How old were you when you had your first Rolex

[RolexAwaytheDew]

Originally Posted by astcell

Got my SS Date model in 1988 at 25. Sold it after a few years of ignoring it. Got my 2nd, a GMT II, at 43.

Very similar. SS Date in 1988, age 23. I still have it though lately my wife has been wearing it.

[GGGMT]

Originally Posted by ekcmusic

I am 53 years old and purchased my first Rolex last week. It is a Sea-Dweller 126600 mkII and it is beautiful. I am just starting my watch journey and I've been super fortunate to have found this watch at Tourneau-Bucherer-Rolex in the Roosevelt Field Mall. The SAs were kind, patient and most of all 'encouraging'. They made me feel like I would actually be able to get a watch.

Duude! Great story! What brought you to watches now?


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[TimeLord2]

My dad gave me his Rolex while I was working at a grocery store very shortly after graduating college in 1989 when I was about 23. GMT Master 1675/3 from Tiffany & Co.

[Neil McCauley]

I got my first Rolex at the age of 30 in 2017.
I've been into watches since I was about 5, but I'd wanted a Rolex ever since I was 14yrs old - One of my first jobs out of school was working in a car dealership. One of the top guys there had a Submariner, and I was absolutely besotted with it. I told myself I'd have one one day. - I had to leave the car trade to get one hahaha - 15yrs later, I eventually got the watch I'd coveted all those years.

[Zedder]

45, Diamond dial DJ for my birthday. Salesperson said, you’ll be back for a sports model now that you’ve been bitten by the Rolex bug. Sure enough, the next year was our 10th wedding anniversary, so I picked up my Sub-date. 10 years later for our 20th, I picked up my white ceramic Daytona. I’d like to buy another soon, but I have one more MSc program to pay for first.