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Join Date: Oct 2009
Real Name: Adam
Location: canada
Watch: 16600, IWC 3707
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Which rolex sparked your passion for the brand?
When i was younger i always dreamed of owning a 16613 blue face, It was the watched that said it all...
Please share the model that caught your eye, which prompted you to own a rolex. |
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Real Name: Nick
Location: Los Angeles
Watch: 2 SS Daytonas(W&B)
Posts: 542
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YG Leather Strap Daytona!!!
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#3 |
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Real Name: G
Location: N/A
Watch: N/A
Posts: 6,042
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James Bond's Subs!
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: in my house...
Posts: 5,524
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Sub..
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2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Real Name: JYogi/Jeremy
Location: Metro Detroit USA
Watch: It's a Rolex!
Posts: 5,610
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I had a friend that had a Sub, tons of Subs in my area growing up.
I fell in love with the SD. My first Rolex was a SS DJ, several years later I bought a SD :)
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2024 Pledge Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Real Name: Dave
Location: CA
Watch: es
Posts: 4,380
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Sub LV
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Florida, Canada
Watch: Rol/Seik/Tud/Omega
Posts: 30,244
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The blue 16613 was my first but the black dial Explorer 2 is what sparked my interest.
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: in my house...
Posts: 5,524
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I can bet no one is saying Leopard Daytona...
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Real Name: Steve
Location: Tampa, FL, USA
Watch: TT GMT II
Posts: 1,321
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This beauty: the GMT II on a TT Oyster. The moment I saw it, I KNEW!
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Real Name: Dennis
Location: L.I./N.Y.
Watch: SUBMARINER 14060M
Posts: 2,769
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As a young boy growing up in the 60's-70's watching Bond movies and reading the Fleming books there was only one for me, The Submariner.
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Real Name: Mike
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 76
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James Bond's Submariner did it for me, never had the money though. Now at 55 I finally quit messin around with rolex-like watches and pulled the trigger on my first Rolex, a brand new TT ceramic sub, thanks for asking, Mike.
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It's always something, it ain't never nothing 116613N Submariner |
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#12 |
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Real Name: Rick
Location: At what TIME?!!!
Watch: the SKY tonite!
Posts: 3,225
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the one in my avatar.
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Real Name: Trevor
Location: Arizona
Posts: 5,740
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Really all the SS sport models and the history behind them, the rest have never done anything for me.
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Real Name: John
Location: Washington
Watch: 16710, 16610, DJ
Posts: 7,329
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Submariners, no question.
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: England
Watch: Sea Dweller
Posts: 423
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Another one for the 16613 Bluesy
![]() Loved that watch ever since I was a kid... and this week, some 30 years later, I finally got one ![]()
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Real Name: Christopher
Location: fort lauderdale
Watch: Bunches
Posts: 1,860
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I always admired the classic design of the datejust.. I remember being about 13-14 and going into a AD and falling in love right then and there with a DJ. Took many years before I actually had one though..
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Real Name: Caleb
Location: California
Watch: Rolex 1500
Posts: 1,295
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The Daytona is what brought me to the brand.
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Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Arizona
Posts: 386
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Maybe it's my age but I have admired the datejust for a long time. It was my first Rolex and when I wear my SS with the Jubilee bracelet and the white gold bezel I have trouble taking my eyes off of it.
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Real Name: Mark
Location: Atl
Watch: 16710
Posts: 654
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An IP in advanced combat skills had a GMT and I set a goal to be better than him and have a GMT. Funny thing is that I was wearing a pretty cool Speedmaster I had picked up at the PX and felt it was a placeholder till I got a GMT. My wife wears the Speedy 20 years later with no service and calls it her boyfriend watch.
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Nice, France
Watch: D Sub date 16610
Posts: 929
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Submariner!!
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#21 |
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: USA
Posts: 44
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sub
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Arizona, USA.
Watch: Your Six...!!!....
Posts: 207
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My dream watch was a TT jubilee Datejust..... Just pure class...!!
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#23 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Sunny Hawaii
Watch: 116528 /126715CHNR
Posts: 451
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My cousin had a TT Daytona. Was hooked as soon as I saw it.
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#24 |
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: fort wayne IN
Watch: Patek 1909003
Posts: 2,176
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I do a lot of swimming and my wife bought my first rolex for our anniversary this year and after that i went daytona , since then there is only one more i need to complete my collection of rolex and it's coming in 2010!
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Real Name: Ronn
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Watch: Numerous
Posts: 422
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Submariner.
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#26 |
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: NH
Posts: 417
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It was always the Sub and the Daytona for me.
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Real Name: JT
Location: Texas
Watch: 116710LN, 116610LN
Posts: 453
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For me, it was the GMT II C.
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#28 |
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: the doc side
Watch: zenith
Posts: 3,779
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20+ years ago, after wearing a slew of fakes and knock-offs, I knew which one I was going for, just had to come up with the fundage:
![]() The ol' gal still looks good for her age and mileage, but she doesn't get out like she used to.
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#29 |
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: USA
Watch: Rolex Explorer I
Posts: 10,278
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Explorer I
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#30 |
2024 Pledge Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Real Name: jP
Location: Texas
Watch: GMT-MASTER
Posts: 17,118
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GMT's for sure.
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