>Rolex (/ˈroʊlɛks/ ) is a Swiss luxury watchmaker and manufacturer based in Geneva, Switzerland.
>>18575681tacky grandpa watches
Rolex.
>>18575681Cool event. BoP cuckholdry is apparent, but at least IMSA is better at it than FIA. WEC has become unwatchable. Even Porsche is leaving them.
>>18575681Kind of tacky and overplayed. Have to be careful when buying secondhand. The whole AD thing and waiting list shit have become ridiculous. Luxury brands trying to maintain their exclusivity by being dick heads and tone deaf.
Unpopular opinion: Their AD sales games and waitlist shenanigans are necessary so that actual Rolex customers can buy the popular models at retail. If they didn't play those games, every single Submariner and Daytona would be hoovered up by scalpers as soon as they're available.
>>18575681IM ROOOOLEXIN!!!
>>18575681Meh, there's better quality luxury brands and there's cheaper similar quality brands. The only reason to get one is because it's the only expensive watch brand the uncultured masses know of.
all luxury watches are dogshit at least a Ferrari is fun to driveit costs nothing to make a Rolex that sells for $10k
>>18575681Based if you inherit one for free or make enough to buy one. Cringe if you're poor and bitch constantly about people enjoying the brand.
Jesus Christ with the watch threads
>>18576002What if you make enough to buy one, have handled them at an AD, and realized other brands simply offer better options?
>>18576009It's a watch board.
>>18576015You're in the wrong thread.
Their only calendar watch is the Sky Dweller which is oversized, ugly, not very legible and its technical innovations are really not that impressive ; therefore I don't care because I like calendar watches.
>>18577528This is the "what are your thoughts on Rolex?" thread, not the "suck Rolex dick" thread.
>>18575681I think they did a good job adapting to the market when quartz made their sports watches functionally obsolete. So they rebranded and marketed to the boomer management class as a status symbol for the golf club. They are obviously extremely successful at marketing to the porche boxter or land rover sport owner.
>>18575681I love Rolex
>>18579911And I love you!
>>18575860I'm pretty sure that's exactly what's happening.
>>18575681Nowadays they're for people who think luxury (((sporty))) SUVs are cool.
>>18575860Unfortunately the opposite happens in reality. You can buy as many subs and gmt's as you want on the gray market. The watches aren't scarce, they're sitting in a safe in the back while they lie to your face about 5 year wait times. They'd rather tell you that and have you give them even more on the grey market. They sell the watches to grey dealers and take a cut when you pay over retail. Makes people think they're rare or in extreme demand. It's a genius scam but a scam nonetheless. Anyway this is the average rolex wearing fag. Same user confirms he has friends with multiple rolexes who don't even set them. Not the first time I've heard that either. They're gaudy slab sided watches that don't even keep time anymore
>>18575681I just don't understand the faux rarity act they put on. Like, OK what you make is expensive but you also make over a million of them a year. Why do they act like its a rarity? Tudor makes ~250K watches/year; Rolex makes 1 million watches/year and Tudor is the common man's watch? I don't think so. I bet Rolex margins are 5x Tudor's as well. Does anyone know if that information is available?
>>18575860Based retard
>>18580414No info is available. They're a private "non profit" so don't need to release any data. The reason they put on the faux rarity act is so they can tell you "3/5 years" while the watch is in safe 50ft away, which forces some people onto the Grey market where you can have as many watches of any model you want for a markup.. The AD sells to the Grey and takes a cut from the higher price you pay.
>>18580207Grim, I can totally respect people who openly DGAF about watches and just bought a rolex because "I herd it wuz gud" but having 9000 posts on a rolex lifestyle hobby forum and having such god awful NPC thoughts about watches is... I don't even know where to beginThen again I post on 4chan /fa/ so who the fuck am I to judge
>>18580414I thought they were trying to create some distance between Tudor and Rolex because so many people won't consider one because it's "just a shitty alternative rolex"
>>18580421The punchline is that Tudor has better build quality than Rolex nowadays.
