Originally Posted by
anrkitec
The bottom line is that Rolex is undeniably one of the most innovative companies in the history of watch making and their movements are unimpeachable in terms of design and durability. Their business practices suck and their status-seeking base demographic can be insufferable but that has nothing to do with the watches themselves.
Innovative? In terms of movement design, hardly. Durability, I'll give you that.
For example, I paid about $2400 for my late 'P' 114270 [new movement and dial] and even in these depressed times it is still worth about $2800 – and was a year ago worth about $3500.
Are you sure? The bottom has really fallen out on 2nd hand Rolexes. Really, really bottomed.
However, that's not to say my watches have done any better.
Originally Posted by
tfar
Are those things needed? Certainly not. Do they give us pleasure? I think so.
Completely agree. Buy whatever gives you pleasure. Currently, I'm trying to decide between the Hublot Ice Bang or the IWC BP. Neither makes any sense, financially, but who cares?
