Why Special Forces Soldiers Wear Rolex Watches

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  • @Acdiesel1
    @Acdiesel1 4 месяца назад +3613

    That dude is 100% Shawn Ryan's Asian doppelganger.

    • @Frank-uw5xq
      @Frank-uw5xq 4 месяца назад +127

      Shawn's actually part Japanese Samurai....Ninja in the blood

    • @t.bickle
      @t.bickle 4 месяца назад +15

      doooooooooood
      i c it

    • @Acdiesel1
      @Acdiesel1 4 месяца назад +2

      @@t.bickle Haha

    • @EyeLukMusic
      @EyeLukMusic 4 месяца назад +18

      Came to see if anyone else thought that... 🤣👊🏼‼️

    • @captain_orange
      @captain_orange 4 месяца назад +9

      Jewish is the common theme between them

  • @dustynpierson5924
    @dustynpierson5924 4 месяца назад +3939

    Saw a video where a Vietnam veteran bought a brand new Rolex in 1974 and shipped it home. It sat in the box with all the papers never worn. Appraised for $345k

    • @firefox3539
      @firefox3539 4 месяца назад +258

      I think I saw that too, I think it was on Antiques Roadshow. Guy was in the Navy when he got it and was downsizing. When the guy told him how much it was worth he literally laid down on the floor in disbelief, the appraiser thought he was having a heart attack 😅

    • @joshnichols3565
      @joshnichols3565 4 месяца назад +95

      I saw that, too. Antique Roadshow. I was happy for the vet.

    • @Anonymous8317
      @Anonymous8317 4 месяца назад +140

      If it was the same vet that I’m thinking of then it actually went to auction and pulled in about $1.2 million

    • @danfleming9303
      @danfleming9303 4 месяца назад +15

      Saw that too

    • @leonmills4545
      @leonmills4545 4 месяца назад +38

      I think I seen that too was one of the first submariner or oyster style Rolex’s in perfect condition with the receipt and everything

  • @Teerifficgolf
    @Teerifficgolf 3 месяца назад +283

    “A Rolex is your ticket home” is the phrase I believe

  • @bradleydennis1263
    @bradleydennis1263 4 месяца назад +2173

    To this day, that's why Shawn Ryan wears a Rolex
    He's said this numerous times.

    • @myhandle90
      @myhandle90 4 месяца назад +70

      Sure that sounds good, but the real actual reason he wears it is because he likes it and he’s one of us crazy watch nuts.

    • @Lycan683
      @Lycan683 4 месяца назад +37

      I once saw a video of him, where he showed his EDC and explained why he wears Rolex..

    • @devdecker7812
      @devdecker7812 4 месяца назад

      But he said it himself ​@@myhandle90

    • @drjones762
      @drjones762 4 месяца назад +18

      AFAIK, it’s true. I’ve heard this legend before about Green Berets / SOF & their Rolexes. I think it’s in a book one of them wrote. If you ever pay attention, you’ll see many, many (dare I say most) real SOF dudes wear Rolexes. Like Shawn. I think Tu does?

    • @azules9780
      @azules9780 4 месяца назад +17

      ​@@drjones762 My dad wears one and they used to get a really fancy/super functional one after graduation. It's a dive watch that recharges itself by movement. He's had it since graduating the Q-course about 35 years ago. His wife had it rebuilt for him in that time as well.

  • @Ben-xf7uy
    @Ben-xf7uy 4 месяца назад +114

    My grandpa called it his "Anywhere in the world watch." Because he could sell it anywhere in the world and get home. He was army and in Vietnam. Miss him everyday

  • @CiviTac
    @CiviTac 4 месяца назад +532

    The idea of using a Rolex as currency while traveling is still a common theme for international travelers today. I also know ppl who use them because they’re not allowed to bring 20k in cash to whatever country they’re flying to

    • @TNTS8105
      @TNTS8105 4 месяца назад +34

      What about my g shock

    • @SScott-kp3lc
      @SScott-kp3lc 4 месяца назад

      @@TNTS8105it might get you a cup of coffee, but that’s it!

    • @arizonatea3734
      @arizonatea3734 4 месяца назад +14

      ​@@TNTS8105the most expensive g shock is probably less then the cheapest Rolex.

    • @bsherman8236
      @bsherman8236 4 месяца назад +9

      i'll take a zippo or rolex for cheap any day, you'll lose money but your life is priceless

    • @napalmdotnet
      @napalmdotnet 4 месяца назад

      @@arizonatea3734 There is a solid gold g-shock that originally sold for $70k but commands much more now since there were only 35 ever made.

  • @ntutill
    @ntutill 4 месяца назад +1235

    British SAS have gold sovereigns sewed into clothing. Same kind of idea

    • @SaraBoutaugh
      @SaraBoutaugh 4 месяца назад +9

      Yupp

    • @tekiwi
      @tekiwi 4 месяца назад

      Looking for this comment!!
      Reason is it's well under the radar. It's rediculous to wear anything that brings attention to you when you're balls deep in a third world shit hole!!
      Mericans struggle with low key.

    • @SparkleSurprise-nv5di
      @SparkleSurprise-nv5di 4 месяца назад

      British SAS are like seal sisters. Beta males

    • @tekiwi
      @tekiwi 4 месяца назад

      @@XcmxMccqx They're still able to customize their kits.

    • @jamiestewart48
      @jamiestewart48 4 месяца назад +38

      @@XcmxMccqx Wrong wrong wrong wrong, wrong wrong wrong wrong, you're wrong. You're wrong. you're wrong. "[...] in the run up to the Gulf War in 1991, Britain’s Ministry of Defence purchased 60,000 Gold Sovereigns from the Bank of England, and then issued Special Air Service (SAS) troops and pilots with 20 gold sovereigns each which they then stitched and concealed in their clothing.