>>18580456I have no dog in this fight but I wouldn't read into any brand being compared to rolex either favorably or unfavorably, pointless and specious comparisons to rolex are a meme in watch collecting, it means literally nothing
>search brand's catalog>filter: 32-34 mm cases>0 results>close brand's website>never check againSimple as.
ROLEX = SEXROLSEX
>>18580462Rolex likes to pretend they're above any comparison. But they aren't. They're just a watch maker.
>>18580485you're missing the point. the watch could be better or it could be worse. 9 out of 10 times it's apples and oranges anyway. if you see someone making the comparison in the first place they're likely speaking to an audience of non-enthusiasts who don't know of any good watches besides rolex, or at least didn't until recently. most likely that includes you.
>>18575860I been waiting like 4 years for the green op36. I pretty much gave up and developed new hobbies now though
there are like 5 watch threads up right now
poorlex = poopoopoolex
>>18580518>poorlexSay, that's clever.
>>18575919>ferrariyou stole the words right out of my mouth. i was going to say that at least with ferrari, yes, they are extremely rare, they have a long wait list, they are picky af aka they wont sell to people with bad reps like rappers for instance, unlike lambo who dgaf.
>>18580726rolex is niggaghetto-tier watch brand
>>18580496It takes that to lose the mentally ill bitterfag.1 of the 5 threads is the good one but we don't say it, so he doesn't post in that one.
>>18580726ferrari has a direct competitor - lamborghini. whenever people have to come up with a sports car brand, they pick either ferrari, or lamborghini, or porshe, but the latter not as much. we're talking supercarsand whereas ferrari won't sell to you unless you're a boring white dude over 40, lambo will gladly offload the most exclusive editions of their most exclusive cars if you offer a good price. now economics science says that the more substitutes for a good there are, the steeper the demand curve is - meaning, the consumers are more sensitive to price changes, because they can just buy a substitute. this is true for ferrari, and not true for rolex, because for the average person out there - most people aren't watch nerds and if you try to ask them about patek philippe they're going to ask you if it's a french clothing designer or a belgian royal - doesn't know about any other watch brands than casio/seiko and thinks a rolex costs 1k usd which is a hell of a lot for a guy not into watches to process. nobody cares about watches, really
Rate my collection.
>>18580207>nearly 9k posts >doesn't care about the most important part of a watchFucking grim. Just get a Chinese copy at this point.
ROLEX
>>18580763pretty sure anyone with the money can buy an entry level ferrari, the "won't sell" is about the higher end more limited versions, but I don't really follow car stuff so maybe I'm wrong
>>18580763Perception is important with luxury brands and there's a fine line between being exclusive and being snobbish dickheads. Brands like Ferrari are getting a bad rep as the later and they haven't really released anything exciting in a long time. In contrast you have Köenigsegg pushing innovation and performance and their founder CEO Christian is very down to earth and likeable.
>>18580827It's really depressing how full the watch """""community""""" is with people who are rich but not rich enough to buy taste or any sort of nuanced understanding of what makes these things so amazing.How is the first item on his list for rolex ceramic dials? Did they even make a ceramic dial before the new limited Sprite? He's not even concerned with getting complications he'd like to use?
>>18580469have you tried working out?
ugly shitter especially explorer
Rolex is for insecure losers. The watches don't even look good.
>>18582663What is a watch that looks good?
>>18575681Nice watchesCompletely overpriced like any other luxury brand thoughI got a knock-off submariner for 70€Waterproof, automatic, chronometer, glows in the dark, and women can’t tell the difference
>>18582713But you do. The replicas never feel as soft and silky as the genuines.
>>18575681shitty swiss-slop boomer watches that use labubu-and--skeezy-used-car-tier marketing and salesmanship to trick aspiration normiesheep into thinking they're desirable.they aren't good looking and they aren't cool unless you want to impress other 40yo creepy guys.
I’m a /biz/tard looking to spend a little on a nice watch I can sell if I ever need to. What’s a good used Rolex that is popular enough to sell if I’m in a pinch, but doesn’t make me look like I’m wearing the Honda civic of Rolexs?
>>18575763And what would be an example of a bussin brainrot watch?
