Are Rolexes common in your environment?

[SDDS]

Originally Posted by Tools

I'll bet that most of them have Mont Blanc pens and drive BMW's too.........

thats exactly what i have

[Speed]

Well, I am in Financial Services. I see no Rolexes in my workplace, although I spied a SS Sub in a vendor meeting last week. However, my division is filled with some pretty bland folks. No surprise there is not much in the way of taste / excitement.

I was in high tech a couple years ago for 12 years, but dont recall seeing too many Rolexes - even among the high-flyer dot come dufuses.

I got my Sub because I recently got into Omegas and then branched out. Love my new hobby - but my savings acct does NOT. Esp since I am favoring new Rolexes Vs. others. (Although I am looking at a Sinn 556 - cool minimalist design / cheap compared to Rolex & Omega!)

I really find myself fascinated by watches now and the great designs by Rolex. Dont give a hoot about what the non-believers think! I only need to please myself. Also like chatting with the members here!

I also happen to have a 3 series BMW.

And what is it about Florida? Most of the key Forum Rolex sellers are there, lots of Forum members...Hmm.

And lawn mowing dudes with Bluesy Subs??? Rolexes must fall from the sky in FL! ;-)

[gettocard]

Plenty around and plenty of "true Rolex jerk" wearing them. Where I live Rolex is still associated too much with jerkosity,showoffness and money money money. Oh wait...isn'it like that all over the world ?? Pretty much so unless you are a real WIS...
and plenty of boring BMW's too of course....

[Speed]

Originally Posted by gettocard

...boring BMW's too of course....

Boring? I rather like mine - like my SS Sub. Great design / excellent form + function

[scottkit]

Not too common in Hawaii

[Vanessa CW21]

Originally Posted by dkazaz

I went to a meeting at work today - about 25 people and I interacted with 10-15 of them. I noticed that a high proportion wore Rolexes.

3 of us wore Sub-variants - I wore an SD, another guy had a Deep Sea, one more had a very nice vintage sub no-date. Two people had GMT's, about 5 had Datejusts or similar.

I must admit it seemed a bit strange. This was a normal business workshop, with mid-to senior managers - no CEO's or directors.

Either (a) my colleagues have all got great taste or (b) they're total fashion victims who copy each other or (c) Rolexes are becoming way too common!

I suspect (b) but worry a bit about (c) - which is silly cause there's nothing wrong with it!

Does this happen to you too?

I see them on almost every customer at work....

But to be honest, I do see them a lot around here... people just walking around, shopping or whatever.

[Macro80]

I work for a bank and in my office there arent too many Rolex but there are plenty of Breitlings, Tags and Omegas. Seem to notice more Rolex's on my clients, a couple of clients have commented on my Sub but no colleagues.

[JBat]

No, they are not common in my workplace. In fact, I can't recall ever seeing another one on anybody's wrist. I wore my GMTIIc every day for 22 months, and a grand total on one person has noticed. I think the dearth of expensive watches comes down to the fact that most people are unwilling to spend a lot of cash on a watch.

Out and about, I do see Rollie's from time to time, mostly Subs, occasionally GMT's and Daytona's.

[Wink]

I am a university professor. Only three in my administrative unit of about seventy faculty wear Rolexes. I have noticed more in the business school--they are better paid.

Wink

[DRMOVIE1]

in beverly hills / west la everyone has a submariner. 20% are most likely fake. see quite a few daytonas to. and tons of date justs.

[icnbne]

at uni, hardly any
some profs have one, and a handful of students... but not many at all I see one maybe once 2 or 3 months

[PeterT]

One of my technicians has a beat up Air King but that is it, no body else.

PeterT

[Rebel]

Not very common here in NE Mississippi.

[john1]

I've only seen one or two people wearing them at work. I guess it depends a lot on the work environment.

[OPK]

Boatloads of GMT and Subs around here and our office in Zurich. Lot of Pepsi's, black SS subs and the occasional Coke. The dressy guys all have IWC or Zeniths - will probably be my next piece.

