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...