  • @AdamJWM
    @AdamJWM 4 месяца назад +680

    When I was in commercial dive school we were all told to buy a Rolex when we started making good money because if you were stranded in some foreign land you could always sell or trade your Rolex for a plane ticket. I actually ended up cashing it in on that very thing.

  • @Sukhumvit1
    @Sukhumvit1 4 месяца назад +426

    A lot of the pilots in Vietnam also had gold chains for the same reason.

    • @DavidNefelimSlayer
      @DavidNefelimSlayer 4 месяца назад +10

      SAC crews had gold coins in their survival kits as well as chocolate bars, prophylactics, and nylons stockings.

    • @John-mf6ky
      @John-mf6ky 4 месяца назад +15

      Yup, A gold chain would be my go-to. You can't hide a watch underneath a shirt. I guess you could, if you want to wear long sleeves 24/7. Plus you can always break a chain into smaller pieces. I guess you could do the same if you had an all gold Rolex, Just pop off a few links.

    • @infiniteinspiration1628
      @infiniteinspiration1628 3 месяца назад +1

      😮❤

    • @martinvanburen4578
      @martinvanburen4578 3 месяца назад +1

      and heroin....

    • @tomcaffall8512
      @tomcaffall8512 Месяц назад

      Thai baht chains. They are like 24k gold and in various sizes.

  • @JD-HatCreekCattleCo
    @JD-HatCreekCattleCo 4 месяца назад +552

    I was a Special Agent with Diplomatic Security…yes most of us wore Rolex. For that exact reason and because it was cool 😎. Actually mine is in the shop now after 35 years. Still cool, but for the money a G-Shock is the best value around.

    • @dennisharold9342
      @dennisharold9342 4 месяца назад +35

      Yes, I still wear my G-Shock.

    • @stewartfield1386
      @stewartfield1386 4 месяца назад +28

      Both are super cool in their own right, but there's something very James Bond-esque about a Rolex 😂

    • @johnlocke_1
      @johnlocke_1 4 месяца назад +10

      Lol you're nobody.
      Spacial Agent. Lmao

    • @jesse6760
      @jesse6760 4 месяца назад +6

      Same with the contractor world🎉

    • @FirstLast-gl2lw
      @FirstLast-gl2lw 4 месяца назад +19

      @@jesse6760I’m a civilian, I wear Casios because…I won’t get robbed for it :( dudes take me contracting with you. I need a Rolex, for…escaping reasons.

  • @kensbarbeau6224
    @kensbarbeau6224 4 месяца назад +104

    Was stationed in Panama 77-79, assigned to the 475th Trans Co. after making E4 I was detached and sent to the 7th SF for a short while. They needed a driver apparently. I noticed everyone wore a watch and I didn’t. I asked one of the guys about it and he told me the story. Though I don’t wear a Rolex, I do wear a dive watch to this day.

  • @CrookDanny
    @CrookDanny 4 месяца назад +20

    The Milus Snow star was included in a “life barter kit” that the U.S. gave to pilots if they went down in WW2. The watch, some gold, all to try and trade what you have for safe passage. Rolex makes a lot of sense today.

  • @blueyedevil3479
    @blueyedevil3479 4 месяца назад +600

    Rolex will get you a plane ticket home. Look into the story of the man who was a WWII POW and ORDERED a ROLEX WHILE IMPRISONED, had them send the bill to his father in Texas, and ship the watch TO HIM IN THE GERMAN POW CAMP. This man would later become the inspiration for Hogans Hero’s and the watch WITH ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS and a LETTER FROM ROLEX, was sold at auction a few months back…

    • @santtu5594
      @santtu5594 4 месяца назад +20

      So germans wasnt so Bad as they say 😮

    • @NoFaceINoCase
      @NoFaceINoCase 4 месяца назад

      @@santtu5594really…

    • @campandcook3118
      @campandcook3118 4 месяца назад

      Sounds fake, the Mail into pow camps was opened and read, the watch would have been confiscated. Any names/places to that story

    • @curedham2963
      @curedham2963 4 месяца назад +2

      Thats awesome

    • @freethinkingamerican80
      @freethinkingamerican80 4 месяца назад +3

      That's a wild story!

  • @DallasBurgher
    @DallasBurgher 4 месяца назад +111

    My brother was a GB in Viet Nam in 1965 and I remember he came home with a Rolex. I had never seen one and thought is was very cool.

    • @stemtostern7611
      @stemtostern7611 4 месяца назад +12

      I became good friends with a guy after he got back from Viet Nam. We both had been going to a local collage, we damn near looked like each other enough people thought we were brothers. It is ok by me since I never had a brother I was from Panama city and he was from Cestview Fl. I asked Bill one day what kind of watch he had on? A Nice Rolex dive watch which had a trident on the band best I remember?. Where you get that? The Seal Teams. Back then no one even really knew much about those guys like today. So, I guess the story checks out that he was given that Rolex. Bill B was just a great guy had a couple pieces of shrapnel in his rear. Is all the damage he got in Viet Nam only to be killed in a plane crash, One night. Wish he was still with us.

    • @J-Mac8
      @J-Mac8 4 месяца назад +1

      @@stemtostern7611seriously, and to die in a plane crash! Which is kind of a odd way to die

    • @JulienSorelEatsSabras
      @JulienSorelEatsSabras 4 месяца назад +4

      Wacha smokin' cowboy? The marque is owned by the Foundation named for Rolex's founder. Wilsdorf was a Protestant.

