sionie1
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Sssshhhhhhh don't tell everyone!! lol...Tudor Heritage Black Bay is a good punt in my opinion.
Sssshhhhhhh don't tell everyone!! lol...Tudor Heritage Black Bay is a good punt in my opinion.
I’ve worn my ladies Rolex watch 24 hours a day for 16 years, it’s never been serviced. Completely reliable, puts up with all sorts of abuse, gardening, mountaineering, swimming, cleaning (whatever I have been doing). All my previous watches broke after a couple of years. I really like my watch and I would never sell it (unless I become totally broke). I don’t think it looks dated, either.I’ve never seen a Rolex I really desire; it just seems a bit like buying a mid-engined Ferrari in Rosso and Crema. Kind of like the default, lack of imagination purchase, or one as much about the resale than the love of the items themselves.
Maybe a little controversial that, but I look at Rolexes and struggle to see what the hype is about beyond hype itself.
I'm pondering a cheap pun about ladies not being serviced in 16 years and something about a crema interior. But I'm far too grown-up and restrained for such puerile gags.I’ve worn my ladies Rolex watch 24 hours a day for 16 years, it’s never been serviced. Completely reliable, puts up with all sorts of abuse, gardening, mountaineering, swimming, cleaning (whatever I have been doing). All my previous watches broke after a couple of years. I really like my watch and I would never sell it (unless I become totally broke). I don’t think it looks dated, either.
Mens watches tend to follow the vagaries of fashion. As jewellery does, in general. I think men don’t have much choice with jewellery, so all the dosh goes on expensive, fashionable watches. Which also go out of fashion. If you decide that a watch is a “classic” (a totally personal opinion), then you can wear an old design without fretting that it is old hat.
There is nothing wrong with crema interiors, by the way.
I did refrain from using the phrase “manual hard labour”!I'm pondering a cheap pun about ladies not being serviced in 16 years and something about a crema interior. But I'm far too grown-up and restrained for such puerile gags.
I’ve never seen a Rolex I really desire;
Omega Seamaster for me it's Good enough for James Bond then it works for me.
... which is frankly disappointing, Helen. I'd like you in future to please apply more effort into inserting double entendres into every available crack and crevice.I did refrain from using the phrase “manual hard labour”!
I will try to slide in a bon mot wherever possible!... which is frankly disappointing, Helen. I'd like you in future to please apply more effort into inserting double entendres into every available crack and crevice.
Bond actually wore a Rolex in the books and so did Sean Connery a Rolex Submariner on a NATO strap in the early movie.Omega Seamaster for me it's Good enough for James Bond then it works for me.
I was sort of in this camp, until I saw and tried the Milgauss. Stunning and not in your face particularly with the green glass catching the light in certain angles.I’ve never seen a Rolex I really desire; it just seems a bit like buying a mid-engined Ferrari in Rosso and Crema. Kind of like the default, lack of imagination purchase, or one as much about the resale than the love of the items themselves.
Maybe a little controversial that, but I look at Rolexes and struggle to see what the hype is about beyond hype itself.
Granted a Rolex isn’t the best watch out there, for better I would turn to perhaps an AP or a Patek or maybe a Vacheron. I have been wearing Rolex for 21 years now and also have Omega Breitling Tag etc. What Rolex do well is make an extremely robust tool watch and that’s not hype. Granted I’m not a pilot or a deep sea diver a yachtsman or even an explorer. Trust me when I say I enjoy my watches and I also have a Rolex ‘Zenith’ Daytona. I always end up wearing a Rolex as my daily despite owning other brands. When my darling daughter was born 21 years ago I even purchased a Rolex the week she was born to gift to her future husband when she gets married. I often find people who pass comment do so without ever having the experience of owning one. Again just my tuppence worth and I respect your opinion and each to their own otherwise it would be a dull world.I’ve never seen a Rolex I really desire; it just seems a bit like buying a mid-engined Ferrari in Rosso and Crema. Kind of like the default, lack of imagination purchase, or one as much about the resale than the love of the items themselves.
Maybe a little controversial that, but I look at Rolexes and struggle to see what the hype is about beyond hype itself.
If you could. The typing of such bon mots might seem challenging at first but just try to get your fingers round the hard parts and things will generally come good.I will try to slide in a bon mot wherever possible!
It’s true, I’ve never owned one and out of the the other three it’s Patek that appeals most, which goes to a question of it being a taste thing.Granted a Rolex isn’t the best watch out there, for better I would turn to perhaps an AP or a Patek or maybe a Vacheron. I have been wearing Rolex for 21 years now and also have Omega Breitling Tag etc. What Rolex do well is make an extremely robust tool watch and that’s not hype. Granted I’m not a pilot or a deep sea diver a yachtsman or even an explorer. Trust me when I say I enjoy my watches and I also have a Rolex ‘Zenith’ Daytona. I always end up wearing a Rolex as my daily despite owning other brands. When my darling daughter was born 21 years ago I even purchased a Rolex the week she was born to gift to her future husband when she gets married. I often find people who pass comment do so without ever having the experience of owning one. Again just my tuppence worth and I respect your opinion and each to their own otherwise it would be a dull world.
Extremely Robust Tool in the words of Koz. I like that.If you could. The typing of such bon mots might seem challenging at first but just try to get your fingers round the hard parts and things will generally come good.