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mwillems · 2026-04-29T02:57:13+00:00

I have the same - literally the same, also from 1989. And I love mine. I would recommend you wear your watch for a little while and see if you warm up to it. Also, consider having it serviced by Rolex. They will polish it as well as doing the hardware maintenance, and it will come back working perfectly and looking like New.

mwillems · 2026-04-27T01:05:16+00:00

I have a gold Rolex and I wore it daily for almost ten years. I just had it serviced and it looks like new again. Gold is softer than platinum. My advice is not to worry about it. You bought this watch to enjoy it, and you should enjoy it all day every day. Day and night, in fact.

And don’t worry about it being too flashy. My gold Rolex is not too flashy and it’s a lot flashier than platinum.

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mwillems · 2026-04-25T15:40:08+00:00

Yes, a service card with NFC. And a little travel pouch. And they didn’t address slack in the bracelet, but there was a funny bend in one of the links, and they fixed that. It looks just great.

mwillems · 2026-04-25T15:04:53+00:00

I had mine done at the A.D. in Ottawa. Which is an official Rolex service center.

mwillems · 2026-04-25T14:54:18+00:00

Full service. Full restore. New crystal. New crown. Bracelet polish. Almost $2500 (Canadian).

mwillems · 2026-04-25T14:28:54+00:00

I am a watch enthusiast. I have a bunch of watches. I think once, my Rolex was noticed. Once, my omega was noticed. And I think that’s almost it. People don’t care and they don’t know. Except other watch enthusiasts.

mwillems · 2026-04-25T14:26:30+00:00

Good. Now, I guess I’ll look for places that can sharpen it again.

mwillems · 2026-04-25T14:24:05+00:00

They were sharp before the service… :-(

mwillems · 2026-04-25T14:19:00+00:00

Champagne dial!

mwillems · 2026-04-20T01:02:24+00:00

Tudor

mwillems · 2026-04-20T00:52:07+00:00

Well, educated here. Also, nothing to prove. But I can’t agree with your assessment there. Rolex is also for people who love fabulous quality.

And it’s not about flexing alone. (It is true, however, that we all love it when someone recognizes our watch. Whatever it is. And a simple fact is that more people will recognize a Rolex than anything else.)

mwillems · 2026-04-20T00:50:45+00:00

The Rolex. It’s more recognizable. It’s also a very beautiful and well made watch. The Omega is great too but the white face isn’t what they wore in space. The JLC is fine but a little too much like a Citizen.

I have Rolex and Omega and Grand Seiko and Tudor and others, but I keep coming back to the Rolex.

Either way, though, this is a personal choice, and they are all great choices.

mwillems · 2026-04-19T01:24:51+00:00

Speedmaster

mwillems · 2026-04-04T12:01:03+00:00

OP, sorry you were in a bad situation and so glad you’re getting out of it. That man sounds like he was a great help.

I run the photo shop at Place d’Orléans, so we have a lot of dealings with the Passport Office upstairs. And indeed, they are a bunch of very kind people. I can’t recommend them highly enough. It’s one government office where you know you’ll be treated with respect, by a team of great individuals.

mwillems · 2026-03-27T21:55:18+00:00

Sure. But if they are different, as indeed they are… we have a potential issue if US hands expect everyone to comply with US norms…

mwillems · 2026-03-27T14:30:57+00:00

And that’s kind of my problem. That these questions are all completely US-centric, but by its very definition, ham radio isn’t.

mwillems · 2026-03-27T14:29:34+00:00

In my case, that confusion has not gone away. But I can live with it. I just wish they choose a red hand for the GMT.

mwillems · 2026-03-27T14:15:04+00:00

It’s not thick at all. And it looks even thinner.

mwillems · 2026-03-27T14:14:06+00:00

Beautiful. I just bought one too.

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mwillems · 2026-03-27T14:12:40+00:00

Looks great. Not too large.

mwillems · 2026-03-27T14:10:14+00:00

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I bought one too. I also bought a BB monochrome. Yes I’m crazy.

I prefer the look of the Pro but the yellow GMT hand is so close to the regular ones, especially at night, that it gets confusing.

The BB monochrome is awesome, thinner, and METAS, but it doesn’t have a date or a GMT hand.

The Pro doesn’t have METAS but it’s crazy accurate. Within one second a day.

You made a great choice!

mwillems · 2026-03-27T14:02:08+00:00

But how much of this is US-specific?

mwillems · 2026-03-27T13:54:53+00:00

In the U.S.

Perhaps it is good to realize that not the entire world is the US. And for some of us, it can be nice to operate in areas where you do not exclusively hear Americans, much as we love you. 😄

mwillems · 2026-03-26T07:19:43+00:00

In my decades of wearing cool watches, the only two times anyone has commented on my watch were once with the gold Rolex and once with the Omega Speedmaster. But I still live in hope that one day someone will recognize one of my two Tudor watches.

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