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T01 · 4 August 2018, 02:32 AM

16610 - 2006

nektar · 4 August 2018, 02:34 AM

14060m, 2008

doramas · 4 August 2018, 02:47 AM

Explorer ll 16570 white. A perfect and comfortable watch. I will never sell it

rtalk · 4 August 2018, 03:14 AM

My dad gave a DJ when I was probably 28. I then bought my first Rolex (BLNR) just before I turned 29 a few months later.

Wcdhtwn · 4 August 2018, 04:03 AM

2015. Gmt ii ln.

gmstevenson · 4 August 2018, 04:13 AM

1993; SS datejust with blue roman dial received from my parents when I graduated college.

BT1985 · 4 August 2018, 05:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scarab1st

Daytona 116500 white dial, April 2017. My boss saw me browsing through some Tag and Sub at chrono24. He told me to go straight for the one I really want instead of inching my way to it with models I just settled for. I said ok. He helped me find one and I had my Daytona the following day.

This is really good advice.

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Icehockeyboy · 4 August 2018, 05:07 AM

Hang on guys....
Am I the only person in the world that doesn’t take any notice of Rolex numbers?

For example I have no idea what number my current Explorer 11 is, apart from it being a 6 digit model, and I’ll be damned if I knew what my DJ number is/ was!

For simplicity can you just put eg: GMT Pepsi, Jubilee, 2001 model, bought in 2005?

That way I can visualise what model you have.

Thanks!

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dricig · 4 August 2018, 05:12 AM

15010 SS Date on oyster with white romans and engine turned bezel.
Got it new in 1987 and still have it.

GradyPhilpott · 4 August 2018, 05:57 AM

114270

September 2008

gmac · 4 August 2018, 06:02 AM

114060, ND sub, 2015, age 47 when purchase, only waited 20+ years from first coveting one. took 2 years to wear after purchase. Now BLNR owned, Hulk on way, Skydweller list.

HogwldFLTR · 4 August 2018, 06:04 AM

For me it was an OP36 with the Harley dial!!! Traded it for a Sub C; bought a black and white concentric to replace it. Have a dial to replace the black and white one with to get it back to orange. It was just about when I joined this forum. I'd been an Invicta collector and finally purchased my first luxury watch, the original blue wave Omega Bond perpetual. On another forum the discussion came up that the Rolex was really the true Bond watch and that Omega was just buying rights to make it theirs. I started looking into Rolex watches and finally decided I wanted one with the engraved rehaut and modern accoutrements. Found a great deal on a briefly worn OP and that was it. I've been hooked ever since.

lenfried29 · 4 August 2018, 06:06 AM

June 2018. Walk in Rolex AD and saw DSSD 116660. Was offered 10% off. So I bought it.

Gambonista · 4 August 2018, 06:44 AM

In 1982 I purchased a used 5512 which I wore for 8 years and sold. I paid $175 for the head only, and went to Wempe in NYC, where I purchased a NOS replacement band for $135. Wish I still had this watch.

Steve36Efc · 4 August 2018, 06:55 AM

6th Dec1997 16710 GMT II Coke bezel I was 26 years old.

cjohns · 4 August 2018, 07:22 AM

16710 N ser# early 90s was born a Coke but had a Pepsi on it when purchased . Box and papers still have it !!

jps3b · 4 August 2018, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve36Efc

6th Dec1997 16710 GMT II Coke bezel I was 26 years old.

Wow! Bought my first 11/1997 and I was 26 years old. It was a 16610 purchased in Vegas at the forum shops. I still have it and it’s in great shape. Starting to get a little patina but believe it or not, it still has lume

droptopman · 4 August 2018, 08:07 AM

16613LB in 1987 on my 21st birthday.

Rolexavidfan · 4 August 2018, 08:42 AM

A Sub C LN in Nov 2010.

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kirksingleton · 4 August 2018, 08:52 AM

in the early '80s I had a friend that worked at Ben Bridge. I was 19 and they had just "repo" a Pepsi GMT, plastic crystal, from a guy that financed it and couldn't make his payments. I bought it for $900. I put $100 down and paid $50/month. I thought I was spending a lot. I had it for a few years and consigned it at a shop for $1000 net to me. I thought I made a killing wearing that watch for a few years and selling it for a profit!
Wish I still had it, I loved that watch!!

vavasssc · 4 August 2018, 09:06 AM

I purchased my first in 2005 (DJ 16233) was a fun watch.

obruno · 4 August 2018, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fdm79

Exactly... After that episode, I totally stopped wearing them in rich neighborhoods, considered by myself, risky places here in SP where specialized Rolex gangs can spot one easily and "tag" you.

Lame....

Savage nation ...

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whuang29 · 4 August 2018, 10:50 AM

My dad passed his first watch on to me when I was 17.

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Juantxo · 4 August 2018, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Icehockeyboy

Mine was a Bi metal (TT) Datejust with the ubiquitous champagne dial, jubilee bracelet, and plastic? glass, circa mid 80’s.

