Longest you have worn one Rolex

[Old Geezer]

I wore my 16610 from 1992 to 2005. I then wore my 16613LN from 2005 to 2015. After that I've acquired more watches and none get worn for more than a few weeks at a time as I rotate them.

[loisvale]

Originally Posted by rmagoo57

Wore this 16013 from 1989 to 2019. Here's a shot on the new owner's wrist, my daughter. Her grandfather wore it for a couple years before gifting it to me.

Love it. Fantastic heirloom.


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[StanGMT]

SS GMT Master 1675 on Jubilee - worn every day from 1967 to 2020 - 53 years. I've still got it, but it's retired, like me.

Stan.

[mrricks]

1680 sub, which I bought in Tehran, Iran in 1978, ($700.00), and wore exclusively until 2018. It went on dozens of dives in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
I sold it for $14,000.00 and bought a Yachtmaster.

[GradyPhilpott]

I had my 114270 for one year before I bought my 116200 63600, so I guess a year would be the answer, although the 114270 wasn't my only watch during that time, just my only Rolex.

[Wee-Willie]

My SS AK from Jan 1999-2022. Now my Day Date for 6 weeks

[Time Out]

Awesome thread.

SD43 - April 2020-Now

[JSol1]

18 years for me. My now wife gifted me a 11613lb in 2005. Made the mistake of having it serviced in 2018…I now own 6 Rolex all from same AD…this forum didn’t help with restraint…

[Justin-rwx]

Sub Date: Feb 2022 until I pass the watch onto my daughter.

I think I’m a 1-and-done, but who knows what the future holds.


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[Annan]

Rolex TT Date was my first and had it for 21 years. Can't recall the reference number...15XXX???

[RobotDoctor]

I purchased a 116710LN in November 2011 and am still wearing it. This is my only Rolex.

[173rdabn]

Wore a blue dial DJ 36 for 33 years. 1977 to 2010.

[Cwillis0001]

About a year lol.

[Galion]

Ten years a DSSD until the SD43.

[Bestdj777]

I had a five year period where I pretty much just wore one watch, a 1976 Datejust. I’d occasionally work in a Tag or Movado. I switch it up a lot more now as I’ve added a few I love to the watch box and like to give them all a bit more wrist time.

[Smittyswatches]

Worn my 14060 from Aug 1998-May 2017
Now I rotate 18248, 124273, 114060,126300, and old faithful.

[Fedpete]

Originally Posted by George58

forty two years straight yg DD my dad now me

Out of every Rolex model available the DD is the only one I can imagine going on a 30 plus year run with. It’s meant to be a long hauler more than others imo.


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[vesnyder]

Wore this 16013 from 1989 to 2019. Here's a shot on the new owner's wrist, my daughter. Her grandfather wore it for a couple years before gifting it to me.

I wore the same watch from '84 to 2019 - 35 years - and I purchased when I was 25. I then gave it to my son when he turned 25. It's ready for another 35 years!

[mike morris]

My father used this diver from 1981 to 2014 for 33 years and give it to me.
My first submariner from 1 April 2019 to today.

[gccmd]

Submariner 16610 from 1991-present. It was a graduation gift from my parents.

[loisvale]

Originally Posted by 173rdabn

Wore a blue dial DJ 36 for 33 years. 1977 to 2010.

Nice


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[loisvale]

Originally Posted by vesnyder

I wore the same watch from '84 to 2019 - 35 years - and I purchased when I was 25. I then gave it to my son when he turned 25. It's ready for another 35 years!

Brilliant


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[loisvale]

Originally Posted by gccmd

Submariner 16610 from 1991-present. It was a graduation gift from my parents.

Can’t think of many better graduation gifts! Great that you have worn it ever since.


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[jimcameron]

July 1985, Sub Date, 16800. $1000 almost 37 yrs.

[911991]

Originally Posted by Maxy

The majority of folks who wear just 1 watch for decades are not on a watch forum. For them watch means just 1 and buy and forget and wear daily. They are not even into watches. Only collectors are into watches and if they are collectors they won't have scenario of wearing same watch for decades.

Not necessary true, as I qualify as one. Back in the day (I bought mine in 84/85) most people only owed 1 watch and that was what attracted me to Rolex and the Sub-date, I figured I'd get a watch that I could wear to work, bang around on the weekends playing sports, wear to a nice restaurant or club, and would last for ever. So I wore the Sub everyday for 35 years until I bought a few more Rolex's, even now the SUB gets 70% of wrist time in my rotation...

[911991]

Originally Posted by jimcameron

July 1985, Sub Date, 16800. $1000 almost 37 yrs.

Same here paid $950 I was moving up from a $400 Seiko LaSalle watch, that was a lot of money back in the day

[Golfbone]

I had a patient who bought a Sub before he went to Vietnam. Wore it through the war, through a helicopter crash and came into my office 50+ years later wearing the same Sub that was the only watch he ever wore since that time. Looked great. This is really what makes these watches so great.....not collecting them like faberge eggs.

[brandrea]

Hopefully Stan Cooper sees this thread. I believe he’s worn a GMT since the 50”s

[4BostonB]

I have a friend who bought a Kermit ~15 years ago. He said that to this day, it only comes off his wrist 3-4 times per year.

[Devildog]

I wore a 6239 Daytona for 12 years as a daily from 1988 to 2020