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18 March 2011, 09:58 AM | #1 |
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How long have you owned your Rolex
I'm new to TRF, it started with a question about my old explorer.
My question is how long have you had your oldest Rolex. Mine is a 1966 5500 Explorer I bought as a second hand watch in 1970 for £115. I have had the watch for 41 years I have worn it most of this time but had it refurbished twice by Rolex. I have an explorer 2 which I bought last year when the old one was away for 16 weeks being repaired.(I thought I'd had it for 45 years but I can't countafter 11pm) |
18 March 2011, 10:02 AM | #2 |
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2 years and 7 months......
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18 March 2011, 10:07 AM | #3 |
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I had my Zenith tt Daytona for 7 years... that was the longest I owned without trade & upgrade...
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18 March 2011, 10:50 AM | #4 |
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DJ - in May it will be 3 years old
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18 March 2011, 10:57 AM | #5 |
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May will be 6 years with my SS Sub 16610. That's the longest I've owned a watch.
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18 March 2011, 10:58 AM | #6 |
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1 week tomorrow ;)
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18 March 2011, 11:10 AM | #7 |
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33 years
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18 March 2011, 11:11 AM | #8 |
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I'm a newby, it'll be a year this May.
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18 March 2011, 11:13 AM | #9 |
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About 3 months
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18 March 2011, 11:33 AM | #10 |
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Wow! 41 years! That's awesome! I think 3 years for me. I envy you guys that have owned and worn one Rolex for many years. the character the watch builds.
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18 March 2011, 11:37 AM | #11 |
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45 years, from new, worn 24/7 except when being serviced.
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18 March 2011, 11:59 AM | #12 |
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The nice one on the left, five days. The other, ten years.
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18 March 2011, 12:15 PM | #13 |
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My 67' Explorer was my dad's watch and he wore it everyday until it became mine. I've had it for 11 years now and he had it for 33 years without a service!
Finally when it just seized up two years ago, it got it serviced and it came back looking/working like new! -Steve |
18 March 2011, 12:23 PM | #14 |
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I bought my Explorer on September 22, 2008 and my DJ I picked up from the AD on September 8, 2010, after having placed the order about 10 days prior.
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18 March 2011, 12:49 PM | #15 |
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2 years!
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18 March 2011, 01:09 PM | #16 |
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51 years...My fiancee and I went to T. Miyamoto Jewelers on Fort Street, downtown Honolulu, so she could buy me a 5512 as an engagement gift...She paid a little extra to have my name engraved on the back...I'm wearing the Sub as I type, and it's still running COSC...
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18 March 2011, 01:10 PM | #17 |
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10 and a half years with my Explorer II. 5 days with my new Daytona.
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18 March 2011, 01:12 PM | #18 |
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About 15 years with my dad's 1971 Oyster Perpetual, and 2 weeks today with my Sub-C.
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18 March 2011, 01:46 PM | #19 |
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24 hours with my datejust I got on these forums!
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18 March 2011, 01:54 PM | #20 |
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Graham, welcome to the Forum...I have had my GMT for 3 and 1/2 years and my Sub ND for 2 years and 1 month!!!
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18 March 2011, 01:56 PM | #21 |
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14 years for my 16613 TT Submariner and 14 days for my 116610LN Submariner C.
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18 March 2011, 01:56 PM | #22 |
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About six years. My only regret -- not LONGER!
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18 March 2011, 02:14 PM | #23 |
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Got my first in 1973, so about 37 years. Gave that one to a son and now wear my father's from about 1958-- among others I've bought more recently.
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18 March 2011, 02:22 PM | #24 |
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Summer of 04'
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18 March 2011, 02:26 PM | #25 |
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Well, if I include my Rolex Tudor 7928 I got it brand new in 1964. My first "all" Rolex is my Sea Dweller which I got about two years ago.
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18 March 2011, 02:37 PM | #26 |
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Got my firstTT DJ in about 2001. Between then and 2004 I bought a second TT DJ, an all black GMT-II, and a diamond dial YG DD. Still have all of them, plus the Breitling Navitimer Olympus, GP World Timer, JLC Master Geographic, Glycine Airman 9, and a couple others that I have acquired in the interim.
I have to say that I wear the GMT-II 90% of the time. Most of the rest of the time goes to the Breitling, and a smattering of the time goes to the rest.
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18 March 2011, 03:31 PM | #27 |
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Purchased my Air King Christmas eve '97. Just got it serviced for the first time a couple months ago and it looks brand new. I love this little watch!
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18 March 2011, 04:38 PM | #28 |
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I got my first Rolex in 1997 (submariner) and I still have it along with a few others I have picked up along the way
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18 March 2011, 04:41 PM | #29 |
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It is all in my signature.
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18 March 2011, 04:48 PM | #30 |
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DJ - 3 years
ND Sub - 1.5 months |
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