The Watch Appreciation Thread - Part two (Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Jaeger LeCoultre,

[smittycl]

Is Rolex getting more money or just the AD?

That's a good point. I'm guessing they (much like the NCAA, FIFA, and IOC) will ensure that money gets kicked up...)

 

[am55]

I just think this ends the ability to get one at msrp entirely. Why wouldn’t the AD sell to a cut out and buy it back a week/month later and sell it at market price?

Needs to be at least 3 years old. We have the same here with social housing, you have to wait 5 years before you can sell it on the open market having received it at a 40% discount courtesy of your fellow taxpayers. Real estate still through the roof.

 

[Dino944]

Call me AP trash, don't care, I dig the new star wheel. Seconds hand sucks, but best Code 11.59 to date. And I could live with the crappy seconds hand pointing to nothing.

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I'm not a fan of the Code, but I agree this is the best version to date! Although, I really don't care for the seconds hand on a watch like this. They've never put one on previous Star Wheel models, so I'm sure why they added it to this version.

 

[Dino944]

Was quite the fan of the Schaeffer star wheel/repeater, this is just an abomination.

I always disliked their Millenary models, but somehow the Star Wheel design just worked well with the Millenary case. A friend of mine had one in rose gold and it was a real beauty!

 

[mebiuspower]

New shirt day.

 

[smittycl]

New shirt day.

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I've often wondered why Glashutte Original and Lange both insist on such large date displays? I like the date function but only look at it once (or sometimes not at all) during the day. Nothing really wrong with dates that big but they are a bit distracting.

Just me?

 

[mebiuspower]

I've often wondered why Glashutte Original and Lange both insist on such large date displays? I like the date function but only look at it once (or sometimes not at all) during the day. Nothing really wrong with dates that big but they are a bit distracting.

Just me?

I'm getting old like everybody else and the big date is very legible. You only need to glance at it.

It's pretty hard to go back to tiny date windows after getting a GO/ALS. For me it's either no date, no cyclops or big date.

 

[9thsymph]

I've often wondered why Glashutte Original and Lange both insist on such large date displays? I like the date function but only look at it once (or sometimes not at all) during the day. Nothing really wrong with dates that big but they are a bit distracting.

Just me?

Legibility? I like the large dates both pratically and as a matter of the design (which is why I also like Rolex: see cyclops)

 

[smittycl]

Legibility? I like the large dates both pratically and as a matter of the design (which is why I also like Rolex: see cyclops)

It's complication I like on my watches but the one I use the least. I agree on the getting older/reading glasses thing, though.

 

[Clouseau]

BTW, Macron putting his hands everywhere as usual, Biden should watch his Rolex…

 

[Dino944]

It's complication I like on my watches but the one I use the least. I agree on the getting older/reading glasses thing, though.

I don't mind the big date on a Lange since they were the first to use it on their watches (although developed by JLC for them). Personally, I just got sick of the big date after it started showing up on dozens of other watches Breguet, Omega, Breitling, etc. Even VC threw them on on their 1st and 2nd generation Overseas chronos, and I felt it really detracted from those pieces.

 

[Texasmade]

I've often wondered why Glashutte Original and Lange both insist on such large date displays? I like the date function but only look at it once (or sometimes not at all) during the day. Nothing really wrong with dates that big but they are a bit distracting.

Just me?

You were just defending the cyclops on a Rolex because you couldn't read the date and now you're complaining about ALS and GO's big date.

The German watch brands solved the small date problem without implementing an ugly ass cyclops and you're still complaining!!!!

 

[Texasmade]

66 ******* watches!!! That's a shitload of money tied up into watches and it's not like he owns a bunch of cheap stuff either. A collection that big has to cost a **** ton to insure and I can't imagine storing all that in a deposit box.

 

[9thsymph]

66 ******* watches!!! That's a shitload of money tied up into watches and it's not like he owns a bunch of cheap stuff either. A collection that big has to cost a **** ton to insure and I can't imagine storing all that in a deposit box.

Mark must be fucked right now. Why would anyone sell their entire collection near the bottom of the market? And why would you want to buy a store right now? The timing is just horrible on all fronts. Something seems off here...He literally turned the entire Hong Kong location into an "auction preview site" - business booming?

 

[UnFacconable]

My initial thought about Rolex CPO is that it's going to change the dynamics quite a bit for certain types of buyers/sellers. For example - do box and papers matter any more? I have an Explorer I bought with just a warranty card (no other B+P). That's harder to move in the secondary market but now I can probably easily "launder" it through a CPO AD. And I would imagine they will be able to sell it for the same price as one with full B+P from original purchase. So the value for my piece just went up.

Also for lazy sellers (also me), it should be much easier to just go into a CPO AD to unload pieces because those ADs will be able to sell at a relative premium to everyone else and will be able to pay more.

Overall it hurts a lot of people currently in the pre-owned Rolex market, but it will definitely help a few people.