New from Spain

[Nicko]

Hello all...I'm retired USN living and working in Spain as a language teacher. I recently bought a U series 16610. While in the navy back in 1985 I purchased a Date Just. I saved and saved and while in Italy I went to the Rolex shop, 600 USD in hand, I wanted a Sub! At that time I believe they were running about 1200 or so in US Dollars, well I couldn't afford it and I settled for the Date Just with the Oyster band instead. To make a long story short, I was never really happy with the watch and subsequently sold it on eBay back in 1997 for more than I originally paid for it. Four years ago I bought a fake 16610, one of the so called good ones, paid about 300 for it and have been wearing it everyday for 5 years, no one was the wiser but me. Now I'm the proud owner of a U series 1997 1/2 16610 and no one has a clue that I changed the watch on my wrist but me, I'll stick the fake Chinese one in the drawer and wear it while doing real dirty work or just keep it for posterity or maybe float test it. I look forward to posting here with you guys.