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Old 24 March 2010, 08:53 AM   #1
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Rolex are now putting a computer chip in their.............
....parts boxes.

Pretty neat but a bitch to open.
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Old 24 March 2010, 08:55 AM   #2
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Interesting!!!

Are you sure it's not bug to listen in??
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...I like the copper crown!
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That's becasue they don't trust you Leo.......
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What is that for???
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Interesting!!!

Are you sure it's not bug to listen in??

I burned it, just in case.
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What is that for???

My new cigarette lighter.
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Old 24 March 2010, 08:59 AM   #8
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got a bezel last year that had this.. was sealed like fort knox.

i think its just an RFID for better parts control?
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This thread is going all nuts and haywire, Leo!!
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What else is new.
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I'm just like your parents........................................... .................................................. ..............I don't like you either.
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Yeah, I had that when I bought my endlinks.
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Old 24 March 2010, 09:24 AM   #20
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Yeah, I had that when I bought my endlinks.
You bought your endlinks from Rolex Kyle?
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got a bezel last year that had this.. was sealed like fort knox.

i think its just an RFID for better parts control?


Yes.
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Old 24 March 2010, 10:41 AM   #22
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Want to hear something crazy? The last pair of Converse Chuck Taylors I bought had two stickers like that on the footbeds (one in each shoe).


FWIW regarding RFID, Walmart has stepped back from the technology. They had previously been seen as the driving force pushing its adoption.
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Want to hear something crazy? The last pair of Converse Chuck Taylors I bought had two stickers like that on the footbeds (one in each shoe).


FWIW regarding RFID, Walmart has stepped back from the technology. They had previously been seen as the driving force pushing its adoption.

Amazing, with Rolex crown and all?
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I got it from Tempoking sealed in the airtight container, from a watchshow I think.
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