...OIL FIELD TRASH FROM SOUTH LOUISIANA.
My wife's been in oil and gas for over 30 years. One of her favorite T-Shirts reads:
"Please don't tell Momma I work in the Oil Field - She thinks I play piano in a whorehouse!"
Rolex can stick it!!!
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My wife's been in oil and gas for over 30 years. One of her favorite T-Shirts reads:
"Please don't tell Momma I work in the Oil Field - She thinks I play piano in a whorehouse!"
I have an old automatic Omega Constellation chronograph that was made sometime in the 60s. I had it rebuilt a couple of years ago. The watchmaker replaced the stem amd crystal and cleaned, lubricated, and adjusted it. I think the cost was about $350 for everything. The original band is long gone. I have no idea what a new one would cost. It is wearing a gold plated brass link band that is close to as old as the watch is.
Here in New York, you can buy a BRAND NEW ROLEX on just about any street corner for about forty bucks!
rcnixon
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It gains or loses time because it is a spring and gear mechanism. It is a chronometer because the balance wheel is temperature compensated, removing a major source of error due to thermal effects on the timekeeping mechanism. In fact, my Submariner gains about three seconds per day. I always stand it on the stem side when it's off my wrist as that tends to make it run a little slow. The spec on gain/loss, if I remember correctly, is supposed to be -3 - +7 seconds per day. Because it's mechanical and not an oscillator with a series of flip-flops, it is prone to error. Its error is, however, predictable and can be accounted for when it is being used for navigation. I sporadically keep a log of its deviation and at about the five year mark after overhaul, it will start to wander a bit. That's almost forty-four thousand hours between overhauls. Not bad for cogs and springs.
My most accurate clock is a ten-dollar Wilson branded stopwatch/clock. It will hold to less than one second over a year. I set these things using either WWV radio or my GPS. Those are two really accurate clocks. The National Bureau of Standards in Fort Collins, CO supplies the time to WWV using the NIST-F1 clock: primary frequency standards
The US Naval Observatory in Washington is the official timekeeper for the US Department of Defense, including the timekeeping for the GPS satellite constellation: THE MASTER CLOCK
Incidentally, the ISO just added a leap second at the end of 30-Jun-2012 and apparently, some Linux systems were unable to deal with a second named "60" and crashed. The leap seconds are added to syncronize the timekeeping systems more accurately with the Earth's rotation. Mother Earth is slowing down as she ages and the clocks can show that.
Russ
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Knightrider03m
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I wonder if the OP feel sorry for making this thread? LOL
Frank46
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Bought my Rolex on a vacation to Puerto Rico and a small side trip to the virgin Islands. This was in '77 and only paid $220 for it. Which was a lot of money to me back then, come to think on it, it's a lot of money to me today. And yes it is a genuine Rolex. Just a plain one. From following all the posts is there somewhere where I could find out what it's worth today. Frank
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Most people that own Rolex's are simple too. We all like different things.
Some people admire watches as much as Smith & Wesson handguns. For those people the Rolex brand is a good one to dabble in. Buy one, take care of it, and it will likely be worth more than you paid when you bore of it and want to move on. Buying a Rolex is not throwing money away.
It's called freedom.
Here in New York, you can buy a BRAND NEW ROLEKS on just about any street corner for about forty bucks!
Fixed it for ya'!
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Google "James bond NATO Rolex strap". Thank me later.
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CAJUNLAWYER
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Nah...you pays your money and takes your chances. But you can bet your *** I'm not gonna start a thread complaining about how expensive that new hood emblem for my Rolls was
captorquewrench
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No one should skimp when it comes to guns, shoes, lingerie, or watches.
Seeing how you guys don't spend $200 on something to keep it covered up (and I'm not talking about concealed carry) go ahead and spend the money on a good watch. There's something about owning a fine timepiece.
Seeing how you guys don't spend $200 on something to keep it covered up (and I'm not talking about concealed carry) go ahead and spend the money on a good watch. There's something about owning a fine timepiece.
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CAJUNLAWYER
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Lingerie is just one more obstacle to overcome before you can capture the flag.
I'd rather have the Rolex 
Nah...you pays your money and takes your chances. But you can bet your *** I'm not gonna start a thread complaining about how expensive that new hood emblem for my Rolls was
Does yer car look like this one?
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captorquewrench
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Lingerie is just one more obstacle to overcome before you can capture the flag.
Good. I'd be a lot more concerned about your level of moral turpitude if you were dropping serious coin on yourself at Frederick's than at the Rolex dealer.
That's funny...I always figgered you knew what time it was by how much moonshine was left in yer jug.
I'll just keep my Casio and money. Then spend all my money on women, guns, fast cars and waste the rest.
mjr
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I'll settle for the flag.Lingerie is just one more obstacle to overcome before you can capture the flag.
crsides
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I just wish I could afford a solid gold Hamilton 992B.
here you go
Charlie
