rolex watches...really?

**PNWbrit** · 06-20-2022, 07:12 PM

Originally Posted by bennymac

Wow!

That's a fucking ugly watch.

**bennymac** · 06-20-2022, 07:16 PM

Classy post

**gretch6364** · 06-20-2022, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by bennymac

Classy post

Haha...no one ever accused PNW of having class...or good taste. If you don't know...you don't know, which is more then fine to the majority of collectors buying ROs ;-)

**gretch6364** · 06-20-2022, 07:39 PM

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**PNWbrit** · 06-20-2022, 09:09 PM

Originally Posted by gretch6364

The 5711 is not mine…but two ugly watches hanging out last week ;-)

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Which one is from Target?

**gretch6364** · 06-20-2022, 09:55 PM

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

Which one is from Target?

Both….get them while they are hot! GWS Target carries the full trinity. Might head down tomorrow to grab a 16202. New shipment just arrived.

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**dunfree** · 06-20-2022, 10:10 PM

I spent six figures on an ugly watch says the guy who doesn’t want to be a millionaire

**gretch6364** · 06-20-2022, 10:12 PM

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**dunfree** · 06-20-2022, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by gretch6364

Sorry…I don’t purchase watches over MSRP.

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congrats on ten years, use the next ten not to be an asdhole about it

**gretch6364** · 06-20-2022, 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by dunfree

congrats on ten years, use the next ten not to be an asdhole about it

You are always such a dick about everything. It’s a freaking watch thread and I was sharing a watch I bought my wife for our anniversary. In all honesty, what is your fucking problem?

You always feel the need to respond to every one of my post…not sure I understand the obsession. TGR used to be a place where we all were stoked for each other. Stoked for good powder days, new homes, new puppies and babies. Before asshats like you, it was a community.

Everyone has hobbies and things they are in to. Some mags buy new cars, others buy nice watches. Seriously…who pissed in your fucking cheerios?

I wasn’t being a dick in any way. If you bought your wife a Seiko that she really loved, I would never in a million years comment that the gift you bought her was ugly. It shows zero class. If something isn’t your taste…fine, move along. But why the need to tear others down for no reason?

If it is so fucking ugly…why is it 3 to 6x…nevermind. Not worth the effort. The wife adores it and it’s for her, not anyone else. Only shallow fools buy watches for other people. I buy watches I love and love to wear. Only person that matters here is her…that when she looks at the time, she smiles.

You buy stuff because of what others think? Guessing yes…over your shit. Deleted the pics and posts as to not offend you.

I do kind of enjoy that it triggers you though…

**Core Shot** · 06-21-2022, 05:10 AM

^^^^^^^

Excellent rant. Wife likes Rolex. You buy her one.
Every time she wears it she is reminded of your love for her.

I wish someone loved DumbFree

**The AD** · 06-21-2022, 09:05 AM

I don't get the watch obsession, either, but most people have something they spend money on that others don't understand. Some have multiple things.

**Bobby Stainless** · 06-21-2022, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by HD333

This thread made me pull out our Tags. I’ve always had a thing for them. But now I find myself wearing mine less and less.

From left to right:

1) Freebie a jeweler threw in when I bought my wife’s link way back, maybe late 90’s.

My parents gave me that watch for Christmas way back. Damn thing was free.

**MTT** · 06-21-2022, 10:21 AM

Repost in the right thread

If you want to geek out on Rolex
Dude has many YouTube videos

**Cisco Kid** · 06-21-2022, 10:24 AM

I wonder if you can still get a nice looking Rowex on Canal Street for $100.

**ötzi** · 06-21-2022, 10:53 AM

Now I want to know what gretch bought but all the attachments are gone.

**N1CK.** · 06-21-2022, 11:08 AM

I happen to have an absolute mint ladies Rolex to sell. Oyster Perpetual Datejust, diamond bezel, gold/steel band, all documents, box, etc. If any of you high rollers want to spoil your wives and/or girlfriends ... PM me !

(no, I won't cross post to GS, or post pics of the prior owner)

**gretch6364** · 06-21-2022, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by ötzi

Now I want to know what gretch bought but all the attachments are gone.

Audemars Piguet 15551ST for the wife. Dark blue dial, diamond bezel.

**Conundrum** · 06-21-2022, 12:02 PM

I thought it was a super cool watch and being the Luddite I am hadn’t heard of them and went down a rabbit hole of Swiss watch makers last night. So I’m glad he posted it.

**gretch6364** · 06-21-2022, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by Conundrum

I thought it was a super cool watch and being the Luddite I am hadn’t heard of them and went down a rabbit hole of Swiss watch makers last night. So I’m glad he posted it.

Thanks...that can be a deep rabbit hole! For me, the manufacturing process and the people that hand finish the watches is what draws me in....especially the Royal Oak. For example, and you probably found some of this during your search, the dials are still made from brass using 100 year old pantographs with each dial taking almost an hour to engrave. The bracelet alone takes almost 8 hours to hand finish. Heck, the hand finished and assembled movement has almost 200 parts and the entire watch is only 9mm thick with a 60 hour power reserve.

Making something that can be +/- 2 or 3 seconds a week and doesn't take a battery? I think it is badass. My father was a tool & die maker, grinding carbine to incredible tolerances and a swiss watch made by hand using similar skills and precision just fascinates me. Many times when I look down at a nice watch, I think of of my dad and the black carbide dust on hands everyday after work. The people that make and design fine watches are flat out artist and I find enjoyment wearing their art everyday. AP has about 1,500 employees (Rolex for example has 30,000) and they produce about 50K watches per year (Rolex produces almost 1 million).

**highangle** · 06-21-2022, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by Cisco Kid

I wonder if you can still get a nice looking Rowex on Canal Street for $100.

You can do better - $82 Invicta Sub copy is diveable and built on a legit regulatable Seiko motion which should last the rest of your days if you wear it enough: https://www.amazon.com/Invicta-8926O...5840004&sr=8-2

**The AD** · 06-21-2022, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by highangle

You can do better - $82 Invicta Sub copy is diveable and built on a legit regulatable Seiko motion which should last the rest of your days if you wear it enough: https://www.amazon.com/Invicta-8926O...5840004&sr=8-2

It's not a bad looking watch.

**dunfree** · 06-21-2022, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by Conundrum

I thought it was a super cool watch and being the Luddite I am hadn’t heard of them and went down a rabbit hole of Swiss watch makers last night. So I’m glad he posted it.

You can get even more insane and fall down the British/French maker rabbit hole (dunno if there’s any yanks left)
https://www.phillips.com/detail/geor...ls/NY080222/12
Is one I’d like but I’d never spend $2.3 million on a watch even if I ever had that cash. The Watchmaking book the guy the watch is named after (he didn’t make it) is a fascinating bit of craft because as gretch said, there’s a ton of skill and effort that goes into them

aslong as the owner and wearer like it, fuck the critics

**highangle** · 06-21-2022, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by The AD

It's not a bad looking watch.

It's a great looking watch. And for another $87, you can get it with a 26 jewel Swiss movement, nicer crystal and a nicer band https://www.amazon.com/Invicta-Diver.../dp/B00AH3DCAA

**gretch6364** · 06-21-2022, 02:00 PM

Originally Posted by highangle

You can do better - $82 Invicta Sub copy is diveable and built on a legit regulatable Seiko motion which should last the rest of your days if you wear it enough: https://www.amazon.com/Invicta-8926O...5840004&sr=8-2

Yes...but 47mm! If you can spend just a hair more, could grab something line an Undone diver for $335 at a more reasonable case diameter.

https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...-really/page15