Is 15 too young for a Rolex?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My parents gave me a fake Rolex from Tijuana at that age. Girl. This was in the early 90s. I loved it.

I got a fake Rolex in an auction lot. It's hilarious.

I can't even sell it. Apparently it's illegal to even list it on Ebay or Marketplace because it's counterfeit. (I'd point out that it's counterfeit in the listing -- not looking to scam anyone. But surely someone might pay $25 or $30 for it lol)

What if you don't mention the word "Rolex"? Surely you can sell a watch without citing a brand name?

[Anonymous]

I got one at 18. No idea what happened to it over the years. It is a wasted gift IMO, unless you are strictly going to monitor it.

Get him a skateboard or something he can and will actually use.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:About a month ago I stopped into the jeweler our family does business with to put my name on a list for a Rolex. The plan was to give it to my son on his 16th birthday in March of 2027. Friends told me it can take a while to get one. Out of the blue I got a call this weekend. The watch arrived Friday afternoon. Am I crazy to give it to him for his 15th birthday?

Rolex screams parvenu, my dear, but you are free to do whatever you want. Your son probably relies on his phone, but if HE wants a watch, and of the Rolex type, why not? Maybe you should ask him first.

I’m certainly not buying him a Nautilus or Royal Oak. His group of friends have all developed an interest in mechanical watches suddenly.

Watch person here. Rolex is like the McDonald's of decent watches. They sell 1.1 million watches a year and pretend to be "exclusive". People buy Rolex because it's the only brand they know.

Get him an IWC, Grand Seiko, or even a Blancpain for 1/3 of the price of the Rolex.

IWC invited us to their F.A. Jones Portugieser release years ago. They make excellent watches. If he wanted a pilot’s watch they’d be our choice. He wants a diver and the Aquatimer isn’t exciting.

Grand Seiko is meh. I know, hi-beat movements and their Spring Drive are popular with the watch nerds. I appreciate the discipline of Zaratsu polishing more than their designs. Their divers are pedestrian.

Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms is just ugly.

I’d prefer to buy him a Sinn diver for a third of the price but he expressed an interest in a Sub.

Sinn is a great choice, and a good "starter" watch. See if he can manage not to lose it.

[Anonymous]

OP.

Sigh.

Rolex is crass, OK? Rolex is for ignorant, not-actually-rich people who want to flaunt their not-wealth, or for people with more money than sense. It's pathetic.

If he's in a group that suddenly is interested in Rolexes, then tell him that his friends lack discernment and taste, and that Rolex is not a signifier he wants to show off.

You need to educate your children about what their appearance signals to others. I know youth is the time to make style mistakes. But come on - he can buy his own Rolex and make his own style mistake when he makes his own money!

Do your research and suggest something more tasteful.

My kid is a musician and wished ardently for a better sounding instrument. Since she plays well, I bought an 85K instrument with great sound. She plays every day, and I hear my investment every day. Hence, I'm not opposed to spending large sums on kids, not at all! But come on. Exercise a little taste, why don't you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP.

Sigh.

Rolex is crass, OK? Rolex is for ignorant, not-actually-rich people who want to flaunt their not-wealth, or for people with more money than sense. It's pathetic.

If he's in a group that suddenly is interested in Rolexes, then tell him that his friends lack discernment and taste, and that Rolex is not a signifier he wants to show off.

You need to educate your children about what their appearance signals to others. I know youth is the time to make style mistakes. But come on - he can buy his own Rolex and make his own style mistake when he makes his own money!

Do your research and suggest something more tasteful.

My kid is a musician and wished ardently for a better sounding instrument. Since she plays well, I bought an 85K instrument with great sound. She plays every day, and I hear my investment every day. Hence, I'm not opposed to spending large sums on kids, not at all! But come on. Exercise a little taste, why don't you.

What instrument?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP.

Sigh.

Rolex is crass, OK? Rolex is for ignorant, not-actually-rich people who want to flaunt their not-wealth, or for people with more money than sense. It's pathetic.

If he's in a group that suddenly is interested in Rolexes, then tell him that his friends lack discernment and taste, and that Rolex is not a signifier he wants to show off.

You need to educate your children about what their appearance signals to others. I know youth is the time to make style mistakes. But come on - he can buy his own Rolex and make his own style mistake when he makes his own money!

Do your research and suggest something more tasteful.

My kid is a musician and wished ardently for a better sounding instrument. Since she plays well, I bought an 85K instrument with great sound. She plays every day, and I hear my investment every day. Hence, I'm not opposed to spending large sums on kids, not at all! But come on. Exercise a little taste, why don't you.

