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23 October 2008, 09:58 PM | #1 |
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Is Rolex an Eco Friendly Citizen?
In a day when we have global warming, rising sea levels, melting antartic, droughts, and weather anomolies the question has to be asked...........
Is the manufacture of Rolex watches environmentally friendly? If the answer is 'no' maybe the next question is whether Rolex is taking off-setting measures to make up for its environmental conduct?
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Can they be?
That's an awful lot of raw material extraction and processing. They also send them out worldwide via freight and flight. That is an awfully big carbon footprint. J |
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Good Idea Martin, recycle yours and give them to me NOW!
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I was about to say the same thing...I was hoping they might trade my LV with a nice recycled Paul Newman Cos.
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I guess as a machine, at least you don't have to fill up your Rolex with gas, to fuel it's operation to run 24/7.
It's a bit like bicycle manufacture, it does require heavy industry and resources, but the ultimate product is an environmentally friendly device.
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I can tell you that this is the last thing on my mind when I buy a watch.
At least, as you noted, you don't have to fill the thing up with hydrocarbons to keep it running and for that matter, in the vast majority of watches that they make you don't have to worry about battery disposal. I'm all for good stewardship of the planet, but all the environmentalism dogma gives me a headache. |
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With no batteries to replace I think that would partially offset some of env. impacts. Also if you were to buy a new Citizen, Timex, ect. you would be replacing them much more often. Owners here tend to keep their Rolex longer than the above mentioned watches. So with no batteries to manufacture and replace plus the average longer life span (my speculation), buying a Rolex is more eco friendly than the other brands.
Or at least that's one of the lines I'll use on my wife to justify buying one!! |
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Anyone that goes after me on the eco-friendliness of my Rolex will get a footprint on their backside, and it won't be a carbon one.
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Cheap quartz watches will be occupying landfill space with their plastic cases and leaky batteries for thousands of years.
Not too many Rolex in landfills. |
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You never see a Rolex in a landfill or other "used" pile.
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I am for respecting and using the environment... The Eco Green Tree Hugging Craze/Propaganda is socializing the entire planet and creating the problem that is pulling the entire world's economy down: non-producing paper-pushers who exist to charge fees and tell you NO, you cannot produce.
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Thought that was the reason for the green insert of the LV and the 24hr. hand on the new GMT!!!!
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No! And I do hope, in my unpolitcally correct mindset, that Rolex pollutes the environment with their forging of gold and stainless steel, corrupts the atmosphere with the enamel coating of their dials, and slops the refuse down the drains of whatever cities that their factories are in.
I, for one, am politically sick of all this political GREEN political stuff. However, the political brown political stuff is politically fine. Crap. I need a double Brandy!
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i think the product itself is very green compared to throw-away battery powered watches.
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I'm not "going after you," I'm just trying to work to make sure you are appropriately taxed for your use/destruction of public goods, such as clean air and water, which you don't own to begin with. Cheers.
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Bah. I don't care.
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Tax us and JJ will take care of you later!
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I want a clean environment, I want clean air and water, I want responsible use of our renewable resources and responsible drilling and mining... Here is the problem: the green / regulatory / bureaucracy has progressed so far past the point of diminishing return that it has become a cancer upon the nation and spreading to all points of the world with it political correctness and complete control at all aspects of life and business. IMHO the current world crisis is socialism attempting a world takeover with the Carbon Scheme.
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I doubt the stereotypical Rolex owner cares whether their watch is eco friendly or not! Personally, I had never given it a thought until this thread, but in the whole scheme of things, our Rolex watches are probably one of the most eco friendly products that we use on a daily basis.
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Usually, upscale manufacturers of precision goods are pretty clean. Switzerland has a reputation of being a very clean country, so they probably keep everyone in check.
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Since Rolex is privately owned and has more secrets than MI6, I don't know how we could answer these questions. It seems to me that it would be more speculation about Rolex. Panda agrees.
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One thing is for sure. Not many Rolex's wind up in landfills!
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My rolex helps the environment everyday...how?? I dont know either...
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Again, I love this site and I love Rolex, I think you have done a great thing with this forum / website I'm just tired to death of the green, green, green... Again, I'm responsible and want clean water and clean air. I drive a Toyota Camry Hybrid, but the Prius made out of sticks commercial is completely overdone. IMHO in re "green" the point of diminishing return was passed in the US several years ago and only by greening/socializing the entire world can Europe and the US compete with emerging markets, that bothers me. In response to your original question: I have no doubt that Rolex is Eco-friendly, but even if they were not I'd still own one as long as I can afford one Don't know if I'd fill my Rollie with Av Gas though
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