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30 January 2023, 12:40 AM | #31 |
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Bought in 1979 with 10 percent off. The watch had to be ordered as I wanted a blue dial. When it came in the hour markets were gold not silver. The SA asked me if I still wanted it. I thought it looked good so I said okay . It was serviced about 1986 because I thought that was something you were supposed to do. I stopped wearing it daily about 1995. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
30 January 2023, 12:44 AM | #32 |
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one just like this in 1991
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30 January 2023, 12:45 AM | #33 |
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My first sports Rolex is the 116710LN. My first ever Rolex is a steel datejust 36 mm and I gave it as a gift to my father.
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30 January 2023, 12:51 AM | #34 |
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T series 14060 bought from an AD in 1997 for £1680. No longer have it and every single day I think about it, I regret selling it.
Only one I've ever truly regretted selling. Learnt a valuable lesson to ones self - don't sell your first Rolex.
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30 January 2023, 12:53 AM | #35 |
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30 January 2023, 12:55 AM | #36 |
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It was a 5-digit Explorer 2 black dial. It was not a popular watch at the time but I liked it. I remember a dealer calling it a "dog" when I asked to trade it in for a Submariner.
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30 January 2023, 01:01 AM | #37 |
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Ceramic Sub Date in 2013. Bought it preowned for $6k from local shop.
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30 January 2023, 01:01 AM | #38 |
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30 January 2023, 01:21 AM | #39 |
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30 January 2023, 01:23 AM | #40 |
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Medicinal purposes only. The A-K 14000. Had it serviced. The 3000 caliber is a real work horse. Runs awesome!!
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30 January 2023, 02:09 AM | #41 |
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First was a birthday gift from my husband the year we were married. Lady DJ 31 with fluted bezel, blue dial and stick markers. AD took $1,100 off. It was the last discount I ever got
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30 January 2023, 02:22 AM | #42 |
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December 2022 … Las Vegas, NV.
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30 January 2023, 03:18 AM | #43 |
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30 January 2023, 03:19 AM | #44 |
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116710LN back in 2013. Got a 20% discount on it from AD at the time. Was offered a 116610LV with the same 20% and I went for the GMT instead. My wife will still rag on me for it. Ended up getting the LV in 2017 at full retail.
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30 January 2023, 03:21 AM | #45 |
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OP 39 114300 Dark Rhodium.
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30 January 2023, 03:30 AM | #46 |
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Bought this in 2013. My first.
No hype back then and my personal tastes have always directed me to watches with interesting dials or lugs... I've never owned a black dial sub, which I still cant quite believe given I love collecting these. It will most likely be a 14060M or maybe a 5513. Back then it was in the window, alongside the maxi dial 50th anniversary LV sub. I preferred this one with the new case, bracelet, ceramic bezel and green dial. It was nice to get a 12% discount too. My next few watches were also colour based, the Pepsi GMT (5 digit) and 116613LB (blue dial TT). |
30 January 2023, 03:30 AM | #47 |
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My first higher-end watch from 1988 to 1992 was a Cartier Santos. Unfortunately, I don’t have any photos here (all in a paper album elsewhere) of my first Rolex which was a 1992 Sub TT black dial. I then bought this around 1997 and still have it today. It’s had two new bezels in its lifetime and one 12 a clock side entire bracelet. The 6 o clock side is original and wasn’t really stretched/damaged. It’s been serviced 3 times in the interim too.
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♛ 116689 ♛ 116500LN Blk ♛ 116500LN Wht ♛ Sky Dweller 326934-003 ♛ 126710BLNR ♛ 126710BLRO - ♛ 126610LV ♛ 16520 ♛ 16523 ♛ 16610 ♛ 5513 Birth Year - ✠ Patek Philippe 5980/1A-001 - AP 26331ST Panda - Panerai Fiddy 127, Bronzo 671, 687, 111, Ω Speedmaster 1957 Broad Arrow, Daniel Roth Endurer Chronosprint, Cartier Santos XL - ✿ Tudor Black Bay 58 Bronze M79012M, Montblanc TimeWalker Chrono 41 |
30 January 2023, 03:35 AM | #48 |
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5513, 1982.
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In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. - Abraham Lincoln __________________________________________________ Rolex 226570, Explorer II Club |
30 January 2023, 04:26 AM | #49 |
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114060 submariner no date in 2017.
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30 January 2023, 04:39 AM | #50 |
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Exp 2 white dial, back in 2014 those were great buys!
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30 January 2023, 04:55 AM | #51 |
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What was your first Rolex?
This is the first Rolex I purchased that started my relationship with my AD back in the 90s, I was in my 20s and still wear it today.
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30 January 2023, 05:04 AM | #52 |
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1675 GMT-Master, now gone; replaced by a 16710.
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30 January 2023, 05:06 AM | #53 |
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114060, should have kept my first.
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30 January 2023, 05:20 AM | #54 |
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2004 a GMT 2 coke for £2600 RRP from I believe Upchurch and sons of Colchester Essex (no longer an AD I'm told)
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30 January 2023, 05:44 AM | #55 |
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This.
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30 January 2023, 08:29 AM | #56 |
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Gift from my GF in 2018 (yes, im a noob Rolex owner)
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30 January 2023, 08:39 AM | #57 |
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What was your first Rolex?
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30 January 2023, 08:43 AM | #58 |
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1 February 2023, 10:02 AM | #59 |
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2015 White Dial Daytona
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1 February 2023, 10:07 AM | #60 |
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Hulk 2016
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