New old stock Rolex.

[Perec]

I am planning my next purchase, which may be a Pepsi GMT. I have it in mind to pick up an unused one, however given that the last ones were IIRC 2007 the latest one is going to be 6 years old. Is a watch that old going to need servicing already through lack of use? Is lack of use going to cause problems in any way at all? Virtually unused older cars can be a problem, not sure if it holds true with watches.

[PJ S]

If it has been sat for most of that time in an unwound state, then the mechanism has had no wear and tear bar the few times it's been shown to potential buyers for their consideration.
Short answer, it'll be absolutely fine.

[Motorrad]

Lubricants still dry out/degrade but as above I wouldn't worry much about it given the opportunity to buy a watch at the right price.

[Perec]

Motorrad said:

Lubricants still dry out/degrade but as above I wouldn't worry much about it given the opportunity to buy a watch at the right price.

I suspect the price will be about the same or slightly more than a new model GMT

[PJ S]

Motorrad said:

Lubricants still dry out/degrade but as above I wouldn't worry much about it given the opportunity to buy a watch at the right price.

Dry out?
Oil doesn't evaporate, since it's not made from water molecules.
Degradation is a potential issue, but if the time is off after a couple of weeks solid wear, and still off after regulation tweaking, then there'd be cause for concern, but it'd still be well within warranty.

[Perec]

PJ S said:

Motorrad said:

Lubricants still dry out/degrade but as above I wouldn't worry much about it given the opportunity to buy a watch at the right price.

Dry out?
Oil doesn't evaporate, since it's not made from water molecules.
Degradation is a potential issue, but if the time is off after a couple of weeks solid wear, and still off after regulation tweaking, then there'd be cause for concern, but it'd still be well within warranty.

Unlikely to be under Rolex warranty I would think, because I imagine that most unused items out there have been bought retsil and stored. So the warranty will have run out already.

[PJ S]

Perec said:

Unlikely to be under Rolex warranty I would think, because I imagine that most unused items out there have been bought retsil and stored. So the warranty will have run out already.

Ah, thought this was an AD sale rather than private unworn - gotcha now.
Above comment still stands about the lubricants, but no harm in seeing if you can knock the asking down by the cost of a service - £300 or so by a good independent.
He may even check timing amplitude and spec, before declaring it not needing a service, but you've still got that money saved to use going forward, for when it does need servicing.

[Motorrad]

PJ S said:

Dry out?
Oil doesn't evaporate, since it's not made from water molecules.
Degradation is a potential issue, but if the time is off after a couple of weeks solid wear, and still off after regulation tweaking, then there'd be cause for concern, but it'd still be well within warranty.

Thus my comment dry out STROKE degrade as I've seen other people talk about the same- it's a layman's term. Not everyone here is a pedant or WIS.

[Perec]

Motorrad said:

PJ S said:

Dry out?
Oil doesn't evaporate, since it's not made from water molecules.
Degradation is a potential issue, but if the time is off after a couple of weeks solid wear, and still off after regulation tweaking, then there'd be cause for concern, but it'd still be well within warranty.

Thus my comment dry out STROKE degrade as I've seen other people talk about the same- it's a layman's term. Not everyone here is a pedant or WIS.

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[FarQue]

FWIW I bought a 2008 16610 Sub in May last year that had never been used. Effectively brand new but 4 years old. It works perfectly.