ImpoSSible

[Hogtown Fatty]

There's been an overwhelming barrage of threads lately where regular Joes like myself have complained about the impossibility of getting a stainless steel Rolex at retail. I only very recently (last week) learned of just how impossible a feat this really is. The popular SS models are pretty much exclusively reserved for VIP's-- people who've spent $100k+ on jewellery and less-desirable Rolexes/watches-- and while they may have lists for us ordinary shmucks, they don't really mean a thing. Even if you're so lucky to hear the (deceitful) words "you're on the list", it's really just a thinly veiled "no" as there'll always be someone who comes along before your name is reached who'll get dibs first. It just really irks me that having the money--$10k+-- is simply no longer enough to get you a watch. $10k may be chump change to some folks on here, but to the vast majority of the world it's a hell of a lot of money, no less to spend on a mass-produced watch boasting such antiquated mechanisms- just objectively speaking. But I've obviously no qualms with spending the money on one as I grew up loving watches and have desired a Rolex ever since I can remember. Again, just venting because of how impossible AD's make it for regular guys to get these things. I don't care to own a Rolex (or any timepiece) as a status item, so I absolutely refuse to pay a dime over retail, which is already so far above the watches intrinsic worth.