Kobold Replica Watches Nepal: Thundu Sherpa, Watchmaker, Dies On Mount Everest Following Earthquake

As I explained at length in The Kathmandu Backstory: Michael Kobold And Sir Ranulph Fiennes On Conquering Everest, Being Loyal, And Literally Exercising Gratitude, Kobold Expedition Tools (formerly Kobold Watches) opened a subsidiary in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2015 called Kobold rolex replica watches for men Watch Company Nepal (Pvt.) Ltd.

The short form of the story goes that the lives of Michael Kobold, his wife, and some of their party were saved by the Sherpas that accompanied them on three Mount Everest summit bids.

He was grateful and decided to open a wholesale fake watch subsidiary so that Namgel and Thundu Sherpa would have less dangerous jobs and still be able to provide for their families. He first brought them to his Pittsburgh headquarters to train them as watchmakers.

In 2012, Kobold opened a quaint workshop equipped with solid, custom-made benches crafted from local wood. The now-trained Sherpas used these to assemble and service a fashion watch model called the Himalaya, which is housed in a 44 mm stainless steel case made in the U.S.A. That model's stone dial bore the words "made in Nepal."

This was all fine and good until the great earthquake that destroyed most of Kathmandu struck on April 25, 2015. That earthquake also destroyed Kobold Watch Company Nepal (Pvt.) Ltd and restricted the Sherpas' income, which continued to deteriorate because Nepal's tourism industry went into major decline after the continuing earthquakes. So even though the luxury watch business could be somewhat put back on its feet there were no tourists to buy watches. Kobold Watch Company Nepal (Pvt.) Ltd began to focus its efforts on handcrafted leather accessories instead, but it wasn't enough.

Thundu Sherpa's mother was quite ill and, as Kobold explained to me, "He did what all Sherpa men strive to do: he went climbing because it's the most well-paying job."

Unfortunately, disaster struck Nepal yet again as another earthquake hit on November 28, 2016.

Only this time, 46-year-old Thundu Sherpa was leading a group of mountaineers from the United Kingdom on Mount Everest. Thundu Sherpa, one of only two Nepalese rolex submariner replica watchmakers to ever exist, lost his life in the wake of an avalanche caused by that earthquake.

Kobold published a fitting tribute to Thundu Sherpa in the Nepali Times, which is well worth a read here.

"In Sherpa culture, the men are the breadwinners; the women often don't have paying jobs," Kobold told me. "So now our main concern is to ease suffering by raising funds for his two young boys' educations and living expenses."

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Fellows November Watch Sale Snags £79 For Two Replica Rolex Paul Newman Daytonas

The Fellows auction house rolex replica Watch Sale on November 29 set a new record for the sale price of a single watch for the business.

The November edition of the monthly replica rolex day-date 36mm everose gold fluted bezel watch auction was a bumper sale for Fellows, which also celebrated its 140th anniversary around the event.

Rolex was once again the star brand of the sale, with two replica Rolex "Paul Newman" Daytona watches selling for £79 and £1360 respectively.


Lot 423, dated circa 1969, is the very same model seen on Paul Newman's wrist, the 6239.


The other Paul Newman Daytona, Lot 424, is an earlier rolex datejust stainless steel midsize replica watch, dated circa 1968. This model, reference 6241, is identical to the 6239 except for the bezel with its black acrylic insert.

It was not only the vintage models that caught the eye of Rolex fans in this auction. Lot 432 was a 2016 Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona chronograph bracelet fake watch that was only released in March. It beat its pre-sale estimate to sell for £12,000 on the day.

The biggest surprise of the sale was a Skipper replica rolex watches for women, Reference 7753, from Heuer that was valued at £400-600. The watch was not in the best condition, but despite, or perhaps because of, its discoloured dial, the watch was the subject of a bidding war online, in the room and over several phone lines and ultimately sold for £19,000.

The auction as a whole was very successful with 87% of all lots sold and a busy saleroom. One brand that stood out in the sale was Cartier. All Cartier pieces in The 36mm waterproof replica rolex oyster perpetual Watch Sale sold, bar one, showing that the brand's stylish designs are enduringly popular.

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