Rolex

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This was my third love after wanting a GMT and getting a Submariner. I was in Rome on Holiday with my family on December 28, 1985. We were locked in the Vatican Museum because of a disturbance at the Airport. When we were finally released I only had an hour or so before the shops would be closing. I raced around Rome to a few jewelers. I finally found one that was open and would let me in after passing through a bomb proof casing. I asked the salesperson for the price. She looked at me as if to say as if........ we agreed on her price and the watch of my dreams was mine. I gave it to my dad after arriving back in the states. Just before COVID hit, my dad said he wanted to give me something. He flew across the country and took it off his wrist and handed it to me. I objected, but he insisted. I put it on my wrist for the first time today since that day in 1985. As the attachments will tell you it was a bittersweet day. The watch brings back a lot of memories. I suppose that’s what they are supposed to do. To me it is still elegant simplicity. It looks just as good as it did the day that it came out of the case. I am glad that I didn’t get an eccentric dial and stuck to the classic dial.

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