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Old 10 April 2008, 03:00 AM   #1
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Celebrities wearing rolex watches

I'm sure this was posted before but haven't seen it myself so check out the link
http://www.oysterinfo.de/en/specials/celebs/index.php

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Old 10 April 2008, 03:07 AM   #2
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How many of those people actually bought their own? I'd say under 5%. Gotta love those celebrity gift bags!
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Old 10 April 2008, 03:08 AM   #3
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Damn! I never make that list.
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Old 10 April 2008, 04:03 AM   #4
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One does need to make that list. Everytime I wear my Rollie I feel so special heck with the Celebrities!
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Old 10 April 2008, 06:07 AM   #5
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How many of those people actually bought their own? I'd say under 5%. Gotta love those celebrity gift bags!
I have paid all my watches by myself. Did that means I´m no celeb?



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Have to agree Jocke and to get this so called celebrity status today just appear on big brother or make a complete ars# of yourself on TV.Then become a instant celebrity, afraid today well here in the UK we have celebrity this celebrity that on TV myself would not pay most of them in steel washers.
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Old 10 April 2008, 07:47 AM   #7
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..........Gotta love those celebrity gift bags!
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Old 10 April 2008, 03:09 AM   #8
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Nice find

Looking at Andrzej Golota's wrist i can understand that the wrist size does not matter when it comes to a day-date
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Old 10 April 2008, 03:19 AM   #9
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Old 10 April 2008, 03:49 AM   #10
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Thanks for the list. Brad Pitt needs to be wearing a Cellini.
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Old 10 April 2008, 04:02 AM   #11
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Question: I've seen Phil Mickelson in Rolex ads so I guess he is another celebrity. I notice that he plays golf with a watch on. Is this a Rolex? If so, what model?
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Old 10 April 2008, 06:05 AM   #12
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I believe Phil wears something from the Cellini collection, on a strap.
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Old 10 April 2008, 04:25 AM   #13
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Nice Link, thought it quite Ironic how the supposed socialist revolutionary Che Geuvara wears a rolex!
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Old 10 April 2008, 05:16 AM   #14
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Nice Link, thought it quite Ironic how the supposed socialist revolutionary Che Geuvara wears a rolex!
You should see what watches the east european leaders where wearing during during communism
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Old 10 April 2008, 05:22 AM   #15
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You should see what watches the east european leaders where wearing during during communism

Yeah i KNow just a bit hypocritical.

The Russian ex Presient Putin wears a $60000 Patek
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Old 10 April 2008, 05:38 AM   #16
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Yeah i KNow just a bit hypocritical.

The Russian ex Presient Putin wears a $60000 Patek
http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/...979_watch.html
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Old 10 April 2008, 09:59 PM   #17
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Yeah i KNow just a bit hypocritical.

The Russian ex Presient Putin wears a $60000 Patek
Amazing price!!!
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Old 10 April 2008, 05:48 AM   #18
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Nice Link, thought it quite Ironic how the supposed socialist revolutionary Che Geuvara wears a rolex!
Very interesting isn't it...the impecable taste displayed by these men of the people.
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Old 10 April 2008, 06:12 AM   #19
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Very interesting isn't it...the impecable taste displayed by these men of the people.
Oh yes it is! I want ask you John is your avatar of the original "Dracula". Vlad the Impaler
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Old 10 April 2008, 06:35 AM   #20
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Che wore a GMT Master. This is a great quote from the Book Shadow Warrior by Felix Rodriguez.

"Below and just to my right, tied to a stretcher and attached securely to the chopper's skid, was the dead body of Che Guevara.

On my wrist was his steel Rolex GMT Master with its red-and-blue bezel. In my breast pocket, wrapped in paper from my loose leaf notebook, was the partially smoked tobacco from his last pipe.

There were stains on the army fatigue trousers I was wearing -- Che's blood caked dark against the khaki-green material."


I would love to know were that watch is now. Rodriguez only died about 15 years ago.

That quote pushed me from buying the Sub to the GMT IIc.

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Old 19 January 2010, 09:44 AM   #21
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Che wore a GMT Master. This is a great quote from the Book Shadow Warrior by Felix Rodriguez.

"Below and just to my right, tied to a stretcher and attached securely to the chopper's skid, was the dead body of Che Guevara.

On my wrist was his steel Rolex GMT Master with its red-and-blue bezel. In my breast pocket, wrapped in paper from my loose leaf notebook, was the partially smoked tobacco from his last pipe.

There were stains on the army fatigue trousers I was wearing -- Che's blood caked dark against the khaki-green material."


I would love to know were that watch is now. Rodriguez only died about 15 years ago.

That quote pushed me from buying the Sub to the GMT IIc.

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Old 19 January 2010, 11:42 AM   #22
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Che wore a GMT Master. This is a great quote from the Book Shadow Warrior by Felix Rodriguez.

"Below and just to my right, tied to a stretcher and attached securely to the chopper's skid, was the dead body of Che Guevara.

On my wrist was his steel Rolex GMT Master with its red-and-blue bezel. In my breast pocket, wrapped in paper from my loose leaf notebook, was the partially smoked tobacco from his last pipe.

There were stains on the army fatigue trousers I was wearing -- Che's blood caked dark against the khaki-green material."


I would love to know were that watch is now. Rodriguez only died about 15 years ago.

That quote pushed me from buying the Sub to the GMT IIc.

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Old 10 April 2008, 08:28 AM   #23
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Oh yes it is! I want ask you John is your avatar of the original "Dracula". Vlad the Impaler
Yes it is...and I hope that isn't wine you're drinking in your Avatar...Vlad never drinks wine!
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Old 10 April 2008, 11:56 AM   #24
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Nice Link, thought it quite Ironic how the supposed socialist revolutionary Che Geuvara wears a rolex!
Yeah, well, wore a Rolex. And supposed nothing, the man was a stone-cold facist.
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Old 19 January 2010, 09:15 AM   #25
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Nice Link, thought it quite Ironic how the supposed socialist revolutionary Che Geuvara wears a rolex!
Maybe wearing Rolex shows a personal appreciation of quality (rather than an ideological or philosophical message) since the pics show Pope John Paul II and politicians like LB Johnson, Castro and Sarkozy wearing Rolex as well. That Che wore Rolex is quite well known, and apparently not something he felt he needed to hide. It is said that Che had both a Submariner and a GMT. A CIA Agent (Félix Rodríguez) present at his execution said he stole Che's Rolex and other personal items.

The winner for 'most enthusiastic' Rolex owner seems to be Fidel Castro with his two watch on a wrist style!! Diego Maradona also habitually wears two Rolex at the same time, but he wears them separately (ie one on left and other on right wrist).
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i think there's even a pic of castro wearing one,a sub of course.
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Old 23 November 2011, 12:24 AM   #28
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I saw a picture of Castro wearin two Rolex watches on both arms at the same time. One of them was a Rolex President.
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Old 10 April 2008, 06:40 AM   #29
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Nice finds. Great pics!!! Thanks.
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I think Uma Thurman looks the best in her Rolex.
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