When did Rolex owners become such

[Andad]

Originally Posted by shedlock2000

So, we have an impass?

There are those who seem to want to baby their expencive time pieces, and those who are content to wear their watches for each and every occasion.

Now, while in the UK, i owned from new a Land Rover discovery. It cost me 40,000quid. The first thing i did to it was to drill bloody great holes in the bonnet to mount a pick and a shovel. The second thing i did to it was to mount a winch on the bumper. This is not normally the first thing that people do to their beloved cars. But my Disco was a tool. It was also the thing that drove me to the supermarket, and to the local pub. It took me out on dates, and carried the most beautiful girl in the world to and from work.

My point being, that just because something costs alot of money does not mean that you shouldnt use it for its intended purpose. The Disco was much better off road at work in the fields than my to LR 90's, consiquently it got used for work, as inherently this is what the Disc was designed for.

Most tool watches are designed to perform a tool job. The sub, goes under water, the GMT tells time zones, the millgauss that is resistant to medium level magnetic fields,the yachtmaster.......well its just blingy really, but you get my point.

Now if someone were to abuse unnessesarily the datejust, or whathaveyou, then i think you have a point. However, were not talking these, were talking the above tool watches. Designed for purpose, worn by the military, and abused since they came out.

I think its great that people can baby them, look after them, and place them on a watch winder at night. I think thats fantastic, and i would here nothing said about collectors. So why are people who do not baby them, and use them as an expencive tool so victimised? Do you also render a mechanic same for his use of Snap On tools, when its obvious that a $4 wrench will surfice? No, but they partly justify your $100 an hour labour bill! Are they any better, well of course they are, just like a sub is so much better than a casio. does that mean a guy cant wear a sub to do work in? No, it means its his choice, right or wrong.

I would love to be able to baby mine, but the truth is, i work hard, and my hard work has brought me an expencive timepiece, that i have saved and sufferd to get and while i dont intentionally dammage it, it is worn 24/7 to tell the time and date on. I dont take it off to weld, or change the oil, or pound fence posts into the ground, but i also dont intentionally place it between the pounder and pounder guide.
I wear it 24/7 to tell the time with.

So, in my mind, there a tool watch, wear em or dont, but dont be so accusational to the other side of the force!! however your personal choices lye.

I dont believe this was a troll thread, i think it was purely conversational. If anything it has become such due to vehment opposition to some peoples choices....... tollerence dear friends, you dont see many threads started papmering for a fight about watch winders!

By the way, a new bonnet/hood for the disco, is about $6000!

x1 what Steve said.

[DC watchman]

Originally Posted by directioneng

x1 what Steve said.

I second.

[moby33]

Originally Posted by John in TN

I perosnally think Rolex as a tool watch went bye bye with all the drastic price increases.

According to the tables, a date sub in 1975 was $470. While not chump change at the time, it was more then acceptable to be used as a tool watch (its intended function) based on those prices.

When taking that price into account and apply it to the CPI and you figure what that price is in today's dollars, it's a total of $1891.99. That is in line with many well designed tool watches of today. Yet look at the price of a sub date today. What is it, $6000? That puts it outside of the norm for tool watches and into the realm of luxury watches in my book.

So when did this happen? I'd say around the mid 80's. Take that same sub date as an example. If you adjusted for inflation, that $470 Sub Date in 1975 would have only cost $957.57 in 1986, an increase of 100% yet the price had increased by over 300% to $1575 in 1986.

I've always worn my subs without babying them but if I plan on doing extensive work (such as working in my shop) I put on my $65 G-shock.

All good points. Too often I find we love to classify these watches with '60's verbiage yet don't take into account the modern day price tag. While the watch is obviously just as capable (if not more so) as a tool watch today, you can't ignore the price tag when it comes to its use. It's human nature to take into account the price point of a material object one buys with regard to the owners net worth (strictly speaking money wise).

The multi-millionaire doesn't spend 2 seconds thinking about ordering a $300 bottle of wine with dinner, where as the 'blue-collar' working husband & wife cherish the idea of ordering the same bottle while celebrating on an anniversary dinner.

Is it wrong said husband/wife will savor the wine more than the guy that could buy the bottle with every meal if he wanted to? Obviously not...but lets face it...we're all different both in tastes & bank accounts. Cheers!

[CanuckRolex]

Originally Posted by leopardprey

You can not compare a Ferrari with a Rolex. A Rolex watch, the sport line up at least, were made for wearing on explorations, diving, swimming. climbing, etc..

A Ferrari is a specialised car. A better comparison would be with a Land Rover. High priced 4x4.

Yes you can. They are all specialty examples of their genre.

[ChrisInAtlanta]

When I was looking for a watch in 1982, I visited a dozen jewelers. I fell in love with the Rolex Explorer II 1655. Durn, I'm not going to pay that much for a watch! At the next jewelers, I told the owner that I wanted a watch that I would certainly bang against every doorway I went through. I would wear it 24 hours a day. I would shower and swim with it. And, I wanted to be buried with it. He replied: "Sir, you just described a Rolex, and we do not sell them." I immediately drove to the previous store and bought my Rolex.

And one of my superiors in the Air Force owned a very nice gold Rolex. He wore it exactly once a month. The rest of the days he wore a $7 digital.

Chris