Ferrari Mailing List: Re: [NFC] Watch Thread

[Martin Stark (MStark]

Your trade-in sounds like the one I had converted to non-screwdown push 
buttons.  The screwdown ones kept catching on things and breaking off 
when they were in operating position.  The non-screwdown ones are much 
more convenient, but I dare not go swimming.  I kept the original parts 
and would convert it back if I ever decide to sell it.  The old Rolex 
Cosmographs have become very collectable.

BRIGANDBAR [at] aol.com wrote:

>  had an older stainless steel Cosmograph (I'm not sure of the model 
> number any more) that was a "manual wind" but with screw down 
> pushbuttons that I foolishlly traded in on my newer Cosmograph, gold 
> and stainless. It was an "impulse" sort of purchase, sort of prompted 
> by my wife who had heard me complain that I had wanted a stainless and 
> gold one, and that the older stainless Cosmograph had been giving me a 
> lot of trouble requiring almost annual service at Rolex. She also 
> added that I would wear the newer stainless and gold watch in more 
> business situations (she was commenting on the fact that I didn't wear 
> my other Oyster Date Just (model # = ?) or my gold "President" very 
> much and that they just sat in the safe "wasting away". I should have 
> kept the older Cosmograph and just bought the newer one, but the 
> manager at the jewelry store made an offer for the trade and after I 
> insisted she double it (I think I still undervalued the older watch) 
> the evil deed was done.
>  
> In any event, I do wear the newer one regularly, with the Citizen 
> Skyhawk, as [reviously noted, pretty much a farm watch.
>  
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