NAVY SEALS wear Rolex?

[HongNinja]

I was recently talking with a NAVY Master Chief, who is an operator for the teams, about my Sea Dweller(when I was testing the waters on a trade), and something he said to me that still sticks out in my mind.

While we were bantering back and forth as he expressed interest in my Sea Dweller, he mentioned he had a PAM he was interested trading me. As we talked about watches and such, I asked him "Why are you wanting to give up your PAM for this SD?"(having an answer already formulated in my mind) to which he responds "Brandon, these PAMs are just too pretty. I'm afraid I'm going to bang it on a bulk head and break the damn thing. These Sea Dwellers are tough as nails." He goes on to tell me his wife bought him a SubC already, but he didn't want to wear that one in the "field". Basically he was implying he wanted my SD so he could USE it without worrying about it.

This was impressive to me. I'm a military guy, and have known several special ops guys in my day, and they definitely take their equipment seriously(to say the least). The fact he was talking about acquiring it for this manner solidified even further about these wonderful timepieces, and there is a very high probability there are others out there currently in use. Modern day MilSub perhaps?! Would be cool if Rolex made special editions for these guys.

Anyhow, just thought I'd share the story.