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View Poll Results: At what age did you acquire your first Rolex?
1-11 years old 5 1.85%
12-15 years old 5 1.85%
16-18 years old 19 7.04%
19-21 years old 31 11.48%
22-29 years old 88 32.59%
30-34 years old 50 18.52%
35-39 years old 32 11.85%
40-49 years old 31 11.48%
50-59 years old 8 2.96%
60-69 years old 1 0.37%
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Old 22 August 2010, 02:06 PM   #1
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Icon5 FIRST ROLEX | How old were you?
At what age did you acquire your first Rolex?

JJ... sorry if the numbers don't go up high enough.

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Old 22 August 2010, 02:12 PM   #2
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Old 22 August 2010, 02:20 PM   #3
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18, and I'm turning 19 soon lol so I just made the 16-18
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Old 22 August 2010, 02:29 PM   #4
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18, and I'm turning 19 soon lol so I just made the 16-18
Ritchie... when I was 18 I had two Tag Heuers, but no Rolex.

19? hope your upcoming birthday is enjoyable.

c h e e r s
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Old 22 August 2010, 02:41 PM   #5
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Ritchie... when I was 18 I had two Tag Heuers, but no Rolex.

19? hope your upcoming birthday is enjoyable.

c h e e r s
Thanks! My friends are planning a surprise party I'm definitely looking forward to it. Although they don't know I know about it already lol
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Old 22 August 2010, 02:44 PM   #6
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Thanks! My friends are planning a surprise party I'm definitely looking forward to it. Although they don't know I know about it already lol
So do you have any plans of surprising them?

Spy vs. spy.
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Old 22 August 2010, 03:04 PM   #7
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So do you have any plans of surprising them?

Spy vs. spy.
Nah lol I'll just pretend to be surprised so they will be more complacent with what they've done. After all it's still 5 weeks away and things might change.
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Old 22 August 2010, 03:05 PM   #8
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Nah lol I'll just pretend to be surprised so they will be more complacent with what they've done. After all it's still 5 weeks away and things might change.
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Old 22 August 2010, 03:14 PM   #9
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Bought my first one at 27 years old, a Daytona 116523 TT, I purchase them with my hard earned cash, blood, sweat and tears, makes the watch much more treasured for me!
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Old 22 August 2010, 03:21 PM   #10
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Bought my first one at 27 years old, a Daytona 116523 TT, I purchase them with my hard earned cash, blood, sweat and tears, makes the watch much more treasured for me!
Cash, blood, sweat and tears make for a fine Rolex indeed.
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Old 22 August 2010, 03:38 PM   #11
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I am 17. It took a lot of odd jobs and saving.
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Old 22 August 2010, 03:39 PM   #12
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Old 22 August 2010, 03:41 PM   #13
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I am 17. It took a lot of odd jobs and saving.
Strapping a 'harvest' around your wrist brings timely satisfaction.
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Old 23 August 2010, 03:01 AM   #14
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Old 23 August 2010, 03:22 AM   #15
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I am 17. It took a lot of odd jobs and saving.
Dedication and a rolex well deserved
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Old 23 August 2010, 03:25 AM   #16
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Old 23 August 2010, 03:33 AM   #17
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Last year when I joined this wonderful forum at age 29, then got the bug and added 3 more. Now I have 3

P.s. I want to meet the 1 that has it at 1-11
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Old 23 August 2010, 03:38 AM   #18
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Old 23 August 2010, 03:39 AM   #19
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Bought my omega at 16 and then my rolex at 18 just before going to uni :)
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Old 23 August 2010, 03:39 AM   #20
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P.s. I want to meet the 1 that has it at 1-11
Might've been a fake lol. I'm not sure any parents in the right mind would make a young kid wear one due to various reasons such as safety issues
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Old 23 August 2010, 03:40 AM   #21
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Old 23 August 2010, 04:07 AM   #25
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39 for me... My two girls have surprises in the safe... They are 7 and 8.
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Ritchie... when I was 18 I had two Tag Heuers, but no Rolex.
When I was 18 I had a Timex Camper and was in the Marine Corps a Rolex was just a distant unattainable dream.

When I was young I always associated Rolex with old men (young and dumb I guess) I did not even know the sports models existed I had only ever seen the more dressy all gold DD or DJ's and that's not my kind of watch. It was not until I was well into my 30's that I started to think about looking at Rolex.

I went into an AD saw the Explorer I and I had to have it. I was 38.

When my father died in the mid-90's I got some money and for a second I thought mmmmm, I can buy a Rolex but I never did. Funny, if I had I probably would have bought the watch I bought last week the GMT Pepsi!
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