    • @infiniteinspiration1628
      @infiniteinspiration1628 3 месяца назад

      😮❤

    • @sizmicmedia334
      @sizmicmedia334 2 месяца назад

      @@stemtostern7611 bot

  • @mindful6095
    @mindful6095 4 месяца назад +153

    That’s a really good point about the currency of Rolex watches. And knowing is half the battle.

    • @DirtBallPaul
      @DirtBallPaul 4 месяца назад +1

      " in the movie kill me

    • @DirtBallPaul
      @DirtBallPaul 4 месяца назад +1

      What??( the fff!!!??? Not "me!!"that was spellcheck!!!!!

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      @DirtBallPaul 4 месяца назад +4

      I quit . These fones are BS.

    • @quilope
      @quilope 4 месяца назад +2

      G.I. JOEEEEEE!!

    • @YuriVelcroripper
      @YuriVelcroripper 4 месяца назад

      ​@@DirtBallPaul lol Dirtball "fat-fingers" Paul is your new name lmao. Calm down boomer lol

  • @Supern0va_01
    @Supern0va_01 Месяц назад +1

    Very nice. Kinda like how people used to wear gold small hoop earrings or gold bangles and other jewelry. In case you find yourself in a circumstance where you have to find your way home or anywhere else, you could trade whatever you have (gold is valued just about anywhere) in exchange for passage or services

  • @renatolaranja52
    @renatolaranja52 4 месяца назад +213

    "Submariner Daytona" 🤣🤣🤣
    The Daytona in Kill Bill 2 is a terrible fake as well

    • @Mr.D-k7l
      @Mr.D-k7l 4 месяца назад +35

      Right? Isn't it either or not both in one? A Sub is a Sub and a Daytona is a Daytona. I'm confused

    • @Robert_H_Diver
      @Robert_H_Diver 4 месяца назад +14

      Yea he just misspoke

    • @snapascrew
      @snapascrew 4 месяца назад +13

      @@Mr.D-k7lya I believe he meant to say Rolex Daytona not submariner Daytona haha

    • @Mr.D-k7l
      @Mr.D-k7l 4 месяца назад +5

      @@snapascrew It sent me down a rabbit hole for sure

    • @dukes70
      @dukes70 4 месяца назад +7

      I’m on the list at my AD for one! Lol 😂😂😂😂😂🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

  • @poppyneese1811
    @poppyneese1811 4 месяца назад +67

    Shawn is such a great interviewer! Just makes you feel like old friends sitting around chatting, probably the best I’ve ever seen!

  • @John-mf6ky
    @John-mf6ky 4 месяца назад +41

    It's one reason I like wearing a gold chain. Plus, with a chain, you can always break it into smaller pieces.

    • @Immigrantlovesamerica
      @Immigrantlovesamerica 4 месяца назад +5

      Necklaces are gay

    • @paulattaboyatreides6414
      @paulattaboyatreides6414 4 месяца назад +1

      And make you a target

    • @cryptojuicer
      @cryptojuicer 4 месяца назад +3

      smart

    • @Gottiline_Ace
      @Gottiline_Ace 4 месяца назад

      ​@StE2155 plenty of concealed cash is not always an option in foreign countries or trying to get through airports.

    • @John-mf6ky
      @John-mf6ky 4 месяца назад

      ​@@paulattaboyatreides6414 I didn't know people have x-ray vision where they can see underneath my shirt and clothing these days 😂

  • @JC-xg5os
    @JC-xg5os 4 месяца назад +140

    Casio, digital, rubber wristband, the one with the calculator and the rubber key pad popular in the early 90’s. It’s got me laid numerous times

    • @wes3527
      @wes3527 4 месяца назад +18

      LOL!! I traded my Casio calculator watch for a fake Rolex. My mother was pissed but my dad was impressed

    • @SpringerOwl
      @SpringerOwl 4 месяца назад +10

      Dude. That was currency in the 8th grade!

    • @jacobrommel3112
      @jacobrommel3112 4 месяца назад +10

      😂 shit son that’s some bad assery right there! I wish my watch got me laid lol

    • @juanguerrero9128
      @juanguerrero9128 4 месяца назад +9

      Denzel's voice, "My man. Playa to play, pimp to pimp."

    • @carlbedwell8635
      @carlbedwell8635 4 месяца назад +2

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @kaczynski2333
    @kaczynski2333 4 месяца назад +136

    'A Submariner Daytona"
    A real watch fan here.

    • @Beefry222
      @Beefry222 4 месяца назад +12

      I'm not blaming him, he just twisted it up. It'd be like if you were talking about your Chevy Tahoe and then your Silverado, and that you knew someone with a "Tahoe Silverado"

    • @scon1425
      @scon1425 4 месяца назад +1

      Thought the same thing

    • @darthvillarious
      @darthvillarious 4 месяца назад

      Agreed, it's one or the other, but not both. lol

    • @TheVeeginator
      @TheVeeginator 4 месяца назад

      ​@@Beefry222My favourite place to visit is Barcelona, France and I usually book tickets using my Dell Mac book Pro

    • @eatsmylifeYT
      @eatsmylifeYT 4 месяца назад

      I caught that, too.

  • @ExSTPD
    @ExSTPD 4 месяца назад +94

    I would bring my G-Shock into any battle! I could get at least $75 used! One way ticket on spirit!

