Wearing a Gold Rolex

[couturegirl]

Originally Posted by nameIess

LOL.

I dont want to generalize, but I lived in Paris for six months... you couldnt walk for ten minutes without having someone attempting to mug you or someone worrying that you will mug them!! You think you'll enjoy wearing your gold rolex there?!

I have no issues when wearing diamonds, fur, or my J12 whilst in Paris :)

[jot_]

To each their own, some people like to stand out... Some don't. Simple as that!

I myself don't like to be flashy... though I would make an exception for a gold DD!

[coralfarmer84]

Originally Posted by jot_

To each their own, some people like to stand out... Some don't. Simple as that!

I agree 100%. I personally think thats the point of a gold watch entirely. You don't buy gold to tell time, and hearing white gold is understated is funny as well. Why bother spending triple just to fit in…. well the short answer is your not, you know it and thats why you do it. I personally enjoy having nice things hence why I enjoy my rolex watches. If they were cheap pieces of crap and everyone was still in love with them and you could buy them at Walmart it would lose my appeal for them completely. I drive an exotic car to stand out, wear a rolex for the same. I'm not trying to punch people in the face with my possessions and scream look at me but I do in some sense want to be noticed. Deep down I think everyone who owns a rolex does as well or they would have just went with something much cheaper.

[couturegirl]

Originally Posted by coralfarmer84

I agree 100%. I personally think thats the point of a gold watch entirely. You don't buy gold to tell time, and hearing white gold is understated is funny as well. Why bother spending triple just to fit in…. well the short answer is your not, you know it and thats why you do it. I personally enjoy having nice things hence why I enjoy my rolex watches. If they were cheap pieces of crap and everyone was still in love with them and you could buy them at Walmart it would lose my appeal for them completely. I drive an exotic car to stand out, wear a rolex for the same. I'm not trying to punch people in the face with my possessions and scream look at me but I do in some sense want to be noticed. Deep down I think everyone who owns a rolex does as well or they would have just went with something much cheaper.

To be 100% honest with you, I don't drive any of my exotics to stand out. I truly love driving and I love driving the best "machines" that I possibly can. I want a Mclaren next, which I don't think it as "identifiable" to most people as say Lamborghini or Ferrari. Yes, people notice, but that is not what I am actually going for. I must admit though, that when I race a guy down the freeway and he doesn't realize that he got beaten by a woman until I roll down the window that I really do love that .

[jamesbondOO7]

For your acquisition on the Lake, let me know. I am in real estate.
For the Côte d'Azur, my favourite place is Saint Jean Cap Ferrat.

[couturegirl]

Originally Posted by jamesbondOO7

For your acquisition on the Lake, let me know. I am in real estate.
For the Côte d'Azur, my favourite place is Saint Jean Cap Ferrat.

Will definitely message you when we eventually move. I totally agree re: Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, it's a lovely area.

One of the reasons why I love Antibes is that we always stay at the Hotel du Cap Eden Roc - great memories :)

[justdate]

I wear a yellow gold GMT-II as my day to day watch, it's absolutely fine ... with a caveat.

If you are wearing it to an office you should gauge the temperature a bit before you use it there, some places it could cause a bit of hate from your colleagues - and that probably isn't worth it, though they will get over it within a week or two in some places it really will change their perception of you. This may just be a UK thing, but I can definitely imagine it being true in the US too.

I am a small business owner and I wear mine every day - bank meetings, going to the post office, even going to the warehouse to do a stock check. To be honest the only thing I ever get comments about are my car, no-one seems to notice my watch - particularly since I moved out of London.

The only time I think it is ALWAYS noticed are the places where a salesman is trying to get a feel for you - car showrooms, etc. Even when I signed up for a gym membership the guy commented on it haha.

[Rondineli]

I find it a fallacy the thought that appears to be sponsored by some in this thread that, as far as I understand, is this: the classy thing to do is basically hide your wealth! Or in other words: You may have the resources to comfortably have luxury items, whatever they are, in whatever color or metal they are but choose not too, because it is "trashy"!

Give me a break, folks.

In my opinion, trashy is to have the means, and not enjoy the fruits of your labor while healthy and young.

[Carolina Girl]

I got it for me - not someone else.

I think it's a good idea to take care as far as safety goes and not be flashing it around, but I wear mine to work (tech co.) every day.

[kilyung]

Wow. This thread sure has digressed.

At the end of the day, it's buy/wear what you're comfortable with.

[tkerrmd]

Originally Posted by kilyung

Wow. This thread sure has digressed.

At the end of the day, it's buy/wear what you're comfortable with.

Maybe someone should just get a room

[hsfrank]

I wear my president in rotation with my GMT IIc. Rarely do people notice my watches but when they do they show a great appreciation for Rolex and especially the president. IMHO The show off quality of a yellow gold watch or white gold one for that matter is in the attitude of the wearer not in the watch.