The Rolex Forums   The Rolex Watch

ROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEX


Go Back   Rolex Forums - Rolex Forum > Rolex & Tudor Watch Topics > Rolex General Discussion

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 25 April 2016, 01:53 AM   #61
greggsiam
"TRF" Member
 
greggsiam's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
Real Name: Gregg
Location: Bangkok
Posts: 694
5 within a 30-40 minute commute.
greggsiam is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 01:53 AM   #62
bdex75
"TRF" Member
 
bdex75's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Real Name: Brandon
Location: Indianapolis
Watch: my money vanish
Posts: 8,506
3 hours and 17 minutes by car, depending on traffic. There are several closer but while traveling for work several years ago I came across my AD. The watch manager there was the first person at an AD that treated me like a human.

It has worked out well for both of us.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
bdex75 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 01:59 AM   #63
SearChart
TechXpert
 
SearChart's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Earth
Posts: 23,639
25min drive. And 1.5 hours to the RSC where I work.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by GB-man View Post
Rolex uses rare elves to polish the platinum. They have a union deal and make like $90 per hour and get time and half on weekends.
SearChart is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 02:03 AM   #64
cdmorenot
2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member
 
cdmorenot's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2015
Real Name: Carlos.
Location: NNJ - MDE
Watch: = Want them all.
Posts: 3,700
5 within 10 miles

Sent from my SM-N920T using Tapatalk
__________________
| Breguet | Cartier | Casio | Hublot | IWC | Omega | Rolex | Seiko |
cdmorenot is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 03:26 AM   #65
VIG
"TRF" Member
 
VIG's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: USA
Watch: this!
Posts: 409
Mine is about a 10 minute drive.

Too close.
VIG is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 03:41 AM   #66
Robrob777
"TRF" Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: WA
Posts: 272
Walking distance.
Robrob777 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 06:14 AM   #67
jschmidtdmd
"TRF" Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Real Name: John
Location: Denver
Posts: 2,294
We have a couple in Denver. That being said, I give all my business to DavidSW when I can.
__________________
Watches!
jschmidtdmd is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 07:18 AM   #68
kamonjj
"TRF" Member
 
kamonjj's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Real Name: J
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Watch: 16610
Posts: 225
20 mins give or take
kamonjj is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 07:19 AM   #69
brandrea
2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member
 
brandrea's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Real Name: Brian (TBone)
Location: canada
Watch: es make me smile
Posts: 78,135
Quote:
Originally Posted by Shof View Post
About an hour. Probably a good thing.
Exactly
brandrea is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 07:50 AM   #70
ReMember
"TRF" Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sin City
Posts: 391
Quote:
Originally Posted by droptopman View Post
All three AD's in WA are 120 miles or so away from home.
Wow, that's quite a distance. Where in Washington State do you live? There used to be an AD two-miles away from me but they lost their AD status. Now I have to go to South Center (1.5 hrs.) to browse.
ReMember is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 07:57 AM   #71
droptopman
"TRF" Member
 
droptopman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2015
Real Name: Mark
Location: Washington State
Watch: SUBS and GMT's!
Posts: 9,664
Quote:
Originally Posted by ReMember View Post
Wow, that's quite a distance. Where in Washington State do you live? There used to be an AD two-miles away from me but they lost their AD status. Now I have to go to South Center (1.5 hrs.) to browse.

I am in Yakima. Moved from Seattle in 1997. If I want to look at new stuff, I usually go to Goldfarb's in Bellevue. They have a good selection.
In the 80's, 90's and into 2000's I had a private guy with a small shop in Seattle. He had a parts account and could get anything. He was a great guy but retired when Rolex started changing their policies. Last few watches I have bought from dealers here or vintage collectors I know.
__________________
Judge Smails: Ty, what did you shoot today?
Ty: Oh, Judge, I don't keep score.
Judge Smails: Then how do you measure yourself with other golfers?
Ty: By height.
droptopman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 10:46 AM   #72
MovieGuy
"TRF" Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Everywhere
Posts: 666
Mine's about 3 miles away. I usually spend a little over 40 hours a week there, working.
MovieGuy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 10:52 AM   #73
jrs146
"TRF" Member
 
jrs146's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Real Name: Josh
Location: Lost in time
Watch: Me Nae Nae
Posts: 9,823
About 15 minutes away. Sometimes too close, sometimes too far.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
__________________
"Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own."
-Jerome J. Garcia, Robert C. Hunter
jrs146 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 12:31 PM   #74
Boothroyd
2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member
 
Boothroyd's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2011
Real Name: Daniel
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Watch: Wilsdorf(s)
Posts: 10,259
3 miles. Visit AD's primarily while traveling, however. When I visit the locals, it usually to buy.
Boothroyd is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 02:14 PM   #75
AlexMachine
"TRF" Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Finland
Posts: 277
3,5 km from home, 1 km from my office. I walk by it weekly and check their window display.
AlexMachine is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 02:27 PM   #76
Ruud Van Driver
"TRF" Member
 