>>18582769explorer 1
>>18582769>What’s a good used Rolex that is popular enough to sell if I’m in a pinchAny that isn't an Oysterquartz or a ladies' model.>but doesn’t make me look like I’m wearing the Honda civic of Rolexs?It's okay anon, if you're wearing a Rolex everyone already knows you're a basic bitch.
>>18582774Thanks I’m looking at the now. Looks like $7k+/->>18582776What do you recommend? And no I don’t want a broken Apple Watch like your step dad
>>18575681based
>>18582778Honestly I'd recommend finding a vintage dealer and seeing stuff in person. You want toknow how different sizes and thicknesses fit on your wrist and how much you like the shine of different models.I've been permanently turned off on the Breitling Navitimer once I handled it in person and everything on it turned out to be way too shiny. Same can happen with the fluted bezels on a lot of Rolex models. In the same vein, seeing Rolex dials turned me off on the brand overall. They are just very flat and plain which I understand can be part of the appeal but it just doesn't work for me.
>>18583058Are you talking about the rolex dials on the tool watches, the black glossy dials? Of course they're very simple, the point is high contrast. Historically they've done a lot of really interesting stone dials and even their sunburst dials can be pretty deep and change in different light.
>>18583201These and the sunburst dials. They just look a bit dull and the shine makes them less practical that the matte paint you'd typically get on say a pilot's watch.It was just disappointing to see in person. Rolex dials feel like a compromise. They're shiny because you want them to look somewhat luxurious but you don't get any significant work put into them, same with hands. You're not going to get engraving or any sense of depth and verticality, you're not going to get any texture play (exception being the new 19-something pressed guilloche and the Land Dweller).But you're also not getting something strictly utilitarian with dial shine, gold, yellow or white, used for indices and hands, polished case surfaces.They're a "luxury tool" which is a compromise between a tool and a luxury item, which was disappointing to me because I like tools, I like luxury, and I don't like that hybrid of the two. (Exact same can be said of the Navitimer which is why I also didn't like it. It's meant to be a calculation tool but it's shined up to the max to make it look luxurious and in the end modern Navis just feel like a piece of bling. The size does not help)That's why I say you need to handle models in person, so you can see how the dials in particular feel. Again, I was not at all impressed. They feel less crisp than a well done painted dial but also are nowhere near as impressive as a guilloche dial or a layered dial.
>>18575681It feels like the North Face of watches.
>>1858078410/10. perfect.
>>18582778you're not going to get a cheap rolex anon, not a real one anyway. they only ever increase in value.
>>18583673more like the mercedes/bmw. it's not that they're bad, but people want them because they're hip and fashionable and the idea that they're a top line luxury item. whereas the actual top of the market is pagani, rolls royce and gordon murray. in the watch world it's probably ap, patek phillipe, vacheron constantin and roger smith.
>>18583673No it's not you retard.
>>18585062rolexes and bmw cars have this cool characteristic - they're within reach of the average working guy>The average household income of a new BMW car or SUV buyer is $124,800 per year.>According to RDP Jewelry, Rolex's own survey of owners found that average incomes ranged between $100,000 and $150,000 in 2023those are all quite reachable and reasonable incomes to have. now to buy a $200k+ car or a $50k+ watch you need to earn what, millions a year? how many people in your circle earn millions a year?<reddit spacingthe original comparison was puffer jackets - so, to extrapolate onto puffer jackets, north face is the "cool" brand because it's a luxury but it's affordable enough for a working teenager to buy. rolls royces and patek watches in this case would be like gucci pattern puffer jackets, in the sense that they're "cool", but absolutely beyond reach of any average guy you see on the street
>>18575681Gets you the girl. Rolex is best.
They’re like the Macy’s of watches. A gimmick for brown people who want to feel nightclub swag, only to be 15 years too late and to look like dirty cab drivers.
ROLEX.
>>18585248this
>>18585275This
>>18587468I love autistic men larping as women online to justify their $100,000 accesory
>>18575681Wearing a rolex screams "rob me"
>>18580784
>>18587496femanon here, I'm not into Rolex personally but I sure love me a Rolex man
>>18587498>Wearing a rolex screams "rob me"Having anything nice screams "rob me".A nice car, nice shoes, a nice girlfriend. That's why you only date ugly fatties, with your shitty casio on your wrist, driving your shitty 2012 Ford Fiesta. You can't defend anything better than that.
