Kermit worth the upgrade to Cookie Monster?

[Seddyspaghetti]

I prefer all brushed bracelet for subs so im going with starbuxxx

[cerendigit]

Flip it and get what you want.

[StackLexus17]

Originally Posted by WatchTimes

Id do it without a second thought!
I love the feel of gold on the wrist!

What's the rest of your collection or are you are one watch guy?

I have a Daytona white dial 116500ln and then the 126610LV.

[carwash66]

Originally Posted by bradyb

If you can pick up the grey gold 126619LB for below retail - gently worn or new - I'd go for it!

But you'll need to have the center links brushed for it to be a proper Sub.
"Because that's the law."

Looks great!! Considering doing that to mine. Did you do the brushing yourself or have a watchmaker do it?

[yoda888]

Woah, I want a Cookie Monster at $25k for sure! Holding out hope still. But like someone said, if the prices are that low, there are a lot of other things to worry about..

[SearChart]

Originally Posted by Tim Plains

Kermit, Cookie Monster, Batman?
Feels like Saturday morning cartoons with my son.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by amphora001

Mind you this is completely hypothetical, I'm waiting for a kermit, but have been seeing on the grey/secondary market for a Cookie Monster for as low as $35 w/o tax, which is significantly below what you would get at an AD. Given that, if you were able to acquire a green submariner at MSRP, would you turn around and trade it for a blue sub?

Of course you'd have to add up the difference in cash. So in this scenario, a cookie monster ($35k) minus kermit (~15k), equals about $20k cash. So total cost after initial purchase at AD then trade is $11.5 (kermit + tax) + $20k + shipping label = $32k. Compare that to buying straight from AD, that is if you're able to at MSRP + tax, you'd have to pay $43.5k.

The downside to this is that you're just saving $3k by going through the AD at all. Might as well just buy straight from grey dealer?

Apologies to whose who now think of me as a flipper, but just wanted to talk it out with fellow watch owners.

Well dont think a puppet green frog is worth more than a packet of biscuits you can eat the biscuits, {for the Americans cookies} but cannot eat the green frog.

[Andad]

Originally Posted by padi56

Well dont think a puppet green frog is worth more than a packet of biscuits you can eat the biscuits, {for the Americans cookies} but cannot eat the green frog.

[Calatrava r]

Who thought up "cookie monster?" What a horrible nickname for a Rolex watch.

[sski]

smurf > hulk > kermit > cermit > cookie monster

[SearChart]

Originally Posted by Calatrava r

Who thought up "cookie monster?" What a horrible nickname for a Rolex watch.

I'm starting to dislike all of them. But have to say cookie monster is a million times better than Starbucks.

[2loaded]

Originally Posted by interestedinwatches

Controversial opinion. You're paying a lot more for the same watch except for a metal that is pretty imperceptible to SS in terms of hue and color and it is a weaker metal that scratches way more easily. Do you prefer the color blue over the color green to make up for that?

Which PM watch do you own that "scratches way more easily"?

OP, get and keep both

[dgr8dude]

Kermit/Starbucks for a Cookie Monster? Absolutely. Now that the prices for the Kermit is going up and Cookie Monster going down, its the best time to do it. I used to own a Smurf as my one watch collection from 2015 until last year. Bought it when no one wanted it and sold it last year when it was at its peak. White gold prices will always come back up in the future.

[ocwatching]

Originally Posted by Calatrava r

Cookie Monster is such a horrible name. No one could come up with anything more befitting the watch?

COMPLETELY AGREE...jumped back into TRF after some time off and I almost could not follow the threads...what's up with all the names...

[Abfanhunter]

Sub-Zero is the better Watch imo.

[Bazil]

Originally Posted by kr0lex

Cookie Monster? Kermit?
Is this a Rolex forum or an elementary school playground?

[padi56]

Originally Posted by kr0lex

Cookie Monster? Kermit?
Is this a Rolex forum or an elementary school playground?

Have to agree but mainly with todays age many are just too bone idle to learn the proper names for the Rolex watches, but can make up and remember stupid nicknames.

[robinmgb]

Originally Posted by interestedinwatches

Controversial opinion. You're paying a lot more for the same watch except for a metal that is pretty imperceptible to SS in terms of hue and color and it is a weaker metal that scratches way more easily. Do you prefer the color blue over the color green to make up for that?

Sorry but I know the line is always how much easier the gold scratches compared to stainless steel on Rolex watches but I’ve never experienced any noticeable difference.
From my experiences over the last 30 years is I never scratch the case at all on either metal so it’s irrelevant gold or steel.
The only part that ever gets any scratches on my watches have been the polished centre links on the bracelet and particularly clasp and even then I’d say the steel isn’t any more resistant than the gold

[Abfanhunter]

People actually took the name Cookie Monster and ran with it? If it needs a tacky name like the other Subs and GMTs, it should be Sub-Zero!

[watchwatcher]

Originally Posted by Old Geezer

I'm doubtful a PM Sub BNIB will trade for USD25K again but one never knows. If they do, there might be much bigger things to worry about in this world than the price of a PM watch.
You might be surprised what pricing an AD might offer you on a WG Sub in this declining market. I'd try really hard at an AD straight up before the hypothetical buying and selling scenario you outlined.
FWIW, I love mine and I wear it most days.

Spot on.

My own take would be way past doubtful, but hey, you never know.

And for those who say otherwise, in case you're right a year from now, and this watch is trading for 25k, don't bother dredging this post up to tell me I was wrong. I'll be out looking for a job.

[yld2rob]

The answer is yes. You mean Cermit. I take it.

[Fleetlord]

Originally Posted by padi56

Well dont think a puppet green frog is worth more than a packet of biscuits you can eat the biscuits, {for the Americans cookies} but cannot eat the green frog.