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Location: Linn County, Oregon
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Originally Posted by Chocaholic
Paul,
Honestly, if durability is your concern, you should absolutely invest in a Rolex. Probably the most durable, well built watch in existence....and they appreciate in value. My old DateJust set me back about $3500 about 20 years ago. Traded it in recently on another Rolex and got $4500 for it from an Authorized Dealer. It operated and looked like new despite years of abuse.
Agree on the huge "clocks" people are wearing these days. My Submariner seems big to me, but works well with my aging eye-sight. Can't imagine anything bigger though.
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Maybe so on the Rolex...we'll see. I just have trouble justifying $ thousands when a $200 watch functions so well. So far so good with the Hamilton tho...on it's 2nd battery, just keeps working. I'm now at an age where buying green bananas is a risk...so this is probably my final watch.
Bingo on the eyesight thing...another reason I love the Hamilton simple dial, it's a very easy read in all light conditions.
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Last edited by pwd72s; 12-04-2011 at 09:06 AM..
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