Rolex is the brand for me. And you?

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I guess Rolex really is the brand for me.

I was in Montreal over the weekend with my wife and friends. We went to a major AD downtown, and were looking at the various brands; Omega, Chopard, Blancpain, Girard-Perrageaux, Hublot, Tag, Bregeut, Vacheron-Constantin, Panerai, IWC, Glashutte, and of course Rolex.

I was looking at a few Panerai and one remaining Omega Speedy anniversary model (last year's model with the gold sub-dials...nice) as well, they are very nice, but.......

Rolex has decades of proven experience of exploration and adventure behind them.
Rolex has incredibly beautiful (IMO) designs, colours, dial arrangements, etc.
Rolex makes watches that despite being jewellery, tell time very accurately, and can take real punishment.
Rolex has one of the most rugged, accurate, simple chronograph designs in watchmaking in the Daytona movement.
Rolex is a manufacture, making its own movements, smelting its own gold, crafting its own dials, bracelets and components (except for the Kif shock systems which I understand are sourced out).
Rolex has a large world wide service system and will service old and damaged watches to come back like new.


I dunno. If I'm going to shell out big bucks to feed my mechanical watch obsession, I like the idea of a work of art that works and that meets the above critera of the Rolex watch; shock and water resistant, rugged and accurate while being so incredibly beautiful, polished and reflective as this brand we all love. Not being disrespectful of the other brands at all, just expressing all the things about Rolex that make it such a unique and wonderful watch for me.

I guess that's why I'm a member of the Rolex Forums!

Hoping to snare that TT Blue Sub soon,

Chris