Has the Rolex bubble finally burst? Perhaps it has
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eccles said:
lowdrag said:
DavidCBevan said:
It will be until your eyesight changes, then like ,me, you'll need something that you can read without trying to find your reading glasses in the middle of the night. Believe me, that day will come. And you will unerstand that there are some "inferior" watches fit the bill.
Riff Raff said:
eccles said:
lowdrag said:
DavidCBevan said:
It will be until your eyesight changes, then like ,me, you'll need something that you can read without trying to find your reading glasses in the middle of the night. Believe me, that day will come. And you will unerstand that there are some "inferior" watches fit the bill.
Values might be turning, but performed well over the last 12 months (up 29%)
"The index is made up of the top 50 most traded models on the pre-owned market, together they account for over 20% of total spend globally"
https://beta.subdial.co/market
"The index is made up of the top 50 most traded models on the pre-owned market, together they account for over 20% of total spend globally"
https://beta.subdial.co/market
Pflanzgarten said:
Genuinely find the black dials easier to read and nicer to look at. If not for investment I just don’t see the appeal in the white dial as it’s not even a true panda dial (imho)
I disagree and much prefer white. What’s the relevance of ‘it’s not even a true Panda?’Great that we don’t all like the same!
981SPYGANG said:
Pflanzgarten said:
Genuinely find the black dials easier to read and nicer to look at. If not for investment I just don’t see the appeal in the white dial as it’s not even a true panda dial (imho)
I disagree and much prefer white. What’s the relevance of ‘it’s not even a true Panda?’Great that we don’t all like the same!
Pflanzgarten said:
Genuinely find the black dials easier to read and nicer to look at. If not for investment I just don’t see the appeal in the white dial as it’s not even a true panda dial (imho)
I have the white dial and I agree. Was thinking of selling the Panda and buying a grey market black dial, effectively getting myself a free Daytona. But the market means the price differential is probably not so great that I can do this now. Wilmslowboy said:
Values might be turning, but performed well over the last 12 months (up 29%)
"The index is made up of the top 50 most traded models on the pre-owned market, together they account for over 20% of total spend globally"
https://beta.subdial.co/market
What data is this? Asking prices?"The index is made up of the top 50 most traded models on the pre-owned market, together they account for over 20% of total spend globally"
https://beta.subdial.co/market
MrJuice said:
Wilmslowboy said:
Values might be turning, but performed well over the last 12 months (up 29%)
"The index is made up of the top 50 most traded models on the pre-owned market, together they account for over 20% of total spend globally"
https://beta.subdial.co/market
What data is this? Asking prices?"The index is made up of the top 50 most traded models on the pre-owned market, together they account for over 20% of total spend globally"
https://beta.subdial.co/market
"The calculation takes into account the latest market price of each of the 50 models.....Our data model is proprietary, it is updated daily with listings from around the world. To date, we have analysed over 140m data points for more than 2m individual listings."
As an aside, does anyone know how much it costs to have a Daytona serviced. I don't have one, but my GMT cost ~£400 at an official service centre and that was 15 years ago, which put me off wearing it regularly. Normal watches have ~ 230 parts or so (GMT may have a few more), chronographs have something like 400 parts so £££ more.
wong said:
As an aside, does anyone know how much it costs to have a Daytona serviced. I don't have one, but my GMT cost ~£400 at an official service centre and that was 15 years ago, which put me off wearing it regularly. Normal watches have ~ 230 parts or so (GMT may have a few more), chronographs have something like 400 parts so £££ more.
Not wearing it is prob more harmful…I didn’t get a Deep Sea I was offered as it was £1k to service h
(And way too chunky to wear regularly)
Meeten-5dulx said:
Not wearing it is prob more harmful…
I didn’t get a Deep Sea I was offered as it was £1k to service h
(And way too chunky to wear regularly)
Oh, I still wear it, but only for special occasions 3-4 times a year. I didn’t get a Deep Sea I was offered as it was £1k to service h
(And way too chunky to wear regularly)
Progressed to Orange Monsters and SKX007s, then on to G-Shocks.
wong said:
As an aside, does anyone know how much it costs to have a Daytona serviced. I don't have one, but my GMT cost ~£400 at an official service centre and that was 15 years ago, which put me off wearing it regularly. Normal watches have ~ 230 parts or so (GMT may have a few more), chronographs have something like 400 parts so £££ more.
It’s £1000 and takes around three months from RolexMeeten-5dulx said:
wong said:
As an aside, does anyone know how much it costs to have a Daytona serviced. I don't have one, but my GMT cost ~£400 at an official service centre and that was 15 years ago, which put me off wearing it regularly. Normal watches have ~ 230 parts or so (GMT may have a few more), chronographs have something like 400 parts so £££ more.
Not wearing it is prob more harmful…I didn’t get a Deep Sea I was offered as it was £1k to service h
(And way too chunky to wear regularly)
The deep watches get hammered as they need to be tested and efficient at the depth rating they claim.
Riff Raff said:
After wanting a Daytona for years, when I got one I flipped it within 3 months for that exact same reason. Chronos I can still cope with without bins are the Speedy Pro and IWC Pilots.
The very reason I wear this. I have to go 120 miles to see the Little Prince but there is a dealer near to our holidays this year so I'll try one on. I marvel at Rolex engineering and especially their brilliant advertising placement, but a watch is useless if you can't tell the time!
Edited by lowdrag on Sunday 26th June 06:46
lowdrag said:
Riff Raff said:
After wanting a Daytona for years, when I got one I flipped it within 3 months for that exact same reason. Chronos I can still cope with without bins are the Speedy Pro and IWC Pilots.
The very reason I wear this. I have to go 120 miles to see the Little Prince but there is a dealer near to our holidays this year so I'll try one on. I marvel at Rolex engineering and especially their brilliant advertising placement, but a watch is useless if you can't tell the time!Edited by lowdrag on Sunday 26th June 06:46
I am not holding anything against Rolex. I admire them. But as you grow older - it's not an option you know - you need reading glasses, then the luminosity starts to decline. I have four watches but now only wear one - the one I can read at night without reading glasses. because as you get old you sleep less too. One day even you may grow old.
lowdrag said:
I am not holding anything against Rolex. I admire them. But as you grow older - it's not an option you know - you need reading glasses, then the luminosity starts to decline. I have four watches but now only wear one - the one I can read at night without reading glasses. because as you get old you sleep less too. One day even you may grow old.
Well I hope so!But there's also lots of other things you can't do as well when you're older, or small things you can't see-none are the fault of the manufacturer. My father hasn't really been able to read his champagne dialled Datejust for a number of years now for the same reason, still wears it though.
lowdrag said:
I am not holding anything against Rolex. I admire them. But as you grow older - it's not an option you know - you need reading glasses, then the luminosity starts to decline. I have four watches but now only wear one - the one I can read at night without reading glasses. because as you get old you sleep less too. One day even you may grow old.
Will we got crotchety, too?
ghiblicup said:
wong said:
As an aside, does anyone know how much it costs to have a Daytona serviced. I don't have one, but my GMT cost ~£400 at an official service centre and that was 15 years ago, which put me off wearing it regularly. Normal watches have ~ 230 parts or so (GMT may have a few more), chronographs have something like 400 parts so £££ more.
It’s £1000 and takes around three months from RolexBy the time I had a new strap fitted and a few other bits and bobs the bill was only £44 less than I'd paid for it 23 years earlier.
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