Looking for a Graduation Present..

[DatejustRyan]

Originally Posted by Eric14060m

Gwalker I think you have some underlying issues. There's always an exception to the rule but for the most part 18 yr olds with rolexes are spoiled

Just out of curiosity, who are you to judge GWalker, and furthermore, anyone for having Rolex at a young age? I find your contributions to this thread to be in poor taste, to say the least

[CWT]

Originally Posted by Eric14060m

Gwalker I think you have some underlying issues. There's always an exception to the rule but for the most part 18 yr olds with rolexes are spoiled

I'm glad you know me oh so well, because obviously I am so spoiled. I'm glad some of the people on here are being helpful on here and giving me good advice. For them thanks, it means a lot.

[gwalker]

Originally Posted by Eric14060m

Gwalker I think you have some underlying issues. There's always an exception to the rule but for the most part 18 yr olds with rolexes are spoiled

I'm not the one with the issue. I respect the hell out of anyone that works hard for their things but when they act jealous of others that got them as a gift is just sad. How many young people do you actually know with Rolexes??? Or is your assumption just based on a stereotype???

[Keeperoftime]

Originally Posted by Eric14060m

You won't appreciate it until you buy it with your own money not mom and dads. And if you're a student and have enough dough for a Rolex pay off your student loans. If you don't have any then your mom and dad can use the
Money to pay for your school!

Kids with rolexes are usually assumed to be wearing fakies anyway

I think it's awesome that an 18 year old wants a mechanical timepiece that he will be able to cherish for years to come.

P.S No hard feelings intended with the pic just trying to lighten up the thread

[perpetualman88]

Originally Posted by DatejustRyan

Just out of curiosity, who are you to judge GWalker, and furthermore, anyone for having Rolex at a young age? I find your contributions to this thread to be in poor taste, to say the least

X2
well said ryan

[DatejustRyan]

Originally Posted by Keeperoftime

I think it's awesome that an 18 year old wants a mechanical timepiece that he will be able to cherish for years to come.

P.S No hard feelings intended with the pic just trying to lighten up the thread

[Rowe]

Originally Posted by Eric14060m

High schooler wanting Rolex. Haha. Kids these days!

X2.

If you can buy it on your own, more power to you but with so many unknowns in your very near future, spending thousands on a Rolex might not be a smart choice. You definitely don't want it to be a liability. If you are expecting your parents to foot the the bill, look in the mirror and check yourself. If your car insurance and cell phone isn't in your own name you need to be thinking about other things besides an expensive timepiece. I could maybe see that as a college grad present...lawyer, doctor etc.

Regardless how and when, definitely a Submariner date and congrats on the grad

[Rowe]

Originally Posted by Eric14060m

You won't appreciate it until you buy it with your own money not mom and dads. And if you're a student and have enough dough for a Rolex pay off your student loans. If you don't have any then your mom and dad can use the
Money to pay for your school!

Kids with rolexes are usually assumed to be wearing fakies anyway

I don't know about the fake comment but everything else X2. Me personally though, I would appreciate a gifted one just the same but I appreciate the value of a dollar and would be humbled by such an extravagant gift. Bringing to light the real reality that some members here have invested $50-100k just in their watches, it's fair to assume we all do not have the same take on the world we live in. As for me, I have worked since I was 13 and didn't own my first pair of Nikes till I was 12. I remember wearing shoes to school that my single mother had purchased at a yard sale. I saw my mom raise me and my sister alone, all while working during the day and going to school at night.

My childhood motivated me to be different and achieve the nicer things in life through hardwork, goal setting and an education. I purchased my first Rolex this year at the age of 30. Not a single person I know personally or in my family owns one. To me it is something very special that I have been able to acquire and I cherish the thought of one day passing it down to my oldest son....and hopefully getting another one That being said though, I would be turned off from the idea if I thought he was expecting it because that is not the type of child I have raised. But he definitely had to have a $130 pair of tennis shoes this year so I guess we shall see.

[franzy]

Buy a bad ass gshock, heck buy three of them. Have fun and enjoy college. Congrats on the honors.

[JohnAndrew]

I think a Sub would make a nice graduation gift. I asked for a divers watch for my high school graduation in 85 and received a 16800. I wore it all through college (very small Midwestern University) and still wear it to this day. I know few who still have their graduation gifts. Most of my friends got a car or motorcycle and it was trashed within the first year or two of graduating. My father passed away a few years ago and his graduation gift to me, means more than it ever did.

