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My First Gen Rolex

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Glaude
3 minutes ago, Gingerbubba said:

Exactly what I was going to recommend as an alternative; postwhoring like dicks like @Glaude do.

Well, at least I have fewer than 200 posts whoring messages, unlike some other fuckers that have 90% of their post count in Sec8 !

At least I'm not a fuckweasel ...

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PlanetZoom

Congrats on the gen! Hope you get the Batman. That’s an awesome watch. 

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tim2827

Nice watch, congrats on your gen
Loved it. Enjoy!


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James.l

A quick reply, I've picked up a few other gens. A good friend runs a Rolex AD and has been hooking me up. 

 

Picked up a 116710 BLNR a little while ago and the NEW basel release 126710 CHNR this week. 

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I've moved away from the reps, I was very fortunate in a few life decisions that I made that enabled me to buy a few nice watches. Also got a 116500 white dial and 326934 blue dial on order. 

 

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splke

woah they are ace man !

Did you flip the first one or take the stickers off :lol:

 

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James.l

Kept all 3 :Applause:

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splke

good man :wub:

lets have some close ups of all 3 like you have with the batman please :)

 

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GingerApple
1 hour ago, James.l said:

I've moved away from the reps, I was very fortunate in a few life decisions that I made that enabled me to buy a few nice watches.

My guess is Bitcoin. Possibly bank robbery. Or you decided to swallow.  Either way, great pieces, enjoy!

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SamsonAusKognito

@James.l that GMT ''root beer'' is damn sexy! :) 

Congrats to your nice acquisitions.

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slashdotcom

congrats man...looks amazing.

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EBB

It sucks that in today's age, getting a good deal is paying MSRP, when you could expect to get % off. Hopefully the bubble bursts soon, but I don't see it coming.

also, thats the 2018 rootbeer? @James.l

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CollieWobbles

Wow lucky you they're beautiful, enjoy :)

 

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Bigballs8

I have a gen airking but I put a gen yellow gold bezel on it and a datejust two tone jubilee on it very nice and its different to 

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James.l

Acquired a new piece today. The elusive blro 6502cfeb00512383c1ee7572a97eed97.jpg

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EBB
7 hours ago, James.l said:

Acquired a new piece today. The elusive blro 6502cfeb00512383c1ee7572a97eed97.jpg

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what a steal, those things are going for almost double of retail, you have a great ad 

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johanliebert
On 25/07/2018 at 23:48, James.l said:

Acquired a new piece today. The elusive blro 6502cfeb00512383c1ee7572a97eed97.jpg

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Looks good in jubilee. congrats!

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RussP

A well heeled colleague who has been hankering after a Batman was informed by a local AD that the waiting list was 3 years and getting longer by the day.

I offered to get him a high end AAA+++ and 1:1 etc rep.

He just scoffed at me and walked away...

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Chixisigma
On ‎26‎/‎07‎/‎2018 at 01:48, James.l said:

Acquired a new piece today. The elusive blro 6502cfeb00512383c1ee7572a97eed97.jpg

Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk
 

Is this ya fave of the group?

Cheers,

Cxs

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RolexFan1280

Congrats!!

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Sky99

lucky ! and rootbeer also looks amazing !!!!

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monaco

No matter the number of reps I collect, owning a gen Rolex is a must.  Almost a staple of any man's wardrobe.  Nice pickup!

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Ben1121
On 03/10/2017 at 04:08, 4pekatt said:

Congratulations! 

And I completely disagree with Dendo on that one. Sure, a replica will look great and at first glance will look genuine on the wrist.
But horology is so much more than that! First of all, that is a piece of fine-swiss engineering. Just imagine the process of designing, machining/milling and casting the products and items needed. The craftsmanship gone into assembling and calibrating it. Second of all, in three years (or five, or eight), you won't have to make a forum post saying: "Hey, my SA3135 broke down. Can someone fix it?". This watch, if maintained properly, will outlive you, and can be part of your legacy. 

A chinese shitstain will never compare. Even if it looks the part.

 

Fuck flipping, fuck plastic wrapping/stickers and fuck the fact that people will assume it's a rep at first glance. Wear it with pride, treat it well, and pass it on to your kids when the time comes.

Then why are you here?

 

Of course, it's unreasonable to buy a watch this expensive. It totally is - But we're all emotion-driven, aren't we?

 

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soundefx

Congratulations, very nice!

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