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I have noticed this post rather late and what I would have said is pretty much what others have already done! if it is any consolation, you are not alone and if you ask most people you meet how they feel, the answer would a very much be similar to yours! There are those that put on a good show but deep inside them, all have a story to tell but prefer to be in denial or maybe it is just a way to cope! You have done well to get it off your chest! Bottling up is not always the answer! I too, find that almost everywhere I look, there is something not right! It is sometimes all the little things that just add up and before I can blink, I get into an emotional melt down! It ranges from a leaky tap that I have attended to several times, the car playing up after having spent my half years savings to get right, the hot water boiler just giving cold water soon after the warranty has expired, someone I care for in hospital, etc,,,,I therefore look for something to cope, but then before I know it, I have noticed that there isn’t an angle that is right in the 360” circle. Then there is the current world situations! Where does it end? I often ask is it me or is it just life? It feels like every small move is a climb to Everest!, I then say to myself I would rather have things the way they are than for them to be worse!!! Period!! Coincidentally, today is the 8th anniversary of my fathers passing and in his last years of life I was unhappy, but looking back I was happier then than I am now missing him today! As Timelord has said, hang in there and all I will add is that no matter how dark it gets, midnight will turn to dawn and then the sun will rise! Enjoy your lovely collection and just add or trade to your liking! Life is there to be enjoyed! Follow the sun!

I'm sure some of you remember Donerix's post about the Rolex Commando from way back A few weeks ago I ran across a Commando dial on a website- MoChaCha.org. I saw this over on RWI and a few of the guys had been buying dials from MoChaCha and were happy with them- mostly vintage Submariner dials, I believe. Recently a friend built a Commando watch for me He did the dial himself and installed it in a 36mm Riyi case with lugholes and powered it with a 2824-2 Swiss, installed a plastic crystal and a gen Rolex bezel. The hands came from Ofrei, I believe. I've been very happy with the watch and even change out the bracelet/straps from time to time I realize it's not a 34mm manual wind watch like the original- I guess it's closer to a 1016 build, but the 2824-2 sure is nice.

"it was the cheapest rolex offered at that time..." I never have seen a Commando. If I ever have one it will have to be a project. I did buy one manual winder back then though...paid $115 out the door for a nib rlx 6430 Speed King on a leather strap in 1972 at a local rlx AD. They did not have any 34mm manual wind models in the store at the time. Friend of mine bought a new rlx 6466 manual wind date in a US Army exchange for $64 in 1964 or '65 on an oyster bracelet. He wore it two tours in Vietnam and sold it to me in 1992. Still have it but the bracelet was worn out when I got it. Seventeen years later prices had jumped up quite a bit for manual wind models... In 1989 bought a nib rlx 6694 at an AD for $900 + tax. Probably the list price because I bought it on the 'rolex plan'...one year to pay with no interest. I wanted it because they were discontinued. Still have the 6430 and 6694 in nos condition. I wore a 214 Accutron back then and just never sold or traded them. New automatic no dates... In 1994 bought a nib AK 5500 from a 'reseller' for $990 and another one later in the year for $900 nib from another reseller. Iirc they were about $1250 retail.