Same here...!

roosvelt · 4 August 2018, 07:38 PM

My 2008 serti sub bought it new. Been on my wrist never been off. Never serviced, running 5 seconds fast from the first day and still 5 seconds fast.

Northlove · 4 August 2018, 08:41 PM

116610LV in 2013 when i was 23 years old.
Still got it and wears it often.

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1William · 4 August 2018, 08:50 PM

A Submariner a long time ago.

WatchSmith · 4 August 2018, 09:51 PM

GMT Master. 1978.

Old Geezer · 4 August 2018, 11:04 PM

1992. It is a 16610. Still have it.

AVphile · 6 August 2018, 10:30 AM

I coveted a Rolex from the instant I first saw one. During the Vietnam era, I served in the US Navy as a Navy Exchange Officer -- which meant, among other things, I ran a store where Navy personnel and their dependents could purchase various items. In addition to the then very popular Omegas, I decided to carry Rolex watches in my store, introducing them with a "Grand Opening Sale". On that first day, the price for a yellow gold/stainless steel Datejust was $1 more than the store's cost; I sold them for just $175.00. In today's dollars, that would be $1,137. Needless to say, I bought one as did several others stationed with me. I regret I could not afford a Day-Date. I offered them that day, I recall, for around $345.00.

I am on my third Datejust (currently an Everose/stainless steel Datejust 41). I have loved them all, though, frankly, none as much as the one I own now.

4 August 2018, 03:14 AM	#34
rtalk "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Seattle Watch: 16710T Posts: 547	My dad gave a DJ when I was probably 28. I then bought my first Rolex (BLNR) just before I turned 29 a few months later. __________________ 116519 Grey dial Oysterflex Daytona. 116500 Black. 116710BLNR. 16710T. Rolex Explorer I 39MM. 4 digit DateJust. JLC Master Control with Sector Dial. Omega FOIS. Grand Seiko Four Seasons (Spring Version). Tudor Royal. IWC Cal 83 (~1940s). 41MM sub. Omega CK859.

4 August 2018, 05:12 AM	#39
dricig "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Real Name: Dave Location: NY Metro Posts: 680	15010 SS Date on oyster with white romans and engine turned bezel. Got it new in 1987 and still have it. Attached Images __________________ Rolex 15010 Date -16013 TT DJ 16610LV -16750 GMT-16600 SD 16710 GMT -Tudor 79280

4 August 2018, 05:57 AM	#40
GradyPhilpott 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: New Mexico Watch: Seiko #SRK050 Posts: 34,460	114270 September 2008 __________________ JJ Inaugural TRF $50 Watch Challenge Winner

4 August 2018, 06:04 AM	#42
HogwldFLTR 2024 ROLEX SUBMARINER 41 Pledge Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Real Name: Lee Location: 42.48.45N70.48.48 Watch: Too many to list! Posts: 33,692	For me it was an OP36 with the Harley dial!!! Traded it for a Sub C; bought a black and white concentric to replace it. Have a dial to replace the black and white one with to get it back to orange. It was just about when I joined this forum. I'd been an Invicta collector and finally purchased my first luxury watch, the original blue wave Omega Bond perpetual. On another forum the discussion came up that the Rolex was really the true Bond watch and that Omega was just buying rights to make it theirs. I started looking into Rolex watches and finally decided I wanted one with the engraved rehaut and modern accoutrements. Found a great deal on a briefly worn OP and that was it. I've been hooked ever since. __________________ Troglodyte in residence! https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=808599

4 August 2018, 06:55 AM	#45
Steve36Efc "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Wales Watch: 126603 Posts: 2,606	6th Dec1997 16710 GMT II Coke bezel I was 26 years old. __________________ 126711 CHNR 126603 Sea-Dweller 126600 Sea-Dweller Omega Seamaster 300

4 August 2018, 02:32 AM	#31
T01 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Real Name: T Location: AZ, NV, CA Posts: 6,490	16610 - 2006

4 August 2018, 02:34 AM	#32
nektar "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Louisiana Watch: 114060 Posts: 1,678	14060m, 2008

4 August 2018, 02:47 AM	#33
doramas Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Gran Canaria Posts: 3,469	Explorer ll 16570 white. A perfect and comfortable watch. I will never sell it

4 August 2018, 04:03 AM	#35
Wcdhtwn "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Houston Watch: SkyD, SD43, GMT2 Posts: 5,059	2015. Gmt ii ln.

4 August 2018, 04:13 AM	#36
gmstevenson "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: East Coast Watch: PP, Rolex Posts: 268	1993; SS datejust with blue roman dial received from my parents when I graduated college.

