which showed deep sea divers entering a submarine and how the Rolex crown screwed down as tight as the sub's hatch so no water could penetrate the case. I remember thinking wow, a watch that rugged - now there's something special that's worth saving for!
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Since College. My Grandpa gave me his Date 1500.
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