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14 October 2014, 04:02 AM | #1 |
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Bamford Watch Department Rolex Explorer II "Element 79"
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IMHO
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14 October 2014, 04:14 AM | #4 |
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So it's what, gold plated?
What do you do when it starts to wear off..?
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14 October 2014, 04:17 AM | #5 |
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Bamford Watch Department Rolex Explorer II "Element 79"
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14 October 2014, 04:19 AM | #6 |
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I think it looks fantastic, if it were solid gold and rolex put it out just like that I would buy it. The plating crap, it's just crap
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14 October 2014, 04:21 AM | #7 |
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Partially, and looks like crapola in the process...
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14 October 2014, 04:23 AM | #8 |
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14 October 2014, 04:24 AM | #9 |
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Did they start with an Explorer II? First mistake was sawing off the crown guards. And who needs lume for cave exploration anyway?
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14 October 2014, 04:25 AM | #10 |
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Or send it in for a service, which includes polishing...
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14 October 2014, 04:26 AM | #12 |
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Bamford must love TRF promos ;-)
This is almost as "interesting" as their PVD of a Skydweller. |
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Or they will be happy to restore it to its original condition; you know how obsessive they are about that...
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14 October 2014, 04:27 AM | #14 |
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Umm... No.
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Not sure they'll claim it's fake but they most certainly will insist on putting it back to all original.
Edit: Richard, you beat me to the button.
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Looks cool, but fashion over function.
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14 October 2014, 04:47 AM | #19 |
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if it were 18k solid-- it would be pretty cool
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14 October 2014, 05:07 AM | #21 |
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If someone saw it in the wild they would ask, "is that a fake Rolex". Bamford should not be allowed to turn beautiful Rolex watches in Frankensteins.
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14 October 2014, 05:40 AM | #22 |
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It looks like Chip Foose or Boyd Coddington (RIP) decided to hot rod a Rolex....
Gives new meaning to the term "You've been overhauled".... Disturbing, and yet interesting, at the same time!
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14 October 2014, 05:42 AM | #23 |
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Not my cup of tea.
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For the love of humanity! How can I un-see this, immediately!!
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I kind of like it. I keep looking at it like I'm not supposed to be.
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It's a matte coating, similar to PVD
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14 October 2014, 06:13 AM | #27 |
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I like it but not in that gold PVD. This is one case if they had just done exactly this but black PVD it would work, but of course if everything is right they'll throw in some wazoo move like a T-Rex dial with little t-rex hands for hours and minutes. Get a clue guys, goodness gracious.
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14 October 2014, 06:18 AM | #28 |
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Has anyone had any experience of selling a customised Rolex on? It would be a concern that if I bought one and wanted to move it on I couldn't
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14 October 2014, 06:20 AM | #29 |
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Great minds think alike...
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14 October 2014, 06:22 AM | #30 |
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I quite like their 'reverse polar' ...
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