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passioninsf
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A Few Questions:

Hi Andrew,

I am a little confused and I am hoping you can clarify.

You are showing two watches in your photos and the two-tone watch with the black dial is clearly an original DEEP SEA SPECIAL demo model (Probably without a movement inside), but I don't understand what the photo of the white dialed watch is? If you would answer these simple questions, I would appreciate the clarification:

1. Are you saying the white dialed Rolex Oyster in your photos is a watch that belonged to Sir Edmund Hillary?

2. You say in paragraph 3:

"However, it appears that Hillary did wear a Rolex on the expedition, but it was not an Oyster (prototype or not). It was an Air King (appropriate I suppose) and the watch along with some paper from the wrapping used to send it back for repair, is now on display at the Beyer Museum."

I don't know why Hillary would wear a non-Oyster Rolex. This does not make sense? If you are going to climb Everest which is covered with snow, rain and water, you would have to be crazy to wear a non-waterproof watch. Also, I assume all Air-King Rolex models were Oysters?

3. You say in paragraph 2:

"If the 'urban myths' are true, Rolex equipped the Everest expedition with prototypes of the soon to be released Explorer."

Are you aware Rolex introduced the first Rolex Explorer several years before Hillary and Tenzing successfully conquered Everest? I am specifically referring to the Rolex Explorer [Reference 6098] that was made in 1950.

Thanking you in advance for you clarification.

Warmest regards,

Jake Ehrlich