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Well, I just got my first rolex today! It is a Rolex Daytone Cosmograph. It is a gorgeous watch, and will be putting pictures up as soon as possible..

I also have a few Omegas, tag heurs, and other assorted watches.

Anyone out there own a rolex of their own?

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Congrats.
Almost bought that one 14 years ago.
Didn't know how hot they would become.
I own an Oyster Perpetual, tow tone.

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(AJ stumbles in, looks around, and quitely leaves)

Maybe one day...:r

aj

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It is a gorgeous watch, and I can't get over it.. Haha!

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Wife Has A Ladie's Rolex, I Can't Afford One!:)

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Yowza! Congratulations!

I keep telling my older kids they're spending my Corvette money on college, and they better darn well make it worth it.

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I wish my camera would charge faster so I could take some pictures.. But here is a picture I found on photobucket of the exact same watch.

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/b...aphDaytona.jpg

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here is the official Rolex site photo of my watch. Have had it 7 years now.

http://www.rolex.com/sites/4/img/Col...-0001_main.jpg

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That is a beautiful watch, but I don't care for the date being magnified.. I don't like the date on any watch.. Even though I have a few that have the date.. Haha

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Wait until you get to my age. You will really appreciate that magnification.;)

Here is a picture of the same one I have.

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Haha, yeah. I think so. The daytona has dials in the back to display the date.. Its a really neat watch.

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No Rolex here... I have a Tissot :)

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Yes it is a very nice watch and at over $12,000 it seems rather nice for another addition to a High School Student Collection as when a while back you were inquiring about $30-50 cigars saying you did not know they were so expensive and would be too much for you as a high school student........ Once again something does not smell quite right here. :bs

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I have a plain submariner. Had it for 18 years, wear it every day, looks like I just bought it.
Keeps crappy time, but it's a very nice watch.

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:np
Can't wait to see the one you bought.

What model Omega & Tag do you have?

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I was offerred one by a guy on a corner in Chicago once and he opened his jacked. You should have seen all the watches and necklaces he had but then IceHog3 came to my rescue :r

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:r:tu

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That is a sharp watch. I sold an older Daytona for sale in Boston that also has day and date below the 12, but was a smallish case.

Rolex, Omega, Breitling, Rado, Swatch, and Tissot are made down the street from our shop in Biel.

Oddly, there's only one shop that sells Rolex in Biel, but they have them all with no wait or inflated prices.

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I can't wait to get a Rolex. I have wanted one ever since I was a young pup. Once I get a few years into my job I will hopefully get one.

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I meant to say I saw one for sale in Boston recently...

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That is the watch of my dreams.....I love the submarine watch in this exact color. I fell in love with it on vacation in the Bahamas and told myself one day I will buy this.

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I have the Rolex Date Just with Diamond Bezel and Dial. The wife has the ladies version but also has diamond lugs on hers. I bought them for us when we got married 5 years ago.

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My Rolex must be really old.... because it says Fossil on it.

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:tpd:

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I thought the daytona did not display the date anywhere?

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I took it that he was referring to the picture of mine.

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I have a Seiko. :D

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I guess this is the part that confused me -

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My bad, Horible typing there. I meant to say I dont like the date, but I like the dials on the daytona. My typing must be crap. My dad and I split the cost as I have made a 3.5+ for my entire high school career so far. :)
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:r

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:r
That is some funny chit there.

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:tpd: High school kid, all the talk of way too expensive cigars, drinking on St. Patty's day, now buying brand new Rolex..... :confused:

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I bought one in NYC only cost me $20 too.

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Maybe someday... Or not.

Fanciest watch I've ever had is my Victornox.

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Gotta love those nay-sayers. Oh well.
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I can certainly understand their point of view. Oh well.

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its the internet.. right. ha, oh well, Mods might wanna close this before it turns into a pissing fight.
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Pissing fight? Or pissing match?
I prefer a match..... say..... best 2 out of 3?:D
'Cause anyone can piss and hit the blue disc once!

