Rolex - the best watches
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I like having something knowing that most people won't know what it is. Sorta like having an old or classic car, where people who know about cars know about your car, but to the rest of the public, it's just any other car.
I see a lot of people with Rolex's, which would sort of put me off buying one. That's not to say I wouldn't have one!
It doesn't help when you get people who buy them just to pose, they do the brand no favours!
I see a lot of people with Rolex's, which would sort of put me off buying one. That's not to say I wouldn't have one!
It doesn't help when you get people who buy them just to pose, they do the brand no favours!
King Rolex said:
there's something very satisfying knowing that my Rolex watches are real... I don't care if people think they're fake, the more people who do.... the more smug I feel
I love people asking if it's real.... I hand it over to some of them and love the look on their face as they realise it's real. the ones who wouldn't know if it's real or not just get told it's fake anyway, LOL
Good one, I love telling folk my SD only cost £200 new, of course they ask "How", etc, then I tell them I brought it around 76. I love people asking if it's real.... I hand it over to some of them and love the look on their face as they realise it's real. the ones who wouldn't know if it's real or not just get told it's fake anyway, LOL
A Rolex is a great watch and each occaission has different requirements. In my opinion - Stainless Steel Rolex (any model) in a casual a sporting environment = cool. Formality requires something else (Patek, IWC, etc etc). If you want to tell the time accurately then buy something else.
Is it just me but is the hitherto friendly nature of this forum being eroded a little?
The original posters question was not well designed which is a shame as the watches he likes to deify are, in the main extremely well designed and manufactured. Most have evolved over decades (put a 60s Datejust next to a modern one and it's just like putting a 60s 911 next to a modern 911, the evolution is obvious though not as marked as the Porsche). The same is true inside the case where contunuous improvement (which is often not mentioned even by Rolex) is most certainly going on.
How can one define what is 'best'? In what context? Best made? Value for Money? Engineered? Robust / Reliable? Aesthetically Designed? Investment / Resale? Quality of manufacture? Brand Image?
Unless you are more specific with the question, the debate meanders and degenerates into punch and judy which isn't the idea on this usually gentlemanly forum.
I collect modern and vintage models including Omega, Longines, Girard-Perregaux, Patek...and I have more Rolexes than any other make for a number of reasons but none of them qualify for the term 'best'.
Unless you are counting a 1930s Rolex Prince Brancard perhaps...but that's a very personal view
So now can we go back to a bygone age of being a little more gentlemanly and constructive.....please
The original posters question was not well designed which is a shame as the watches he likes to deify are, in the main extremely well designed and manufactured. Most have evolved over decades (put a 60s Datejust next to a modern one and it's just like putting a 60s 911 next to a modern 911, the evolution is obvious though not as marked as the Porsche). The same is true inside the case where contunuous improvement (which is often not mentioned even by Rolex) is most certainly going on.
How can one define what is 'best'? In what context? Best made? Value for Money? Engineered? Robust / Reliable? Aesthetically Designed? Investment / Resale? Quality of manufacture? Brand Image?
Unless you are more specific with the question, the debate meanders and degenerates into punch and judy which isn't the idea on this usually gentlemanly forum.
I collect modern and vintage models including Omega, Longines, Girard-Perregaux, Patek...and I have more Rolexes than any other make for a number of reasons but none of them qualify for the term 'best'.
Unless you are counting a 1930s Rolex Prince Brancard perhaps...but that's a very personal view
So now can we go back to a bygone age of being a little more gentlemanly and constructive.....please
Edited by Captain Chaos on Friday 2nd January 15:03
GrifoV8 said:
A Rolex is a great watch and each occaission has different requirements. In my opinion - Stainless Steel Rolex (any model) in a casual a sporting environment = cool. Formality requires something else (Patek, IWC, etc etc). If you want to tell the time accurately then buy something else.
I'd agree with you in theory, but then I'd go and wear a dive watch with a suit. This probably makes me a bit of an oik, but I do like the feel of a big chunk of time-telling steel on my wrist.Edited by CommanderJameson on Friday 2nd January 15:19
CommanderJameson said:
GrifoV8 said:
A Rolex is a great watch and each occaission has different requirements. In my opinion - Stainless Steel Rolex (any model) in a casual a sporting environment = cool. Formality requires something else (Patek, IWC, etc etc). If you want to tell the time accurately then buy something else.
