Every Rolex tells a story

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For many years, Rolex published a booklet entitled "Every Rolex tells a story" that was filled with letters the company had received from owners of Rolex watches describing fantastic stories of their adventures and the permormance of their Rolex time piece.

I have a copy of this book and I love reading it. A discussion over in the Rolex Vintage Forum about watches and their history got me thinking about it again. TRF has thousands of members, many with interesting stories to tell, so I thought I would start a thread to see what stories the members can tell about themselves and their watches. My contribution appears in the next entry. Let's hear them!