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6 August 2019, 12:45 PM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Dallas tx
Watch: 16610,1675,16030
Posts: 1,136
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What came first poll..
How many of you joined or lurked on TRF before acquiring your first Rolex, and how many discovered TRF while already owning one?
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6 August 2019, 01:14 PM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Marikina
Posts: 2,561
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Had my first rolex in 2006.
Discovered TRF in 2016. After i got my second rolex. |
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6 August 2019, 03:13 PM
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2025 Pledge Member
Join Date: May 2017
Location: EU
Watch: DSSD, BLNR, SM, GM
Posts: 934
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6 August 2019, 04:14 PM
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2025 TitaniumYM Pledge Member
Join Date: Jun 2018
Real Name: Jonathan
Location: Texas
Watch: @Escapementt
Posts: 9,846
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Before.
I tend to research everything before I buy it, and while hunting for information on the Rolex that caught my eye, I joined this wonderful place. Been enabling me ever since. 
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6 August 2019, 04:23 PM
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2025 TitaniumYM Pledge Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: New England
Posts: 3,760
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Lol! I was on timezone.com for years before I found TRF. I was all about non-Rolex watches. Had breitling and a roger dubuis easy diver back then. Even after I had my first two Rolex (both now gone) I still stayed on timezone. It was good back then... now TRF is the place to be.
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Current watches: 116718ln, 116500 black dial, 40mm Breitling Chronomat MOP dial “A man with one watch always knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.” |
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6 August 2019, 04:33 PM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Texas
Watch: Rolex
Posts: 618
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I lways research thoroughly before buying anything.
Lurker for +2 years. Waiting on my 1st one from AD now. |
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6 August 2019, 04:51 PM
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2025 Pledge Member
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Florida
Watch: Sub, DJ41, GMT
Posts: 8,697
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What came first poll..
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I joined TRF after I already decided I wanted a Submariner. It was very helpful. Actually it reenforced my enthusiasm to move forward with the purchase. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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6 August 2019, 05:17 PM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: May 2015
Real Name: Willy.B.Banned
Location: Sheol
Watch: ing the detectives
Posts: 2,721
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When I bought my first Rolex the interweb did not exist.
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Welax no one other than wobblers muggers and sad WIS types notices your Wolex. The rest of the populace are way too busy staring at their shiny new iPhone 24s or worrying about paying the gas bill.. |
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6 August 2019, 05:57 PM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: The UK
Watch: I love them all.
Posts: 1,867
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I bought my first Rolex in 1964.
Just a little while before TRF existed, In fact a lot before the internet existed.
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Regards, CharlesN Member of the IWJG. |
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6 August 2019, 06:43 PM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jun 2017
Real Name: Tony
Location: Global
Watch: All of them.
Posts: 1,142
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Before - I did a lot of research here before purchasing my first Rolex.
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6 August 2019, 06:58 PM
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TechXpert
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Earth
Posts: 23,660
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6 August 2019, 07:01 PM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: USA
Posts: 673
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6 August 2019, 07:05 PM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Real Name: Scott
Location: UK
Watch: ^^^ for now
Posts: 5,834
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Past: 6239 (yes, I know...  ), 16610, 16600, 116515, 116613LN, 126600, 126711 CHNRPresent: 16600, 116509, Cartier Santos Green. |
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7 August 2019, 01:04 AM
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2025 TitaniumYM Pledge Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Real Name: Brian (TBone)
Location: canada
Watch: es make me smile
Posts: 79,853
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6 August 2019, 09:32 PM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Real Name: Jon
Location: UK
Watch: Smurf/Hulk/1680
Posts: 2,920
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I found TRF whilst trying to ascertain if the squeak on my new LVc was normal!!
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6 August 2019, 11:41 PM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Real Name: Larry
Location: Kentucky
Watch: Yes
Posts: 35,219
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I voted after, but I need to qualify my post.
I discovered TRF after I had my first Roles, but before the sickness began.
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7 August 2019, 12:09 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Real Name: MJC
Location: PHL USA
Watch: IWC, Rolex, AP
Posts: 29,232
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Joined Mar 2010. First purchase Jan 2011.