    • @larrylightfoot8738
      @larrylightfoot8738 4 месяца назад +21

      That’s what I wore when I was in the Marines as a rifleman lol, all black waterproof g shock baby

    • @emptynester9241
      @emptynester9241 4 месяца назад +3

      😂😂

    • @rickrizzo3194
      @rickrizzo3194 4 месяца назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣 🤣 just $ 75

    • @Jguthro
      @Jguthro 4 месяца назад

      No carry on lol

  • @cyber5677
    @cyber5677 4 месяца назад +22

    Rolex is king..but back then they were more affordable..now you need to save a good chunk of cash just to afford the entry level one. Worth the price doe

  • @stevehilton4052
    @stevehilton4052 4 месяца назад +34

    SAS troops in Iraq had gold coins ( Kruger rands I believe) stitched into their uniform..... there is a well known incident Bravo 2 Zero recon unit searching for the scud missiles being fired at Israel....had several contacts with the Iraqi forces, one contact caused two guys to be separated from the unit. two quickly became one as one was discovered and captured.
    Being alone and no chance of finding the others the decision to head for Syria was the only option.
    8 days later and several enemy dead Chris Ryan was close to death form exhaustion and dehydration and stumbled on a settlement and hoped it was in Syria, to get help and avoid being taken he produced a solid gold coin to bribe the local man.....he tried to make a deal that he would get another coin when help came, he said it got a little sketchy when the man was insisting on a second coin to make earrings for his wife..
    So wether it's a gold coin or a Rolex the idea is the same

    • @ballyod
      @ballyod 3 месяца назад +1

      That whole story has been shown to be B.S. A fantasy to sell a book. The real story is far less dramatic. And not even a little bit heroic.

    • @ha3zim
      @ha3zim 3 месяца назад +1

      From the fiction based section aka it never happened

  • @traex8325
    @traex8325 4 месяца назад +37

    When drunk conversations are had sober

  • @Mikegastaldo
    @Mikegastaldo 4 месяца назад +86

    Special forces aren't the only ones who wear em...I wear a submariner stainless steel sapphire Chrystal black bezel/face..I wear it every day im 57 years old..it was on my wrist in Kuwait and Iraq in 1990..I will wear it till my last day...

    • @milknmydreadzpodcast8622
      @milknmydreadzpodcast8622 4 месяца назад +7

      Like a fuckin savage 🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @SemperFi_EDC_Guy
      @SemperFi_EDC_Guy 4 месяца назад +3

      ​@@dmobius23u ain't lying! Going to the porta potty was LITERALLY like going into a Finish Sauna lol 😆

    • @domespo4048
      @domespo4048 4 месяца назад +4

      fuck yea!! thank you for service god bless

  • @truevision4027
    @truevision4027 4 месяца назад +35

    There's a clip of a veitnam special forces ret soldier taking his Rolex into a auction. He paid like 1200 dollars back then. He had everything, even the receipt and that Rolex appraisal was 120,000 us dollars

    • @blainwilson7937
      @blainwilson7937 4 месяца назад +3

      Later sold for 1.2 million

    • @pimhls
      @pimhls 4 месяца назад +1

      He probably would have paid closer to $120 given them prices of Rolex's at the PX back then. They can still sell for good money though

  • @chasexchaos9392
    @chasexchaos9392 4 месяца назад +15

    Actually the Daytona in Kill Bill was fake. The bezel was even upside down 😂 🙃

  • @johnmajor3524
    @johnmajor3524 4 месяца назад +13

    Submariner and Daytona are two different Rolex, but the Daytona is fire. Daytona Panda.

    • @rjmcfly202
      @rjmcfly202 4 месяца назад

      Greatstuff... #®️®️Daytona...
      Mr Jacob & co: " Hmmm interesting🤔...sounds 🆒...👨‍🔧🏁" ✊👏

  • @natedizzah5877
    @natedizzah5877 4 месяца назад +22

    He really liked that leather black strap

  • @stephanarizona9094
    @stephanarizona9094 4 месяца назад +26

    Antiques Road Show, old Vietnam Vet bought a brand new Rolex from the PX in 1967's for like $700, NEVER took it out of the box, had all paperwork and certificates, had it appraised and come to find it it was a very rare low volume model, I don't remember the value but the dude almost past out, I want to say it was $200K-$500K. Rolex definitely has the name recognition but honestly there is better watches for less. Navy Seals are famous for being watch lovers too and some of the watches I have seen Seals wearing are big money too!

    • @popomomo12
      @popomomo12 4 месяца назад +2

      He had an OG Daytona with all papers and receipts, love that episode

    • @HyphyJuice916
      @HyphyJuice916 4 месяца назад +1

      I saw that one. It was crazy

  • @BigFerg-hf6uv
    @BigFerg-hf6uv 4 месяца назад +11

    SAS and SBS have Omega special editions issued to both back in the 2000's. Omega SMP were presented to SAS Planet Ocean to SBS.

    • @ethanT6710
      @ethanT6710 4 месяца назад +2

      Breitling and Rolex have also made watches for them too

    • @Frank-uw5xq
      @Frank-uw5xq 4 месяца назад +1

      Panerai was originally made for The Italian Frogmen

    • @lawdog369
      @lawdog369 4 месяца назад +3

      So that's why Daniel Craig's James Bond wore one to indicate he was former SAS/SBS before going to MI6 and becoming a 00. Cool stuff.

    • @BigFerg-hf6uv
      @BigFerg-hf6uv 4 месяца назад +2

      @@Frank-uw5xq The Italian Navy Divers also wore the Citizen Fugu as well at one stage.

    • @Frank-uw5xq
      @Frank-uw5xq 4 месяца назад

      @@BigFerg-hf6uv cool.. didn't know that one...

