Am I the only one....

[mzcool]

You can usually recognize a Rolex based on the bracelet anyway. Or just a quick glance of the watch face. That works until you realize you've been staring at a $70 Invicta.

 

[arcadia]

I think Rolex watches are ugly. I mean, i've tried to like them but ..there's nothing I can do .. I still find them very very very ugly.

I'm a big fan of PAM, AP, IWC, U-BOAT, WELDER, B&R, HB and UN ...but there is no single Rolex that I would wear.

Remember this post of yours after a year here studying brands. You will be surprised on how you would eat your words, my friend.

As Luthier say, you can buy all watches you like but you can't buy taste.

 

[DRBAFC]

The "peace sign" is there so that you can tell the time properly when the hour hand is directly under the minute hand.

Really? That had to be added to the hour hand for that purpose?

 

[SUMIKITO]

You can not buy taste..........

:cheers: Very well said Arcadia, you either have "taste" or you don't. It is slowly acquired, in-grown from childhood, or born with it. Anyone CAN have it, get it, or taste it. Like your clothes, cars, or your women and drinks. Even how you use a toothpick in public. This forum and most others, was most likely born out of this iconic brand's captivating reputation and historical significance. The rest, well, just followed the leader. Rolex, like no other. Like no other. Cheers again.

 

[straycat]

To the OP. Have you ever tried a Submariner on your wrist? If not yet then you should do yourself a favor. Go to the AD and slap one on and see if you hate it.

 

[nycgtr]

I can appreciate the look for rolex. However, I wouldn't buy a gen or rep of most of them these days. Only rolex that has my interest is a yachtmaster.

 

[Capt. Obvious]

Oh man!!! And there I was thinking taste was something personal...

...STUPID Capt. STUPID, STUPID, STUPID!!!!!!!

(PS, I also think Rolexes are UGLY... but I LOVE the submariner... Oh, and the Expl II now... I also dont mind the date-just... and I might get myself a DSSD at some point... Mmm, I forgot, what point was I trying to make????)

 

[Subjeff]

Subs look like shite and I would not own one.....fifteen maybe!:hehehe:

 

[Capt. Obvious]

Subs look like shite and I would not own one.....fifteen maybe!:hehehe:

LOL, dont you already own 15??? I think you need a few more!!!

 

[Subjeff]

Not quite but Im getting there...just added 2 more this week that are not pictured.

 

[Capt. Obvious]

Not quite but Im getting there...just added 2 more this week that are not pictured.

Ugly!!! SO ugly!!!

 

[gazza]

Rolex are quality and function with quite a few different designs to appeal to many different types of people. They don't follow the latest trends, which usually end up an embarrassment a year later.

What I don't understand is Panerai. You've got two basic watch styles, the luminor and and the marina or whatever the one with the ugly crown guard is. Then you put in 50 different dials and turn the crown guard upside down or backwards and call it a new model. Most of the hand winds are iterations of a very inexpensive ETA 6497 hand wind or an ETA 7750/53 and you then sell a $300 watch for $7,000.

And you wonder why it's so easy to replicate a 99.9% Chinese copy? To me, that whole brand is bizarre. Biver or whatever the president of Panerai's name is, must be laughing all the way to the bank.

And don't get me started on those ugly Hu Blow and U-boat abominations.

You can love or hate Rolex!!!! You can love or hate Pams,Hublots,U-Boats etc,etc.....
But don't jump on JC Biver!!!!!! What that guy has done for Omega and Hublot is almost unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!! Plus lets remember, if not for him, we would all be wearing quartz reps and gens !!!!!!!!!!!!!
This might be a rep forum, however we should always be thankful to guys like Biver, Hayek. Genta and hey maybe even some guy named Wilsdorf ...............

 

[mch2112]

I can see that people don't personally want to wear rolex, but I think it's undeniably iconic and classic. Simple lines and designs, executed perfectly.

 

[davylloyd]

I don't know if I'm the only one but...

I think Rolex watches are ugly. I mean, i've tried to like them but ..there's nothing I can do .. I still find them very very very ugly. Is it the peace sign on the arrow? Is it the fact that they all look alike?

I'm a big fan of PAM, AP, IWC, U-BOAT, WELDER, B&R, HB and UN ...but there is no single Rolex that I would wear.

Please tell me i'm on the only onelol :wyliehelp:

No accounting for taste, or even a complete lack of it. :hehehe:

Rolex were here long before you were born, and they'll be here long after you're gone, unlike who-blows, you-bloat, arc-welder, bell and dross.......:

 

[mydnytrydr]

I have my DSSD rep on right now.. you know, the one that pisses off our friends on the Rolex forum 'cause it's so good?.... This watch is ANYTHING but ugly, my friend..

 

[carlton]

I believe there is around 65% members found here while they are looking for Rolex replica watch online(i'm one of them). Don't think you are the only one, most likely is the minority one.

 

[smokiedabong]

:lol1: cause buying into a brand for show off just cause your your fellow man can't recognize other brands is what taste's all about :rofl:


Taste, these guys clearly have it:

 

[Capt. Obvious]

Lol! LOVE your comment on Justin Bieber's new album provenance!!

 

[remykgl]

Try to run for public office wearing a Pam, Hublot, or U-Boat. No dice, you loose. Try to sell some house or real estate wearing a Pam, Hublot, or U-Boat. Most buyers wont trust you. Sorry no sale. Try to wine and dance a princess or countess from whatever country wearing a Pam, Hublot, or U-Boat. See later alligator. Adios! Try to address the United Nations wearing a Pam, Hublot, or U-Boat, Ha !! Hey, hey, wait, I'm not finished with my speech here! Try to be a real good honest and downright professional doctor, lawyer, architect, nuclear scientist, 'nobel laureate to be' kind of guy wearing a Pam, Hublot, or U-Boat, oops sorry sir, but we must have the wrong guy, what was your name again sir??? In all of the above scenarios, AND in real life, a simple Rolex Air-King, would have transformed you into the shot caller. The buck simply stops with a Rolex. Like no other watch can. Before, yesterday, AND today. Don't knock it if you DONT GET IT.

+1 well said SUMI :

 

[MauiDave]

Rolex is just well thought out function made to perfection, even on a mass production scale. Boring maybe, reliability and recognizability definitely. But think about it is Rolls Royce the fastest coolest biggest flashiest car on the road? No! Rolls Royce is old and boring but the beauty is in its perfection.


Sent from hell with love!