[Gerardus]

Yes, in my line of duty they are pretty common.

[mustangbrad]

Not in my town. I've only seen an estimated 4-6 total.

[youngr]

i work in a office with about 1000 people in and theres only two people i know that wear a rolex and one is me and my friend. There is another lady that works there and her husband owns a 1680 Red Sub but he or she doesnt wear it.

[Dr.Brian]

I think that the purchase of a rolex, omega or breitling is nearly a requirement for many physicians when they complete residency training. Most rolexes are DJs and Subs. I'm the only one that I am aware of with a SD, and that's just fine with me. I bought an IWC when I graduated from med school. Not many of them around the hospital either.
Afterall if you don't want to buy one, you can always steal one (see below).
Regards,

[vitix]

its very common here in Santo Domingo

[Art 1]

Very much so.

[dkazaz]

I forgot to say in the original post actually, that my boss also has a TT daytona, and the guy in the next office has a datejust (one I really don't like).

I work in a bank, so I guess its to be expected to an extent, but I still find the sheer number of them much higher than I expected. We do have about 10, maybe 20 AD's in Athens which is an unusually high number IMO, but of course they also sell other brands and products, so I don't know what volume of their business is in Rolex. There are also 3 Rolex boutiques in town.

[WJGESQ]

Originally Posted by dkazaz

I went to a meeting at work today - about 25 people and I interacted with 10-15 of them. I noticed that a high proportion wore Rolexes.

3 of us wore Sub-variants - I wore an SD, another guy had a Deep Sea, one more had a very nice vintage sub no-date. Two people had GMT's, about 5 had Datejusts or similar.

I must admit it seemed a bit strange. This was a normal business workshop, with mid-to senior managers - no CEO's or directors.

Either (a) my colleagues have all got great taste or (b) they're total fashion victims who copy each other or (c) Rolexes are becoming way too common!

I suspect (b) but worry a bit about (c) - which is silly cause there's nothing wrong with it!

Does this happen to you too?

As a person who intended to buy Rolex, but bought Omega, Rolex is a bit too common.

[ocwatching]

I work as an engineer..and most just wear Casios or Timex...a few DJ around..most don't notice watches..
outside of work..the places I frequent..quite often see them...even on servers in eating establishments...

[improviz]

I've seen a few others at work wearing Rolexes, only one in my group: a gal in marketing wears a TT lady datejust (and, interestingly enough, also drives a 3 Series ) Also, I saw one of the guys from legal wearing what appears to be an Explorer I, but couldn't get close enough to see for sure.

A few of the guys (including me) have Breitlings, there's one IWC, but the luxury (or near luxury if you prefer) brand I see the most is Tag Heuer.

In our neighborhood there are is one couple who both have two Rolexes (blue TT Sub and TT Datejust for him, TT and 18K lady datejust for her), and one other guy who used to wear a nice Maurice Lacroix and a VC Double Eagle, but anymore he wears only a Victorinox on a strap. I'm trying to figure out if he sold the VC, or if it was a ringer that he stopped wearing once he figured out I'm a WIS in training.

I see a lot of them around, though, mostly SS Subs, followed by TT Subs and Datejusts, occasionally Presidents.

[kwood]

Don't see too many in Washington state.

[weizhen77]

Have been trying to spot another Rolex owner in the company I'm working in. So far, none. What surprises me is that I can't find anyone wearing an automatic watch.

[haakon59]

No, I would not say common. But if I do see one it will usually be the Submariner or the Datejust, occasionally the Day-Date.

[masterdinh]

Very common in the Toyota environment.

[WatchTimes]

If I go into the grocery store around the corner I will see at least 3 Rolexes.

If I go to Whole Foods across the street you can triple that #.

Heck, last week I was at the grocery store and the kid bagging up my food had on a Sub and he was clearly still in High School.... In this area I don't even ? it being authentic....