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11 June 2021, 05:37 AM | #61 |
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Tastes change over time. I wouldn't sweat it. You didn't buy it for lack of imagination or to "show off"... You bought it because you saw something (or many things) in it that really resonated with you.
I also have a love/hate relationship with the submariner. Sometimes I just want 1 watch that goes with everything and is good for all occasions (sub obv)... and other times I look at it and have absolutely zero love for it... just boring and basic and not wow at all. Dont know if i'll ever buy one. But I do consider it often enough. |
11 June 2021, 05:40 AM | #62 |
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Have had 2 Subs from middle 80's till 2020,now wear a SD 24/7,missing the old Sub so on list for a no date model.
An iconic piece worthy of the popularity it achieves,and a damn fine watch to own! Buy it coz you like it and wear and enjoy it! |
11 June 2021, 06:16 AM | #63 |
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i love it when the World talks about the Rolex Submariner....good or bad...they just have to comment...
you dont hear us Rolex sub owners complaining or down-talkers other brands, we just smile n grin cuz we know we are wearing the best! |
11 June 2021, 06:32 AM | #64 |
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I hope you are joking ! Sub is a nice watch but not even close to the best. Its a pretty simple movement and is way overowned....and WAYYY overpriced especially in grey market.
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11 June 2021, 06:48 AM | #66 |
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The Rolex Submariner is my favorite watch by far.
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11 June 2021, 06:50 AM | #67 | |
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11 June 2021, 07:38 AM | #68 |
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I never understood the argument it’s to popular or to common. I buy watches for myself and not for other people. I could care less if everyone has a a sub, I would still get it because i like it and it’s a great watch.
If you don’t buy the sub because you think it’s plain, dull or just not your taste it’s perfectly valid, but because it to popular or common is asinine. |
11 June 2021, 07:43 AM | #69 |
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Submariner: Hate & Love
In my youth I was also anti-Submariner, in fact I was anti-Rolex. I thought Omega and Breitling were superior watches without any of the d-bag image of Rolex. And then one day I saw a Sub in person and it was all over. I saved up for a year and bought myself a 14060 (that was the current iteration at the time). I've been wearing Subs nonstop ever since.
If you can cut through all of the BS - the general perception of the watch, your own perception of the watch, your view of the brand itself, etc - and just look at the essence of the watch itself as a thing, you can appreciate it (or not) for what it is. And that, for me, is that it is the perfect wrist watch. It’s a shame there are no pics in a Submariner thread. |
11 June 2021, 08:05 AM | #70 |
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It’s nice, iconic... and so popular.
The only downside is that there are so many around. Last week I was having dinner at a nice restaurant, the maitre had a sub data, the two guys sited close to my table had subs as well. If you add the huge number produced to the enormous number of fakes... you realize that the reference is a bit inflated. Does it matter? To me, maybe yes. To many other WIS, probably not. There is no good answer. If you are happy and confident with what you are wearing, you will enjoy it very much. If you are interested in sporting a watch that doesn’t make you feel like one of the “bros” in the new investment firm in Wall Street... then the sub might not be a good choice. A matter of what you are looking for. |
11 June 2021, 08:25 AM | #71 |
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It is indeed probably the most replicated watch on the planet, and I bet for every 1 genuine sub there are probably another 10 or more that are convincing replicas, hobbled together Frankenstein pieces with genuine components, and plain old Canal Street crappy fakes.
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11 June 2021, 10:11 AM | #72 | |
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11 June 2021, 10:43 AM | #73 |
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The Sub without a date seems to be a little less common, so in that sense you could say you took the path less followed I suppose or something something something.
Yeah, tons of people buy these (for all sorts of reasons) and there is a ton of hype surrounding them, but the Sub is fundamentally a great design. I mean...it is three quarters of a century old and its design cues are still fresh even by modern standards, the modern ones are using movements so accurate that with a small amount of self-regulation they can encroach on the accuracy of some quartz movements, half of all wrist watches seem to take design cues from it, it takes central stage to a secondary market worth so much my head cannot process it, and it has resulted in homages and outright forgeries that comprise another market likely worth billions. There's a reason for all that! |
11 June 2021, 11:28 AM | #74 |
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How can anyone hate a Submariner?
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11 June 2021, 11:33 AM | #75 |
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I was exactly the same. When I was in the market for my first Rolex in 2016, I avoided the Sub like the plague - too common and everyone and their brother had one. Funny to think back on it now, but every AD I visited tried to push it on me and I turned them away. I fell in love with the YM blue dial 116622 which I picked up back then. But over time as I have become more of a WIS, I have come to appreciate the perfection of the Sub. For me, the ceramic bezel makes the newer subs pop in such a way that it really is a very interesting combo of a tool watch and a luxury item. I finally added 116610 LN last week and love it!
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11 June 2021, 11:40 AM | #76 |
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An Epiphany for you, that's all.... Welcome To The Club!
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11 June 2021, 11:41 AM | #77 | |
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11 June 2021, 07:44 PM | #79 |
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Sub gets boring really fast…
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11 June 2021, 11:46 PM | #80 |
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I agree. And I own one! Im off the Europe this summer travelling and taking a Casio diver that looks like a Sub. Put in a new saphire crystal and a nice nato strap...It actually looks great...all for less than 100 bucks and no risk of getting knocked on my head or knifed.
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11 June 2021, 11:53 PM | #81 |
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Some things are just classics. Jeans and white t-shirt, good pair of boots, etc. The sub is and always will be an icon, not just a classic, but perhaps the single most copied watch on the planet.
Im uncomfortable with the popularity now however, and given mine was purchased at MSRP ($3250) and likely a discount off a more reasonable proposition. Now you have the MSRP and Hype fee. I do lament that Rolex is getting associated with this kind of hype and just seems to be more about making money and status now days. |
12 June 2021, 12:12 AM | #82 |
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Yes, I can somewhat relate to OP's feeling on his watch. It happened to me with another Sub, the two tone blue dial aka Bluesy.
Several years ago I didn't like it, found it too fancy and loud. Two years ago it started to catch my eye. Last year, I decided to try one on at the AD. Wow, I didn't expect to be blown away the way I was. Seeing it in picture is one thing, trying it on for real is a whole different story. This is true for other watches I bought, like the YM and SD43. These days I tend to reserve judgement on a piece until I get to see it in the flesh. |
12 June 2021, 12:14 AM | #83 | |
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12 June 2021, 12:14 AM | #84 |
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I hate that I love it so much. Only thing I love more is the 124060. Lol.
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12 June 2021, 12:16 AM | #85 |
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I recently purchased a Datejust, and never thought I would. I change my mind about things, and I'm ok with that.
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12 June 2021, 12:21 AM | #86 | |
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12 June 2021, 12:29 AM | #87 | |
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And being knifed or stabbed for wearing a Sub is a reality in many European cities these days. |
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12 June 2021, 12:38 AM | #88 |
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I was not a sub guy. I thought it was boring. Didn’t understand the hype. Now I own 3 and love the green ones because they are different.
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12 June 2021, 12:43 AM | #89 |
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Well, I like mine rather a lot!
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12 June 2021, 12:46 AM | #90 |
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While extremely popular and not "creative"...it's one of the best watches ever made for daily use, and one of the few that (of any generation) needs to be in a collectors collection...
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