Ruud Van Driver's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Real Name: Chopped Liver
Location: S. Wales Valleys
Watch: Mickey Mouse
Posts: 9,926
One is 20 minutes on the bus (none in Singapore are more than 40 minutes on a good day) and one is 13 hours on a plane and another three hours by car
__________________
116520 Black, 116610 LVc, 116660 D-Blue, 116610 LNc, 116622 Blue, PAM359, PAM689, PAM737

"Why should you allow an AD to shake you down, just so you can buy a watch" - Grady Philpott
Card carrying member of TRF's Global Association of Retro-Grouch-Curmudgeons
Ruud Van Driver is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 02:43 PM   #77
HogwldFLTR
2024 ROLEX SUBMARINER 41 Pledge Member
 
HogwldFLTR's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Real Name: Lee
Location: 42.48.45N70.48.48
Watch: Too many to list!
Posts: 33,697
Two within a half hour, a bunch more within and hours drive.
__________________
Troglodyte in residence!

https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=808599
HogwldFLTR is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 02:46 PM   #78
sond86
"TRF" Member
 
sond86's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Real Name: Gym Rat
Location: USA
Watch: Rolex
Posts: 1,327
Quote:
Originally Posted by sea-dweller View Post
About 30 minutes away, in Walnut Creek.


The have a nice store!
sond86 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 03:34 PM   #79
Cicero Jones
2024 Pledge Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2016
Real Name: Harold
Location: Colorado
Watch: BLNR Jubilee
Posts: 61
Preferred is 8.5 hours away, but closest is 1 mile away.
Cicero Jones is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 06:02 PM   #80
Flex368
"TRF" Member
 
Flex368's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2014
Real Name: Felix
Location: GMT +1
Watch: Yes!
Posts: 3,057
Rolex AD 5 mins walking distance from my office. PP AD one hour drive.
Flex368 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 06:08 PM   #81
SamiKssiaa
Banned
 
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Scotland
Watch: 116710BLNR
Posts: 292
There's 3 of them within a 30 minute drive, Scotland is a tiny place!
SamiKssiaa is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 08:52 PM   #82
RMC12
"TRF" Member
 
RMC12's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Real Name: Jon
Location: UK
Watch: Smurf/Hulk/1680
Posts: 2,920
Quote:
Originally Posted by Patton250 View Post
About a Par 20.
This could be anywhere from 1,000 to 5,000 yards for me!!

My AD is 15 minutes away door to door!
RMC12 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 April 2016, 09:34 PM   #83
incontrol
"TRF" Member
 
incontrol's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Real Name: Kevin
Location: Somewhere in PA
Watch: All of them...
Posts: 10,355
About an hour but it is a nice city to spend an afternoon in.
incontrol is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26 April 2016, 01:44 AM   #84
Rolex Essex
"TRF" Member
 
Rolex Essex's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Colchester, UK
Watch: Daytona, DJ & Sub
Posts: 1,612
About 30mins drive to the largest AD in Essex.
Our preferred AD is in Harrods.
Rolex Essex is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26 April 2016, 01:49 AM   #85
rle737ng
"TRF" Member
 
rle737ng's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2014
Real Name: Randy
Location: PTC, GA
Watch: 16710
Posts: 565
About an hour through the middle of ATL downtown traffic.
rle737ng is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26 April 2016, 02:45 AM   #86
Pangit
"TRF" Member
 
Pangit's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Wales
Posts: 635
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ruud Van Driver View Post
One is 20 minutes on the bus (none in Singapore are more than 40 minutes on a good day) and one is 13 hours on a plane and another three hours by car
I think I was in the one 13 hours away this morning 😀, it's normally 7 hrs on a plane and a three hour drive for me 😂
Pangit is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26 April 2016, 02:56 AM   #87
tifosi
"TRF" Member
 
tifosi's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Real Name: Russ
Location: Southern NJ
Posts: 5,760
About 15 hours drive South.
__________________
Russ
tifosi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26 April 2016, 03:53 AM   #88
chwaz
"TRF" Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Dallas
Watch: 116234 & 116610LV
Posts: 35
Less than a miles, the struggle is real. See it every morning to work
chwaz is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26 April 2016, 03:58 AM   #89
KBM
2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member
 
KBM's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Real Name: K.
Location: 780
Posts: 10,460
Some 8,000 km away...
KBM is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26 April 2016, 04:34 AM   #90
rwleigh
"TRF" Member
 
rwleigh's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2014
Real Name: Richard
Location: Lincolnshire
Watch: 116621
Posts: 179
0.9 miles away, which is an 18 minute walk according to Google Maps...
rwleigh is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

OCWatches

Wrist Aficionado

My Watch LLC

WatchesOff5th

DavidSW Watches

Takuya Watches


*Banners Of The Month*
This space is provided to horological resources.





Copyright ©2004-2024, The Rolex Forums. All Rights Reserved.

ROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEX

Rolex is a registered trademark of ROLEX USA. The Rolex Forums is not affiliated with ROLEX USA in any way.