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1 May 2017, 08:26 AM | #1 |
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What's a useless Rolex fact you know?
Useless to most people, but not us.
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1 May 2017, 08:32 AM | #2 |
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It takes one year to make a Rolex.
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♛ Sub 116610LN 2011 ♛ GMT 126710BLNR 2021 ♛ GMT 126711CHNR 2020 ♛ Datejust 16233 X-series 1993 Ω Speedmaster Mitsukoshi 2019 č Cartier Tank w5200025 2021 |
1 May 2017, 08:37 AM | #3 |
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There is only one known photograph of Hans Wilsdorf wearing a Rolex. |
1 May 2017, 08:39 AM | #4 |
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You can tell time with them.
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1 May 2017, 08:39 AM | #5 |
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It takes 40 man hours to produce a cerimac bezel for the TT Sub
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1 May 2017, 08:42 AM | #6 |
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There is no Laser-etched Crown on the crystal of a Milgauss GV.
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1 May 2017, 08:57 AM | #7 |
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They're kind of expensive.
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1 May 2017, 08:59 AM | #8 |
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Their prices increase annually by 3-6%.
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1 May 2017, 09:04 AM | #9 |
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1 May 2017, 09:11 AM | #10 |
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They make me happy
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1 May 2017, 09:12 AM | #11 |
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Patek has filed 76 patents in the last 9yrs.
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1 May 2017, 09:23 AM | #12 |
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They are less expensive to own, sell, and service, than exotic cars.
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1 May 2017, 09:24 AM | #13 |
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The oysterquartz design originates from the genta designed Texan pre dating the Royal Oak
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1 May 2017, 09:27 AM | #14 |
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Rolex 116600 Sea-dweller Montblanc Solitaire Doué Black & White Legrand FP Montblanc Solitaire Doué Black & White RB Montblanc Meisterstück Diamond Mozart BP Montblanc Meisterstück Mozart BP |
1 May 2017, 10:14 AM | #15 |
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Can I add 0ne please ?
Rolex is the 0nly Watch brand that has reached both the extreme points of planet Earth from the Deepest part of the Ocean, Mariana Trench to the Highest Peak, Mount Everest for a total distance of ~ 64 816 feet or ~19 756 m ...... without losing a second ! Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk |
1 May 2017, 10:21 AM | #16 | |
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1 May 2017, 10:23 AM | #17 |
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Rolex makes 1 million watches a year!
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1 May 2017, 10:24 AM | #18 |
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The round counterweight on the seconds hand eclipses the 'O' in Rolex on the dial when it passes
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1 May 2017, 10:25 AM | #19 |
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That it's a tool watch.
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1 May 2017, 10:27 AM | #20 |
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Tom Selleck wore a Pepsi GMT2 on Magnum PI which debuted in December 1980. He still wears one occasionally on Blue Bloods, a current 2017 show. I wonder if it's the same watch, or if he has sprung for a new WG model. I also wonder if he still has the original from 1980 somewhere even if he's wearing a new one.
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1 May 2017, 10:39 AM | #21 |
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That nobody knows where the name rolex came from.
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1 May 2017, 10:43 AM | #22 |
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I was talking with an AD who is also a member here and we were saying how I should "buy the one that sings to me most" and his fellow assistant came up to us and she said that's a really nice expression. We both said, "Is it? We use it all the time on TRF." When two worlds collide.
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1 May 2017, 11:01 AM | #23 |
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That Thomas Babington Levy paid for a cab ride with the Rolex that his brother 'Doc" gave him
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1 May 2017, 11:01 AM | #24 |
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1 May 2017, 02:00 PM | #25 |
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Rolex is owned by a charitable trust
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1 May 2017, 02:30 PM | #26 | |
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1 May 2017, 02:32 PM | #27 |
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A crown for every achievement
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1 May 2017, 02:36 PM | #28 |
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The oldest, longest, and still in operation Rolex AD in the US is Bromberg's
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1 May 2017, 02:48 PM | #29 |
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SS Rolex is like Pokemon: Gotta catch 'em all.
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1 May 2017, 02:59 PM | #30 |
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A Rolex once helped determine the time of death of its owner in a murder investigation
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