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Old 14 December 2007, 12:47 PM   #1
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played with the new camera....

finally caught the elusive crown....
enjoying the new GMT II C

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Old 14 December 2007, 12:59 PM   #2
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Nice picture, Nice watch.
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Old 15 December 2007, 03:48 AM   #3
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finally caught the elusive crown....
enjoying the new GMT II C

That's a very difficult shot to take. Well done!!
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Old 15 December 2007, 03:50 AM   #4
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Old 15 December 2007, 03:55 AM   #5
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Old 15 December 2007, 03:57 AM   #6
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Nice!!!!
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Old 15 December 2007, 04:13 AM   #7
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as im sure most of you can see...i did it with no over head light and i took a small pen light and directed the light from the 12 o'clock position down through the 6 o'clock position....didnt really show up well through the view finder...but it did on the resulting shot.
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Old 15 December 2007, 04:15 AM   #8
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Old 15 December 2007, 04:31 AM   #9
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Oh! Green Needle :>, in Hong Kong very hard to find out!
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Old 15 December 2007, 07:13 PM   #10
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Maybe it's because I'm a GMT newbie...but what exactly am I looking for?
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Old 16 December 2007, 12:42 AM   #11
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Maybe it's because I'm a GMT newbie...but what exactly am I looking for?
Tiny rolex crown etched into the crystal of the watch at the 6 position marker
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Old 16 December 2007, 06:42 PM   #12
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Tiny rolex crown etched into the crystal of the watch at the 6 position marker
Oh..cool! Thanks for pointing that out. It's kinda like Where's Waldo...but not knowing what a Waldo is or looks like Is it only on GMTs?
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Old 17 December 2007, 03:13 AM   #13
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Is it only on GMTs?
No. Now, every Rolex Oyster has this etching at the 6 o'clock position.

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Old 17 December 2007, 03:18 AM   #14
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Nice picture Alun ( nice Welsh name also),

Clearly a symptom of Rolex fever.

No known cure, I'm afraid.
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Old 18 December 2007, 04:01 AM   #15
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Nice picture Alun ( nice Welsh name also),

Clearly a symptom of Rolex fever.

No known cure, I'm afraid.
yup very welsh name....and Evans for a last name to boot.

i dont live in wales, but my parents do...Rhos-on-Sea area.

i live in Canada now
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Old 22 December 2007, 11:04 AM   #16
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Is that a piece of dust?
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Old 15 January 2008, 05:08 PM   #17
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Awesome picture
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