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I dont care what people wear, but If I was offered a used Rolex at a very good price from a private seller,
It would have to first take it to a watch tech. I trusted for internal inspection...not to determine if its fake,
because I can easily do that by removing the caseback hoping to find a 3135 , but to determine mechanical condition.

They are badass. Dunno about loud, I hardly notice it ticking anymore. Figure it finally got broke in?

I've owned several. I don't currently have one. Every one of mine steamed up. That was the big thing about them, that they were waterproof and then that. The wife has two or three. I like upscale watches and have several others that if asked, I'd say were probably better quality. Rolex is a lot like John Deere, getting by on the name.

As to fakes...there are indeed some great ones out there, then there are others that keep better time than the "real" ones. A lot depends on the movement. Rolex used to make some Quartz watches-maybe they still do. A quartz will always outdo a mechanical for accuracy and care-free service. Many fakes are replicas of classic Rolex mechanical watches with the fakes having a quartz movement. Like a typical quartz watch, they are very accurate and worry-free, but the typical Quartz has a "click" to the movement whereas a mechanical is smoother on the second-hand, making these fakes easy to spot. I've never seen a Quartz Rolex faked. The really great fakes of Rolex though, will use something like an IWC movement-which many upscale watches also use. They are very hard to spot unless you open the case.

The most expensive Rolex I've ever seen was in the Rolex store in Singapore circa 1981. IIRC, it was a Submariner style in platinum or white gold and the face of the dial and the bezel were totally covered with teeny, tiny diamonds. I seem to remember it was around $45,000 (again in 1981 dollars).

Try a Ulysse Nardin

http://www.jomashop.com/ulysse-nardin-royal-blue-799-80.html

My days of watch watching are over. I get up when I feel like it and go to bed when I get tired. It wasn't always this way but retirement came with different standards.

Felt like I was splurging when I paid $100.00 for my Bulova. I had worn the Timex Ironman for years prior to that.

I really like Rolex's but...they are for status seekers who travel in circles where nobody knows anything about watches. Mechanical watch afficionados quickly tire of the Rolex brand as they are common and go with stuff like Omega, Breitling, Tag, etc. Antique guys like Zenith, Baume, etc. Jewelry people like Ulysse, Jaeger LeCoultre and those seeking the ultimate timepiece go with a Patek.

If I want a really accurate reading, I check my mechanical Omega by my phone. lol

You have to hope the stinking phone is charged up though.

That's what the big boys down at the poolhall tell me.

L.W.

Why not have both, I have....

Have had one since 1986. Been on every hunt since then. Has went inside 30plus Deer. 2 Mt Goat hunts. Been part of who knows how many Grouse and Pheasants hunts. Lot of good times have been spent while it ticked away time. Have pissed away more than what it cost in booze. The watch was the better deal.

Finally started to stop, so had it worked on. It will be going when I'm not.

"Dogs playing pool" doesn't count.

My kind of watch Steve, simple and to the point.

I'm sure it looks very nice in your den, I however prefer the poker playing dogs myself.

I wear an Omega Speedmaster pretty much every day. It's the watch that went into space with our astronauts and to the moon on every trip. I can't have a cell phone where I work and every time I look at it's a reminder of great things that can be accomplished if we envision a future and work towards it.

I wore this one for 350+ of my carrier landings and at least 1500 of my 2400 Prowler hours .We'll see what I do in retirement but pretty sure it won't involve a cell phone.

The Rolex looks real.

What Rolex?

Please get a decent strap for that Speedmaster. It's a crime to have that thing on it.