Rolex Owners on the Warrior Forum?

14 years ago

I must be one of the few who actively dislike Rolex watches. I have a Festina and it's been running perfectly since the day I got it, which must be nearly 10 years ago at this stage. And it's a nice 'chunky' stainless-steel manly watch too - no airy-fairy sissy girly-man gold-coloured Rolexs for me!

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ThomM 14 years ago

Don't own a watch that I'm aware of.
I do have the one that City Ice gave my father when he retired in a drawer somewhere. I think it's a Timex.
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MouseandMice

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Thomas

I must be one of the few who actively dislike Rolex watches. I have a Festina and it's been running perfectly since the day I got it, which must be nearly 10 years ago at this stage. And it's a nice 'chunky' stainless-steel manly watch too - no airy-fairy sissy girly-man gold-coloured Rolexs for me!

Hey! I agree-- I would never wear a gold watch... too obnoxious! That's why I opted with Stainless Steel

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KenThompson

14 years ago

Stopped wearing a watch when I stopped working for the man.

The clock on the lower right of my monitor works great. The clock
on my car stereo gets the job done, too.

Other than that, who cares what time it is.

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ThomM

14 years ago

Originally Posted by KenThompson

Stopped wearing a watch when I stopped working for the man.

The clock on the lower right of my monitor works great. The clock
on my car stereo gets the job done, too.

Other than that, who cares what time it is.

I stopped wearing one when I stopped cooking for a living.
The only watch I'd want now is one that says either daytime or nighttime, in case I forget:rolleyes:

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glchandler

14 years ago

One of these is REALLY necessary to accessorize a suit?

Kind of makes me happy to be a tee-shirt, boots and levis kind of guy!

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KenThompson 14 years ago

Originally Posted by glchandler

One of these is REALLY necessary to accessorize a suit?

Close, Gordon... damn close! Helluva try. You're doin' great, man.
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- glchandler 14 years ago
  
  That's a Rolodex, Gordon.
  
  Close, Gordon... damn close! Helluva try. You're doin' great, man.
  
  You mean I wasted the last half-hour looking for the right "bling" to hang that thing around my neck?
  
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  KenThompson 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by glchandler
  
  You mean I wasted the last half-hour looking for the right "bling" to hang that thing around my neck?
  
  Nothing is wasted, Gordon.
  
  You're doin' great! LOL
  
  You'll look like a million bucks. Now go hit the clubs.
  
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Ken Strong

14 years ago

Originally Posted by glchandler

One of these is REALLY necessary to accessorize a suit?

It keeps slipping off my wrist.. I guess I need a few more bungee cords.

The guy at the job interview seemed impressed, anyway. His mouth was hanging open the entire time.

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glchandler

14 years ago

Now if I could just manage to save more than one date---or maybe a name and address or two on this I would REALLY be dressing for success!!

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Frank Donovan

14 years ago

I can't remember when I last wore a watch, but then again, a Rolex is more a piece of jewelry than a functional tool. In fact, a watch is the only item of jewelry some men feel comfortable wearing.

More interesting is the marketing history behind Rolex and the Swiss watch manufacturing industry in general.

Capitalizing on a long established reputation for producing precision timepieces, the top Swiss brands were never shy in positioning themselves at the forefront of public awareness. When Sir Edmund Hillary conquered Everest in 1953, he was wearing a Rolex Explorer. Sean Connery, as James Bond, sported a Rolex Submariner in the 1962 movie Dr. No.

However, the industry took a battering in the 1970s with the advent of digital technology. Japanese manufacturers such as Casio, Citizen and Seiko flooded the market with cheaper and cheaper digital watches, each with more functions than the previous model. Even James Bond started wearing a Seiko watch

As a result, more than 1,000 Swiss watch manufacturers went out of business during the 1970s and 1980s.

But they hit back with a two-pronged attack.

At the cheaper end, they launched the Swatch - a simple yet highly customizable fashion accessory that caught on big time with the young and trendy. And at the top end, the brands emphasised the luxury and status elements of watch ownership. Rolex, for example, refused to embrace the digital wave and kept resolutely mechanical, while all the time driving prices higher.

It worked. A Rolex became the required status symbol for the 1980s Yuppie.

As the digital watch market began to run out of ideas, the luxury Swiss brands regained something of their dominance. James Bond started wearing an Omega.

