Where have you spotted the most rolexes in the world ???

[rad87gn]

For me Las Vegas.

[Like To Watch]

Tokyo.

[Alexus]

St. Moritz and Zurich of course :)

[Ed Rooney]

Burlington arcade.

[MrLee]

Yeah hardly ever see one in Scotland where I'm living at the mo. Even in Edinburgh which is quite a well to do city hardly see one. Then the other day I was in glasgow (Byers road) and saw about 4 in an hour!! I was stunned

[Frosty]

I went to a convention in Vegas and it could have been a Rolex Convention, there were so many of them. High amount of sport watches.

[iLLGT2]

South Florida lol

[VEK]

Proudly say in Hong Kong
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[Feras]

Originally Posted by VEK

Proudly say in Hong Kong
New in TRF, cheers to everyone

Welcome Vek

[gregdolley]

Newport Beach...

[jerseyden]

Oriental Hotel, Bangkok.

[gulfstream69xr7]

Monte Carlo

Saw more Rolex's Ferraris Porsches and the only Veyron I've ever seen on the street.

[mikkolopez]

I'd say HK in our part of the world both in wearers and ADs. Even the cabbie I had when I was there was sporting a TTDJ with lugholes.

[submariner66]

Seems like Hong Kong wins? Why do they love the brand so much? Marketing? Never been there, but imagine it to be a place where there are a lot traditional things in mens dress, like suits and clothing. Rolex is sort of a 50s brand or style isn't it? My dad bought his Rolex in Hong Kong in 1957 and traveled all over the world in the 50's 60's and then again in the 80's and 90's. I picture people going off to work in a clean white dress shirts wearing common sense ss rolexes. I don't know why its just a picture I have.

[CWL]

Tripoli, Libya?

[Deego]

Def Dubai

[descartes]

Singapore.... Every person seems do have one, including the taxi drivers.

Vegas is a close second.

[PMiddy]

I'm not well traveled, the most I've seen is on TV and my dad.....I worked in a company building of over 1500 I've only seen maybe 3....guess I'm lucky

[burger'n'fries]

Las Vegas

Los Angeles (West)

Disneyland

Costco

[Swiss_Time_Watches]

Interesting thread, I'm voting Italy.
Is there a list of Rolex sales figures by country? Or do Rolex not reveal sales figures?

[MichaelB_Can]

I think some Rolex might come from places like this - or maybe might be bunch of people wearing fakes .


Mike B , Canada ⌚

[piper]

I don't see many at all in Wisconsin or Colorado, where I spend most of my time.

[floater156]

Originally Posted by piper

I don't see many at all in Wisconsin or Colorado, where I spend most of my time.

I'm from WI and I hardly ever see them around. I see more in Illinoing (Illinois) where I currently reside.

[kosari11]

In Texas we call them a Texas Timex as everyone here seems to have one.

[Rags]

The last place that I saw an abundance of rolexes was when I went to the Bahamas & stayed at the Atlantis. I could not believe my eyes it seemed almost every man had one.. I guess they were the ones with the yachts that were docked outside of the hotel.

[Jake B]

Hong Kong, by FAR, and there's no arguing the fact. Switzerland exports more $$ of watches to Hong Kong every year than to the entire USA and Mainland China combined. that's more than the ENTIRE U.S.A. and China combined, in one city of 8,000,000 or so people.

Here's your figures for the first part of this year..

http://www.fhs.ch/script/getstat.php...3_130104_a.pdf

and last year...

http://www.fhs.ch/statistics/watchmaking_2012.pdf

[Daytona-Dan]

Originally Posted by Jake B

Hong Kong, by FAR, and there's no arguing the fact. Switzerland exports more $$ of watches to Hong Kong every year than to the entire USA and Mainland China combined. that's more than the ENTIRE U.S.A. and China combined, in one city of 8,000,000 or so people.

This doesn't necessarily mean that they are all being worn by the inhabitants. I've seen many posts from people "passing through" Hong Kong and they want to pick up a watch on the way. I think they may have better deals there or something?

I hardly ever see Rolex out in the wild here in the UK.
I'm surprised we feature anywhere on that list.

[Jake B]

Originally Posted by Daytona-Dan

This doesn't necessarily mean that they are all being worn by the inhabitants. I've seen many posts from people "passing through" Hong Kong and they want to pick up a watch on the way. I think they may have better deals there or something?

I hardly ever see Rolex out in the wild here in the UK.
I'm surprised we feature anywhere on that list.

There are lots and lots being worn be the inhabitants..lots of people here own several luxury watches. Watches are commonly given as gifts for graduations, weddings, or other occasions. As an expat who's been living here for years, married to a local, and working in the watch industry, I have a little bit of insight. This comes up often here it seems...here's a copy and paste of my response in another thread on the same subject:

"Never know...a lot of guys in HK, be it regular guys, watch collectors, or watch dealers (and there is nooooooo lack of watch dealers) come on here to check things out, but don't post, as they're a little insecure about their English. It's true, a LOT of people in HK wear Rolex. Sure, some are rich, but it's not uncommon to see old men, taxi drivers...pretty much anyone wearing one. There are ADs all over the place, even more grey market stores, and 2nd hand Rolex shops comin' out the yang. It's a bit of an anomaly stemming from the unusual living situation in HK. HK has VERY limited space, but has a VERY dense population. Family is VERY important to Cantonese people, and families often live together for their whole life. There's also a very good government subsidised housing system. Sometimes, 5 people will live in a 300 square feet government subsidised apartment where the rent is only the equvalent of around $500 USD. Most don't own cars since it's not practical and the public transit is dirt cheap and 2nd to none, there's no "stuff" that they need to buy ie: lawnmowers, snowblowers to maintain the place, and there's simply no space in their apartments for "stuff". So, this leaves some people with quite a bit of extra money to spend, and they spend it on three things that don't take up much space... Watches, jewelry, and phones. "

[Daytona-Dan]

Originally Posted by Jake B

There are lots and lots being worn be the inhabitants..lots of people here own several luxury watches. Watches are commonly given as gifts for graduations, weddings, or other occasions. As an expat who's been living here for years, married to a local, and working in the watch industry, I have a little bit of insight. This comes up often here it seems...

Very true, statistics alone suggest that a high percentage of people there must have one. I'm just saying that a lot of them are also bought there while passing through to save money.

[Jake B]

Originally Posted by Daytona-Dan

Very true, statistics alone suggest that a high percentage of people there must have one. I'm just saying that a lot of them are also bought there while passing through to save money.

True true...Lots of travellers trade in against a new one while they're here, too...hence the over abundance of pre-owned pieces.