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15 March 2017, 03:36 PM | #1 |
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Caught Another Rolex Double Red
This one was truly unexpected. A week ago, I posted about acquiring my first Rolex Sea Dweller DRSD in our local watch forum and a member sent me a PM asking where I got the watch and for how much? I replied to his queries and his reply was a link to a post he made a year ago in the same forum regarding a Rolex DRSD that he inherited from his late father. When I read his post, that's when I realized that he is not so knowledgeable about watches and was in need of a sound advise.
I sent a PM again and told him that his watch looks authentic but would require closer inspection. He sent me a PM asking if I wanted to see his watch and so I replied in the affirmative. Today the young man came to my office and showed me the watch. We had a pleasant conversation and found out that his father was a Mason. The watch belonged to another Mason who needed money and left the watch to his father as collateral in the 80s. He said that his father just kept the watch in a safe but before he passed away, his father called up his friend who owns the watch and told him to forget about the money he owes and that he can get his watch back anytime. His friend was very touched with the kind gesture but politely declined the offer and said that the watch belongs to his father already. I also asked my watchmaker to come to my office to open and inspect the watch which confirms that its 100% legit. It has a Mk 4 dial with serial number in the 4 million. The bracelet is a 9315 with 380 endlink and "pateted" extension. The case is unpolished and the domed crystal is in decent condition. Now that his watch has been verified, I asked what he plans to do with it. He then told me that when he made that post a year ago, he got lots of PMs offering to buy his watch "as is where is" for as low as $6k to as high as $15k and he felt bad that these forum members where taking advantage of him because he has done his research prior to making the post and knows what the going price was for his watch. He then asked me if I were to buy the watch, how much would I pay so I gave him a solid offer. He paused for a moment and asked if I can go a little higher. I gave him another number. He said okay and we sealed the deal. My DRSD duo with the latest sporting a leather strap. |
15 March 2017, 03:47 PM | #2 |
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Beautiful....thanks for sharing.
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16 March 2017, 11:21 AM | #3 |
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Very nice!
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16 March 2017, 11:24 AM | #4 |
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What a story! Congratulations it's a beauty
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16 March 2017, 11:56 AM | #5 |
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Congrats, that's one I wants someday.
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16 March 2017, 12:16 PM | #6 |
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Awesome story and pickup! FYI, you should blank out part of the serial number in your pics. Don't want scammers/counterfeiters from using it......
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16 March 2017, 02:47 PM | #7 |
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Great story and watch!
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16 March 2017, 08:37 PM | #8 |
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16 March 2017, 08:46 PM | #9 |
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Nice, looks really good.
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16 March 2017, 09:21 PM | #10 |
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Congrats Eric!
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16 March 2017, 09:24 PM | #11 |
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Whoa! Very cool, congrats!
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17 March 2017, 01:44 PM | #12 |
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Very cool duo! Awesome watch and great story
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18 March 2017, 02:57 AM | #13 |
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Congratulations on a such great find. The hunt and the story make it that much more special.
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18 March 2017, 08:42 AM | #14 |
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Cool story, thanks for sharing. Love these little stories that each watch carries with them...
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18 March 2017, 09:27 AM | #15 |
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Thanks. I forgot to mention that after we closed the deal, he immediately called his elder sister and told her that he has sold the watch and that she is getting half of the proceed. Very generous.
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18 March 2017, 09:42 AM | #16 |
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What a story! Congrats on a great score Eric
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18 March 2017, 10:33 AM | #17 |
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Saw this story on another forum too...congrats and my jealousy grew even greater the second time I read it
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18 March 2017, 10:52 AM | #18 |
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Great story, congrats!
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18 March 2017, 03:13 PM | #19 |
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Great story and great watches! Way to be honest! Congrats!!
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18 March 2017, 03:39 PM | #20 |
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With luck like this, you must start playing powerball. Congrats!!
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18 March 2017, 03:46 PM | #21 |
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Thanks for sharing and congrats on an amazing piece.
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19 March 2017, 12:50 AM | #22 |
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Love an awesome watch accompanied by a good story! Congrats on the pick up - she's a beauty. Glad this guy found a buyer who wasn't out to take advantage of him.
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19 March 2017, 01:01 AM | #23 |
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WOW you got a beauty my friend congrats!
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19 March 2017, 11:35 AM | #24 |
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Congrats on a fantastic find, and great story as well! Amazing pair of DRSDs you picked up.
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19 March 2017, 12:15 PM | #25 |
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Great watch with a good story for you tell to go along with it.
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19 March 2017, 08:30 PM | #26 |
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Congrats
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Very nice. Congrats
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20 March 2017, 03:02 AM | #28 |
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As I was reading through I was starting to get a little worried you were being scammed, it all sounded very convenient and a wonderful story....that was right up until you said you got your own man in to verify it all. After that what a great story and a good result for both parties.
Congratulations and it must have been fate that you would end up with that watch. |
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Lucky you! Enjoy that beauty, and congrats
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