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Indeed. Guys who scoff at the Rolex but have wet dreams about a particular rifle or knife or sports car seem awfully myopic to me. I know a guy who will argue with a tradesman over a $1500 flooring bill but will drop 2 grand on a hooker without blinking.

Oh, well. I'd like a Rolex Submariner, and I might buy one some day, because I appreciate the aesthetics and the rugged functionality of the watch. I'd also like a Rigby double rifle, again because of the ethics and functionality. Do I need either one? Of course not! But if I can afford either item, choose to buy it, I will do so to please myself, not to impress anybody else.

If you're going to buy either one, go on and do it. They're not getting any less expensive.

I don't think that's correct. Mauser sued Springfield

Good point!

Just observing people in various places, I rarely see a person wearing a watch unless that person is rather elderly. Everybody else just pokes at their 'smart phone'..

Sad, really..

This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Model 70 was not in the feud.

Well that is ONE undisputable statement in this thread!

My next watch is an Omega Speedmaster Moon Watch

Rolex only recently began the 5 yr warranty, (1st July 2015) prior it was 2 yr.

Tudor now has the warranty period that several million Rolex owners got for many yrs.

Breitling offer 5 yrs on their in-house calibre watches.
So Rolex are saying they are no better than a Brietling...?..



Ops! my mix up... I should have said Winchester 'stole' design ideas from Mauser,
but only Springfield got sued for doing the same.

Just wait.... lol

So, when are you going to post some pictures of your watches?

Right after you tell us what a Tudor and Steinhart lack in horology and user performance terms vs a Rolex.

Rolex groupies are like christians , they don't need logical rational evidence , they are content to just
believe their own self contrived fantasies....A fools paradise is better than no paradise at all for some.

Cutting 'n pasting is a wonderful thing for the internet geniuses like some here. There are spaces in their sentences when they drop them.

Look for that and you'll figger out who does that. Possibly, it is the main nay-sayer of this thread.

Hilarious, actually. And Sad.

God Bless,

Steve

PS. One day, I had a young man show up at our store. He was going to the Congo, or some place like that. He signed on for a ten-year hitch for something (maybe a missionary, or some such).

Anyway, he asked for the finest watch he could buy that didn't a silly battery. Something that was impossible to buy or have installed in-country.

His request was that he wanted to walk in my store after ten years with a smile on his face.

I strapped a Rolex Submariner on his wrist, he paid me and he left.

Fully ten years later, he walked in my store with one Hell of a smile on his face.

The Rolex worked ... and superbly.

Yes, some folks buy a Rolex for the wrong reasons (elitism and BS like that), but the rest of us buy Rolex watches because the frickin' work, no matter what.

Have fun with that ... but, it is the truth.

By the way, I HATED working with Rolex International. They made demands that should never have been made of a retailer (like carrying the POS Tudor brand). BUT, as a watch, Rolexes were, and are, absolutely superb.

Count me as a hater of their demands, but a lover of the Rolex watch.

Yep, the internet warriors will flame me for stating the truth. Trust me, their on-the-ground knowledge is lacking.

I'm out of here.

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A salesman says 'trust me I'm a salesman'...

question still stands:

In horological terms, what makes Rolex a superb watch? (salesman smoke & mirrors aside)

SUPERB , adjective.
-excellent, superlative, first-rate, first-class, superior, supreme, outstanding, remarkable, dazzling, marvellous, magnificent,
wonderful, splendid, admirable, noteworthy, impressive, fine, exquisite, exceptional, glorious, sublime, perfect, of the first order,
fantastic, fabulous, stellar, terrific, super, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, awesome.

I don't think you even own a mechanical watch. Did they get tired of you over at watchuseek and timezone?

Outside of this thread the scant few (5-10 gents) I know that wear a Rolex have never uttered the term 'horolgy', I might ask next 'time' we're in the duck blind. I'm not sure a Rolex is strictly about things 'hor-logical'..see what I did there?

nobody has said it was 'strictly' about 'hor-logical'...
but knowing horology stds. helps compare product value and performance...its only logical man.






Feel free to conjure any beliefs you want , just like I don't think your fantasy God or Jesus waiting in the clouds exists either.




Your feeble christian mind has blown a fuse again,... Im not a member!...lol..
why is it you cant stop imagining things?....your problem may be treatable.

your irrational mind carries over to all parts of your life it seems...sad.

You're quite the renaissance man, from Horology to Psychiatry, Theology and Epistemology.

I'm an active member at WUS, DWC, IWL, and a few other watch sites. I enjoy learning and seeing new watches hit the market, I have a large revolving collection. Generally I don't waste my time with copy/paste wantabes that insult people for conversation, and are butthurt someone might have more money than them.

Hot damn I made someone's sig line. That was... painful to admit.

Good to see you two are working it out. LOL!