[S``]

My best high school graduation gift = a debt free college education... I'd rather put the money towards school expenses as things just pop out (broken car, books, beers (?))

[LightOnAHill]

Originally Posted by gwalker

I will say it's more prevalent in the Greek system than the whole student body.

This is how it was at both my undergraduate and my graduate schools. All my friends with a Rolex were in my fraternity, another fraternity, or a sorority.




I'm Sigma Chi

[Beaudog]

Originally Posted by LightOnAHill

This is how it was at both my undergraduate and my graduate schools. All my friends with a Rolex were in my fraternity, another fraternity, or a sorority.




I'm Sigma Chi

SAE here.

[LightOnAHill]

Originally Posted by Beaudog

SAE here.

Going greek was a good choice. I'd rec it to the OP!

[Adam.]

Originally Posted by Beaudog

Much appreciated. You 'Bama boys know how to do it right, too.

In the South (and I'm sure this applies elsewhere), your watch is as an important an accessory as one can have. The same can be said for shoes, belt, car, wallet, gun, whatever. No matter young or old, if you can afford to then its best to spend a greater sum on things that will last (and most likely outlast you) that can be passed on to your children and further.

It's most certainly a point of pride in the South to own and wear something that belonged to your father (or even grandfather). It's not about flash, it's about quality and lineage.

Buy a good watch. Put some history into it. I guarantee when you pass it on that the history and stories behind the watch will far outweigh the name on the dial (but it doesn't hurt if it says Rolex...).

Just my $.02.

There is a lot of wisdom in those words.

[CWT]

Thanks for the ones encouraging me, ever since I knew that my grandfather wore a rolex I have seen rolex as a sign of class. I have always wanted one since then. I know I will own one someday, but if graduation isn't the time and money wise it's okay. If it isn't the time I'm looking at Gshocks, is there anything else I should be looking out?

[Tombrone]

What I have to say is my opinion, I can't speak for the OP but I will tell you this:

I'm a student, no student loan (because studying here isn't that expensive. Do not understand me wrong, studying surely isn't free, but it is certainly not something you should loan money for here). I pay everything myself, all my bills etc. I have no legal liabilities to anyone.

I have worked for my first rolex, and if anything, I only wish I could have bought it sooner, so I could enjoy it longer. I bought the rolex with 100% self-earned money.

I bought the watch a year ago, when I was 20, at a fair price, and got an offer last week at my AD, they had a customer that was looking for my watch (pepsi 16710), and he was willing to spend way more than what I paid for it. I turned the offer down only because I enjoy my watch too much.

I say, if you feel comfortable buying it (I would advice you a 16610 or 16710 btw), then I see absolutely no reason why you shouldn't.

[CWT]

My posts aren't showing up for some reason...

[chicfarmer1]

Originally Posted by CWT

My posts aren't showing up for some reason...

Right there, the definition of a paradox.

[CWT]

Well i had typed out a longer post and it never did pop up. It said I needed moderator permission or something, but when i type a short post i don't need it. I'm confused.

[jay1988]

Originally Posted by Eric14060m

You won't appreciate it until you buy it with your own money not mom and dads. And if you're a student and have enough dough for a Rolex pay off your student loans. If you don't have any then your mom and dad can use the
Money to pay for your school!

Kids with rolexes are usually assumed to be wearing fakies anyway

Rubbish.

I will never appreciate a watch more than the one my parents got me for my 21st birthday. It is the watch I baby the most and the only watch I have that I will never sell.

Fake Rolex's are extremely common and you could say the same of anyone wearing them. Anyone that knows watches will know if your watch is real. Anyone who I care about would ask me and I would tell them it's real. The other people don't really matter. Age has nothing to do with it. If you saw a 19 year old in a Bentley with a nice suit on and a 34 year old driving a truck in shorts who would you assume was wearing a fake ? (assuming you're someone who doesn't know about watches enough to tell from looking)

[jay1988]

To the OP we need to know your budget to suggest a watch but for college I would suggest something SS.

[LightOnAHill]

Originally Posted by jay1988

To the OP we need to know your budget to suggest a watch but for college I would suggest something SS.

Or White Gold...

give that we don't know the budget limits yet

I think a WG daytona would be a sleeper, perfect for college

[CWT]

I don't have a budget really yet, If I don't have enough by graduation to pay it completely off myself, I'm going to be working this summer to do so. I'm wanting SS. I was looking for suggestions really. I want something that looks nice, and that can be worn for any type of situation.

[CWT]

Well, until I decide what I will purchase I'm going to be wearing this.. Don't laugh please :P