>>18587468Alright that does it now, I'm getting a Panerai.
>>18587613tits or gtfo
>>18587630a girlfriend isn't a status symbol unless youre dating instagram bimbos
Rolex is the only watchmaker authorized by the Swiss Confederation to use the crown in its logo, marking it as the king of watches.
>>18587613I never said vapid women don't, just you don't need to spend $100,000 on a watch to attract said women.
I wanted a Rolex, but after reading all these threads popping up across the board, I started to notice that people posting about Rolex seem mentally unwell... I thought it was supposed to be a brand for well-adjusted professionals?
>>18575681I honestly think Rolex buyers are mostly retarded shallow people. I understand that Rolex creates beautiful works of horological art, but what's the fucking point if it's not a skeleton watch or at least a sapphire case back? Why spend extra on embellishments you can't even appreciate? Next thing you know they'll be selling these faggots filigree engraving on the pistons of their luxury cars.
>>18587613there are no women on the internet
Fun looking Patek from the 1950s.
>>18575681Good, I have one (nothing crazy, a datejust). Carries some negative associations but in reality nobody really sees your watch and if they do they’re probably actively speaking to you. I don’t wear it to work events though (I don’t like talking about AI and crypto with short fat Asians)
>>18587690Signalling status is for retards, if you’re old enough to have a luxury watch collection but haven’t found a woman to love then you should just kill yourself
>>18575681Rolex has a few redeeming qualitiesa) service intervals are about 10 yearsb) cheapest watch to tick all luxury boxes (auctions, worn by celebs, politicians, been around for 100 years and never out of business, I guess if they'd started since the pocket watch era and threw some high horology complications here and there, they might've been "holy trinity")For me, i find all that text on a dial stupid and even if I were to get one, I'd probably put it on a rubber strap
>>18588891Rolex never did high complication movements because that was never the point. The point was to make bomb proof watches, they just had to be simple and robust. They were Gshocks before digital watches existed.
ROLEX SEX = ROLSEX
>>18588819in america, theres a lot of tall fit asian guys that fuck girls. go to a rich social circle on the coasts to observe.
>>18590011Most of them are fucking other boys.
>>18580726>they are extremely rarethey make around 10,000 cars a year. mclaren makes about 1500-2000 and sell to anyone.
>>18585119>they're within reach of the average working guyrolex was, but they got sick of tradesmen wearing pepsis. so now you have to apply, just like ferrari.
>>18585119range rover?
>>18575681I'm poor so I don't have thoughts
>>18588817>Makes tax evasion as simple as giving your son a watch>makes rolexfags look destitute in comparison>has cute little horns on topDevilish
>>18591394in what commie shithole do you have to pay taxes on a 10k inheritance lol
>>18587823>having a romantic preference for a well adjusted man with a successful carreer is vapidpls grow up Casio man
>>18575681Rolexchads unite
why yes, I am now accepting gf applications from femanons
I might buy a rolex oneday but it would likely be an old oyster perpetual off ebay. id put a casual leather strap on it. Perhaps id make it look like a "tool watch". Is that the term? I don't quite get what that means yet
>>18591309This is interesting. Is this the experience when you buy a Rolex from an AD? Will they have you fill out an application and ask your occupation amd salary?
>>18593036>an old oyster perpetual off ebaythe term that you're looking for is "frankenwatch"
>>18593043Yes. There's so many of those.. I'm unsure how id avoid getting a franken watch..
>>18593041no, all you gotta do to get the watch you want is first buy a bunch of watches you don't want, to establish a "relationship".
>>18593043>>18593048Who the fuck cares? All that matters is the crown on the dial.
Someone post the reddit thread where the guy wore his Rolex to uplift the neighbors that got flooded and got upset they didn't notice it.
>>18593340Is this one?
https://www.reddit.com/r/WatchesCirclejerk/comments/syobe0/feel_so_sorry_for_the_houses_and_businesses_that/
>>18593380Kek yes
>>18575681ROLEXCHADS UNITE
>>18593340>>18593380You just described the reality watchfags refuse to face.
