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imagine if you will a
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gift I'd like for you to picture it in
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your mind it's not too big about the
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size of a golf ball so Envision what it
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looks like all wrapped up
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before I show you what's inside I will
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tell you it's going to do incredible
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things for you it will bring all of your
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family together you will feel loved and
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appreciated like never before and
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reconnect with friends and acquaintances
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you haven't heard from in years
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adoration and admiration will overwhelm
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you it will recalibrate what's most
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important in your life it will redefine
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your sense of spirituality and faith
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you'll have a new understanding and
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Trust in your body you'll have
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unsurpassed vitality and energy you'll
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expand your vocabulary meet new people
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and you'll have a healthier
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lifestyle and get this you'll have an
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8-week vacation of doing absolutely
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nothing you'll eat countless gourmet
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meals flowers will arrive by the
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truckload people will say to you you
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look great have you had any work
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done and you'll have a lifetime supply
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of good
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drugs you'll be
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challenged
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inspired motivated and
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humbled your life will have new
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meaning peace health Serenity
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happiness
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Nirvana the price
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$55,000 and that's an incredible deal
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by now I know you're dying to know what
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it is and where you can get one does
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Amazon carry it does it have the Apple
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logo on it is there a waiting
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list not
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likely this gift came to me about 5
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months ago and looked more like this
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when it was all wrapped up not quite so
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pretty and
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this and then
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this it was a rare gem a brain
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tumor himango
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blastoma the gift that keeps on
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giving and while I'm okay now I wouldn't
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wish this gift for you I'm not sure
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you'd want it but I wouldn't change my
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experience it profoundly altered my life
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in ways I didn't expect in all the ways
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I just shared with you so the next time
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you're faced with something that's
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unexpected
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unwanted and
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uncertain consider that it just may be a
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gift let to
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[Music]
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say the Precision of a watch is a
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function of its movement for Rolex and
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for Hans widoff to guarantee the the
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Precision of a Time piece the pressing
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question was how to protect the movement
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itself from the elements not only water
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but also tiny particles of
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dust in 1926 a major step was taken with
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the creation of the world's first
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waterproof and dust proof
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wristwatch the Rolex Oyster was
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born over the years subtle changes in
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the design continue to improve the
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oyster adding more Comfort while keeping
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the style
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temporary and along with style more
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functions have been added a Rolex
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wristwatch was the first to show the
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date through a small aperture on the
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face it was also the first wristwatch to
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spell out the day of the week in
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[Music]
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full in the early 1950s Rolex developed
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professional watches whose functions
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went far beyond telling the time
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launched in 1953 the Submariner was the
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first Rolex watch guaranteed waterproof
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to a depth of 330
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ft already on an incredible journey of
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innovation and design Rolex decided to
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push the boundaries even
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further in 1960 the bisav triest and
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Rolex made history the submersible
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successfully dived to
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35,800 Ft below the surface of the ocean
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a Rolex deep sea special was strapped to
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the outside
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the development of undersea exploration
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led to the launching in 1967 of the sea
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dweller 2000 waterproof to a depth of
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2,000
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ft in 2008 the Submariner in gold is
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redesigned and the case features a new
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unidirectional rotatable bezel with a
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serron
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disc fitted with the patented Rolex ring
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lock system the Rolex deep SE safely
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descends to
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12,800
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Ft Rolex has incorporated countless
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hours and More Than A Century of
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experience years of research Innovation
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and development into every one of its
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models and the benefits arising from
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this work including waterproofness
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precision and durability are the result
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of rolex's continuous pursuit of
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perfection from the most elegant and
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prestigious models to the professional
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time pieces all are exquisitely
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crafted piece by piece we design and
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manufacture every single
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