I'd agree with you in theory, but then I'd go and wear a dive watch with a suit. This probably makes me a bit of an oik, but I do like the feel of a big chunk of time-telling steel on my wrist.Edited by CommanderJameson on Friday 2nd January 15:19
GrifoV8 said:
A Rolex is a great watch and each occaission has different requirements. In my opinion - Stainless Steel Rolex (any model) in a casual a sporting environment = cool. Formality requires something else (Patek, IWC, etc etc). If you want to tell the time accurately then buy something else.
Depends what accuracy you want, my SD looses around 14 seconds a WEEK. I always set it by my kitchen radio controlled clock each Sunday.Maybe not all Rolex's are that accurate, mine didn't used to be, but since it had a service, 14 seconds a week aint to bad is it?
At the end of the day, what is the best watche is in the eye of the beholder. There was thread recently about the Rolex Datoyna, didn't like the watch at all to be honest. Sooner have my SD.
alfabadass said:
Rolex is the BMW of watches.
Spot on. Excellent design, great history (some like Vacheron have far more though), and above all the most powerful marketing machine in the premium watch world. I have one in my modest collection. But I see it for what it is.Whilst you have Patek, Vacheron, Breguet at the top, and TAG, Omega at the lower scale of the premium, along with Brietling, Rolex hog just above the middle ground.
To the OP a few questions, not meant in a provacative way:
- Seadweller, lovely watch. Is it your first 'nice' watch?
- What do you think of the old Milgauss? Wouldn't you like one of those? Very exclusive!
- The current Omega Planet Ocean has some awesome stats. It's quite a substantial piece. How does it compare to your SD? Why makes Rolex so good in comparison to the other marques?
dazren said:
Legion said:
Whilst you have Patek, Vacheron, Breguet at the top, and TAG, Omega at the lower scale of the premium, along with Brietling, Rolex hog just above the middle ground.
Not sure I'd agree with rating Breitlings above Omegas, or have I misread what you typed?dazren said:
Legion said:
Whilst you have Patek, Vacheron, Breguet at the top, and TAG, Omega at the lower scale of the premium, along with Brietling, Rolex hog just above the middle ground.
Not sure I'd agree with rating Breitlings above Omegas, or have I misread what you typed?In the eyes of a layperson, Breitling is perhaps regarded slightly higher than Tag and Omega.
Papoo said:
dazren said:
Legion said:
Whilst you have Patek, Vacheron, Breguet at the top, and TAG, Omega at the lower scale of the premium, along with Brietling, Rolex hog just above the middle ground.
Not sure I'd agree with rating Breitlings above Omegas, or have I misread what you typed?In the eyes of a layperson, Breitling is perhaps regarded slightly higher than Tag and Omega.
My view on TAG was that, it was always the brand that you went 'wowwww' when someone at school had one. When we all had Casio's and Timex's, your rich mate had the TAG given by his mum and dad. But by the same token it's the first often acheivable rung on the nice list - if you take their whole range into account?
Legion said:
alfabadass said:
Rolex is the BMW of watches.
Spot on. Excellent design, great history (some like Vacheron have far more though), and above all the most powerful marketing machine in the premium watch world. I have one in my modest collection. But I see it for what it is.Whilst you have Patek, Vacheron, Breguet at the top, and TAG, Omega at the lower scale of the premium, along with Brietling, Rolex hog just above the middle ground.
To the OP a few questions, not meant in a provacative way:
- Seadweller, lovely watch. Is it your first 'nice' watch?
- What do you think of the old Milgauss? Wouldn't you like one of those? Very exclusive!
- The current Omega Planet Ocean has some awesome stats. It's quite a substantial piece. How does it compare to your SD? Why makes Rolex so good in comparison to the other marques?
Love the old Milgauss, I also love the new ones. I think i GV would be cool, but then a "normal" black face would also cut the mustard (don't really like the white faced ones) when i get the cash together the next Rollie will be a DeepSea
I'm not keen on the PO's to be honest.... not too keen on any Omega since they let their image slip down a little.... they're watches that poor people save up and buy, bit like Tags. A PO can't hold a candle to an SD for quality.
I prefer the Rolex brand to all other makes due to their history and their quality designs. I can appreciate other makes.... they're just not my favorit though
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