Rolex "Snobs"

[Colnago]

I feel prompted to write a long post here.......personal experience....

I am lucky enough to own three SS Rolex watches...I bought my first one in 1986 from an AD, that's half my life ago...I still own it and love it more each day.....it's a DJ....not quite "bottom of the range" but not far off either....it doesn't matter....it's a Rolex.....nothing more nothing less.....it beats at 28800 and has done for half my life......it's never missed one of them.....

I was so impressed by it I bought another one two years later...same story.....I love it....maybe not quite as much as the first but I love it...

One silver one black dialled......both just gorgeous.....

In 2002 I was working in a country (Middle East) where apparently Yellow Gold isn't "the thing" and had the chance of a DD (with diamond dial).....good price....it was at that point my "grail".....to put it bluntly I needed to extract money from that country and what better "excuse" than carrying it out on my wrist with the promise "well I can always sell it when we get home" to the better half (who by the way was also "wearing" an 18kt lady DJ bought for the same purpose shortly before departure).....we still own both...

I am wearing a SS GMT IIc right now.....I got it 2 months ago or so....it already means a lot to me......

The precious metal bit doesn't come into it for me, not one bit......yeah it's great to have a solid gold Rolex.....but it is absolutely brillant to have any Rolex.....they all have stories, they are all "tied" to us....we are only looking after them for the coming generations....

My two oldest boys have "claims" on my two DJ's....they're not interested in my DD....they like it but it doesn't have the same history......maybe when my youngest grows a little more the magical history will have attached itself to my DD and he'll stake his claim......

At present my GMT has no "history" so I can keep it for me with no claims!!!......yipppeeeee......

I have a close personal friend who "thought" he might have a Rolex.....it was passed to him via a complicated family route...I couldn't believe it when he made the statement...I took the watch covered in paint and cement and sent it to the RSC in Bexley UK.....it came back looking absolutely beautiful....when I handed it back to him he was almost in tears...he just could not believe the transformation.......

He is now an absolute Rolex (and Tudor) nut.......we talk about that first exchange of conversation very regularly.....he now owns a couple of SS pieces and an 18kt vintage piece.......

To most of us I think that maybe yes, the material matters a little, but far less than the heart of the watch......a Rolex is a Rolex.....the cases and braclets may differ but the heart remains very similar.....it's really the heart that most of us love.....I will never ever be snobby about the material that encases my Rolex watches........it's what's inside that counts....

[Art 1]

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[arkwhaler]

Originally Posted by Chris B

I've known some SS Daytona owners to look down their noses at TT owners

One shouldn't pay too much attention to others.

I remember once when my dog got in a scrap in the park, the other dogs owner was yelling at me "let me give you some advise!"

I came back with "lady I only take advise from woman I sleep with" that soon shut her up

Holy cow dude that is hillarious!

Well I like the idea of a gold watch, but I honestly have never seen anyone under 60 wearing a gold rolex. My wife is even kinda down in tt, so I think that's just ignorant to be snobby against ss rolex. If you're into that game buy a patek!

[Wooddog44]

Originally Posted by AJF

Members at my club are more worried about what is in your golf bag than on your wrist. Just in case you have the newest and latest driver and are getting an advantage over them in the Sunday fourball betterball.

AJF

Since we hit it 60-80 yds. by them and they can't do it on the course anymore sometimes in the card room the older guys like to give it to the (somewhat) younger guys a bit.

[2th Dr]

Originally Posted by Colnago

I feel prompted to write a long post here.......personal experience....

I am lucky enough to own three SS Rolex watches...I bought my first one in 1986 from an AD, that's half my life ago...I still own it and love it more each day.....it's a DJ....not quite "bottom of the range" but not far off either....it doesn't matter....it's a Rolex.....nothing more nothing less.....it beats at 28800 and has done for half my life......it's never missed one of them.....

I was so impressed by it I bought another one two years later...same story.....I love it....maybe not quite as much as the first but I love it...

One silver one black dialled......both just gorgeous.....

In 2002 I was working in a country (Middle East) where apparently Yellow Gold isn't "the thing" and had the chance of a DD (with diamond dial).....good price....it was at that point my "grail".....to put it bluntly I needed to extract money from that country and what better "excuse" than carrying it out on my wrist with the promise "well I can always sell it when we get home" to the better half (who by the way was also "wearing" an 18kt lady DJ bought for the same purpose shortly before departure).....we still own both...

I am wearing a SS GMT IIc right now.....I got it 2 months ago or so....it already means a lot to me......

The precious metal bit doesn't come into it for me, not one bit......yeah it's great to have a solid gold Rolex.....but it is absolutely brillant to have any Rolex.....they all have stories, they are all "tied" to us....we are only looking after them for the coming generations....