What makes a Rolex crass? A Submariner is literally an icon of the watch world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP.

Sigh.

Rolex is crass, OK? Rolex is for ignorant, not-actually-rich people who want to flaunt their not-wealth, or for people with more money than sense. It's pathetic.

If he's in a group that suddenly is interested in Rolexes, then tell him that his friends lack discernment and taste, and that Rolex is not a signifier he wants to show off.

You need to educate your children about what their appearance signals to others. I know youth is the time to make style mistakes. But come on - he can buy his own Rolex and make his own style mistake when he makes his own money!

Do your research and suggest something more tasteful.

My kid is a musician and wished ardently for a better sounding instrument. Since she plays well, I bought an 85K instrument with great sound. She plays every day, and I hear my investment every day. Hence, I'm not opposed to spending large sums on kids, not at all! But come on. Exercise a little taste, why don't you.

Do you know any wealthy people? That's what I thought. Or you haven't been looking at their wrists. Plenty of them, especially sporty ones, wear Rolex watches. It's not "pathetic," lol. It's just a watch.

Goodness, the amount of made-up nonsense on DCUM. All of it said with authority, lol. Pretty entertaining.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP.

Sigh.

Rolex is crass, OK? Rolex is for ignorant, not-actually-rich people who want to flaunt their not-wealth, or for people with more money than sense. It's pathetic.

If he's in a group that suddenly is interested in Rolexes, then tell him that his friends lack discernment and taste, and that Rolex is not a signifier he wants to show off.

You need to educate your children about what their appearance signals to others. I know youth is the time to make style mistakes. But come on - he can buy his own Rolex and make his own style mistake when he makes his own money!

Do your research and suggest something more tasteful.

My kid is a musician and wished ardently for a better sounding instrument. Since she plays well, I bought an 85K instrument with great sound. She plays every day, and I hear my investment every day. Hence, I'm not opposed to spending large sums on kids, not at all! But come on. Exercise a little taste, why don't you.

What instrument?

There isn't one. That PP is working on their creative writing skills.

[Anonymous]

I had no idea teens wore watches anymore. I’d get him something else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP.

Sigh.

Rolex is crass, OK? Rolex is for ignorant, not-actually-rich people who want to flaunt their not-wealth, or for people with more money than sense. It's pathetic.

If he's in a group that suddenly is interested in Rolexes, then tell him that his friends lack discernment and taste, and that Rolex is not a signifier he wants to show off.

You need to educate your children about what their appearance signals to others. I know youth is the time to make style mistakes. But come on - he can buy his own Rolex and make his own style mistake when he makes his own money!

Do your research and suggest something more tasteful.

My kid is a musician and wished ardently for a better sounding instrument. Since she plays well, I bought an 85K instrument with great sound. She plays every day, and I hear my investment every day. Hence, I'm not opposed to spending large sums on kids, not at all! But come on. Exercise a little taste, why don't you.

What instrument?

There isn't one. That PP is working on their creative writing skills.

Sorry to disappoint, it's a violin and bow. Why would I make this up? I didn't buy her a 15M Stradivarius. I do know some Russian billionaires who buy their teens Stradivarius-level violins... but I'm not at that level of wealth, or ridiculousness

And I stand by what I said about Rolexes. It's only the tasteless people, rich or not rich, who buy them. No, the Submariner is not well regarded. If you can write such drivel, you know nothing about the upper crust watch world. I do know what I'm talking about, despite not having a personal interest in watches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP.

Sigh.

Rolex is crass, OK? Rolex is for ignorant, not-actually-rich people who want to flaunt their not-wealth, or for people with more money than sense. It's pathetic.

If he's in a group that suddenly is interested in Rolexes, then tell him that his friends lack discernment and taste, and that Rolex is not a signifier he wants to show off.

You need to educate your children about what their appearance signals to others. I know youth is the time to make style mistakes. But come on - he can buy his own Rolex and make his own style mistake when he makes his own money!

Do your research and suggest something more tasteful.

My kid is a musician and wished ardently for a better sounding instrument. Since she plays well, I bought an 85K instrument with great sound. She plays every day, and I hear my investment every day. Hence, I'm not opposed to spending large sums on kids, not at all! But come on. Exercise a little taste, why don't you.

What instrument?

There isn't one. That PP is working on their creative writing skills.

