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Old 11 September 2013, 12:23 PM   #1
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Hands On Exclusive – The new 2013 Bamford x Asprey Rolex Sky Dweller and Explorer II!
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Old 11 September 2013, 12:46 PM   #2
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Yikes!
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Old 11 September 2013, 03:48 PM   #3
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Yikes!
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Old 12 September 2013, 04:36 AM   #4
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Old 5 January 2014, 11:05 PM   #5
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Triple yikes ......
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Old 11 September 2013, 01:10 PM   #6
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Not my thing. It makes beautiful watches look like cheap knockoffs. IMHO.
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Old 12 September 2013, 07:37 AM   #7
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Not my thing. It makes beautiful watches look like cheap knockoffs. IMHO.
agreed...some of them are better than others though.
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Old 7 January 2014, 09:04 AM   #8
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Not my thing. It makes beautiful watches look like cheap knockoffs. IMHO.

This.
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Old 11 September 2013, 01:24 PM   #9
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They should be the Viagra version.
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Old 11 September 2013, 03:45 PM   #10
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They managed to make them look as if they are made out of plastic. Not for me...
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Old 11 September 2013, 03:55 PM   #11
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Old 11 September 2013, 04:04 PM   #12
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Interesting... Hey, Whatever makes the owner of the watch happy!
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Old 11 September 2013, 04:53 PM   #13
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Horrible and cheap
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Old 11 September 2013, 10:18 PM   #14
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Looks like cheap toy watches !
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Old 6 January 2014, 12:50 AM   #15
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Looks like cheap toy watches !
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Old 11 September 2013, 10:28 PM   #16
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Old 11 September 2013, 10:31 PM   #17
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Ouch, not for me but hey whatever floats your boat.
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Old 5 January 2014, 08:20 PM   #18
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mickey mouse comes to mind............or a market you may visit on holiday.
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Old 11 September 2013, 10:30 PM   #19
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Definitely not my cup of tea!
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Old 11 September 2013, 11:49 PM   #20
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Yuck Yuck Yuck and especially double Yuck Yuck for the ruined DSSD..
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Old 12 September 2013, 01:24 AM   #21
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Old 7 January 2014, 10:02 AM   #22
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yuck yuck yuck and especially double yuck yuck for the ruined dssd..
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Old 12 September 2013, 01:48 AM   #23
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Old 12 September 2013, 03:55 AM   #24
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Old 12 September 2013, 04:11 AM   #25
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I'm going to store my new Rolex in a box full of M&Ms, too!
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Old 12 September 2013, 04:14 AM   #26
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Horrifyingly ugly, in my opinion. And I stress the word "horrifyingly".
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Old 12 September 2013, 04:16 AM   #27
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I like it.
But probably will not buy it
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Old 12 September 2013, 04:18 AM   #28
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Waste of $$, why do that??
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Old 12 September 2013, 04:18 AM   #29
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Except for the Blacked out Exp II (2nd to last pic)

The rest goes to show you that some people have too much $$ to burn
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Old 12 September 2013, 04:20 AM   #30
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What a shame that they wrecked those beautiful watches...
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