Rolex: how can you let go?

[moviefreak]

I know some people do not like Rolex just because of so much counterfeiting that it bothers them... lets say TT Datejust, Submariner and President... they rather buy something else...

[drockadam]

Originally Posted by SoftwareDrone

I was robbed the day before yesterday. They took my Navitimer and my Submariner. Insurance company will not reimburse. Although I am very grateful that my Daytona wasn't taken, I sold it the next day. Why? Because it's one thing to have a super watch you can wear on special occasions if you already have some other watches you can wear daily, but if the only watch you have left is one that you would only want to wear on special occasions, then what's the point? I'm not going to have it lying around at home to get stolen as well. I'll be buying one rugged watch (i.e. GMTII, etc.), wearing it everyday, and there'll be nothing sitting at home to get stolen anymore.
So there is another scenario where one might let go of their Rolex.

Oh my gosh!!!!! They took your Rolex and Breitling, too bad your insurance doesn't cover it! My god. Was anything else taken? Just your watches?

[rolexsubdate]

Originally Posted by moviefreak

I know some people do not like Rolex just because of so much counterfeiting that it bothers them... lets say TT Datejust, Submariner and President... they rather buy something else...

Yes, those people are the poor souls that live in twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat ...

[Onikage]

Originally Posted by rolexsubdate

I did: Sold DSSD and bought a Charmex CX20,000 FT. A lesser brand, no but a very unknown brand, yes but a lesser watch, no way. Apart from the crown and resale of a Rolex, the CX 20K will rip the DSSD apart. It clobbers the DSSD in every category, spec wise.

Yeah but it suffers in the looks department for those extra inches of impractical water resistancy. In my opinion. Give me a 200m Seiko anyday.

[Welshwatchman]

Originally Posted by rolexsubdate

I did: Sold DSSD and bought a Charmex CX20,000 FT. A lesser brand, no but a very unknown brand, yes but a lesser watch, no way. Apart from the crown and resale of a Rolex, the CX 20K will rip the DSSD apart. It clobbers the DSSD in every category, spec wise. You asked so I am stating the facts as I see them and as the specs are. When I faced a watch so powerful that the only defense left for me was "DSSD has the resale value", then I knew it was time to let it go.

Also buying a non-Rolex is not stepping down. rolex is not the endall of all watches. The perception of how good Rolexes are, far exceeds technically how good they are.

When you see, feel and handle a watch that far exceeds a Rolex, based on your criteria, you will know right there and then which is the superior product. It will be very easy to let go of the Rolex then or vice versa.

I thought you sold this one :



If not, I'm sure that Pizza was involved somewhere along the line.

[Widows Son]

I wore three different watches yesterday. A vintage Benrus wristalarm, a Speedmaster, and an AK. I have 50+ watches and no one watch regardless of price can do all things well.

[rolexsubdate]

Originally Posted by Onikage

Yeah but it suffers in the looks department for those extra inches of impractical water resistancy. In my opinion. Give me a 200m Seiko anyday.

The looks are what got to me. It is so unconventional looking, like a mini submarine on your wrist It all depends on what attributes of a watch you are trying to compare. You wanna have elegance, go with Rolex. You want resale, go with Rolex. You want water resistance, go with CX. You want a watch that screams out "Take me down deep", then go with the CX .... For 99.9999% of the diveing people, a casio would do just as well. But many of us wear not watches but little marvels of engineering. someone said it perfectly about diving watches that diving watches are examples of engineering that solve problems that do not exist. Everytime you look at your sub or SD or DSSD, you imagine how much work went into it and what it is capable of and for an instant you imagine your self in those dark depths ... and just as quickly, you snap out of it...Any reason for such ridiculous depths? only "because it is there"...

By the way speaking of the attention getting factor on the CX, I have been wearing my Rolex divers to work for the last 5 yrs, off and on ... not a single comment at work or throughout life in general. I wore the CX for 2 days at work, and 4 people already commented with "wows!" .. In the elevator, you can tell people look. You just know when someone is looking at your watch. Over 10 people in meetings, looking at the watch with inquisitiveness.... All these people might not be looking with admiration but they look.

[marcinthemiddle]

Originally Posted by Juggernaut

Last night I went to a professional meeting that's pretty regular and one of the hosts is a diver and I used to admire his trusty no date Sub that he always wore. Last night I noticed that he swapped the Sub for something else...IMHO, something much, much less attractive even though it was obviously a professional watch (not a brand I recognized).

Now, I don't know the story here and I didn't ask him... But maybe the Sub was stolen, maybe he sold it, or maybe he has multiple watches and he was giving it a break last night...not sure.

BUT...

Do you know of anyone who let go of their Rolex's in favor of other <lesser> watches for one reason or another?

I can't imagine doing so. As far as I'm concerned, I'm at the top, and I can't step down.

Well...you're interpretation of "the top" would be very different from mine, and several other people I know.
Had your acquaintance swapped out his Sub ND for an AP Royal Oak or PP Nautilus that would hardly be considered a downgrade.
Rolex is brilliant- but let's be honest: in the horological world it's hardly "the top".

[SoftwareDrone]

Originally Posted by drockadam

Oh my gosh!!!!! They took your Rolex and Breitling, too bad your insurance doesn't cover it! My god. Was anything else taken? Just your watches?

They took my watches, my guns, my knives and my laptop. I'm sure they were kids. Here's what they didn't take:
Ferrari
Tools
TV/Stereo
RC Helicopter
Credit Cards
Checkbook
Passport
etc.

They didn't touch the helicopter, but took a jar with 8 bucks worth of quarters behind it.

@Stone: They probably targeted me because I have a Ferrari sitting in the garage. The lady across the street has been living there for 41 years, and she said she has never seen any problems until last week when she was robbed. The police said there have been a rash of recent robberies in the area.