Sorry to disappoint, it's a violin and bow. Why would I make this up? I didn't buy her a 15M Stradivarius. I do know some Russian billionaires who buy their teens Stradivarius-level violins... but I'm not at that level of wealth, or ridiculousness

And I stand by what I said about Rolexes. It's only the tasteless people, rich or not rich, who buy them. No, the Submariner is not well regarded. If you can write such drivel, you know nothing about the upper crust watch world. I do know what I'm talking about, despite not having a personal interest in watches.

NP here. The horror of not knowing about the upper crust watch world. 😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:About a month ago I stopped into the jeweler our family does business with to put my name on a list for a Rolex. The plan was to give it to my son on his 16th birthday in March of 2027. Friends told me it can take a while to get one. Out of the blue I got a call this weekend. The watch arrived Friday afternoon. Am I crazy to give it to him for his 15th birthday?

Rolex screams parvenu, my dear, but you are free to do whatever you want. Your son probably relies on his phone, but if HE wants a watch, and of the Rolex type, why not? Maybe you should ask him first.

I’m certainly not buying him a Nautilus or Royal Oak. His group of friends have all developed an interest in mechanical watches suddenly.

Watch person here. Rolex is like the McDonald's of decent watches. They sell 1.1 million watches a year and pretend to be "exclusive". People buy Rolex because it's the only brand they know.

Get him an IWC, Grand Seiko, or even a Blancpain for 1/3 of the price of the Rolex.

IWC invited us to their F.A. Jones Portugieser release years ago. They make excellent watches. If he wanted a pilot’s watch they’d be our choice. He wants a diver and the Aquatimer isn’t exciting.

Grand Seiko is meh. I know, hi-beat movements and their Spring Drive are popular with the watch nerds. I appreciate the discipline of Zaratsu polishing more than their designs. Their divers are pedestrian.

Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms is just ugly.

I’d prefer to buy him a Sinn diver for a third of the price but he expressed an interest in a Sub.

Oh god. Watch people, and SNOOTY watch people at that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:About a month ago I stopped into the jeweler our family does business with to put my name on a list for a Rolex. The plan was to give it to my son on his 16th birthday in March of 2027. Friends told me it can take a while to get one. Out of the blue I got a call this weekend. The watch arrived Friday afternoon. Am I crazy to give it to him for his 15th birthday?

Rolex screams parvenu, my dear, but you are free to do whatever you want. Your son probably relies on his phone, but if HE wants a watch, and of the Rolex type, why not? Maybe you should ask him first.

I’m certainly not buying him a Nautilus or Royal Oak. His group of friends have all developed an interest in mechanical watches suddenly.

His friends have the interest but does he have an interest? I’ll play along, on the chance this post is real. My kids wouldn’t want this so I say no. They would want a car.

I’m not opposed to expensive gifts if you can afford them. We bought our oldest a car and will buy our second kid one at 16. We would never spend thousands on a watch.

He’ll get a car when he gets his license. I’m talking about a birthday gift specifically.

OP, if your 15 year old is given the best of everything, what is there to aim for?

[Anonymous]

Get him a seiko

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP.

Sigh.

Rolex is crass, OK? Rolex is for ignorant, not-actually-rich people who want to flaunt their not-wealth, or for people with more money than sense. It's pathetic.

If he's in a group that suddenly is interested in Rolexes, then tell him that his friends lack discernment and taste, and that Rolex is not a signifier he wants to show off.

You need to educate your children about what their appearance signals to others. I know youth is the time to make style mistakes. But come on - he can buy his own Rolex and make his own style mistake when he makes his own money!

Do your research and suggest something more tasteful.

My kid is a musician and wished ardently for a better sounding instrument. Since she plays well, I bought an 85K instrument with great sound. She plays every day, and I hear my investment every day. Hence, I'm not opposed to spending large sums on kids, not at all! But come on. Exercise a little taste, why don't you.

What instrument?

There isn't one. That PP is working on their creative writing skills.

Sorry to disappoint, it's a violin and bow. Why would I make this up? I didn't buy her a 15M Stradivarius. I do know some Russian billionaires who buy their teens Stradivarius-level violins... but I'm not at that level of wealth, or ridiculousness

And I stand by what I said about Rolexes. It's only the tasteless people, rich or not rich, who buy them. No, the Submariner is not well regarded. If you can write such drivel, you know nothing about the upper crust watch world. I do know what I'm talking about, despite not having a personal interest in watches.

Borderline personality disorder. Histrionic personality disorder. In other words, mental illness. There are a lot of people posting made up stuff, akin to this, on DCUM everyday for this reason. You. Have. Mental. Illness. Whether you know it, or not. My guess? You know it, and don't care.