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9 April 2019, 11:17 PM
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2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Real Name: Danny
Location: Bay Area CA
Watch: Yellow Gold
Posts: 20,162
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Very nice
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9 April 2019, 11:20 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: ASK
Watch: SubC.5711.D500
Posts: 2,236
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My grail. Congrats.
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9 April 2019, 11:25 PM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Watch Town
Posts: 305
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A very special watch, not for what it is, but for the story that surrounds it. Wear it in good health for many many more years.
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9 April 2019, 11:36 PM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Aug 2017
Real Name: Troy
Location: Houston, TX
Watch: 16710 GMT, BBR
Posts: 926
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10 April 2019, 12:07 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 372
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great looking piece
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10 April 2019, 12:09 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: NYC
Posts: 1,943
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Fantastic. You made a great choice.
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10 April 2019, 12:17 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Canada
Watch: Enthusiast
Posts: 1,606
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Great memories with a beautiful watch. Make many more with them in the best of health!
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10 April 2019, 12:28 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Missouri USA
Watch: Daytona C white
Posts: 2,248
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Great Story! I feel the same about the GMT2 I originally purchased in 1992 for 3K. It would be hard enough to part with that I might be the only guy on skid row with 10K Rolex.:)
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10 April 2019, 12:46 AM
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2024 ROLEX DATE-JUST41 Pledge Member
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Tampa
Watch: SD4K
Posts: 2,674
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Cheers to the many more years of enjoyment!
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10 April 2019, 12:47 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: USA
Posts: 6,523
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Cool story! And a beautiful watch
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10 April 2019, 12:52 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: UK
Watch: Sub,SD,DJ,OP
Posts: 1,950
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Great story and a beautiful watch indeed
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10 April 2019, 12:55 AM
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2024 Pledge Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: NWA, USA
Watch: BLRO/Daytona/OP41s
Posts: 4,950
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I had a white one around the same time that came from a Cayman Islands dealer, could have sworn its MSRP was $5300. Alas I sold it a year later to fund an 116520 which is long gone too.
Your's is beautiful. |
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10 April 2019, 01:43 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: SF
Posts: 584
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Since you asked....place beer (or soda) in hand. Take Daytona and place face down on knuckle with the 8 o’clock under beer bottle cap. Use top knuckle as lever while pushing down on the case with most pressure at 2 o’clock of upside down case. The case back is curved so it virtually hooks under the teeth of the bootle cap. Forgive the one handed picture...  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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10 April 2019, 01:52 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Real Name: Bob
Location: Mountains
Watch: ALS, AP, PP, Rolex
Posts: 2,900
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You just made some people lose their minds. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth over this. Abuse!
“Is it safe to open a beer with your Rolex?” Bravo! |
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10 April 2019, 01:52 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: sf
Watch: 116500LN White
Posts: 1,843
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Great story but I’d rather use my teeth then a 30k plus watch as a bottle opener lol. Ok well at least something else
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10 April 2019, 02:06 AM
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2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Real Name: K.
Location: 780
Posts: 10,386
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"Savage"
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10 April 2019, 02:16 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: SF
Posts: 584
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I found when I use the Platona to open bottles people tend to lose their minds. Even I was surprised how the grooves of the bottle cap sink into platinum. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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10 April 2019, 02:19 AM
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Real Name: K.
Location: 780
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10 April 2019, 02:24 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: SF
Posts: 584
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It is literally like a hot knife cutting through butter.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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10 April 2019, 02:31 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: USA/Canada
Posts: 166
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This is the kind of post that makes me want to sell everything and keep one watch...
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10 April 2019, 02:39 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: VA
Posts: 965
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like hearing these stories on here!!! I dont think i'll ever sell any of mine.
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10 April 2019, 02:48 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: SoCal
Watch: out! I'm coming.
Posts: 199
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Just a spectacular story! The best of times and the worst of times. I couldn’t use the watch as a bottle opener, it made me cringe a bit. I’ll live vicariously through you for that part.
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10 April 2019, 02:51 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: SF
Posts: 584
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Lol...won’t ever use platona for that. (I hope) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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10 April 2019, 02:56 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: SF
Posts: 584
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Thanks...the Patina on the dial is a reflection of my life in many ways. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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10 April 2019, 02:57 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Georgia
Posts: 6,123
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Awesome story. True tool watch lol, never would have imagined it to be a bottle opener.
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10 April 2019, 02:58 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Real Name: Dan
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Watch: Sub LV
Posts: 678
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Now THIS is the reason to own a Rolex. Thanks for the story, very cool and inspiring!
-Dan |
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10 April 2019, 03:03 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: SF
Posts: 584
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Want to make a bet. You would be surprised at the things one does given the circumstances...necessity is the mother of all invention ;) All in good times... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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10 April 2019, 04:03 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Another desert
Posts: 34
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Amazing backstory,
Beautiful watch worn and lived as it should be. A refreshing thread for once. Thanks for sharing and enjoy many more years with it on the wrist and not on a winder! Best regards |
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10 April 2019, 05:24 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: South Africa
Posts: 1,152
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Great post OP. Respect! Old school like my dad and his dad.
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10 April 2019, 07:59 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Real Name: Jonathan
Location: UK
Watch: 116500 White&Black
Posts: 1,359
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Love this story! And I wonder if the RSC service covers bottling opening...
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