My two oldest boys have "claims" on my two DJ's....they're not interested in my DD....they like it but it doesn't have the same history......maybe when my youngest grows a little more the magical history will have attached itself to my DD and he'll stake his claim......

At present my GMT has no "history" so I can keep it for me with no claims!!!......yipppeeeee......

I have a close personal friend who "thought" he might have a Rolex.....it was passed to him via a complicated family route...I couldn't believe it when he made the statement...I took the watch covered in paint and cement and sent it to the RSC in Bexley UK.....it came back looking absolutely beautiful....when I handed it back to him he was almost in tears...he just could not believe the transformation.......

He is now an absolute Rolex (and Tudor) nut.......we talk about that first exchange of conversation very regularly.....he now owns a couple of SS pieces and an 18kt vintage piece.......

To most of us I think that maybe yes, the material matters a little, but far less than the heart of the watch......a Rolex is a Rolex.....the cases and braclets may differ but the heart remains very similar.....it's really the heart that most of us love.....I will never ever be snobby about the material that encases my Rolex watches........it's what's inside that counts....

Well said!

[allanofcalifornia]

You need to get new friends if they are your friends or maybe consider joining a different golf club if most of the members act like that.

I would not care what others say. It's not worth getting upset because others are snobs.


Allan

[Yume-sama]

If you think us Gold / Platinum people are bad, wait until you run in to someone wearing a limited edition Patek. But seriously, you'll run in to some condescending people. These people have problems, and nobody likes them! Happens all the time to me, usually because of my age. I like to put people in their place, but not unprovoked.

[AIKO]

Never experienced it. I would not own a tt (gold) watch even if it were free. Just not for me. There are snobs with everything-watches, cars, wine, schools..................It is a them problem, not a you problem.

[Wooddog44]

[QUOTE=allanofcalifornia;1156013]You need to get new friends if they are your friends or maybe consider joining a different golf club if most of the members act like that.

I would not care what others say. It's not worth getting upset because others are snobs.


Any group will have it's a-holes, our members are for the most part good guys but there is a small contingent of "senior" members who think of themselves as the upper strata (of society) and take whatever opportunities available to remind others of that - where you live, work, what you drive, etc... never as good as what they have/do - but they are truly a dying breed.

[Yume-sama]

[QUOTE=Wooddog44;1156037]

Originally Posted by allanofcalifornia

You need to get new friends if they are your friends or maybe consider joining a different golf club if most of the members act like that.

I would not care what others say. It's not worth getting upset because others are snobs.


Any group will have it's a-holes, our members are for the most part good guys but there is a small contingent of "senior" members who think of themselves as the upper strata (of society) and take whatever opportunities available to remind others of that - where you live, work, what you drive, etc... never as good as what they have/do - but they are truly a dying breed.

I've not seen any of that going on around here. It's one of the few forums I've ever been to where people are civil.

[BLM2]

Rolex makes stainless steel watches? (Just kidding).

During the week I wear SS to work. No one says anything. On the wekends I wear my "preciuos metal watches". No one says anything either. I don't think it matters.

Lee

[AJF]

Originally Posted by Wooddog44

Since we hit it 60-80 yds. by them and they can't do it on the course anymore sometimes in the card room the older guys like to give it to the (somewhat) younger guys a bit.

Those are the guys you hate playing. Giving them 15 shots (3/4 handicap), they have been playing the course for 30 plus years so no every blade of grass. They then hit the ball straight down the middle and can chip like Tiger Woods.

Ones to avoid both on the course and in the card room.

AJF

[Chozn1]

Originally Posted by Timber Loftis

Tell them yeah you'll switch to gold when you're a geezer too.

This, along with other posts by other members... y'all are picking up on the irony of slamming gold when you're pissed about a supposed bias for wearing what you like right? Pot, meet kettle. This 28 year young dude with no liver spots enjoys my TT Sub and YG DD. I'd never bash someone for wearing SS, and I'm rather suspect of how much flack one really catches for wearing a Rolex of any type. I never got any such comments about my Platty YM or Milgauss anyway.

[EmailShmemail2000]

I just can't see myself in YG regardless of how valuable it is. Maybe it's an age thing but YG just doen't do it for me. YG might work for some of the older crown but not for young professional. I find myself staring at people's wrist more when I see a nice SS watch. Maybe when I have money coming out of my A$$ I might consider a WG but then again why waste the extra cash if a SS is just as nice at half the cost.

As for the snobbiness, thats just rediculous!! It's a ROLEX for God Sake! Isn't that enough. That's like saying Bill Gates is a Snob towards Warren Buffet.

[ijen0311]

no... everyone treats me like a snob for wearing one...

[Jeff in Florida]

My boss wears a gold DD president that he paid a small fortune for. When he first saw my Sub LV, he told me he liked mine better than his.

