Yacht-Master 116655
Discussion
I tried one on at the Rolex shop at LeMans this year - very, very nice to hold and wear - the oysterflex strap / bracelet is very nice after wearing a metal bracelet for so long.
If I had a spare £16,000+ sloshing around the current account, I might be tempted. I don't, so it won't happen this side of a modest lottery win.
I'd guess that un-worn pre-owned is probably the best way to own one without taking a hit on value.
I'm also led to believe that the gold models mark quite easily in normal wear, so it would be difficult to keep pristine.
If I had a spare £16,000+ sloshing around the current account, I might be tempted. I don't, so it won't happen this side of a modest lottery win.
I'd guess that un-worn pre-owned is probably the best way to own one without taking a hit on value.
I'm also led to believe that the gold models mark quite easily in normal wear, so it would be difficult to keep pristine.
BrewsterBear said:
I really like these, but it seems a lot of money for not a lot of precious metal. I appreciate that you don't buy one to have a gold chain on your wrist, but when compared to other precious metal Rolex watches it does seems expensive.
Not really, a Day-Date is £25k+ with bracelet, so £16,650 for a 40mm watch on rubber seems about rightbobbybee said:
Not really, a Day-Date is £25k+ with bracelet, so £16,650 for a 40mm watch on rubber seems about right
But a Day-Date has the complications and is a dress watch. A better comparison would be a gold Sub with gold bracelet. The Yachtmaster looks like a lovely watch and I've seen one in the flesh a couple of times in airports, but I couldn't bring myself to spend £16k on a gold case, a movement with date only, and a rubber strap.GCH said:
BrewsterBear said:
But a Day-Date has the complications and is a dress watch.
Day-Dates are superb - I have taken a shine to one in particular in RG - but dress watches are, slim, time only, on a leather strap, and with no date or other complications.
A day date is a dress watch, can also be worn casual depending on the owner/circumstances- there is a 36 mm version as well which is small enough and in white gold discreet enough.
There is no criteria for dress watches and complications. By your crazy definition what would you call a Patek 5146 if not a dress watch? Or do you class that as something to wear down the gym maybe...
Chad_Hugo said:
GCH said:
BrewsterBear said:
But a Day-Date has the complications and is a dress watch.
Day-Dates are superb - I have taken a shine to one in particular in RG - but dress watches are, slim, time only, on a leather strap, and with no date or other complications.
13m said:
No, he didn't just make it up. Traditionally a dress watch is small, thin, on a strap and with only hours, minutes and seconds. A date complication possibly.
Might not even have a second hand.Back to the YM - I usually quite dislike gold watches but I've tried one of these on & really liked it.
I really like these too, tried one on at Abu Dhabi Airport and it was superb. However I agree with some of the comments, not sure if £16k for a RG dial on rubber quite works for me, and the RG is dressy but the Rubber is casual so it calls into question when you'd actually wear it.....RG Daytona or AP Royal Oak on leather probably appeal to me a bit more, but a lovely watch nonetheless in my opinion
You could get the look with a Submariner and a Rubber B strap. I think it looks pretty good and makes more sense with a steel diver.
http://rubberb.com/en/rolex-watch-band-products/ro...
One of the thumbnails on that page shows a gold SubC too.
http://rubberb.com/en/rolex-watch-band-products/ro...
One of the thumbnails on that page shows a gold SubC too.
It's probably about a 100 gram gold outer case, which means around £3,000 worth of gold. If you have a gold bracelet as well then that'll be another 150 grams or so. Gold is quite a lot heavier than steel so in all gold you'll end up with over a quarter of a kilo sitting on your left wrist. This isn't a problem though, because apparently most people that wear solid gold Rolexes have very well developed right wrist muscles so need the weight on the left to balance things out. :-)
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