Yeh they did that sort off thing back in the day, a single young man on a good wage having most of his living expenses payed by Uncle Sam they often saved up to buy a Rolex and they were very popular amongst the troops......THE only catch? you get to keep and enjoy the watch only IF you don’t get shit minced by Charlie, The Dirty V.C Bastards!The other day I was chatting in person with a 70 something old Marine who was a Vietnam War vet and I noticed he wore an old immaculate Rolex with a green dial and just the date. When queried he said be bought it in SE Asia during the war and that just recently he had a jeweler appraise it for $13,000 U.S. He also stated that he had a black one just like it.