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Offline contender

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New CEO for ROLEX SA
« on: April 15, 2014, 08:36:34 AM »
Jean-Frederic Dalfour, current CEO of Zenith will be joining ROLEX SA as CEO .......new direction for ROLEX ??

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Re: New CEO for ROLEX SA
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2014, 01:39:50 PM »
Hmmm, will there be a Daytona Striking 10th?  ;D ;D


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Re: New CEO for ROLEX SA
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2014, 01:51:19 PM »
I am more worried about Zenith now tbh... what will become of them?
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Re: New CEO for ROLEX SA
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2014, 01:57:22 PM »
I am more worried about Zenith now tbh... what will become of them?

Only time will tell what becomes of Zenith ...... wondering what is going to happen to Corum since the CEO is leaving ...... interesting times for Swiss watch industy

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Re: New CEO for ROLEX SA
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2014, 05:28:22 PM »
Gian Riccardo Marini sacked? I thought he was appointed in 2011, quite a short service term

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Re: New CEO for ROLEX SA
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2014, 08:49:19 PM »
Indeed, I am also worried for Zenith. They have been the most exciting watch brand for me these recent few years. If not for his line of watches, I probably wouldn't have gotten myself a Zenith. I hope they won't go through another "dark" period.  :Praying:

As for Rolex, good for them.. with Dufour in charge, hopefully we will get to see some interesting models. Keeping my fingers crossed that Dufour would also do something about the excessive superfluous text on the dials.  ;D

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Re: New CEO for ROLEX SA
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2014, 08:12:57 AM »
Gian Riccardo Marini sacked? I thought he was appointed in 2011, quite a short service term

I hope he got sacked because he decided to offer the pepsi GMT in WG and not in SS. What an awful decision.... :Blue:

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Re: New CEO for ROLEX SA
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2014, 08:57:28 AM »
Gian Riccardo Marini sacked? I thought he was appointed in 2011, quite a short service term

I hope he got sacked because he decided to offer the pepsi GMT in WG and not in SS. What an awful decision.... :Blue:

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Would you get one if it was in SS?

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Re: New CEO for ROLEX SA
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2014, 09:12:47 AM »
I'm not sad that he got sacked coz he priced the new SeaDweller at a ridiculous CHF 9,900 Swiss, almost double the last selling price of the previous SeaDweller in 2008/9. :Mad: :Scolding:

and yes, I would have got it if it was priced under RM 30K.

 
Gian Riccardo Marini sacked? I thought he was appointed in 2011, quite a short service term
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Personal taste and preferences evolve over years, hopefully not 1 full circle otherwise it means we haven't learnt a single thing.

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Re: New CEO for ROLEX SA
« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2014, 09:22:35 AM »
I'm not sad that he got sacked coz he priced the new SeaDweller at a ridiculous CHF 9,900 Swiss, almost double the last selling price of the previous SeaDweller in 2008/9.

and yes, I would have got it if it was priced under RM 30K.

 
Gian Riccardo Marini sacked? I thought he was appointed in 2011, quite a short service term
lots of white gold on the Basel 2014 models... price all went sky high :Scolding: :Scolding:

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Re: New CEO for ROLEX SA
« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2014, 05:05:39 PM »
I think its gonna be exciting for rolex in the coming years..And of coz if the pepsi came in SS it was a immediate buy when it arrive as long as AD dont charge a premium for it which we all know they will...

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Re: New CEO for ROLEX SA
« Reply #11 on: April 18, 2014, 07:26:20 PM »
Hmmm, will there be a Daytona Striking 10th?  ;D ;D

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That flying second hand is quite interesting indeed!


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Re: New CEO for ROLEX SA
« Reply #12 on: April 18, 2014, 07:29:40 PM »
Gian Riccardo Marini sacked? I thought he was appointed in 2011, quite a short service term

I hope he got sacked because he decided to offer the pepsi GMT in WG and not in SS. What an awful decision.... :Blue:

If it was offered in SS, they wouldn't be able to make enough of them to sell in the beginning and dealers will be making a tidy profit on premiums for quite a while. A two tone would have been a better idea.




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Re: New CEO for ROLEX SA
« Reply #13 on: April 20, 2014, 09:43:30 PM »
Oh no... just when Zenith is right back on track... proves how much a difference a good CEO can make...

If Pepsi comes in SS, yaahhoooooo!!
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