I don’t understand the need to get a “hot watch”. Get what you like. Get what makes you feel happy every time you put your watch on. I kinda stopped looking at Rolexes the moment too many colours came out. Maybe I’m the traditional type that likes black and steel watches. And Rolex has traditionally been making very boring looking but robust sports watches. It is in todays IG and social media era that boosted the “look at me” behaviour.
I remember being in a time when I can walk into a grey dealer and get a bigger discount than from buying from an AD. But those days are long gone and the market today disgusts me.
I was lucky enough to get Rolexes that sing to me. And the only “colourful” Rolex that I have is a Milgauss GV
I love this watch…it’s fun and it’s quirky. But when the time came that the submariner was calling to me. I had the chance to try out the 116610LV. And to me, it was horrendous. It was too “shiny” and was just the thing that put me off. A sports watch is supposed to be underrated, stealthy, and robust. Which is why at the end of the day the regular and boring 116610LN won me over.
I have worn this everywhere. Into the sea, into the pool, with shorts and a T-shirt and with a suit.
Please don’t mind me…I’m just ranting and I’m a traditionalist. I like boring watches and I don’t dress flamboyantly. But to each his own. Buy what you like. Buy what makes you happy. I’m only buying what makes me happy, and not to show to the world that I have a “desirable” watch in my collection. I’m a watch lover. I have cheap watches too and I wear them just as happily as watches that cost a little more.
My go to watch for rough sports…i.e. Spartan races and wake boarding
And a Chinese made chrono when I want to wear something a little less known and a little less common.
Anyways to sum it all up. Your tastes are yours and yours alone. Enjoy the “thrill of the chase”. The research and the seeking. Collecting watches is a journey, and also a process of self awareness…
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