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13 June 2012, 06:56 AM
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Real Name: Michael
Location: Los Angeles
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My Friend Just Lost His Rolex Line After 30+ Years
But at least I got a parting gift
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13 June 2012, 06:59 AM
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All's well that ends well, I guess. Congrats on the Explorer II! Very nice.
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13 June 2012, 07:01 AM
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Real Name: Sam
Location: Gotham City
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Love that 216570!!!
 When one door closes another opens!
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13 June 2012, 07:02 AM
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Very nice!
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13 June 2012, 07:15 AM
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Banned
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Real Name: Hernan
Location: Spain
Watch: A lot...
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Thats one very cool explorer
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13 June 2012, 07:21 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Real Name: Bryan
Location: Pacific Northwest
Watch: YG DD lchdp
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edit nevermind I figured it out
great watch! love the hands
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13 June 2012, 07:36 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Real Name: Andrew
Location: Ny
Watch: Explorer ii 42mm
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Makes me drool.
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13 June 2012, 11:55 AM
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Real Name: Linz
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SS Submariner Date 16610 - SS Polar Explorer GMT 216570 |
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13 June 2012, 07:36 AM
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Location: Sydney
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Always nice to have friends
enjoy
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13 June 2012, 08:27 AM
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Real Name: Michael
Location: Los Angeles
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Thanks Guys! I am really enjoying it, I am really impressed by the lume.
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13 June 2012, 09:01 AM
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Congratulations
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13 June 2012, 10:03 AM
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Banned
Join Date: Apr 2006
Real Name: Richard Kloc
Location: New York
Watch: Deepsea D-Blue
Posts: 250
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Did your friend say why he lost AD status?
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13 June 2012, 10:05 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Real Name: Ken
Location: SW Florida
Watch: One on my wrist.
Posts: 63,991
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Congrats on a great watch. As for AD's getting dropped by Rolex--they been dropping like flies.
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13 June 2012, 10:05 AM
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Sorry to hear about your friend, but love that 216570!! Welcome to the dark side...
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13 June 2012, 10:13 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Australia
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Posts: 15,802
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Congrats on your expII.
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13 June 2012, 10:30 AM
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Lucky you, that's a real beauty!
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13 June 2012, 11:58 AM
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You'll love it--congrats!!
The lume at night is amazing... |
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13 June 2012, 01:07 PM
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Real Name: Michael
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They did not tell him why, they just sent a letter and to return everything except the watches he had. He followed all of their rules so it was most likely he is just too small time for them.
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13 June 2012, 04:42 PM
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Real Name: Alex
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13 June 2012, 02:31 PM
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Location: Orlando
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Congrats!!
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13 June 2012, 03:35 PM
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Real Name: Brett
Location: Bahrain, Dubai
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That's really a beauty - picked mine up back in April....it's been my daily-wearer ever since...until today, which finds me reverting to my SD!!
Congrats and wear it in good health! |
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13 June 2012, 05:34 PM
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Real Name: Gerardus
Location: often in the air
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I like the black face on this model.
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13 June 2012, 05:42 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Real Name: A.K.W
Location: Indonesia
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What a great memento, congrats!
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13 June 2012, 06:25 PM
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Real Name: Rob
Location: Brisbane AUS
Watch: SeaDweller
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Very nice Rob
Congrats mate
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13 June 2012, 08:22 PM
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Too bad for your friend Robert.
Just out of curiosity, what other high end brands is he left with? |
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14 June 2012, 02:17 AM
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"TRF" Member
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Real Name: Michael
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Hey actually just carried Rolex as far as watches, it was quite a hit to his business.
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13 June 2012, 08:32 PM
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Real Name: MJC
Location: PHL USA
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Very nice!
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13 June 2012, 10:00 PM
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Location: Cincinnati
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Congrats. Any ideas on why Rolex pulled the plug? After 30 years that is just crazy!
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13 June 2012, 10:04 PM
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2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member
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Congrats on the 216570!
Sorry to hear about your friend losing the line. Nice parting gift indeed though.
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14 June 2012, 02:25 AM
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"TRF" Member
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Real Name: Michael
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Years ago he thought there was loyalty, a couple months ago they pulled his parts account and he realized that was not the case. They did not tell him why he lost his AD status, but a lot of changes were made within the company.
The person responsible for supplying his region (meaning what watches he would get and how much he had to spend) was fired and replaced so that did not help. Aside from that they just seem to just not want these small town dealers anymore, after they took his AD status away they did not replace him with some other store in the area. There is no AD within 100 miles of him. Quote:
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