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In the UK, the list price of my 16710 GMTII in 2002 was £2350 and were reasonably readily available. Today with inflation that equates to £3848. The current equivalent watch is £7750 so more than double the price. The only caviat is that the GMT today is better engineered, particularly the bracelet and cerachrom bezel insert. So the answer is a definite YES!
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A lot depends on your income IMO.
Back in 1992 I bought a SD16600 and it was about 10% of my total income. In 2017 I bought a 126600 SD and voila ... it was about 10% of my total income. ![]() |
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I think my GMT was about 20% of my total income. I would imagine your income pro-rata has gone up a lot in almost 30 years so I think they have gone up disproportionally in real terms.
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I got to see in the watch store windows, steel Rolex Daytona's at the exorbitant price of $1000.00 c. 1976.
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In 1979, a new Submariner from my wife cost a discounted $700. I think MSRP might have been in the upper $800 range. My Dad bought a 78 Cadillac for I think $12,000. So I guess allowing for inflation and 2020 value as a comparison, how do these compare?
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I paid USD7,300 for my Rolex Submariner about 7 years ago.
Have no idea what they cost now, but I would not even consider a Rolex anymore after they allowed the market to blow out to these proportions. |
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Yes, rolex prices have increased far more than inflation. I first priced a new Submariner for $250.
When I was first shopping for a Suby it was 4 months earnings with my paper route, or $250 for a Submariner (mid ‘70s). Back then it was a tool watch as quartz was just coming on the scene. Today, I find it hard to believe I was shopping for a new Sub for $250, but that is what they were selling for back then. With inflation that would be a $1000 watch today. Obviously it doesn’t cost $1000. With the advent of quartz, I bought a nice quartz seiko diver which was more accurate than the Rolex and cost less than half! ;-) In the early 1970s, Rolex was a great tool watch. Then the quartz crisis hit, and anyone could buy a cheap watch with better accuracy than a Rolex. So, Rolex went luxury, and here we are now… |
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That’s an incredible story about a special man. Maybe even more incredible is that a man like your father wasn’t unique. His generation stepped up and did what had to be done, no questions, no why me, just get to it. The world is a lesser place without your father and men like him. Thank you for sharing.
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My first Rolex a Polar 16550 Explorer II was $1,360 in November 1986. Took 3 months to pay for it.
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Bought a new gmt in 1997 . List was $3500.00 AD took of $500.00 , paid $3000.00 .
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Just for the rich,like today !
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I think the Tudor brand is now a much better proposition. They are a reasonable price, readily available, they offer more professional models and they are well made.
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lmfao smh, and boomers have the nerve to cry about millennials.
just el oh el at affording a president as a public school teacher and a family to feed. |
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Yes! Hong Kong in the 60s & 70s.
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What a lovely story/gesture, and I have no idea who is cutting onions in my house! ![]() Stories like these, and meeting people like yourself and a lot of the gents on this forum is what makes me love this hobby. ![]() |
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You don't have to be rich to buy a Rolex. All depends on how you manage your money.
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Heck, even Tudor Black Bays are expensive compared to Subs from the 50s to the first half of the 70s. https://www.minus4plus6.com/PriceEvolution.php |
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GMTs were in the PX catalog and available to GIs not stationed in the U.S. at cost.
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