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23 October 2020, 07:58 PM | #31 |
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23 October 2020, 08:45 PM | #33 |
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You need to turn on auto-correct
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The wealthy are always wealthy, even in a depressed economy. And I mean folks with real FU money, not the small time millionaire.
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23 October 2020, 09:20 PM | #37 |
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23 October 2020, 09:21 PM | #38 |
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23 October 2020, 10:04 PM | #40 |
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If you want a BNIB stainless rolex, patek or audemars today you could have one.. There are 100"s of them forsale at any given time. Thats not what most are looking for tho, they want that MSRP price thats why you see all the whining about my Trusted AD..!
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23 October 2020, 10:59 PM | #41 |
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I understand why you’re perplexed and have a lack of "FACINATION" (sp)....It's clear that only the most expensive of items, attract your attention!
"I just do not get the fascination with a stainless steel watch except it was the cheapest watch to purchase". Just saying...... |
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It’s more durable, lighter, cheaper, and has been largely the feature of most of their ad campaigns around the sports line since inception. Connerys 6538 wasn’t made of rose gold.
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I don't navel gaze the market for stainless steel.
They are and have been the only watches I can afford. I have around 10 of them on and off, and love them all even though they aren't precious metals. Speaking of that, are precious metals really all that precious? And would I get any more enjoyment from a watch that is made of precious metals? Not feeling it.
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24 October 2020, 12:59 AM | #45 |
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While the hype the last three years or so is unprecedented, SS watches have been popular for a very long time. Vintage SS Rolex were trading well even during the recession. SS Daytona has seen the hype since around 1995, after about 50 years of being the worst seller in the pro model lineup. Hype/demand moves around. I hope it moves to something else soon. I liked the old days of trading regularly better.
They HYPE is not strictly SS either. PM Rolex prices are way up across the board. SUB LB for example is up about 8-10 K over two years ago. You could find minty used around 25K and BNIB from reseller around 27-28K just a couple years ago.
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Speaks volumes.
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But in reality is a SS Sub and a gold Sub really the same thing. From a functional perspective I'd argue yes and no. They serve two different purposes, although they both tell the time. The SS serves the basic function of a Rolex Sub, and the Gold is an adornment, an ego boost, a statement, jewelry, a fetish perhaps. (nothing wrong with that) Therefore perhaps a SS Sub and a Gold Sub are actually two different things because they serve two different purposes. (Which is why some people have both) That being said, not saying I wouldn't mind having a Gold Sub, but for me it's just not justifiable.
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how do you know huh? all the pictures back then were black and white. the number ends in an 8 so i guess it was yellow gold
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Honestly, a SS model is all that I can afford. Ok, that’s a lie, I can’t even afford that, but my grail is a PM piece, a WG (new) sub to be exact. I know mechanically it is no different then a SS, and being WG won’t even look any different, but wearing that heavy piece of fine metal on my wrist will be a reminder to me, a reminder I was able to achieve a goal. I know I will enjoy it.
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I see what you mean, but really not sure from outside a WIS perspective they would be so differentiated. Would an SS and WG sub still fit those definitions above ? The adornment, ego, jewellery, statement you’ve described about the gold sub is equally applicable i would argue by many Rolex wearers to an SS sub.
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But my point was about ONCE you make the determination to buy say, a Rolex Sub, then my initial criteria seems to fit.
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I enjoy SS Rolex and I’ve never flipped one for a profit, but I’ve sold a few that didn’t work out.
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