Alfred's Checklist for buying Rolex watches

[ched]

very nice alfred. thanks

[69173datejust]

This is so useful for newbies. Thank you very much.

[Louis de Funes]

Originally Posted by 69173datejust

This is so useful for newbies. Thank you very much.

for sure

this will help me a lot

like I stated in another Thread - this is full of great resources which is greatly appreciated.

[raymz]

Very helpful thanks for sharing.

[Rich M]

Thanks for posting these fundamentals. Does make me want to get a newer watch though.

[Sunriz]

Thank you.

[rilox]

great information

[locutus49]

Good sticky.

[bigspeedy86]

Great information, very useful.

[harrisons.brilliance]

awesome advice brother!

[TeeBoi]

Thank you for this informative post.

-tyler

[mcmiked97]

Thank you for this helpful post!

[997.2TTS]

Excellent post on what 'should' be common sense when buying secondhand, or as we've seen from unfortunate examples, even brand new from ADs.

My last purchase from a well recognized and respected gray dealer here in TRF has solidified my decision to buy new whenever possible. I was told the watch had just a few scratches on the bracelet, nothing was said about it being polished. What I ended up receiving was a watch that had a fair share of scratches, and 2 noticeable dents on the side of the watch case that was clearly polished. It was deep enough that the polishing job didn't remove the dents. Question is, why were there still scratches on the bracelet portion, if the watch was clearly polished??

Needless to say, the watch went back and I decided to buy the same watch new.

[keschete]

I have had great success so far buying from TRF. Very happy with the sellers! Good advice.

[FNFZ4]

Originally Posted by keschete

I have had great success so far buying from TRF. Very happy with the sellers! Good advice.

kaya how are you? show that nice Serti you have.

[SDVise]

Thank you for this check list Alfred, great help!

[benny714]

great post thanks

[BigCFM]

Great tips, thanks.

[CenwulF]

Your Tips guarded me through.

[hsandhu01]

Great post, thanks for the insight.

[MrLy]

Thank you Alfred @FNFZ4 , this is very useful as i hunt my first one :) How about buying on line or here in the forum?
Cheers,

[marc55]

Great post, I'm very surprised you didn't mention to make note of the last service?

As a buyer, it's very disappointing to spend thousands on a preowned watch, just to turn around and find out it needs an expensive service!
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[Martin_Taylor]

ty nice

[Lordofrolex]

Thanks

[nfranco]

This was helpful , thank you.


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[116710er]

Originally Posted by marc55

Great post, I'm very surprised you didn't mention to make note of the last service?

As a buyer, it's very disappointing to spend thousands on a preowned watch, just to turn around and find out it needs an expensive service!
M

Yes, this is something that a lot of sellers don't want to take into consideration because they know it'll lower their price. As a buyer, I always factor this in because the cost of service is no small thing. Also I hate it when sellers claim that it was serviced but have no paperwork to back that up. To me that means that it's either not true or they had some less-than-reputable place service it (and that's a bag of randomness right there with so many fake/replica/clone parts floating around). There is the outside chance that they genuinely lost the paperwork or bought it from someone who lost the paperwork but to me, that's the same as it not being serviced and that has to be taken into consideration.

Maybe "volume" sellers and second hand dealers should include shots of the watch on a timegrapher so you can see exactly how it's running. Sure, it's not a 100% guarantee that the watch doesn't need service but it's at least something.

[Ballaratboy]

Thanks, good advice.

[breitlings]

How can you detect laser welding?

[Rolex Obsession]

This post makes buying so much easier thanks!

[Rocmytims]

Thanks for post, great info