These days, the Swiss watch industry employs around 40,000 people and while the output of watches only amounts to about 1 per cent of all global sales in units, it accounts for over forty per cent of the value.

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Kay King 14 years ago

My watch battery ran down a few years ago so I wore my spare watch for a few months and then that battery expired. Haven't worn a watch since.

The one thing I've noticed about men who wear a Rolex is they look at the time frequently. Other men may glance at their watch but seems if you wear a Rolex you can only tell the time if you stretch your arm out to raise the shirt/suit sleeve to fully reveal the watch....and then slowly bring your arm up to get a better view. Those things must be hard to read

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Janice Sperry

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

These days, the Swiss watch industry employs around 40,000 people and while the output of watches only amounts to about 1 per cent of all global sales in units, it accounts for over forty per cent of the value.

That's some smart marketing.

That is an incredible statistic! Thanks for sharing.

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thriftgirl62

14 years ago

Originally Posted by KenThompson

Stopped wearing a watch when I stopped working for the man.

The clock on the lower right of my monitor works great. The clock
on my car stereo gets the job done, too.

Other than that, who cares what time it is.

Never liked watches, don't wear one. Never worked for anyone else. Got rid of my cell phone 4 years ago and don't miss the, "Where yu at" one bit. I hate driving so I don't. Ever. I can use one that tells you if its day or night but eventually my computer tells me that anyway.

Rolex Diamond Dial Presidents Watch- Yes, got one. The year was 1989 when I bought that watch for my soon to be raging ego maniac husband with a god-complex which was about 10 years before he developed symptoms that resemble a "narcissistic personality disorder" but that's to be expected: Chemist Defies Natural Law. Inhales Solvent Reactive Chemicals daily since 1968.

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Must be the Rolex watch that did it. He completely wore down the 18 Kt gold band and had several links replaced over the years. Broke the crystal - replaced that too. The last time it was sent to New York for repairs, the damages were too severe for them to handle.

They shipped it abroad to the main Rolex factory for all the World to stare at in amazement for almost a year.

They asked: How could anyone cause such incomprehensible damage to their top of the line watch?

To which I replied: How could your Rolex marketing people make claims that tout Rolex as being the best, a top quality, indestructible watch and the most rugged of all watches ever made on planet earth? That is the only reason I bought that stupid watch. Not the Rolex name - I was 26 back then and didn't know all marketers lie. I believed them because I thought you get what you pay for and $13K meant I would get a lot, right? WRONG.

I told them all the repairs should be covered under their warranty but they said they don't guarantee anything they say because they can't control how someone uses the watch. Let's see. It goes on the wrist, right? It's made to wear daily, right? Doesn't anyone else wear their Rolex like a watch?

Or do they immediately lock it way to keep it safe? Does everyone do like we did AFTER that last trip abroad? Yes, we locked up the Rolex inside the safe where it lays peacefully on velvet cushions in solitary confinement?

Haven't seen that thing in nearly a decade and don't miss it either. Stupid people who get what they want. . . . make everyone else look so smart. Could that be because they are?! [laughing] :rolleyes:

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CDarklock

14 years ago

That's a Rolodex, Gordon.

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seasoned

14 years ago

Well, the only one I could get when I was looking, that I liked, was the gold presidente. I EVEN found a store in denmark that sold it for about $9000!!!!!! In the US, the store I looked at charged about 50% MORE! But I couldn't see myself paying that much for a watch. I WAS going to buy a tag heuer BUT, by the time I really thought about buying it, it cost about 3 TIMES as much. YIKES!

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Josh MacDonald

14 years ago

Family member just bought on, it was near the 3x,xxx USD mark. None of their money is from IM.

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Chris Worner

14 years ago

Personally, I think the new Rolexs are ugly, try to find an antique one, only you will need a huge amount of money to buy them.

Chris

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HeySal

14 years ago

I believe wholeheartedly that if I were to put a watch on my arm I would spontaneously combust. Know what happens when people put watches on their arms (besides people like me who would spontaneously combust, I mean)? They watch them. They can often tell you what time it is within 15 minutes without even looking if you ask because they watch those damned watches so much. Wasted instinct - I can tell you about what time it is by looking at the sky - incredible.

Rolexes, LOL - so men now consider the slave bracelet an ultimate symbol of success? Interesting. Of course if someone is actually insane enough to think I have to have a suit on before they take me seriously, they aren't really bright enough for me to waste my time talking to.