4 August 2018, 05:07 AM	#38
Icehockeyboy "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Real Name: Craig Location: Torquay UK Watch: Polar Explorer ii Posts: 745	Hang on guys.... Am I the only person in the world that doesn’t take any notice of Rolex numbers? For example I have no idea what number my current Explorer 11 is, apart from it being a 6 digit model, and I’ll be damned if I knew what my DJ number is/ was! For simplicity can you just put eg: GMT Pepsi, Jubilee, 2001 model, bought in 2005? That way I can visualise what model you have. Thanks! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

4 August 2018, 06:02 AM	#41
gmac "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Real Name: greg Location: US Watch: BLNR/Hulk Posts: 70	114060, ND sub, 2015, age 47 when purchase, only waited 20+ years from first coveting one. took 2 years to wear after purchase. Now BLNR owned, Hulk on way, Skydweller list.

4 August 2018, 06:06 AM	#43
lenfried29 Banned Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Far Far Away Watch: tick-tock Posts: 1,206	June 2018. Walk in Rolex AD and saw DSSD 116660. Was offered 10% off. So I bought it.

4 August 2018, 06:44 AM	#44
Gambonista "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2018 Location: Midwest Posts: 31	In 1982 I purchased a used 5512 which I wore for 8 years and sold. I paid $175 for the head only, and went to Wempe in NYC, where I purchased a NOS replacement band for $135. Wish I still had this watch.

4 August 2018, 07:22 AM	#46
cjohns "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Real Name: Clark Location: Ramsey Minnesota Watch: GMT Master II Posts: 954	16710 N ser# early 90s was born a Coke but had a Pepsi on it when purchased . Box and papers still have it !! __________________ GMT Master II 126300 41 White stick smooth Explorer 39mm SOLD ,, 114060 SOLD NIB Sub ND SOLD,,Shouldn't have!!!Crap!

4 August 2018, 08:07 AM	#48
droptopman "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Real Name: Mark Location: Washington State Watch: SUBS and GMT's! Posts: 9,664	16613LB in 1987 on my 21st birthday. __________________ Judge Smails: Ty, what did you shoot today? Ty: Oh, Judge, I don't keep score. Judge Smails: Then how do you measure yourself with other golfers? Ty: By height.

4 August 2018, 08:42 AM	#49
Rolexavidfan "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Real Name: Har Location: Tukwila, WA Watch: Rolex Posts: 1,571	A Sub C LN in Nov 2010. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Rolex Rolex Rolex Rolex Rolex Rolex Rolex Rolex Rolex Rolex Go for the timepiece you love. You will save more. ...

4 August 2018, 08:52 AM	#50
kirksingleton "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,759	in the early '80s I had a friend that worked at Ben Bridge. I was 19 and they had just "repo" a Pepsi GMT, plastic crystal, from a guy that financed it and couldn't make his payments. I bought it for $900. I put $100 down and paid $50/month. I thought I was spending a lot. I had it for a few years and consigned it at a shop for $1000 net to me. I thought I made a killing wearing that watch for a few years and selling it for a profit! Wish I still had it, I loved that watch!!

4 August 2018, 09:06 AM	#51
vavasssc "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Real Name: Stephan Location: Portland Oregon Watch: Rolex 18248 Posts: 24	I purchased my first in 2005 (DJ 16233) was a fun watch. Attached Images

4 August 2018, 10:50 AM	#53
whuang29 "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2018 Location: Yangon Posts: 183	My dad passed his first watch on to me when I was 17. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

4 August 2018, 07:38 PM	#55
roosvelt Banned Join Date: Aug 2018 Real Name: achille Location: Grosse Pointe Mi. Watch: 16613 serti 18078 Posts: 446	My 2008 serti sub bought it new. Been on my wrist never been off. Never serviced, running 5 seconds fast from the first day and still 5 seconds fast.

4 August 2018, 08:41 PM	#56
Northlove "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Northern Europe Watch: Too many Posts: 162	116610LV in 2013 when i was 23 years old. Still got it and wears it often. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

4 August 2018, 08:50 PM	#57
1William 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: North Carolina Watch: Rolex/Others Posts: 47,764	A Submariner a long time ago.

4 August 2018, 09:51 PM	#58
WatchSmith 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Posts: 702	GMT Master. 1978.

4 August 2018, 11:04 PM	#59
Old Geezer "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: South Carolina Posts: 5,282	1992. It is a 16610. Still have it.

6 August 2018, 10:30 AM	#60
AVphile "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Real Name: Jonathan Location: Las Vegas Watch: 18K Cartier Pasha Posts: 26	I coveted a Rolex from the instant I first saw one. During the Vietnam era, I served in the US Navy as a Navy Exchange Officer -- which meant, among other things, I ran a store where Navy personnel and their dependents could purchase various items. In addition to the then very popular Omegas, I decided to carry Rolex watches in my store, introducing them with a "Grand Opening Sale". On that first day, the price for a yellow gold/stainless steel Datejust was $1 more than the store's cost; I sold them for just $175.00. In today's dollars, that would be $1,137. Needless to say, I bought one as did several others stationed with me. I regret I could not afford a Day-Date. I offered them that day, I recall, for around $345.00. I am on my third Datejust (currently an Everose/stainless steel Datejust 41). I have loved them all, though, frankly, none as much as the one I own now.

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