Rolex

This was my very first nice watch that I bought about 18 years ago. Timeless classic. -Aymen ...  

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I didn’t have the panache to choose such a daring dial for my first watch. But that is a credit to your good taste and style.

The first serious watch I purchased was a Rolex Explorer II. I bought it in 1998 from an AD called Schaap en Citroen in Eindhoven in the Netherlands where I lived at the time. A timeless watch IMO. It got fairly beat up over the years. Originally I bought...  

I regret selling that one. Rolex wasn't the only brand I was interested in even though I was new to mechanical watches. During that time other choices were Zenith El Primero, and even a Concord Impresario which used the El Primero movement. For my first j... 

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I didn’t realize how many people would have also sought out a Rolex, and more specifically a DJ, as their first serious watch. For me it was a sort of self-recognition of “achievement” [read: survival] after so many years hard schooling. Regarding modern ... 

and bought right around the same time.