How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
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Given the obvious age of the watch, I'm certain it's plastic.
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Vash,
I'd register and post your pics and description here:
http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=54493
And get the experts to help you identify it. If you post those pics they should be able to nail it down pretty well.
Also, if/when you get it cleaned, have the watchmaker check the inside of the case back for a date code.
EDIT: Let's stop saying "plastic" and starting properly calling the crystal "acrylic" (if that is in fact what it is).
I'd register and post your pics and description here:
http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=54493
And get the experts to help you identify it. If you post those pics they should be able to nail it down pretty well.
Also, if/when you get it cleaned, have the watchmaker check the inside of the case back for a date code.
EDIT: Let's stop saying "plastic" and starting properly calling the crystal "acrylic" (if that is in fact what it is).
---- it. I'll register now and give it a go. lol
Pushy - Not wearing the watch, just keeping it with me to check the time for accuracy is all. I wear a Nixon "Banks" as my daily watch. Not necessarily baller status, but it did take a 30mph scrape against the road once and held up quite ------- nicely. lol
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Yeah I saw that forum and was thinking about asking about it, only reason I hesitated is cause I see A LOT of "how much is it worth" posts over there, so I didnt want to ruffle any feathers.
---- it. I'll register now and give it a go. lol
Pushy - Not wearing the watch, just keeping it with me to check the time for accuracy is all. I wear a Nixon "Banks" as my daily watch. Not necessarily baller status, but it did take a 30mph scrape against the road once and held up quite ------- nicely. lol
---- it. I'll register now and give it a go. lol
Pushy - Not wearing the watch, just keeping it with me to check the time for accuracy is all. I wear a Nixon "Banks" as my daily watch. Not necessarily baller status, but it did take a 30mph scrape against the road once and held up quite ------- nicely. lol
Don't jump in with "Found this old Tudor, how much is it worth?" Let them know you've read through the serial number thread, done some searches, need assistance positively identifying your Tudor, would like advice on whether to have it serviced or not, etc.
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Maybe it's just a matter of perspective, but I fully understand the Morgan situation. I mean, it's not my cup of tea per se, but I understand old and unusual cars. I mean, I've owned two VW Beetles (one was a cabrio), a 3 cyl Metro convertible, a Celica GT convertible, and two Miatas.
A Corolla is a tool. It's designed to move you from point A to point B with a minimum of cost and drama.
An old convertible, by comparison, is a toy. It does the whole "point A to point B" thing just fine (even if it has the wrong number of wheels), but it makes the experience fun. Maybe it's blindingly fast, maybe it handles corners like it's on a rail, maybe it just putters along putting the wind in your hair and a smile on your face. And of course, it gives you something to tinker with when you're not driving it.
I'm not seeing the parallel here.
If I owned a Rolex as opposed to a Casio, I don't think I would find the experience of discovering what time it is to be any more thrilling than I do now. I'd look down at my wrist and think "ah, it's 9:03." No wind, no cornering. And when I get home, I'd take it off and drop it on the counter next to my wallet and my cell phone just like I do now, ignoring it completely until the next morning. You can't wrench on a watch for fun- they don't make turbo kits, tuneable ECUs or aftermarket suspension components for them.
That's what I'm talking about. Watches, on the whole, are tools. Actually, they're even more inert than tools, since you can at least plausibly argue that a Snap-On socket wrench is somehow functionally superior to one from Harbor Freight where the ratcheting mechanism is made from cast Chinesium and the button to release the socket always falls off.
The Rolex and the Casio both just sit there letting me know what time it is.
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B: If a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta looked like a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta from the outside, but handled like a Corolla, accelerated like a Corolla, braked like a Corolla and made the same noise as a Corolla, I wouldn't buy one. In fact, I would fly to Maranello Italy, murder Luca Cordero di Montezemolo with my bare hands, burn the factory to the ground, slaughter the livestock on every farm within a 100km radius, salt the earth, buy a nuclear weapon from North Korea and detonate it on the steps of the Modena Cathedral.
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That's exactly what I'm saying -- the original Rolex Submariner was the Berlinetta of watch technology when it was introduced.
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To be fair, a Rolex will keep time more accurately and loose fewer seconds per month. This is what I rock and I chose it because I admire the engineering involved.
EDIT: and none of that fuss with winding either
EDIT: and none of that fuss with winding either
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