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Old 11 February 2019, 04:02 PM   #1
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Crazy science man tears rolex into pieces to extract precious metals

https://youtu.be/KVl0ahot1tQ

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Old 11 February 2019, 04:47 PM   #2
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Pretty cool. I enjoyed watching it.
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Old 11 February 2019, 05:40 PM   #3
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I found that fascinating
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Old 11 February 2019, 05:53 PM   #4
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That watch disassembly.



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Old 11 February 2019, 06:00 PM   #5
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Wow one clever dude! Fascinating.

Just shows you the mark up on PM Rolexes, only $465 of gold on a TT model.
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Old 11 February 2019, 06:10 PM   #6
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Cody's Lab is one of my guilty pleasures. Which reminds me i need to throw a couple bucks his way
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Old 11 February 2019, 10:14 PM   #7
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Walter White would be quite proud of this guy
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Old 11 February 2019, 10:18 PM   #8
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Old 11 February 2019, 10:28 PM   #9
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Ha that’s pretty cool!!


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Old 12 February 2019, 03:45 AM   #10
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What good is $450 worth of gold, minus the cost of extracting the gold, when with a full service, the watch could sell for several thousand dollars with which one could purchase a couple of ounces of gold?
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Old 12 February 2019, 03:58 AM   #11
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Great. More ammo for the watch bashing crowd.
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Old 12 February 2019, 04:41 AM   #12
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Interesting. Thanks
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Old 12 February 2019, 04:43 AM   #13
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That disassembly was tough to watch, but it was otherwise a really neat video. Thanks for posting it.
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Old 12 February 2019, 05:59 AM   #14
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Old 12 February 2019, 07:13 AM   #15
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That was cool!!!
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Old 12 February 2019, 08:23 AM   #16
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What good is $450 worth of gold, minus the cost of extracting the gold, when with a full service, the watch could sell for several thousand dollars with which one could purchase a couple of ounces of gold?

Exactly my thoughts. It was a cool video, but a shame that such a nice watch had to be destroyed like that.


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Old 12 February 2019, 08:47 AM   #17
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I enjoyed the concept.

But why destroy the midcase and movement!?
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Old 12 February 2019, 08:53 AM   #18
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Old 12 February 2019, 02:41 PM   #19
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Very entertaining video. It was neat to see things get analyzed that way.
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Old 13 February 2019, 03:08 AM   #20
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Cool video. Talk about a science geek. Just glad it wasnt my watch. Would love to see that done to a DD40.
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Old 5 March 2019, 02:45 PM   #21
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What good is $450 worth of gold, minus the cost of extracting the gold, when with a full service, the watch could sell for several thousand dollars with which one could purchase a couple of ounces of gold?
I thinks it’s more a question of the value of the “WhatsInside” guys getting their name mentioned in a video that generates 500k views. Doubt they care about the scraps
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Old 5 March 2019, 04:40 PM   #22
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What a brilliant video, thanks for posting. Mind i was cringing as he chopped up the bracelet.
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Old 6 March 2019, 01:31 AM   #23
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I thinks it’s more a question of the value of the “WhatsInside” guys getting their name mentioned in a video that generates 500k views. Doubt they care about the scraps
The narrator claimed that he was extracting the gold for a customer, not simply to make a video for YouTube.

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Old 6 March 2019, 04:24 AM   #24
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Waiting for the comments... so.... the solid PM Daytona is not worth that much more than SS Daytona and therefore the SS prices can catch up to PM prices?

(I'm only joking )... but then again, people shouldn't get fixated on metals, buy what you like and enjoy!
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