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Chill out, Colin. Take a step back and try to see things from a different perspective.

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nah,, fight. Last man standing. So much cleaner that way.
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pnoon, yr right. Just gotta see it from their point of view.
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Peter is always a wise man.

Look,
This subject is no different than many others.
There are different strokes for different folks.
We each have personal preferences and personal financial situations.

Interesting story of how I got mine.
My wife use to work for North American Watch Company (Movado, Corum, Piaget and Concord).
She use to buy Movados for me on employee sales. Got some of the most beautiful ones they make really cheap. An $800 watch for $150 as an example. Before she left, we bought a Concord Saratoga for me with diamonds on dial and bezel, two tone, with 18 KT gold. Beautiful watch I never wear as is kept in the bank vault so as to not have my arm cut off. $7,000 watch for $1,500. What a deal!

After a while of accumulating watches, after each and every one of them, I said to her, honey, these are all very, very nice but they are certainly not a Rolex.
For our anniversary, I was surprised one day with the Rolex.
The girl worked her butt off, saved a ton of money, put the rest on a credit card, and got me my watch.

So, for me, it is more than a Rolex. It is an ultimate gift from a life long partner who sacrificed herself to get it for me. As such, it is the nicest watch I will ever own in the world and nothing can compare to it, not even a Platinum one with diamonds on the dial, bezel and band, worth well over six figures.

A few years later, I reciprocated and got her the matching ladie's version of mine. I bet if you ask her, she feels the same about her Rolex. Took me a while to pay that one off also.

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Awesome story, Carlos :tu

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Owning a Rolex is nice, but being able to afford one is even better. We make some tooling for Rolex and have made different parts for them and many other local watch manufacturers.

Rolex is about prestige, accomplishment, to show others your status. Rolex is a wearable status symbol almost like no other globally. There tons of more expensive watches (equally sought after) like Patek and Vacheron, but the average person would not recognize them and they only hold cache for a small group of people that do not hold the same cache for Rolex.

Rolex’s can be a wise investment and their sportier models do not go out of fashion.

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:tpd:

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Moses,
Mine is kept almost like the day I got it, except for the decal underneath that has long faded.
When I got mine, it sold for $3,800. I don't think you can get that same one now for less than double that amount, hence making mine quite valuable, to my kids, when I die that is. I will never sell it at any price. A. not in me to do it. B. Would die at the hands of my wife.:r
I was actually offered same I paid for it in Las Vegas in exchange for upgrading to a newer model (at new model's current cost of course). I had heard they had changed them and made the case larger and after a few martinis while in Mandalay Bay Casino, I stopped and found myself pretending I really wanted to buy a new one. That was fun for those short few minutes.

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You kept the decal on :confused:

36mm cases are not as popular as they were in the 80's. The day date Daytona is saw I think was 36mm as well. I am sure they want all the money as any Rolex with real complications are big money. They make them now, but are a "catalog" watch. They may even farm out those watches to few watchsmiths to make under contract to Rolex.

Here's a picture of Daytona I am talking about.
http://www.pduggan.com/cart/prodimages/M20712.jpg

As you may already know from previous threads, I am not really a Rolex fan, but to underplay their status or investment would tarnish any credibility I may have. If you're not really into horology or don't have a large collection of fancy watches, a Rolex is good choice. It comes down to aesthetics and Rolex is the most copied watch for a reason.

Then again their investment value is because of Rolex's distribution channels. There's nothing inherent to Rolex (vs. other watches of similar price) that make their watches better. Well maybe the parts we make for them make them better, lol...

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You mean that green decal with the serial number on the back of the case was meant to be taken off?
Mine is still on to this day, 16 years later.:r

Faded as heck, but still on there.

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Yes it is, it's more comfortable on the wrist to stainless against than vinyl. Did you take the plastic tab with string off it at least? :r

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Still have the string too but in the box.:r

My wife was smarter than me. She took her green label off.

Will post a photo shortly of mine.