The pinnacle of Rolex

[ROlesorusLEX]

Originally Posted by dmash

Agree

And it’s exactly why I just bought a NOS one. It’s pinnacle Rolex tool watch, hands down (imo).

5 digit and before has a soul, 6 digit is kind of lifeless jewelry. Although many models look good, they just don’t sing to me like the older ones do. Feel sterile in all honesty.

I have owned and sold every 6 digit I've ever bought and replaced it with a 5, except for my first watch, a 6 digit DJ36. It goes nowhere. But I did buy an NOS 5 digit 1993 DJ a few months ago as well.

I saw your incoming on the NOS 16600. Congratulations. I bought a V serial NOS 16600 about 3 years ago myself.

I love it when people don't wear their Rolexes for the next guy. . .

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[dmash]

Originally Posted by ROlesorusLEX

I have owned and sold every 6 digit I've ever bought and replaced it with a 5, except for my first watch, a 6 digit DJ36. It goes nowhere. But I did buy an NOS 5 digit 1993 DJ a few months ago as well.

I saw your incoming on the NOS 16600. Congratulations. I bought a V serial NOS 16600 about 3 years ago myself.

I love it when people don't wear their Rolexes for the next guy. . .

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Haha v series SD brothers, nice!

But yeah man, the 6 series, I enjoy them and they’re nice pieces. But the only way to describe it to me is as I did, most of it feels like lifeless jewelry, evokes no real emotion to me. It’s why I overhauled my entire arsenal with stuff that sings to me more. My 136660 JC Deepsea is an exception with its feats of engineering to go so deep, the nice transition blue dial, it’s something special. But yeah a run of the mill GMT, Sub? 5 series and prior for the win, 100%

Maybe I’m just an extreme weirdo though

[Harry-57]

An easy one to answer, it's the watch that you consider to be the pinnacle. I like too many Rolex models to hold one higher than the rest so I'll default to the zeitgeist's Rolex mass production hierarchy: Day Date. Sky Dweller was originally supposed to usurp it but failed.

[Old Expat Beast]

Something from the 1950s. The Golden Age.

[rmlovett1]

As someone said already…in the eye of the beholder.