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For those who insist that a flip-lock is unworthy of a $5000, or the monetary equivalent, watch, just think that those watches that now have the glide-lock are no longer $5000 watches.
Since the introduction of the new clasp, the prices have increased several hundred dollars.
I guess it's worth it so that Rolex owners won't feel inferior to their Breitling owning buddies, but every "improvement" has a price.
So, I read a lot of complaining about the price of a Rolex and a lot of carping about a flimsy bracelet that has done its job for decades.
Somewhere, there's a disconnect. Did all these Rolex watches whose most challenging adventure will be a mowing a lawn and a subsequent dip in the pool really need that new addition?
Well, if it make us all feel better about ourselves and the pecking order of watch ownership, I guess it is.
We've all ponied up for a Rolex that was more costly when we bought it than it was a couple of years before.
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