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Old 24 September 2020, 10:07 AM   #1
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Rolex might be a performance enhancing drug
AD called me yesterday to let me know my next piece was in.

I go for a run 3 times per week. My course record is 48 minutes. Its a very hilly course and sometimes I don't finish because I've run out of energy.

Yesterday I ran the course in 45 minutes!

Crazy!

I was so amped up about getting the new watch.
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Old 24 September 2020, 10:21 AM   #2
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Rolex might be a performance enhancing drug
I started a thread called ‘Rolex and Endorphins’ not long ago.

Same thought process. BTW most posters disagreed.

I think there’s something to it.


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Old 24 September 2020, 10:24 AM   #3
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AD called me yesterday to let me know my next piece was in.



I go for a run 3 times per week. My course record is 48 minutes. Its a very hilly course and sometimes I don't finish because I've run out of energy.



Yesterday I ran the course in 45 minutes!



Crazy!



I was so amped up about getting the new watch.


And what is your next piece?!


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Old 26 September 2020, 02:38 PM   #4
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Its beautiful

Only saw it in pictures before requesting it

Amazing on the wrist
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Old 26 September 2020, 02:42 PM   #5
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Only saw it in pictures before requesting it



Amazing on the wrist
Beautiful indeed. Congrats and enjoy!
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Old 26 September 2020, 03:04 PM   #6
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I really can’t believe some of the posts I read on here some days

2020 is madness
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Old 26 September 2020, 03:08 PM   #7
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I really can’t believe some of the posts I read on here some days

2020 is madness
+1. Its really getting ridiculous.
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Old 26 September 2020, 03:12 PM   #8
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Hahaha that’s funny. Next time my AD will call me I’ll put an eye on my morning ride and see if there will be any performance gains :-)


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Old 26 September 2020, 03:17 PM   #9
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I started a thread called ‘Rolex and Endorphins’ not long ago.

Same thought process. BTW most posters disagreed.

I think there’s something to it.


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I agree. I wear watches (not just rolex) especially newly arrived ones in endorphin-producing activities.
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Old 26 September 2020, 03:18 PM   #10
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+1. Its really getting ridiculous.
I mean, it would be kind of funny if completely joking


But these are dead serious.

Rolex has creating a cult like following, absolutely amazing marketing
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Old 26 September 2020, 03:49 PM   #11
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I really can’t believe some of the posts I read on here some days

2020 is madness
Look within??:rofl
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Old 26 September 2020, 03:58 PM   #12
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Look within??:rofl
Rolex makes a Bimota faster ....
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Old 26 September 2020, 04:04 PM   #13
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directioneng is obsessed with me over a year later! Awwww!
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Old 26 September 2020, 04:39 PM   #14
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AD called me yesterday to let me know my next piece was in.

I go for a run 3 times per week. My course record is 48 minutes. Its a very hilly course and sometimes I don't finish because I've run out of energy.

Yesterday I ran the course in 45 minutes!

Crazy!

I was so amped up about getting the new watch.
Made me smile. Nice watch.
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Old 26 September 2020, 04:44 PM   #15
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I really can’t believe some of the posts I read on here some days

2020 is madness
I know.

On the plus side bay-dweller only took two posts to get his message across.
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Old 26 September 2020, 05:11 PM   #16
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I mean, it would be kind of funny if completely joking


But these are dead serious.

Rolex has creating a cult like following, absolutely amazing marketing
Only Porsche does it better. They organise a track day. One guy arrives with the latest model. At least 20% will place an order before the end of the day. Easy.
NB I am not remotely on the market for one.
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Old 26 September 2020, 05:12 PM   #17
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AD called me yesterday to let me know my next piece was in.

I go for a run 3 times per week. My course record is 48 minutes. Its a very hilly course and sometimes I don't finish because I've run out of energy.

Yesterday I ran the course in 45 minutes!

Crazy!

I was so amped up about getting the new watch.
Funny
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Old 26 September 2020, 05:26 PM   #18
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Rolex makes a Bimota faster ....
The older I get the faster I was Neef.

Having said that two years ago (At 70] at a track day after the Superbikes I did touch 150 mph (on my GPS) down the main straight at Phillip Island on a rented BMW 1000RR.

Well to be honest it was 12 days before my seventieth birthday.

Don’t laugh I have had the leathers for twenty+ years.
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Old 26 September 2020, 05:33 PM   #19
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Nice DJ!
Question: If some days you don't finish the course how do you get home?
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Old 26 September 2020, 10:31 PM   #20
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Blue or Black dial OP?
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Old 26 September 2020, 11:27 PM   #21
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Made me smile. Nice watch.
Same OP. Thanks for the post.
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Old 27 September 2020, 09:26 AM   #22
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Question: If some days you don't finish the course how do you get home?
Ha!
I always get home. The end of my course is nearly 45 degrees uphill and sometimes I stop my timer and walk the last bit.
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Old 27 September 2020, 09:30 AM   #23
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Old 27 September 2020, 09:50 AM   #24
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This thread is ridiculous
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Is this thread a joke?
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Old 27 September 2020, 11:42 AM   #26
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The content of the thread is serious.
The title is hyperbole.
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Old 27 September 2020, 11:50 PM   #27
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Blue
Nice. Exact combo im looking for.

How long of a wait?

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Is this thread a joke?
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This thread is ridiculous
You guys must be fun at parties.
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Old 27 September 2020, 11:51 PM   #28
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Performance enhancing is the only way to describe it!
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The Nautilus can lower your timing by another 2min.
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