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14 December 2018, 12:48 AM | #1 |
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what is your least expensive reference?
not a day goes by without a thread on cost, price, value or worth. so here's another one, well sort of...
what is your least expensive reference? how much did you pay? when did you buy it? where did you buy it? why did you buy it? 16610 LV £2650 Sept 2005 AD / England The colour of the bezel. Full disclosure I did think the £300 difference over the 16610 date was a lot for just a green bezel. At that time I didn't know about the maxi dial and hands. Even now, I feel the joy in wearing it like the first time I walked out the AD with it.
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14 December 2018, 12:59 AM | #2 |
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I assume we are only talking Rolex references. In which case:
116610LV 8% off MSRP and no tax ($8,320). Early June 2017 AD in Connecticut Color of the dial/bezel. Added bonus that, at the time, it was the somewhat unloved ugly duckling by the masses.
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14 December 2018, 01:02 AM | #3 |
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16550, $1360 in 1986.
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14 December 2018, 01:07 AM | #4 |
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Rolex 16570 Polar
Paid $4,195 Purchased from a forum member in November 2016 I always liked the Polar Explorer and wanted to treat myself to something nice for my birthday. Thought it would be a great start into 5 digit references. |
14 December 2018, 01:20 AM | #5 |
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U serial 14270. Bought two years ago off the Omega Forum for $2900.
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14 December 2018, 01:23 AM | #6 |
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Rolex - LVc bought for slightly under retail, £6.3K, last August, days before the taking off.
Other - Yellow Seawolf bought for £2K, great value, this year. The new wavy SMPs look great value as well, very tempting, esp blue with grey dial. |
14 December 2018, 01:24 AM | #7 |
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My 1655 il freccione, bought in Hong Kong in 1973, US$500.
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14 December 2018, 01:31 AM | #8 |
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214270
$5800 October 2018 AD in Netherlands I love the simplicity of it
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16760 Coke
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14 December 2018, 01:52 AM | #10 |
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Seiko mini turtle £350. Nice watch for the money.
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14 December 2018, 01:54 AM | #11 |
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Sub date 16610
... $5200 cad (MSRP was $6250) ... 2006 ... AD in Vancouver ... cuz it is an iconic watch |
14 December 2018, 01:54 AM | #12 |
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Explorer 214270, bought June 2018, right at $7k after tax.
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14 December 2018, 01:56 AM | #13 |
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Rolex Airking 14000M, 2006. Bought in February 2018 for £3,100.
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14 December 2018, 02:00 AM | #14 |
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Bought around 1981 by my Father a Daytona 6263 he went to buy a sub, but AD gave him a discount on the Daytona, cost just over £800 and cheaper than the sub, at this time Rolex could not give them away Daytona was a very very poor seller..
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14 December 2018, 02:10 AM | #15 |
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Rolex Oyster Perpetual 114200, bought new in May 2018 for €3300.
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what is your least expensive reference?
16700 bought in 2013 for $3500
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14 December 2018, 03:52 AM | #17 |
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Rolex (no longer own): 16610 bought in 2008 for $3,500
Rolex (still own): BLNR bought for MSRP and no tax $8,950. Non-Rolex: Raymond Weil Maestro $800. Was headed out of town to a meeting and needed a watch that wasn’t a Rolex to be more audience appropriate. Put a hirsch strap on it and think it looks pretty good. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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My first was an Explorer II 16570 Polar for $3275 in 2000.
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14 December 2018, 05:16 AM | #19 |
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16570, which coincidentally also is my most expensive watch
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14 December 2018, 05:19 AM | #20 |
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17013 oysterquartz for me. Bought it for $2,950. Now the girlfriend rocks it everyday and loves it.
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In 2009 I started buying Invictas; all of those would be my cheapest as I've still got them. It would have been to clarify better the intent of the thread. If we consider Rolex alone than it's my 16570 black ExpII. IIRC I paid about $3500 for it a number of years ago (in 2014). It's currently at RSC for some R&R.
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14 December 2018, 05:21 AM | #22 |
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Black dial DSSD bought in Sept 2013, list was £8050 but managed to haggle down to £7400. Remember when you could do that on SS models..
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14 December 2018, 05:39 AM | #23 |
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14 December 2018, 06:08 AM | #24 |
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1972 1675 GMT Bought in 2001 from Timezone SC for 1225.00
It was posted by a non WIS selling his dad's watch and was slightly underpriced even (asking 1200) by 2001 standards. He was so new at it he forgot to ask for postage so I added the 25 bucks when I responded to the ad. He said that's why he sold it to me. :) This is the longest I've ever kept a watch as well. |
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Assuming this is just Rolex, and not my other cheapies :-)
16710 pre-owned with box and papers in 2010, $3,650 Bought it while I was on deployment at age 26 (Navy helicopter pilot). It was the watch that I always wanted and the one that always came to mind whenever I heard the word "Rolex".
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14 December 2018, 07:46 AM | #27 |
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116610LN - bought on 11/2017 for $6450
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15 December 2018, 04:09 AM | #28 |
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116610 LN purchased a few years back for 7200 canadian.
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15 December 2018, 04:19 AM | #29 |
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My best purchase. Aka "least expensive reference in my collection?"
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