Quick and interesting story...

[MAJSmith]

I met a 60 year-old Lieutenant Colonel today who's part of my Army Reserve unit here in Hawaii. I noticed he was wearing a GMT Master II, so I asked him about it and he said he bought it in 1989 and wore it intermittently until Desert Storm kicked off in 1991. Not wanting it to get damaged overseas, he placed it back in the original box and shoved it in the closet... where it stayed until last year! 21 years in the dark!!! He said after he turned 60 he figured he might as well break it out and start wearing it again, so he sent it for a check-up and it's now his daily wear watch. This watch looked brand new. It's an almost a new-old-stock Rolex. I wonder how many more are out there hiding...

[Bangel]

..... and it's just as stylish now as it was then. Great story!

[Vincent65]

Cool - try to get some pics!

[orork]

They're precious Cap! Thousands are keeping good company in sock drawers.......

[Piloto]

Awesome story.

Hard to believe DS/DS was 21+ years ago. I'm feeling even older now.

[travisb]

Nice story!

[bonbonson]

Im pretty sure there are a good number of hidden watch treasures out there! Heck even a buggati type 57 was hidden so why cant a simple watch be?

[nickng]

Proven yet again that Rolex is a timepiece that one will never fall out of love with.
Thanks for sharing.

[Cc1966]

Great story

[SUBversive]

I wonder if it came to life when he picked it up....I bet it did or with some movement.

[snypa]

nice story, would love to see some pictures of the watch!

[superdog]

Yeah. Super cool. Lets see some pics!!!

[cop414]

Great story.

[mikkolopez]

Classics are forever. Rolex are really in style anytime all the time.

[krieves]

Very cool but it's kinda sad that he hasn't been able to enjoy it all this time.

[kilyung]

I bet he'd have sold it to you if you doubled what he paid for it... and you'd still be under what it would cost you today.

[MAJSmith]

Originally Posted by kilyung

I bet he'd have sold it to you if you doubled what he paid for it... and you'd still be under what it would cost you today.

He did say when he bought it many years ago he was a little apprehensive about the cost, but after he started wearing it again last year he took notice of how they have increased in value and realized he'd made a good decision. He said it's already in his will to go to his oldest son. I'll try to grab a quick pic of it today.

[Trouble15]

Nice story!

[rolex75216]

Great story.

[Lucky777]

Great story. Nice to see the men and women serving the USA sporting great timepieces.

[SWISSAHOLICS]

Cool story!!

[SohAIS]

great story! thanks for sharing.

[zeuloa]

Great story!

[mrhy]

My eye doctor has a GMT pepsibezel really aged,he bought in Geneva in 1973 for $175.00,will take picture next visit

[Beef]

Great story! But why did he leave it a closet for 21 years??? That's the "Paul Harvey " ending I'm interested in hearing! Just saving it for the big SIX O? Gotta be more to it!

[MAJSmith]

Originally Posted by Beef

Great story! But why did he leave it a closet for 21 years??? That's the "Paul Harvey " ending I'm interested in hearing! Just saving it for the big SIX O? Gotta be more to it!

He says he picked up a cheap watch for Desert Storm and just kept wearing it all the way through his next deployment and so on, until last year. I stopped him for a pic on the way to a briefing, but I could only delay him for as long as a Captain can delay a Lieutenant Colonel, which is not very long, and could only grab this one blurry pic.

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[waQstar]

Love me some coke, nice watch, priceless

[Chainring]

Originally Posted by Piloto

Awesome story.

Hard to believe DS/DS was 21+ years ago. I'm feeling even older now.

Tell me about it. 22 years ago now. A fellow lieutenant from back then is looking to get promoted to general. I have no doubt he will make it. Time flys.