Rolex "eaten by a cow"

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Well if I was Rolex I'd try to steer the narrative and milk this story for everything it's worth,
 
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Well if I was Rolex I'd try to steer the narrative and milk this story for everything it's worth,

The cow first walked up Mt Everest… that kind of thing?
 
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Not so sure about that - we used to place magnets in cows to prevent hardware disease caused by swallowed ferrous metals
Yeah, but a cow would not willingly swallow a magnet by itself. You have to use a special gun and jam it into the throat of a cow and push the magnet down.
 
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Over the years I've seen some odd stuff in cow shit!

What kind of stuff?
 
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Well if I was Rolex I'd try to steer the narrative and milk this story for everything it's worth,

"This is our latest production advancement - we have cows shitting them out."
 
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Yeah, but a cow would not willingly swallow a magnet by itself. You have to use a special gun and jam it into the throat of a cow and push the magnet down.
I once had an occasional job making these guns. For sheep too -- a bit smaller. Oh, they were intended to shoot medicinal pills down the livestock's throats, not Rolexes, or magnets.
 
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Driving my dad's Cortina Mk3 was an exercise in herding cows. "Left a bit, left! Nooo, not that much, right, RIGHT...". So I can see the attraction for cows.

It was a TC series Cortina the equivalent model it the UK was a MK 3 they looked much same but Ford Oz re-engineered the design to suit local conditions and to include 3.3 and 4.1 litre inline 6 cylinder engines
 
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What kind of stuff?

Most of it seems to be plastic, it's origin not always identifiable, but plastic from packaging, bag etc. bits of poly irrigation pipe, man made fibre like nylon rope. Leather oddly enough.
You have to be careful what you leave in the paddock as the buggers will investigate everything they are very curios.
Of course rubbish getting blown in is a problem as is arseholes dumping stuff on your land.
 
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Not so sure about that - we used to place magnets in cows to prevent hardware disease caused by swallowed ferrous metals

I spent a day doing that once, part of the 4H club
 
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It was a TC series Cortina the equivalent model it the UK was a MK 3 they looked much same but Ford Oz re-engineered the design to suit local conditions and to include 3.3 and 4.1 litre inline 6 cylinder engines
Back in the late 80s my mate had TC.
He was in a rush to get to work at Western General and attempted to undertake a tram down Gordon street near the old defence facility.
Unfortunatley he cut it too close and punched the corner of a parked car as he shot out in front of the tram.
Damage to the Cortina? About $50 for paint scratches and bumper replacement.
Damage to the Honda Prelude 4WS? About $15+K.

Those Cortina sixes were tough stuff.
 
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My evil sister had one of those Honda Prelude 4WS.....what a shit magnet every man and his dog crashed into that car, damned thing spent most of it life at the panel beaters shop... it was no longer straighted out and it would be back to the panel whackers!
That car had more hits than Elvis!
 
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Add milk, pasteurization and fertilizer to the long list of inventions credited to Rolex and its marketing department. 🙄
 
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Add milk, pasteurization and fertilizer to the long list of inventions credited to Rolex and its marketing department. 🙄

Don't forget steak and leather!
 
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Add milk, pasteurization and fertilizer to the long list of inventions credited to Rolex and its marketing department. 🙄

And the yo-yo 🙄
 
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Here is the video of this very watch being opened for service and restoration.
 
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Now that is a rolex I would like. Muted the vid and skimmed ahead to the actual opening. No real need for the guys mug in the thing. These things are more and more for entertaining clicks. Would be interesting to see the actual restoration. That though is likely to be boring and time consuming as it can take weeks in the pickel and pentrating oils. Doubt much of the iron can be saved. Most likely the movement would be swapped. This one might look good in a block of acrylic, as a paperweight.