Through DavidSW, who I found here while researching submariners
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7 August 2019, 12:22 AM
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2025 TitaniumYM Pledge Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: USA
Watch: addiction issues
Posts: 37,664
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Before. I found this website researching models. Was hooked and ended up buying through DSW a 116710LN for about 7300. Before that it was Breitling and before that TAG and before that Swiss Army.
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7 August 2019, 12:23 AM
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2025 TitaniumYM Pledge Member
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: TN USA
Watch: 126710BLNR
Posts: 231
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Before.....as in literally yesterday. But I'll be wearing one by the end of the year. Short list includes Milgauss, Sub with date, or GMT MasterII (AD gods willing).... But that's the thing with these forums, I could be in an entirely new direction in a week.
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7 August 2019, 12:58 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 518
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After. I got my first Rolex when 2600 half duplex baud was screaming fast!!
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7 August 2019, 01:01 AM
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2025 TitaniumYM Pledge Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Real Name: Mike
Location: New York
Watch: Rolex
Posts: 22,977
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For me, the watch came first.
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 Oh, look at the time... Official Member: 'WIS-CON' Las Vegas International GTG 2019 |
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7 August 2019, 01:23 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: May 2012
Real Name: Paul
Location: Tucson, Az
Watch: Rolex 1501
Posts: 14,413
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When I got my first Rolex, the internet was but a twinkle in Al Gore's eye.
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Ain't much of a crime, whacking a surly bartender |
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7 August 2019, 03:35 AM
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Banned
Join Date: May 2019
Location: United States
Posts: 285
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Well, I dont have a Rolex yet so I guess the forums came first for me
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7 August 2019, 03:44 AM
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2025 TitaniumYM Pledge Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Real Name: Tom
Location: Mandeville La
Watch: 126333
Posts: 10,725
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First Rolex for me was in 1980
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7 August 2019, 02:05 PM
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2025 TitaniumYM Pledge Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Real Name: Thomas
Location: North Carolina
Watch: The Beach
Posts: 3,449
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Got my first in 2003, found TRF in 09... Been broke since lol!
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 If you wind it, it tells pretty good time (Paul Newman) |
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7 August 2019, 04:04 PM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Real Name: Rocky
Location: Australia
Watch: Grail:Bluesy
Posts: 17,930
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I must have seen a photo of the 4112 Cellini somewhere and fell in love with it.
I then joined TRF to 'research' it and at that point realised that there was a world of interesting watches out there and that Rolex was the brand I liked best.
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Cellini 4112. Sub 14060M. DJ 16233. Rotherhams 1847 Pocket-watch. Foundation Member of 'Horologists Anonymous' "Hi, I'm Rocky, and I'm a Horologist..." |
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7 August 2019, 09:01 PM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: US
Posts: 2,707
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Fun poll. However, there is going to be a (large?) population of users that acquired their first Rolex before TRF and the internet existed. So for those people there was no alternative.
I would make a third option to capture these. |
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7 August 2019, 09:40 PM
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2025 TitaniumYM Pledge Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: North Carolina
Watch: Rolex/Others
Posts: 48,815
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I am older and have been involved with Rolex for almost 30 years so my Rolex purchases predate the Forum. If this Forum had of been around I would have researched with it, but no.
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8 August 2019, 09:59 AM
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2025 TitaniumYM Pledge Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Real Name: David
Location: Gardnerville, NV
Watch: 16710
Posts: 2,737
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I got my first Rolex in 1984. Long before Al Gore invented the internet.
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Current: 16710 Previous: 16760 Fat Lady, 16613 Bluesy, 16800, 14060, 16710 Pepsi, 216570 Polar, 116710LN, 16610, 216570 Polar (again), 16713, 216570 Polar (yet again), 16710 Black w/ Pepsi Insert Hope is not a strategy. |
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8 August 2019, 10:57 AM
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2025 TitaniumYM Pledge Member
Join Date: Aug 2014
Real Name: Ed
Location: SoCal
Watch: ugiveiswatchuget
Posts: 9,084
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I found TRF after. Got my first Rolex and wanted to learn more about the models/brand and Google brought me here.
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