W ang. publikacjach częściej pisali o Rolexach:
*** g05 5/22 p. 23 ***
1945
The date is displayed on the watch face, Rolex (dziwne że tego art. z 2005 nie ma?)
*** g92 9/22 pp. 28-29 Watching the World ***
Because jail sentences usually mean little to hardened offenders, Judge Joe B. Brown of Memphis, Tennessee, has taken a different tack when burglars come before him for sentencing. As reported in The Wall Street Journal, “he invites victims to visit the thief’s house and ‘steal’ something back. In a number of recent cases, the . . . Criminal Court judge has translated the Biblical eye for an eye into such things as two winter coats for a gold Rolex, and stereo speakers for a pair of bicycles. If a thief uses his own getaway car, that’s up for grabs, too, along with clothing, jewelry and other valuables.” His rules allow the victim to go to the thief’s home as often as it takes to offset the debt and at any time, day or night. However, there are specific guidelines. And a sheriff’s deputy goes along to make sure the goods taken have not themselves been stolen from others
*** g88 10/22 p. 31 Poverty, Wealth, and Religion ***
“Christ,” the U.S.News & World Report observed recently, “was a humble man who eschewed the accumulation of material wealth.” Comparing his example with the life-styles of TV evangelists, this popular newsmagazine said: “The Bakkers, on the other hand, drove a Mercedes-Benz and a Rolls-Royce. Oral Roberts has homes in Oklahoma, Beverly Hills and Rancho Mirage, Calif. Swaggart wears a $5,000 Rolex watch and lives on a 20-acre [8 ha], $2.4 million estate protected by a brick wall and hidden cameras. The master suite reportedly features a four-columned Jacuzzi.”—March 7, 1988, page 63.
*** g81 4/8 p. 21 Everyone Pays For Smuggling ***
Meanwhile, officials in China and Taiwan cracked down on a smuggling ring between fishing boat captains of the two countries. The Taiwanese fishermen were selling counterfeit copies of Parker Pens and Rolex watches, and the Chinese fishermen were paying for them with phoney gold bars that were really gilded lead!
To ciekawe,. że się jednak sami skusili na te Rolexy skoro miały u nich taką słabą markę.
Ja mam swego Rolexa w komórce, na wyświetlaczu.
