Can you truely enjoy a high-end vintage Rolex as it was intended?

[Lol-x]

I saw a YouTube video yesterday and it depicted a pristine 6542 GMT-Master with bakelite bezel said to be worth $100,000.

Now if one considered buying it, and to use it as it was intended, could one actually do so?

The risk is that with normal wear the bakelite bezel would crack and the dial lume chip off, with the result being they would be practically impossible to replace, or replace at an astronomical cost.

Thus does the value that this watch now commends and its fragility now render it to be a museum piece like a piece of precious art rather than a practical timekeeping wrist watch that would be worn for its intended purpose.

May the same may be said to other vintage models such as the Paul Newman Daytona.