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Old 15 April 2011, 04:15 AM   #1
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Have I've been ripped off?>>>>>
There is some strange dots in my crystal.

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Old 15 April 2011, 04:16 AM   #2
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Yep its all wrong!
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Old 15 April 2011, 04:16 AM   #3
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S may stand for scrap!
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Old 15 April 2011, 04:16 AM   #4
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yep = "S" means Special, so you had to pay more for it....















(yes, i know S = Service Replacement)
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Old 15 April 2011, 04:19 AM   #5
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Oh, man.
I can't make heads or tails of it. It seems too orderly to be a random accident, and yet the design isn't recognizable. Is it a circus tent?
I give up.
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Old 15 April 2011, 04:21 AM   #6
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HAHAHA . . . Special, like blue parking space special. . . dee da dee
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Old 15 April 2011, 04:22 AM   #7
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A great photo!
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Old 15 April 2011, 04:25 AM   #8
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It's a service replacement crystal. S = service. It's been replaced
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Old 15 April 2011, 04:25 AM   #9
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Old 15 April 2011, 04:29 AM   #10
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see if you can get it replaced or buffed out?
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Old 15 April 2011, 04:31 AM   #11
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S for superwatch
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Old 15 April 2011, 04:39 AM   #12
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S for superwatch
Or maybe for "Swatchgroup" ?
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Old 15 April 2011, 04:42 AM   #13
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see if you can get it replaced or buffed out?
Will PolyWatch works?

I must get rid of it, who wants a crystal loaded with dots?
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Old 15 April 2011, 04:44 AM   #14
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Old 15 April 2011, 04:46 AM   #15
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Will PolyWatch works?

I must get rid of it, who wants a crystal loaded with dots?
Maybe you could get it 'lasered' off

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Old 15 April 2011, 04:47 AM   #16
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Yeah, you're being ripped off...

..for not getting paid for all the great photos you're taking
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Old 15 April 2011, 04:49 AM   #17
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Or maybe for "Swatchgroup" ?
Oops, sorry, Paul. You beat me to it!
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Old 15 April 2011, 04:50 AM   #18
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who wants a crystal loaded with dots?
I can't even read the time on the thing!
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Old 15 April 2011, 04:51 AM   #19
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I can't even read the time on the thing!
Dont you have a cell phone?
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Old 15 April 2011, 04:53 AM   #20
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You did get ripped off. I'll give your a hundred bucks for this obvious problem watch. Where do I send the money?
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Old 15 April 2011, 04:53 AM   #21
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"I have been ripped off"
Yes sir you have.......

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Old 15 April 2011, 04:54 AM   #22
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You don't buy a Rolex for the time...

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Dont you have a cell phone?


A necessity when you wear the classic Sub No-Time
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Old 15 April 2011, 04:57 AM   #24
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Yes sir you have.......


LOL!! Ha! Forge that, counterfeiting bastards!
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Old 15 April 2011, 05:06 AM   #25
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Yup...you've been ripped off. Mine has the letter R for Rolex. That means mine is authentic.
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Old 15 April 2011, 05:20 AM   #26
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LOL!! Ha! Forge that, counterfeiting bastards!
Bastids, it should read bastids.
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Old 15 April 2011, 05:21 AM   #27
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Yup...you've been ripped off. Mine has the letter R for Rolex. That means mine is authentic.
I guess it's Rauthentic.
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Old 15 April 2011, 05:23 AM   #28
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I thought the "S" was for Sucker.
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Old 15 April 2011, 05:25 AM   #29
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I thought the "S" was for Sucker.
Sucker it's close to sugar in SWEDEN.
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