A valuable Rolex suddenly appeared.........

[RDMcG]

https://gizmodo.com/watch-this-veteran-collapse-on...

Good for the owner!

[Tony1963]

Award for most fake collapse in the whole wide world ever?

[FazerBoy]

Tony1963 said:

Award for most fake collapse in the whole wide world ever?

Yeah, I was just about to say that! Looked like a footballer trying to win a penalty...

[bristolbaron]

“A few years later while looking for a suitable watch for diving the veteran ordered a Rolex Oyster Cosmograph”

Daytona for diving?!

[Tony1963]

bristolbaron said:

“A few years later while looking for a suitable watch for diving the veteran ordered a Rolex Oyster Cosmograph”

Daytona for diving?!

Well, you saw him diving in the video.

[andy tims]

Tony1963 said:

bristolbaron said:

“A few years later while looking for a suitable watch for diving the veteran ordered a Rolex Oyster Cosmograph”

Daytona for diving?!

Well, you saw him diving in the video.

LOLs

[anonymous-user]

Great story though and a lovely watch.

A months salary for a serviceman in 1971.

[mike74]

If the human race continues for another billion years or more I doubt there will be another generation accumulates as much unearned and accidental wealth as the boomers.

[BRR]

comedy collapse, stunning watch

[jshell]

No-one wanted them back then, they were the most unloved Rolex. Sat around for years. Now it's all gone nuts!

[anonymous-user]

Just in case anyone missed it, there’s the actual clip and interview from the show after the comedy collapse gif. In the OPs link.

[55palfers]

mike74 said:

If the human race continues for another billion years or more I doubt there will be another generation accumulates as much unearned and accidental wealth as the boomers.

Jealousy is not a pleasant attribute.

[Olas]

Where in language do we define the boundary between a prediction and an emotion?

[mike74]

55palfers said:

Jealousy is not a pleasant attribute.

Where's the jealousy?

Just a statement of fact which anyone with any common sense couldn't possibly dispute.

[bristolbaron]

Tony1963 said:

Well, you saw him diving in the video.

[Francois de La Rochefoucauld]

mike74 said:

55palfers said:

Jealousy is not a pleasant attribute.

Where's the jealousy?

Just a statement of fact which anyone with any common sense couldn't possibly dispute.

It's not a fact though is it. It's your opinion. And stating that anyone who disagrees with you lacks common sense make you sound like a berk.

[blueg33]

mike74 said:

If the human race continues for another billion years or more I doubt there will be another generation accumulates as much unearned and accidental wealth as the boomers.

Impressive crystal ball you have.

Please can you tell me next weeks lottery numbers

[OFORBES]

Tony1963 said:

bristolbaron said:

“A few years later while looking for a suitable watch for diving the veteran ordered a Rolex Oyster Cosmograph”

Daytona for diving?!

Well, you saw him diving in the video.

[Sheepshanks]

jshell said:

No-one wanted them back then, they were the most unloved Rolex. Sat around for years. Now it's all gone nuts!

Lucky how it's turned out - it'd be a bit gutting to find out after keeping it for ~50 years that you chose the wrong one

[jshell]

Sheepshanks said:

jshell said:

No-one wanted them back then, they were the most unloved Rolex. Sat around for years. Now it's all gone nuts!

Lucky how it's turned out - it'd be a bit gutting to find out after keeping it for ~50 years that you chose the wrong one

Absolutely, just blind luck! They sat around Jewellers windows for years and then for some reason people went wild for them. I can't see any of the modern ceramic ones doing this except perhaps the 116600 SeaDweller - maybe.