Being old is the NEW..??

[JP Chestnut]

Originally Posted by DrLindaPhD

I'm obsessed with vintage - all things. One thing is that you don't see fake vintage Rolex but you do see fake new Rolex. I actually feel safer buying vintage. I will never buy a new Rolex but I may at least get into the 90s or even 2000s ! ! ! !

There may be less purely fake vintage watches, but I'd be willing to bet that a large number of speciality vintage Rolex watches (the Tiffany dial and the like) are in some way falsely represented. That's the sort of thing that takes a watch from $15,000 to $5,000, and I personally wouldn't be comfortable trying to figure out what is original and what isn't.

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Originally Posted by DrLindaPhD

I'm obsessed with vintage - all things. One thing is that you don't see fake vintage Rolex but you do see fake new Rolex. I actually feel safer buying vintage. I will never buy a new Rolex but I may at least get into the 90s or even 2000s ! ! ! !

The vintage market is a real jungle with all frankenwatches and redials going on.

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Originally Posted by dalip

I am definitely drawn to the aesthetic of the past.....(in terms of vintage ) with a trust for the new/modern design and functionality. The DJII smooth bezel that I recently picked up is the perfect new design from Rolex. Great connection to the past with modern functionality. Rolex are a company that do this well across most of the range IMHO but it was especially so with this release for me.

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