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23 March 2018, 01:36 AM | #31 |
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Love it when I hear “make more Rolex watches and lower the price!”. Sure......if I could walk into any AD and pick up what I want anytime I wanted......I’d get bored very fast....plus, who wants mass produced cheap watches?
That forum is over there>>>
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23 March 2018, 01:43 AM | #32 |
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This is the way Rolex has always been. Slow updates to existing references. It's what makes them unique. Do you want a watered down set of references. It's difficult to get the few we have now.
If the idea is to buy some new watch every year from a buffet of watches, then you are better off with Omega or Blancpain or Breitling, or go upscale with AP. But if you want a solid lifetime watch then get a Rolex. It's only now in the social media world that we have this frenzy and desire for "more". With the exception of the supply shortage whatever the reason is, I'm more in love with Rolex than ever before. My favorite watch company by far. |
23 March 2018, 01:49 AM | #33 |
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^^^ This is a fact. I remember the same temper tantrums and “I give up” threads. It happens every year and it may be because Rolex is not a cell phone company delivering cool new products to impress the self entitled generation that demands it every year. I came to the realization a decade ago that unlike most products, Rolex doesn’t care what I think or even if I buy their new watch. Rolex is more than a product and is a force unrivaled in the industry. They know what their doing well beyond any of their customers unsolicited advice. You either sit back and enjoy their vision or buy something else and piss off. As tough of a pill it is to swallow, Rolex doesn’t need your money. There are thousands more waiting for you to get out of line to buy a new Rolex.
Rolex and maybe my Porsche 911 (as a far second) are the only two products I own that are the top of their game enough they don’t really need my business. Ferrari has the same arrogant view of their customers.
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Agreed. Rolex should slow down its new watches tbh.
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The new one is getting the hype as it's new, but it's still oversize, font too large, costly bezel, no interchangeability. I've had two Rolexes, with one in the safe, but now I'm down to just my DJ41 I feel complete. |
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23 March 2018, 02:18 AM | #37 |
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We forum veterans probably should have started a new thread as a “support group” to help those understand what they are feeling after each Basel and how to put those feelings in contex with the grand scheme of Rolex ownership.
“As far as Rolex is concerned, Rolex dominates its number 1 placement in the industry and every other company is a first place loser that will gladly sell you one of those watches if you don’t want to wait in line for ours.”.
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23 March 2018, 02:29 AM | #41 |
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This is another year where nothing seems new or of interest to me. Maybe I expect too much.
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23 March 2018, 02:40 AM | #42 |
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Last year all my wants where met , with the fully remodelled SD43 and still in the honeymoon faze I’m very much in love . It still remains to be the only fully reworked watch in two/three years so next year should be amazing and keeps me interested .
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Agree...I am at that stage now, not so much cooling off, but buying another brand recently has kept things interesting. A real eye opener, and I’m really enjoying the level that PP has brought. |
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I ditched all my Rolex for a few PP.
Im still after a 116500, after I acquire that Rolex can go to hell LOL |
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Perhaps it's the recent changes that are putting me off as I find they are taking the designs away from 50 year old designs that we all know so well (Submariner - maxi case, Seadweller - cyclops, GMT - purple/blue insert). I think I may just have to save away for a 1675... |
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23 March 2018, 04:12 AM | #46 |
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Think the problem is really excessive pre-Basel world enthusiast expectations and the over-heated hype about assumed and collector-pleasing new models. Look at the build up about a Coke SS GMT being released and the intense scrutiny of the Rolex jubilee teaser, it was like the CIA was studying photos to attempt to locate North Korean missile silos.
Let down and disappointment is pretty natural considering Rolex is a conservative company that marches to its own beat. 2018 was OK, some nice things. Spectacular? If that means contacting my AD to be put on waiting lists for multiple models, the answer is resoundingly no. |
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23 March 2018, 04:32 AM | #51 |
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I think for us who are looking at PM and PP and AP, it's easier to let go of the SS circus, but for those in it, and that includes a lot of Omega, Breitling, IWC guys who are attracted over to all the hype and rising prices, it must be disheartening, and demoralising if they are newbies into Rolex.
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Me too.
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Thanks for asking buddy. After the 5 digit Sub I'm living a different moment for many reasons. My last watch was a vintage Omega so I think this is the way I'm moving for now and I hope it lasts, but things can change quickly in our hobby.
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I'm a relative newcomer to the world of Rolex, and this was the first Baselworld since I knew what that was. But in keeping with the "falling out of love" theme, I'm in the "hopeless romantic" category. The games, the hype, and the mystique are what keep me interested. Yesterday I passed up a TT GMT because ultimately who cares? If I change my mind, I'll go back and get it. It is a fantastic, substantial, beautiful watch. But there's no cat and mouse. To maintain this psychological advantage and exclusiveness, Rolex would have to either raise prices even further beyond ridiculousness or continue to limit supplies.
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Been at this 30 years.. 1988 fell in love with Rolex, living in Europe though, obtaining ss professionals was always very hard. I would periodically get discouraged, stray (multiple Tudor, several Omega, Breitling, Breguet, Vacheron, Cartier, A Silberstein, G Genta, one PP nautilus and one AP Royal Oak just to name a few) only to go back to that first love.. They are hard to get (that's why I go grey and pay a premium) but at this point, Rolex is the only brand that gets my attention (and keeps it!).. Been there, done that, not going back!
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It really is the supply issues that concern me.
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There's only one watch I'm interested in at the moment, the steel Pepsi. I'm happy to wait for as long as it takes, I've been told two years, fine, so be it, no rush. Plenty of time to think about it and I might even change my mind by then as there are two BaselWorld editions to go through till then. I thought about a DJ41 at some point but not anymore. An OP39 in olive green would have been nice but no, Rolex had the brilliant idea to come up with a black dial and a white dial, how innovative..
The watch I really lust after doesn't exist. It's the Daytona 116519LN (grey panda dial) albeit in steel and in a 42mm case, ideally two subdials only but three is alright. I won't settle for any other Daytona. If it doesn't happen, fine. I've kind of reached a plateau and nothing else really excites me across other brands either (Omega, Breitling, JLC, , VC, PP, you name it). I have enough watches to enjoy for the rest of my life, too many in fact. Maybe I'll feel differently tomorrow but for now I'll enjoy what I have. |
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To the OP, I think the opposite. This is an awesome time to be a Rolex fan. The supply issue does suck but I think that’s just part of the allure. Not everyone is going to have these watches and that’s what makes them so special.
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