Rolex you’re least likely to purchase and not a fan of

[Quamby]

Originally Posted by mml4

New GMT Jubilee
Daytona C white Dial
Daytona C black dial
Sky D SS blue dial
I'm 71 years old- Odds are I will be on the wrong side of the dirt before my name is reached!
I am a fan but one has to face reality!

Dear Sir, you are 71 years young.

Surely you could use your age to your advantage to move up the queue for the four said references.

Plenty of good years ahead of you.

[Quamby]

Originally Posted by AzHadEnuf

5 digit Subs=crappy, tinny blaclets, garbage clasp, cheap aluminum bezel, skinny drilled lugs and sapphire crystal. Plus’s everybody has one or two. If I throw a rock out my back door I’ll likely hit a Submariner.

6263. No one bought theses for 18 years. Tiny! girly! Famine! Dainty a girls watch. No in-house movement. Fixed plastic bezel. Rivited bracelet. Screw down pushers, manual wind. Never flew on Apollo.

Vintage 4 digit DJ’s. Small ladies watches, stretched out ratty jubilee bracelets. Oh and that god awful cyclops. Oh the 70’s called and wants their flutter bezel back.

And don’t even get me started on the Tudor line. Cheep knockoffs of the real thing. Why any one would wear on is beyond me.

....oh wait...I may have read the question wrong...never mind.

I totally share your sentiments, bravo!!!!

Tudors are in-house knockoffs :)

[Pavlos]

Originally Posted by peterpl

The models below I would never purchase.

- OP
- Airking
- Explorer I
- YM2

What is an entry level for you? Is a Date Just smooth bezel an acceptable entry level as well?

[abbassmaki]

YM I and II, Air King, Milgauss and Explorer I and II

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[tyler1980]

Originally Posted by Quamby

I totally share your sentiments, bravo!!!!

Tudors are in-house knockoffs :)

no more so than a Toyota is a knockoff of a Lexus. Pretty sure people driving around in 4Runners or land cruisers don't think they have a knockoff car since its the cheaper version.

[Quamby]

Originally Posted by tyler1980

no more so than a Toyota is a knockoff of a Lexus. Pretty sure people driving around in 4 runners or land cruisers don't think they have a knockoff car.

I know, but Tudor is widely known as the second-fiddle brand to Rolex in Hong Kong and that sentiment is pretty prevalent and deep-rooted.

[Flier]

Air king
Air king
Air king

[christian-h]

41 mm datejust.

[RMC12]

I can't say I dislike any of them to be honest. The one I least see myself buying is the DJ though. I just prefer the sports models I suppose - although I could see myself with a DD!!

[cryptoking]

Blue hand yachtmaster

[MonBK]

Originally Posted by Quamby

I know, but Tudor is widely known as the second-fiddle brand to Rolex in Hong Kong and that sentiment is pretty prevalent and deep-rooted.

Interesting, that's what we say about Hong Kong.

[PattayaHammerTime]

there's an old saying where I come from.... opinions are like arses... everyone has one and the majority of them stink!!!

I wouldn't want to upset any snowflakes by giving mine out but.... bi metal straps on Rolex for me are a real no no....

[jaisonline]

I love Rolex watches. They make many models to suit many tastes.

Personally, I will avoid YM2, Sky Dweller, Deep Sea & SD (cool but too thick), any modern Explorer 1 & 2 (prior models are very cool), OP, DJ41 Air-King and Milgauss. Anything will stones, gems, etc...

[willbangor]

YM2
DJ
Explorer 1/2
Milgauss
AirKing

[HL65]

Sub
GMT
Daytona
DJ
DD
SkyD
YM
YMII
Exp
ExpII
Milgauss
OP
DSSD
SD
Airking
Cellini
Tudor

Let me think about if I should add any more.

No that should work for now.

[samson66]

Originally Posted by tyler1980

no more so than a Toyota is a knockoff of a Lexus. Pretty sure people driving around in 4Runners or land cruisers don't think they have a knockoff car since its the cheaper version.

This is a good analogy. I don't see them as directly competing with each other. Someone who "wants a Rolex" is going to buy a Rolex. Different price points, different market. Rolex goes to extremes to make sure Rolex and Tudor do NOT compete with each other as much as possible. Just like Lexus and Toyota go after different markets even though they share many underlying components with each other and are both great vehicles.

[DLRIDES]

Maxi-case, due to the grossly unproportional asthetics.

[tng11]

YachtMaster-II. A piece that has never grown on me - didn't like it from when it first came out in WG only, all the way to today.

[fishingbear]

Mon and Ken have actually made this thread entertaining.

[beshannon]

None.

I do not buy what I do not like.

[watchwatcher]

Originally Posted by zjd168

This kind of discussion normally didn't end well

Originally Posted by Boothroyd

Not a fan of these threads that will inevitably knock some forum members' watch choices. For example, we do have leopard Daytona owners on TRF.

Originally Posted by fishingbear

I do not like these type threads due to they can tend to rub reference owners wrong.
We all have different tastes, that’s part of what makes life interesting.

Agree with these gentlemen. And...while I do agree that it's OK to disagree, more times than not the guys who don't like a particular model don't do it in a tactful or respectful manner, so the tone of their post is insulting. And things go downhill from there.

Originally Posted by fishingbear

Mon and Ken have actually made this thread entertaining.

x2

And to Cru...this one's for you, buddy.

[CRM114]

I detest 90% of them, and the other half I hate.

[AzHadEnuf]

Originally Posted by Quamby

I totally share your sentiments, bravo!!!!

Tudors are in-house knockoffs :)

My post was made in jest toward threads aimed at trashing certain watches, many owned by the members here. I hold Tudor in high regard. There’s one on my wrist right now.

[HogwldFLTR]

Originally Posted by HogwldFLTR

Most of the catalog. Much easier to ask what you're most likely to purchase.

Originally Posted by HL65

Sub
GMT
Daytona
DJ
DD
SkyD
YM
YMII
Exp
ExpII
Milgauss
OP
DSSD
SD
Airking
Cellini
Tudor

Let me think about if I should add any more.

No that should work for now.

Thanks, exactly what I was thinking. Very few of their watches I'd consider buying. It's somewhat tempered by what I already own as well. I do see the CHNR on the horizon for me however.

[crazymcmichael]

Originally Posted by AK797

One at retail...

[crazymcmichael]

Cellini
Airking

[crazycarlitos]

Haha what’s not to love about ym2 ?


I am not a fan of Daytona...and it’s the one Rolex I will least likely purchase.

Not a fan... because I can’t get one from any Los Angeles AD at MSRP

and least likely to buy.... because I refuse to pay $8k premium.

(But my wife has other ideas about the white Daytona..lol)

[BadBoyR]

YM2, but then I bought one and it's my fav piece.

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[avega357]

Datejust 28

[EdwardC]

The Yachtmaster 2 is not a watch that meant to please everyone. So it definitely takes some special taste to like it.