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View Poll Results: your age with your first rolex
minus 21 12 14.12%
22 -30 40 47.06%
30 - 40 18 21.18%
40 - 50 8 9.41%
50 plus 7 8.24%
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Old 26 March 2007, 03:13 PM   #31
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My first Rolex was a GMT Master. I bought it when I was 26 yrs. old, prior to that I've always worn an Omega.
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Old 26 March 2007, 04:16 PM   #32
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Old 26 March 2007, 05:07 PM   #33
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I havent got a Rolex yet today I'm 24 and I will buy a blue TT when I will be 25 I think, I hope.
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Old 26 March 2007, 08:44 PM   #34
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I havent got a Rolex yet today I'm 24 and I will buy a blue TT when I will be 25 I think, I hope.
aykun325 - Happy Birthday bud & here's hoping that TT Blue Sub is yours before the next birthday!
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Old 26 March 2007, 11:23 PM   #35
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I was 59 or 60 when I got my first Rolex. Since then I've acquired 3 more Rollies and several other brands.

I'm a late bloomer, but I'm making up for lost time.
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Old 26 March 2007, 11:26 PM   #36
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my wife got me mine when i propposed at 21- to say thanks for the ring!
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Old 27 March 2007, 03:00 AM   #37
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Twenty two years ago at the age of 32. TT Datejust
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Old 27 March 2007, 03:22 AM   #38
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Old 27 March 2007, 05:39 AM   #39
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Old 27 March 2007, 05:43 AM   #40
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aykun325 - Happy Birthday bud & here's hoping that TT Blue Sub is yours before the next birthday!
Thank you but my birthday is at 2 October... I meaned by saying 'today' , now and nowadays.
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Old 27 March 2007, 05:54 AM   #41
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Thank you but my birthday is at 2 October... I meaned by saying 'today' , now and nowadays.
Man, that's quite a coincidence, Aykun. I'm October 2, 1946!!!
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Old 27 March 2007, 06:01 AM   #42
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Man, that's quite a coincidence, Aykun. I'm October 2, 1946!!!
Oh really a coincidence and I was really feeling that someone here would write that has same birthday with me. I cant believe I d borned in 2 October 1982
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Old 27 March 2007, 07:03 AM   #43
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23 years old, in 1975, a SS SUB with date, $301, wish I still had it!
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Old 27 March 2007, 09:45 AM   #44
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35 (a 5513 Submariner) --- felt too guilty at first and sold it..waited a year, saved more $$$, looked at every other watch under the sun, and bought another one a month ago! ...now 36 and less guilty somehow...
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Old 27 March 2007, 10:20 AM   #45
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Old 27 March 2007, 04:12 PM   #46
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I was 25 when I got a vintage TT DJ, flipped it and bought a Zenith El Primero.
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