  • @choyayahyah
    @choyayahyah 4 месяца назад +20

    Favorite time piece is definitely a Patek Philippe and would be one of the minute repeaters

    • @bourbonlover2713
      @bourbonlover2713 4 месяца назад +2

      Now we are talking about a serious timepiece. The Holy Grail of fine watches.

    • @see-rious-ley
      @see-rious-ley 4 месяца назад +2

      There are tons that have intricate complications. A favorite of mine is VC (Vacheron Constantin).

  • @terrytran7127
    @terrytran7127 4 месяца назад +22

    Rolex = currency in sticky situation got it..!🙌😅

  • @cecilmashburn7343
    @cecilmashburn7343 20 дней назад +1

    Guy is spot on. One of the first things an Actual Spy told me long ago, was the Rolex. Then a gold coin and a zippo.

  • @IbnRushd-mv3fp
    @IbnRushd-mv3fp 4 месяца назад +13

    I'm waiting for someone to say this was *driplomacy* 😂

  • @Dan016
    @Dan016 4 месяца назад +79

    Jesus it’s like Ryan’s brother from another mother, his voice and even some mannerisms 😮

    • @stevenfalconer7015
      @stevenfalconer7015 4 месяца назад +5

      Glad you said it, was thinking the exact same.

    • @tonymozzarella
      @tonymozzarella 4 месяца назад

      I was to 😂

    • @YuriVelcroripper
      @YuriVelcroripper 4 месяца назад +2

      ​​@pissedpajamas5718 true, but I think it's more bc they're bald, suit-wearing, squinty eye guys who carry themselves in a very stoic manner.

  • @philipwilson4440
    @philipwilson4440 4 месяца назад +4

    My old man was in the teams and wore a submariner or gmt master on every one of his deployments. Definitely a thing.

  • @MichaelSavage-zq6gv
    @MichaelSavage-zq6gv 27 дней назад +1

    "Submariner daytona" is like double clutching and granny shifting

  • @KaijuBiologist
    @KaijuBiologist 4 месяца назад +4

    That actually makes sense. I've read several biographies of SOF veterans who said they always had American 100 bills with them because they are recognized and used by people every where.

  • @GerardoChirichigno-u2d
    @GerardoChirichigno-u2d 3 месяца назад +1

    My dad was Green Beret at the time and he bought a GMT Pepsi and brought it back with him. He passed and left it to me so I still have it. God bless Veterans.

  • @tmo8320
    @tmo8320 4 месяца назад +6

    Submariner Daytona 🤣🤣☠️☠️👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸 “That’s right, folks! We ‘Muricad the FOXTROT outta that one.” Your videos are solid gold, sir. Many thanks for what you do 🙏

  • @shaftomite007
    @shaftomite007 4 месяца назад +9

    Nicholas Cage's watch in Leaving Las Vegas... (To the pawn shop owner): "You're offering me $500 for a 1995 Rolex DAYTONA?!?" Classic stuff.

  • @nathanielmacelroy1988
    @nathanielmacelroy1988 4 месяца назад +11

    Don’t forget pulp fiction… your father kiestered this watch? He wanted you to have it? The eagles : those shoes….where yuu been? What’s your worry? What’s your hurry?

  • @TheBadTrad
    @TheBadTrad 4 месяца назад +33

    After watching “Magnum P.I.” (the original) as a teen, I swore as soon as I could, I’d buy a Rolex, and I did. I love it!

    • @marklovelace297
      @marklovelace297 4 месяца назад +1

      Hate to brake your heart but it was a Sea Quartz 30 and trust me I have searched and they are no longer available!

    • @TheBadTrad
      @TheBadTrad 4 месяца назад +5

      @@marklovelace297 Hate to break your heart, but he wore a Rolex GMT Master. Find the episode entitled “Home From The Sea” (season 4, episode 1). It’s clearly visible as he checks it regularly throughout his ordeal while having to tread water. And yes-I bought the same watch years later.

    • @TheBadTrad
      @TheBadTrad 4 месяца назад +5

      @@marklovelace297 You can find still photos of that episode where a child actor is playing the young Thomas Magnum who is saluting during his father’s funeral. The watch is clearly visible in that scene as well as when the adult Thomas is treading water. While he may have worn the Sea Quartz as well in other episodes, I was referring to the Rolex GMT.

    • @BergoglioBadLung
      @BergoglioBadLung 4 месяца назад +3

      @@TheBadTradYou are correct! “Magnum” wore the GMT in several episodes. Funny thing about the The GMT, it became known as “The Pepsi Watch” due to the red and blue coloring on the dial. @marklovelace297 has no idea what he’s talking about. There’s always one in every comments section, isn’t there?

    • @bourbonlover2713
      @bourbonlover2713 4 месяца назад

      Congrats.

  • @JADC1111
    @JADC1111 4 месяца назад +2

    Funny. My grandfather was a USMC helicopter pilot in Vietnam. He used to laugh when field grade officers would board with Rolexes. The vibration from the heli would break them.

  • @KingDomsKingdom85
    @KingDomsKingdom85 4 месяца назад +15

    I prefer Omega, personally... not like ive got the money for one, mind you 😂

  • @HeavyD79r
    @HeavyD79r 4 месяца назад +12

    Ronin + Shawn Ryan = Epic

  • @Soldier1287
    @Soldier1287 4 месяца назад +10

    Can’t relate.
    I was the average broke ass, barracks living, conventional, lower enlisted

    • @SemperFi_EDC_Guy
      @SemperFi_EDC_Guy 4 месяца назад

      The way he tells it (Tu tells lotsa stories, lol) they basically issue it to all the Green Berets lol.

