Posted on 04/11/2022 12:05:37 PM PDT by Red Badger
Solution:
Scotch tape over the sensor window. It is transparent and will block some of the energy from the laser but the sensor might still work without burning your wrist.............
Buying watches from some guy named 'Fred' from the trunk of his car is not safe.................😉
I used to work with a guy, many years ago, that collected pocket watches.
He was a self taught watchmaker /jeweler and could repair just about any watch. He would bring in to work beautiful multicolored gold watches he had acquired and repaired. Exquisite workmanship and detail and some were well over a hundred years old. Many were worth over a thousand dollars, and this was in the 80’s.
He would show them off to everybody at work and I suppose in his neighborhood circle as well.
Then one day someone broke into his house and stole them all.
So be carful with your collection, who you show it to. Insure it, his wasn’t, and keep the most expensive ones in a Safety Deposit Box in a bank.....................
Every Rolex has been inspected by the Rolex AD. I’ve been collecting a long time and know what I’m doing.
It was a joke..................
So was the response. Lol.
I have run across some really good Rolex clones recently or really good knock offs that have Rolex parts in them. I’ve always bought from someone who I know or if I have a concern the Rolex AD’s will crack the watch open and verify that it is authentic for a fee.
One of my favorite watches is an Omega that is similar to a watch a friend wore once. It took me two years to find the exact one I wanted (1966 model). The friend is a fellow named Charlie Duke who wore one of his Omega’s on the moon. The watch he actually wore on the moon is in the Smithsonian. Charlie is a very cool dude.
I saw on a TV show, I forget which, that a possible quick way to spot a fake Rolex is to watch the second hand. A cheap knockoff would tick-stop-tick-stop, whereas a real Rolex sweeps the second hand smoothly.
Is this accurate or just TV script writers making stuff up?.........
That is correct, a real Rolex second hand sweeps.
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