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    Quote Originally Posted by Wakefield Turntables View Post
    The cost of a Rolex service is just stupid. I've owned my Rolex 20 years and still going strong, still keeps perfect time.
    Had my 1970 Submariner serviced last year to give to my Son, total cost plus a free evaluation was £2200.

    Hadn't thought about it previously but he now has the cost of insuring the bloody thing.

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    Rolex have long had veblen status, which means people expect them to be expensive, including the servicing.

    Obviously one expects a mechanical watch to be expensive to make, especially one that keeps time accurate enough to be accorded chronometer status, but in the last ten years or so prices charged by Rolex have become absurd.

    The trouble is that anyone with enough money: rock stars; TV personalities; professional sports players, etc. now automatically think of Rolex when choosing a watch.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    As I understand it, if it's a real one it's worth quite a bit of money in any state. Maybe Roy can confirm or deny?
    Most models fetch more than retail second hand because they’re very difficult to buy new but things aren’t as crazy as they were when a £5k Oyster perpetual was fetching £30k because it was Tiffany blue.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    The trouble is that anyone with enough money: rock stars; TV personalities; professional sports players, etc. now automatically think of Rolex when choosing a watch.
    Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet are more popular these days.

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    From a few days back


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    Gone Teutonic today



    Tour of the factory

    https://youtu.be/9cGHqAPMliE?si=UFitBUZuICsmKQ6T

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roy S View Post
    From a few days back

    Well at least it's not a Rolex! Do they make a version with a less showy bezel?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roy S View Post
    Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet are more popular these days.
    So let's see some of yours, or perhaps a Jaeger-LeCoultre, or a Vacheron Constantin.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    So let's see some of yours, or perhaps a Jaeger-LeCoultre, or a Vacheron Constantin.
    All those marques are too exclusive even for me Barry.

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    Are those marques I mentioned ever subject to forgeries, or is it only Rolex?

    I'm reminded of a sign I saw near a stall in a market place in Turkey: "Genuine Fake Watches"! Oxymoron or not?
    Barry

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