    • @X85283
      @X85283 4 месяца назад

      @@SemperFi_EDC_Guy USED to. In the Vietnam Era a Rolex was a nice watch but not a luxury item like today, by any means.

  • @raymondluna3187
    @raymondluna3187 4 месяца назад +11

    The way he said "leather black strap" haha

  • @IAmBeingSilenced
    @IAmBeingSilenced 4 месяца назад +2

    "A warrior should not have a favorite Rolex." - Miyamoto Musashi, probably

  • @tommy_gunn3895
    @tommy_gunn3895 4 месяца назад +3

    Wow! Not only is this episode a lesson on draining out negative energy. It is also a crash course on branding and marketing 😂😂 awesome episode! I was not suprised

  • @kurtayau231
    @kurtayau231 4 месяца назад +1

    I taught at VMI for 22 years. The class rings cadets wear are insanely big (so that they are bigger than the rings of any other military academy)and made of gold. Cadets also buy their 'combat rings' so that these can be worn while deployed. I remember telling my classes they might want to rethink that strategy bc their rings would be their ticket home if they somehow through some circumstance found themselves in some deep, remote, and incommunicado type of bullshit.

  • @sledge7583
    @sledge7583 4 месяца назад +8

    And thats why I always wore it as a GRS agent.

    • @Kilgzzz
      @Kilgzzz 4 месяца назад +1

      lol whatever bro

  • @Jsig552
    @Jsig552 3 месяца назад +1

    Not SF, but a former infantryman. I prefer Omega. The Sea Master is my all time favorite. If it’s good enough for James Bond, it’s good enough for me.

  • @YouBetterCallSaul
    @YouBetterCallSaul 4 месяца назад +3

    The Daytona with an Oysterflex is a hell of a watch to give up to get out of the country lol

  • @joshschneider9766
    @joshschneider9766 2 месяца назад

    in the early 2000s i lived next to what was then parkside cafe, on state street, in harrisburg pa, it was a vietnam veterans club. and also quietly the headquarters of SF Association Chapter 64. You always knew who the legit guys were from those rolexes. even decades later as retirees, those watches mean a heck of a lot to them.

  • @dswofford22
    @dswofford22 4 месяца назад +3

    A "Submariner Daytona"? Must be a new model.😂😂😂😂

    • @Ddouble3308
      @Ddouble3308 4 месяца назад +1

      Thank you I thought I was going mad

  • @2-old-Forthischet
    @2-old-Forthischet Месяц назад +1

    When I went to Thailand, TDY, Seikos and Rolexes were being sold for $5 on the street! Something was fishy.

  • @garyp6395
    @garyp6395 4 месяца назад +17

    We all used Gshocks

    • @sirg-had8821
      @sirg-had8821 4 месяца назад +1

      Still do.

    • @robbiemiller2334
      @robbiemiller2334 3 месяца назад

      Well Ronin did not, and he's an absolute savage

    • @DerDudelino
      @DerDudelino 2 месяца назад

      Rolex is likely more used as an off-duty watch. They are not very precise and especially Special Forces will need something that is precise to the second or you fuck up the mission :D

  • @deejay684lafotanoa2
    @deejay684lafotanoa2 29 дней назад +1

    You can tell his vibes were on point with Shawns😂

  • @Blahblahyah
    @Blahblahyah 4 месяца назад +18

    There’s no such thing as a submariner Daytona lol

  • @Frank-uw5xq
    @Frank-uw5xq 4 месяца назад +1

    Watches go back with Special Operations,from Panerai making them for The Italian Frogmen
    To Seikos given to SF in Nam, Rolexs being acquired overseas,& gifted by Kings, Sheiks,Heads of State, The SAS/SBS are known to have Omegas & Breitling

  • @kanaljarka
    @kanaljarka 4 месяца назад +12

    Submariner Daytona? 😆

  • @seannconnelly1264
    @seannconnelly1264 4 месяца назад +2

    My dad was a cnd clearance diver eod tech he had a rolex dive watch with a velcro band so it wouldn't just fall off. Pretty cool.

  • @arrancaal
    @arrancaal 4 месяца назад +24

    Why this guy speaks like he narrating history channel

    • @vincek8405
      @vincek8405 2 месяца назад

      Because he used to be on a couple shows there

  • @dudemankewl6291
    @dudemankewl6291 3 месяца назад

    Lol! I cackled the same as the interviewer when he brought up Kill Bill. 😅 Good shit.

  • @calvinclark6076
    @calvinclark6076 4 месяца назад +60

    Never knew any of this about Rolex ,and definitely missed that in kill Bill lol ,that’s a badass reason to like the watch lol .

  • @PierceMichaelChia
    @PierceMichaelChia 26 дней назад +1

    My uncle used to smuggle Rolex from Hong Kong to Korea. He was part of 14k though.

  • @biscaynesupercars
    @biscaynesupercars 4 месяца назад +10

    What was the watch that the guys dad stashed for 7 years in Pulp Fiction?

    • @michaelw4787
      @michaelw4787 4 месяца назад +8

      that uncomfortable hunk of metal was a Lancet trench watch from 1918-swiss manual wind movement

  • @utopiaOKC
    @utopiaOKC 4 месяца назад +1

    I saw this somewhere. Its wild. Cowboys used to do something similar, theyd always have enough to bury themselves. Something to that effect

  • @thomasmatthew7759
    @thomasmatthew7759 4 месяца назад +24

    Watches of Espionage did a piece on this. Rolexes aren't use as a medium of exchange like this anymore. A USD $100 is a lot more portable, less traceable, and lot more liquid.

