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RE: 1030 movement by rarebear Date: 12/17/2001, 07:06:39 In response to: RE: Actually Tudor and Rolex are completely different. (very long...) -- Thomas Taylor |
Hi Watchnetter ! I very much liked your story about the 1030 movement, I have an unbelievable but true story about a Rolex with a 1030 M movement. In 1966 I got a Rolex Milgauss 6541 as a present after winning a TV quiz in he Netherlands with subject 007 and Ian Fleming. I wore this baby for 35 years and it just never broke ! once I put it on a very strong Magnetic field from an IBM diskdrive (mainframe disk) and a friend put his Seiko on it (also antimagnetic) the Seiko never ever ran again but the Rolex just ticked on ! Just a month ago I sold the Milgauss for 30.000 usd (you read it right !) and bought a Submariner (no date) 14060 for 3000 usd and still have a bundle left to buy me a beamer or some such ! The 1030 M calibre just had a service every 5/6 years and I also did scubadive with it for years. Also had a lot of flying time with some high G loadings, never ever stopped. So all the people complaining about Rolex losing seconds or whatever unimportant detail don't see the value of a piece made with love and dedication. And it also one hell of an investment ! The watch costed 200 usd in 1966 and made 30.000 in 2001 after a hard life, which watch in the world can even get close ?! not ONE...
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