Unused Rolex 16600 V series... keep it new or wear it?

[13m]

I'm struggling with my self-control at the moment.

A local dealer and I did swapsies on a couple of watches and I now have on my desk a new, unworn, 2010 V series Rolex Sea Dweller.

My sensible half says put it in the safe.

My other 60% says peel off the stickers and wear it.

Help me find strength someone....

[Variomatic]

It's a watch. Its raison d'etre is to be worn.

So wear it.

[glazbagun]

Sell it and buy a worn one to wear?

[GoBig]

Wear it or else sell it and buy something you will wear.

I have a Z serial 16600 and it's never off the wrist.

[13m]

glazbagun said:

Sell it and buy a worn one to wear?

It was frustration with selling watches that led me to own it. Ebay was constant "wots yer best price m8" and when a local dealer offered me a fair exchange I was keen.

[Trev450]

If you don't wear it you are only preserving it for someone else's benefit.

[Variomatic]

Really not helping you find strength here, are we?

[13m]

Variomatic said:

Really not helping you find strength here, are we?

No you bloody aren't you batards.

I envisage that before the evening is out I'll have a spare link and a couple of thousand quid of peeled off protective stickers on my desk.

[GoBig]

13m said:

Variomatic said:

Really not helping you find strength here, are we?

No you bloody aren't you batards.

I envisage that before the evening is out I'll have a spare link and a couple of thousand quid of peeled off protective stickers on my desk.

Good man.

[ellroy]

Open a decent bottle of red.

Sit back, contemplate life, the future, what you've achieved to be able to afford such a nice thing, the sacrifices made to get the cash together. Think what would the son or daughter you'd leave the watch to do with it. Would they appreciate all that you did to get it?

Then rip the stickers off and put on your wrist you big wendy.

[13m]

You lot. Yes you. It's all your fault.

[037]

Brill! Enjoy putting it on in the morning.

[SirSquidalot]

Good man! Watches are for wearing!

[mikees]

It's like low mileage cars. Not using till the next owner can. Do you apply the same rules to your wife.


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[GoBig]

13m said:

You lot. Yes you. It's all your fault.

Worthless now.

[ellroy]

We were joking!

[rog007]

I bet it was a double bluff and he used a picture off the Internet...at least I hope so!

[rat840771]

I went into dealers at the weekend and tried the new sea dweller (£5.9k!) against my 2001 sea dweller. To be honest I think I prefer the face on my watch as the markers were smaller. At least on new watch the strap was decent and had a sold clasp and solid links.

I enquired about a new strap for a mine, £900 to replace! It's a shame that the new version of the bracelet wont fit onto mine.

The woman in the shop, told me to never sell my watch and just buy the new one on interest free credit ( I don't have a spare 5.9k to spend on a watch)

I think I'm going to book mine in for a service and restore it back to tip top condition with the exception of the worn bracelet!

[soad]

"A new Rolex comes pristine out of the box, with a freshly polished finish that few hands have touched. Keeping a Rolex pristine essentially means not wearing it. Some watch collectors consider some of their watches “safe queens” whereby most of the time the watch sits in a safe away from the activities with which it was designed. Like rare automobiles where they are driven only in shows and tucked away in storage, a “Safe Queen” Rolex only comes out on special occasions or special events."

http://www.fourtane.com/fourtane-blog/wear-your-ro...

[Lorne]

Good choice to wear it. Excellent choice in fact!

Don't forget this is pistonheads, and who in the right mind would buy a pristine delivery mileage sports car and then never drive the thing? You'd have to be bonkers.

Anyway, you can always do what the last bloke that owned the watch did; wear the watch, keep the stickers, polish it up when you want to sell it, and then put the stickers back on. Known to the watch owning fraternity as having your cake and eating it. Known to the pistonheads fraternity as disconnecting the speedo and having a whale of a time.