I felt lucky that mine lasted so long, other guys I knew had a similar experience with their fake Rolex as you did. Beautiful looking replicas though. I think mine cost $20 or $25 at the time.
I remember walking down the sidewalk through the section of open air shops. You really had to pay attention to where you walked instead of gaping into the shops you passed by, every Nth cement tile forming the sidewalk had a chunk missing or was missing altogether and the open sewer ran directly under it. What a stench! I remember being worried that I would step on a cracked tile ready to pop. But the shit for sale was really cheap, as long as you weren't buying beer.
I got ripped off for my watch, I paid $35. At some point, I'd simply wear it as jewelry. I miss those days.
I miss those days.
Me too! Oh to be 35 again! :o)
By the time mine stopped working, the glass face had scratches and one of the links in the wristband had a dent from me working on cars and shit. I retired it.
I remember the commercial products guys telling me (that was their assy plant in Penang) those watches had gone up to $35-$40 about a year after I bought mine. I was shocked, that seemed pricey at the time, had hoped to pick up a couple more but I never went back to Penang.
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