You might at some time see me with something on my arm that looks a tad like a watch. It won't be one. It will be GPS and altimeter, and I will be heading out to places that a man who would think of having a rolex as a survival skill testimonial wouldn't last too long.

I know this thread will sooner or later attract the sports car crowd - so I guess I'll stick this in here now -- I LOVE my jeep. I will probably never drive anything but a Jeep again.

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garyv

14 years ago

Watch?? Don't you mean a rat collar? They require you to wear one before you join the race.

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thriftgirl62

14 years ago

So, if so many people don't like watches, why does everyone seem to have a few of them laying around or locked up? Follow the crowd-itus until you grow up and get too old to pretend for the sake of society I guess.

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HeySal

14 years ago

People that don't wear watches have them laying around?

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mainstreetcm

14 years ago

I'm far too cheap for a rolex--I think the most I ever spent on a watch was a fossil watch that caught my eye. Now that I work with computers all day the damn thing sits in a change bucket most of the time.

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noodle2005

14 years ago

I haven't worn a watch since i was about 14. I don't wear any jewellery at all either apart from my wedding ring but i only wear that for special occasions.

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Mark Brian

14 years ago

Used to wear a cheap model of Tag Heuer but stopped wearing one when mobile phones came.

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AlanGNW

14 years ago

Haven't worn one in quite some time. As for owning expensive ones I simply can't be trusted. I've broken and lost so many!

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derekwong28

14 years ago

I no longer wear watches but still have a small 12 year old collection of luxury watches that were bought partly for investment purposes. I must be mad then and they are now far too rich for me. I have not looked at them for months and will probably sell most of these eventually. I have

1 Patek Phillipe circa 1960 given to me by my father
2 Vacheron Constantins that I consider to have the classiest designs of all luxury brands
1 IWC gold skeleton that is just incredible to look at
1 Kelek 5 minute repeater - this is a poor man's minute repeated that is no longer made
1 ChronoSwiss Delphis Jumping Hour
1 Omega De Ville limited edition in platinum. This was the first production watch with a new type of escapement in more than 200 years. This watch was bought mainly for investment purposes only.

Since I got married, I can't afford to buy more luxury watches. The only watch I bought recently was a Chinese made Tourbillion (poor man's tourbillion) that I bought through eBay.

I am not into Rolexes because they have a poor reputation among watch collectors in terms of refinement. Their watch movements are much thicker and have a rougher finish than other luxury brands. However, they are extremely reliable and is the only brand that have a ready secondhand market anytime anywhere. Whereas for investment purposes, Patek Philipe is the only brand that is almost guaranteed to keep its value and even appreciate.

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Janice Sperry

14 years ago

I have a 9 year old Casio that I bought for $12. It has a few prominent scratches so sometimes I have to tilt it just right to tell the time. I set it to the atomic clock every month or so. I will only replace it when it needs a battery and then I will get another cheap watch.

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GuerrillaIM

14 years ago

Advertisingguerrilla is right. Rolex makes you look like you are trying too hard. Breitling is much cooler. Personally though my next watch will be a Bremont. They are expensive watches and some models have limited runs and very exclusive, but your average oik off the street wouldn't know how much it cost to look at it.

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Sleaklight

14 years ago

This is the watch I have:
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Jagged 14 years ago

You mean that watch I bought for $5 in NYC from that guy on the corner isn't a real rolex?
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CDarklock

14 years ago

You know what I want?

I want a watch with a display of the globe on it. So you look at it, and instead of having hands, you just have a big disc that turns 360 degrees every 24 hours. It should show the Northern hemisphere on the top, but also open like a locket to show the Southern, and you should have the ability to close it and wear it around with either hemisphere up top. So when I look at my watch, I can see at a glance what time it is anywhere in the world. Oh, you're in Singapore? Hmm, there's Singapore, I see it's almost 10 AM over there.

I don't give a crap that it's 9:49 over there right now. "Almost 10 AM" is enough for me to decide whether I should pick up the phone or send an email.

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sahildevit

14 years ago

I Haven't Worn Watch Since My Time Begin Bad.. !!!

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MouseandMice

14 years ago

To be fair-- like I said, I never wore a watch either, and I didn't start now to "keep time."

I wore it for the same reason that I believe someone else mentioned above-- it is a piece of jewelry that is almost necessary when one wears a suit.

Plus, it is so shiny.

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14 years ago