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Anonymous wrote:Yuck. I have always hated Rolex. So gaudy.

The gaudy watch that is the most copied in the world. A brushed steel bracelet, black bezel, no date, no cyclops and the best clasp in the business. I’m beginning to think the PP doesn’t know what gaudy means.

Rolex is one of the overhyped luxury brands I’ve purchased only to find I’m very happy with it and the hype was deserved! I was just marveling the other day how this clasp is still so tight and functioning just well as it did when I purchased the watch over a decade ago. I don’t baby it, just wipe dirt of it once in awhile, and I’ve only gotten it serviced once.

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Anonymous wrote:Nearly all of the richest men I know age 45 to 70 wear basic $300 Apple Watches. Rolex is like a first gen foreigner thing. And maybe a retired boomer thing.

With a blazer or suit? How gauche.

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Anonymous wrote:Yuck. I have always hated Rolex. So gaudy.

The gaudy watch that is the most copied in the world. A brushed steel bracelet, black bezel, no date, no cyclops and the best clasp in the business. I’m beginning to think the PP doesn’t know what gaudy means.

Anonymous wrote:Nearly all of the richest men I know age 45 to 70 wear basic $300 Apple Watches. Rolex is like a first gen foreigner thing. And maybe a retired boomer thing.

Anonymous wrote:Yuck. I have always hated Rolex. So gaudy.

Anonymous wrote:Yuck. I have always hated Rolex. So gaudy.

Anonymous wrote:Yuck. I have always hated Rolex. So gaudy.

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Anonymous wrote:It's the McDonald's of luxury watches. Everyone has one.

Most other luxury watches sit in cases unsold. They’re not more accurate than Rolex watches. They’re not more robust. They’re generally not more water resistant.

Are people upset that they can’t walk into a Rolex AD any day and buy a Submariner, Explorer II or Daytona? The demand for those watches is so great that customers need to get in the queue.

So? Sounds like a Birkin.

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Anonymous wrote:Rolex is for amateurs. The really rich are buying Richard Mills timepieces.

No. When you have personal assistants following you everywhere, you don't need a watch.

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Anonymous wrote:It's the McDonald's of luxury watches. Everyone has one.

How many watches appreciate in value
when you walk out of the store?

Bingo…

The world is full of collectables & other crap that supposedly appreciate. But it seems like most of that stuff gets lost, broken, or sold for a loss at estate sales or flea markets.

A new Rolex no-date Submariner in steel retails for $10,050 at an authorized dealer. As soon as you walk out of the store it appreciates by $2,000 - $5,000.

At the AD a steel GMT-Master II Pepsi on a jubilee bracelet retails for $12,000. When you cross the threshold it appreciates by $12,000+.

A steel Rolex Daytona retails for $16,900. You could immediately sell it for $35,000+.

This makes no sense to me.

Waitlists for these watches are 3-7 years long IF you’re a good customer at the store. Many don’t want to wait and choose to buy them on the secondary market where people flip watches to make thousands.

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Anonymous wrote:It's the McDonald's of luxury watches. Everyone has one.

Most other luxury watches sit in cases unsold. They’re not more accurate than Rolex watches. They’re not more robust. They’re generally not more water resistant.

Are people upset that they can’t walk into a Rolex AD any day and buy a Submariner, Explorer II or Daytona? The demand for those watches is so great that customers need to get in the queue.

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Anonymous wrote:I cherish my Rolexes. I wear one every day. I have ones handed am down from family members, ones I bought to commemorate a milestone, and some I bought just on a whim.

You should cherish them. They are both aspirational and timeless classics. Which ones do you have?