I offered to trade him, but he declined. If he had, I would have sold it and bought another LV and a Platty Yachtmaster with the proceeds.

[theenemywithin]

I've never (to my knowledge) met anybody else with a Rolex be it Gold, Silver, Steel, Wood or Belly Button Fluff.

This makes me think :-
1, Either i'm mixing in the wrong circles.
2, My friends are all cheap or have better things to spend their money on (can't think of anything better than a Rolex but that's my opinion).
3, I'm not very observant (i know this not to be the case as the watch is generally the first thing i look at)
4, I'm in some form of parallel Universe whereby myself and Rolex are a inexplicably linked sub-species and i am the ruler of time.

I'm going with option 4.

So i am in fact the ruler of all things.

Kneel before me Swine, i think nothig of your Golden Trinckets. I am the one true God.

HA, HA,HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!!!!

[RolexPete32]

Well I was sitting next to the pent house owner of the condo I live in at our last general condo meeting. I was wearing my sub LV and he had on his Day date 2. Yellow gold. He never had anything to say about watches. He did say however that I did not have to worry about him moving in on my floor at our last summer party. I should have talked watches then after he had a few drinks. ha ha

[Carolina]

Originally Posted by ijen0311

no... everyone treats me like a snob for wearing one...

People actually notice (of their own accord) that you are wearing one? Most people I know wouldn't recognize a Rolex if it hit them on the head!

[Tools]

Originally Posted by Carolina

People actually notice (of their own accord) that you are wearing one? Most people I know wouldn't recognize a Rolex if it hit them on the head!

I know the problem..

I usually have to stick it up under their nose and declare...

.."My ROLEX shows the time to be exactly XX:XX, of course that is plus 4 or minus 6 seconds today !"



............

[djhiram]

Ahhhh yes...This actually happened to me when I walked past my AD with no intentions of buying any watch, although I had ALWAYS wanted a Rolex...as long as I could remember. I walk in and walk over to the Rolex display case and of all the watches, the one I liked most believe it or not was my old SS Airking with silver dial and engine turned bezel. It wasn't my "Grail" watch, but at that time I couldn't afford the one I really wanted. The response from the rep there when I asked to see it was..."Are you sure that's the one you want? That is a really cheap one that nobody buys." I didn't care...it was the one I liked the best and the one I walked out with.

[SLS]

Wow, I would think about joining another club.
Scott

[bradiowausa]

Originally Posted by Wooddog44

Any SS owners experienced "snobbishness" when in the company of owners of (more) precious metal models/styles?

I have gotten comments, in certain company, to the effect of "Oh yeah that's a nice little watch you have there, I remember when I had my first Rolex and it was steel". These watches are usually on the age spotted wrist of one of the more "long in the tooth" members at my golf club by the way in terms of a demographic.

What's even worse is someone who is snobbish because they iced their datejust with aftermarket diamonds. My watch has diamonds, yours doesn't

[bradiowausa]

Having two-tone is nothing to be snobbish about. The vast majority of collectible rolexes are stainless steel. Stainless steel carries its value better, even if the watch you wear doesn't become collectible in the future. And if it does, which probably won't happpen for two-tone, you'll be rich!

I think that new two-tone or yellow gold rolexes are a bad deal financially. Heck, there is a solid gold sub at bernard from 2002 for 14,000 USD. What a deal! (for the buyer, not the poor guy that sold his watch for significantly less that 1/2 to Bernard).

[Atomant]

This post just make me feel glad that I am surrounded with good people, well even if they were to be snobbish they know they'll get a good 'run for the money' from me. I guess that's why people just leave me alone. I like this thread.

[Lisa]

Originally Posted by Carolina

People actually notice (of their own accord) that you are wearing one? Most people I know wouldn't recognize a Rolex if it hit them on the head!

I've never had a comment about my watch... I've never met a Rolex "snob." Maybe I don't get out much?

[Alcan]

Originally Posted by boa2

Tell them you never knew Rolex made pocket watches.

Hmmm...

From my thin collection of Rolex pocket watches:

[Watchdog]

I can't remember anyone noticing any Rolex I wore. And while I prefer two tone, those (who consider the "market") of us who buy these realize the resale is far inferior to the craze of the simpler SS. So, one could conclude, the SS buyers are wiser.

For what it is worth, I am always surprised at the posts regarding "noticing" a Rolex. Honestly, Rolex--while the very best in my opinion--does not draw nearly as many looks as other brands that employ mass produced ETA movements (with A LITTLE customizing) in larger cases such as 44MM or 47MM "special editions."

[allanofcalifornia]

I have a solution. Run to the store and buy a gold Rolex. You will silence the snobs and get to wear a great watch.


Allan

[Jeff in Florida]

The only place I have been where someone noticed my Rolex is a jewelry store.