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Old 03-29-2005, 01:51   #50
Trip_Wire (RIP)
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Originally Posted by lksteve
just wondering...i've had mine for 25 years, through a lot of jumps, Somalia, Ranger School, a good deal of mountaineering and eleven years of land surveying...it works fine for me...

just don't refer to me as an older gentleman...not yet...
I've only had my Rolex GMT Master II for 17 years. I had to have the crystal replaced once and cleaned at the same time. It still looks brand new and keeps great time. I did have the work done at the dealer my wife bought the watch at. It was expensive as I reall. I get t pressure tested on occassion, when the Rolex dealer offers to do it for free.

Most of the Rolex knockoffs that I have seen were battery operated and if you watched the second hand it didn't tick like the real Rolex it moved with that jerky motion one second at a time. I was always going to buy one of them in Hong Kong when I passed through there but never did. I've seen them in Mexico too.
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