ROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEX
27 January 2022, 01:53 AM | #91 | |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jul 2016
Real Name: jay
Location: North London
Watch: BBG,Hulk,16013,DJB
Posts: 3,278
|
Quote:
Enlarge the pic and you can see the top of the crown,, |
|
27 January 2022, 02:06 AM | #92 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: TN
Watch: BLNR
Posts: 850
|
I got offered a hulk three or four years ago a couple thousand over retail, I thought it was preposterous! What a mistake lol
|
27 January 2022, 02:09 AM | #93 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Real Name: Pete
Location: Cheshire, UK
Watch: FXD MN21, BLRO
Posts: 428
|
|
27 January 2022, 02:36 AM | #94 | |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: canada
Watch: me post!
Posts: 3,804
|
Quote:
I totally agree with you Greg. Personally, I could do without the hype. This hobby was much more fun when you could go into an AD and browse watches and talk shop with them. Now it seems like the only thing people want to do is buy these watches to hoard or resell. This forum was a lot different 10 years ago and probably more so 10 years before that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
|
27 January 2022, 02:41 AM | #95 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: chicago
Posts: 89
|
I bought a 116710LN from Davis in 2015 for $6200. felt the same way. the "batman", what a laughable stupid name if you call it that, was for sale at $6850 and I just wasn't feeling the blue.
|
27 January 2022, 02:43 AM | #96 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: USA
Posts: 10
|
|
27 January 2022, 02:47 AM | #97 | |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Switzerland
Watch: yourself
Posts: 1,214
|
Quote:
Last exemple was the new submariner. Didn’t enjoy it so I sold it. Back then I wouldn’t care, now it feels wrong somehow. Another annoying thing is that my life has improved and my finances are very comfortable. All the watches I wanted as a young adult, I can not buy now because they are behind a wall or “investors” who are queuing on wish lists. |
|
27 January 2022, 03:03 AM | #98 | |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: canada
Watch: me post!
Posts: 3,804
|
Quote:
I have to echo your sentiments as well good sir! I was totally ok with buying watches before and understanding that if I didn’t like them I would move on at a loss. Now we have to be judged for doing this? It’s crazy, the whole hobby is crazy. It some sort of privilege now to be put on a paper list and line up to hand over 10k-30k of my cash? Bonkers right? I’m not saying this doesn’t happen with other brands and collecting hobbies. My wife has a very similar experience when she buys purses. I get that it all breaks down to supply and demand, and the brands have done a great job of creating this vision of prestige and exclusivity. It just blows my mind how we all buy into this hype. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
|
27 January 2022, 03:27 AM | #99 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: rolexforums.com
Posts: 5,388
|
Thank you Pete for the pics!
|
27 January 2022, 03:27 AM | #100 | |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Somewhere West
Watch: Rolex/Omega/Patek
Posts: 208
|
Quote:
|
|
18 July 2022, 07:55 AM | #101 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: May 2021
Location: London
Posts: 24
|
Certainly been a ride
|
24 July 2022, 12:53 PM | #102 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Real Name: steve
Location: sydney
Watch: SMURF
Posts: 653
|
i got on this train when it kicked off. aussie dollar was stronger than greenback when i got on board (maybe like 2012 or so?) and the hulk cost me 9k aud from davidsw. i was so thrilled!
things happen and tastes change etc etc and i let it go as part of a bulk sell off. and now my brain won't let it go! so yes, this is my complaint. i follow my epicurean sensibilities with watches. logic and rationality begone! but now because that 9k aud watch went bananas, i walk around like the guy who got kicked out of the beatles! |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|
*Banners
Of The Month*
This space is provided to horological resources.