    • @samuliceo
      @samuliceo 4 месяца назад +10

      Submariner is worth $10k. And incredibly portable, not really traceable and very liquid across the world

    • @samuliceo
      @samuliceo 4 месяца назад +13

      High end watches ($100k+) are also one of the easiest way to transfer wealth physically from one country to another. No one asks a thing but gold + cash will be questioned and heavily

    • @Username-ze1ux
      @Username-ze1ux 4 месяца назад

      @@samuliceo100%

    • @JaredLetoSelfSuck
      @JaredLetoSelfSuck 4 месяца назад

      @@samuliceotrue but there’s no such thing as a submariner Daytona lol

    • @remylebeau2357
      @remylebeau2357 4 месяца назад

      ​@@JaredLetoSelfSuck True, but clearly he misspoke and got his words mixed up.

  • @BillLeonard-c8s
    @BillLeonard-c8s 3 дня назад

    Favorite timepiece: Breitling 24 hour Cosmonaute. Air America pilots purchased gold chains. When it’s time to leave, you wear it out!

  • @junoypi
    @junoypi 4 месяца назад +16

    Submariner Daytona?

    • @User-gd5un
      @User-gd5un 4 месяца назад +12

      I don’t know anything about watches and googled that name out of curiosity. Pretty sure those are two different watches right? lol

    • @YuriVelcroripper
      @YuriVelcroripper 4 месяца назад +2

      Ya. He probably just misspoke

  • @GarrettWebster-mx5wx
    @GarrettWebster-mx5wx 4 месяца назад +1

    I have a space jam watch with bugs bunny’s ears tell the time …… where will that get me ?

    • @klpittman1
      @klpittman1 4 месяца назад

      You'll be there until you speak their language like a local.

  • @Reviews4fun1
    @Reviews4fun1 4 месяца назад +10

    Super duper Submariner Daytona Patek. Very rare.

  • @GaryYuen1987
    @GaryYuen1987 Месяц назад +1

    so you're telling me, you can exchange a rolex watch for your ticket out of Vietnam back in the day and still to this day, damn

  • @differentlystill1846
    @differentlystill1846 4 месяца назад +12

    Rolex most complex movement was done better by someone else 100 years ago. They play a good game but they aren’t top ranking watches

    • @20thcenturyspirit
      @20thcenturyspirit 4 месяца назад

      Who is that

    • @differentlystill1846
      @differentlystill1846 4 месяца назад +2

      U can look at the sky dweller and walk it backwards. How bout Switzerland being a tax haven or that Rolex is a charity. Bruh they play a good game but they all cap

    • @Dissacharide
      @Dissacharide 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@differentlystill1846 Which watch was 100 years early to the mechanical ahility of the Rolex? Which one are you talking about?

    • @narcismo2474
      @narcismo2474 4 месяца назад

      Full of $h1T!

    • @differentlystill1846
      @differentlystill1846 4 месяца назад +1

      Which one?

  • @14goldmedals
    @14goldmedals 3 месяца назад

    The Daytona watch GOAT will always be Paul Neuman. His wife actress Joanne Woodward bought him a black faced Daytona with "Drive Slowly" Joanne engraved on the back when Neuman started racing and his race team. That lady is 94 now and was married to Paul from 1958 until he died in 2008. Classy woman.

  • @scottvanderschaaf6031
    @scottvanderschaaf6031 4 месяца назад +19

    Rolex “submariner Daytona” nice watch except there’s no such thing lol

    • @vasiovasio
      @vasiovasio 4 месяца назад +1

      Yeah! It is like Casuo G-Shock Crane edition! 😂😂😂

    • @bebop4874
      @bebop4874 4 месяца назад +1

      He never said submariner Daytona there Scotty boy

    • @hughjair133
      @hughjair133 4 месяца назад

      @@bebop4874huh? Watch the video

    • @bmunson76
      @bmunson76 4 месяца назад

      @@bebop4874then what did he say?…Sure sounded like that’s what he said at the end.

    • @michaelkeathley3672
      @michaelkeathley3672 4 месяца назад +1

      @@bebop4874It’s literally the exact words he said, girly daughter.

  • @ms.annthrope415
    @ms.annthrope415 4 месяца назад

    When i was in army ROTC in college in 1980, the LTC (Professor of Military Science) was a 5th SF green beanie and he wore a stainless steel Rolex Submariner. He even had the De Oppresso Libre emblem silver soldered on the clasp. It looked so cool. I knew i just had to have a Sub some day regardless what i got into as my army MOS. A few years later, i bought myself a Sub to reward myself for 3 miserable years in the army. Many years later, I bought a gold and steel Rolex Daytona. My dream watch. Some years later i also bought a stainles steel GMT II. Sold the Sub years ago.
    The same advice goes for the CIA officers overseas. Get a Sub or GMT. Instant currency to get out of the country.

  • @danieldonegan6914
    @danieldonegan6914 4 месяца назад +10

    What kind of watch the Christopher Walken give butch in Pulp Fiction?

    • @MichaelMassie
      @MichaelMassie 4 месяца назад +4

      Uncomfortable Hunk of Metal brand.

    • @wiseonwords
      @wiseonwords 4 месяца назад +4

      @@MichaelMassie And quite smelly too, unfortunately.

    • @popomomo12
      @popomomo12 4 месяца назад +3

      It's a Lancet WW1 watch

  • @Surfcityham
    @Surfcityham 4 месяца назад

    My dad had a Rolex GMT (Pepsi Cola). He was the navigator on a number 5 or 6 Transpacific yacht races (Los Angeles to Honolulu).

  • @JordanTaylor8u
    @JordanTaylor8u 4 месяца назад +24

    The two most American chinamen of all time

    • @wes3527
      @wes3527 4 месяца назад +1

      I thought Shawn was part Japanese but could be wrong. I thought he and Glover talked about it and thats what he said

    • @JordanTaylor8u
      @JordanTaylor8u 4 месяца назад

      @@wes3527 I was just using the deragotory term chinamen for Asians in general, because funnyS

    • @fkin8shyt
      @fkin8shyt 4 месяца назад

      ​@@wes3527 Think he's part Korean

    • @YuriVelcroripper
      @YuriVelcroripper 4 месяца назад

      ​​@@wes3527 we know. He said that bc, them dam Chinamin' be the squinty eyed ones.

  • @QuantumOfSolace1
    @QuantumOfSolace1 4 месяца назад +3

    007’s Omega - the Brosnan’s era-

  • @jordan_velasquez
    @jordan_velasquez 4 месяца назад +1

    Not close to a rolex but carried some type of currency as a grunt in Iraq (2000's) and learned that from the book Bravo Two Zero 🙌

  • @steelsteez6118
    @steelsteez6118 4 месяца назад +25

    A submariner Daytona????? Um yeah, this guy doesn't know s*** about watches 😂.

    • @Dexster916
      @Dexster916 4 месяца назад

      I had to google it just to make sure i wasn't stupid... nope this dude is stupid.

    • @jessedavis7555
      @jessedavis7555 4 месяца назад +1

      I think he meant to say Rolex not Submariner Daytona 😂😂

    • @remylebeau2357
      @remylebeau2357 4 месяца назад +3

      ​@@jessedavis7555 yea it's obvious that he clearly mixed up his words and misspoke. All these people picking on him for it seem to be using a form of virtue signaling to draw attention to themselves to point out their own knowledge because they're so socially inept that it is the only way they know of to do this.
      Sad really, all they would've had to do to better accomplish this without looking like a jack@$$ would be to politely point out the mistake, for example ("Did anybody else notice he named a watch that doesn't exist?😂") but that would require better social skills lol

    • @jessedavis7555
      @jessedavis7555 4 месяца назад +1

      @@remylebeau2357 I guess it’s easier to say he doesn’t know anything about watches instead of just saying he got his words twisted.🤦🏼‍♂️ I agree with you Dude is a warrior not a robot. Take care

    • @stephenpena7813
      @stephenpena7813 4 месяца назад

      Dude is a killer not some rich twat who cares that much about stupid shit lmao

  • @DavidStanfield-v2f
    @DavidStanfield-v2f 4 месяца назад +2

    I’ve had a few Rolex’s in my day…never heard of a Submariner Daytona. It’s either one or the other.

  • @benturner4352
    @benturner4352 4 месяца назад +5

    Love me some timepieces. Not huge on Rolex though...too hypey. More Omega and Longines.

  • @fjb4932
    @fjb4932 4 месяца назад

    Better be Water ( not Resistant ! ) PROOF !
    Bought a Sieko watch about 19-70, $75 which was good money back then.
    Ended up in CBMU-302 Subic Bay, Philippines.
    Bridge was washed out between Subic and the communication station at San Miguel during typhoon season.
    We were tasked with repairing it. Continually soaked.
    Rained for 23 days / nights straight ( rain, drizzle, drenching, misting, whipped, downpours, torrential ).
    A week in my Sieko stopped (drowned ..."drownt" ?) went to NEX and got a Timex ( $10 ? ).
    Took a lickin' / Kept on tickin'.
    Lesson learned... ☆

  • @Wade-1
    @Wade-1 4 месяца назад +5

    Its true but they were first used for quality by military.

  • @escott3829
    @escott3829 4 месяца назад +1

    In Pulp Fiction..
    Bruce Willis Character Had His Watch On Classic Boxing Kangaroo..
    I Have My Dad's, He Used In 1960s, 70s, 80s 90s All The Way To His Death In 2001 Packed Away
    And One I Bought Off Of eBay I Use.

  • @Grayman58
    @Grayman58 4 месяца назад +14

    I've got a timex ...I gess iam going to spend time with abdoul the towel boy

  • @hanzo3188
    @hanzo3188 4 месяца назад

    Shawn actually said this himself in a very old video pre podcast days. He was referring to being in any type of denied area and having a universal currency. Good on him for not saying " yeah I've actually said this before" .

  • @namu5583
    @namu5583 4 месяца назад +3

    I hate jump cuts on talking heads. You had 2 cameras, use it!

  • @mikebougiamas3418
    @mikebougiamas3418 4 месяца назад

    “Bedside table. On the kangaroo. I said the words, ‘DON’T FORGET MY FATHER’S WATCH!’”

  • @brianc0019
    @brianc0019 4 месяца назад +8

    Sky Dweller is the absolute best Rolex along with a Celini or 1908. ✅

  • @aaronbutler8061
    @aaronbutler8061 4 месяца назад

    This reminds me of a tip given in a survival manual. Don’t carry gold coins, carry gold rings. If you’re in a situation where you need to bribe someone and you give them a gold coin, it May run through their head that you have more. However, if you offer them the “wedding ring” off your finger, it appears that you’re giving something very dear to you.

  • @samoliver9132
    @samoliver9132 4 месяца назад +8

    Why does Ronin look like the Asian Shawn😂

  • @wndwsyt8786
    @wndwsyt8786 4 месяца назад +1

    “Submariner Daytona”😂