# Anybody Want A Rolex? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-rolex/270275 "2004-10-20T20:40:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-rolex/270275/1 "2004-10-20T20:40:36Z")
OK, I get my fair share of Spam, but lately I have been getting variants of the same idiotic thing way more often than the usual V IA\_GRA, apporved mortgage and other nonsense. In the past 24 hours I have gotten: Daily News - Rolex watches online Rolex is what you want to wear Come On In and Select a Rolex for you Real Swiss watches online You once said you liked Rolex Re: your swiss watch order Italian Rolex and throw away prices Re: Rolex Order Details (twice) Rolex is forever. Are you for it? Sweetheart wants a Rolex? Shop for Rolex here only Rolex forever (twice) Rolex is what I want you to wear Order Rolex or other Swiss watches online Rolex ? (twice) A Grade Rolex - deadline blum So if anybody is in the markert for a Rolex, cheap, I think I can hook you up. _Discalimer: I am not actually offering to hook anybody up with a Rolex watch or any variant or knockoff thereof._ ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-rolex/270275/2 "2004-10-20T21:17:50Z")
Actually I prefer a Rado. In 10 years, I have yet to put a scratch on it. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-rolex/270275/3 "2004-10-20T21:52:24Z")
I’m partial to saying “Hey…anyone know what time it is?” ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-rolex/270275/4 "2004-10-20T22:37:57Z")
The last one I got purported to be from Jenna Bush. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-rolex/270275/5 "2004-10-20T22:49:09Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > The last one I got purported to be from Jenna Bush. > > Regards, > Shodan We’re discussing watches, not STDs. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Master\_Killer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@The\_Master\_Killer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Master_Killer)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-rolex/270275/6 "2004-10-20T23:03:10Z")
I was going to start a thread about Watches, like what kind of watch do people have, brand names…all that good stuff. Now I dont have to. I love watches…the more complicated the better. I own a Baume & Mercier Capeland and a Raymond Weil Tango. Someday, if I win a lottery, I’ll buy my dream watch, a Breguet. I’m not too crazy about the Rolex’s… there just doesnt seem to be any refinement to them. I’m not putting down anyone else’s choice, many people own and love Rolex, I just never really got into them. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-rolex/270275/7 "2004-10-20T23:28:46Z")
I just got offered a Ro-lex. It claimed to be a gen-uine rep-lica. Maybe I should send them a gen-uine reply\*. :dubious: - of course, replying to gen-uine spam is always a really bad idea ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-rolex/270275/8 "2004-10-21T00:08:26Z")
Rolexes are middle class and really unhip. But I like them. 🙂 Back when I was making some money I bought myself a GMT II and had a Jubilee bracelet put on it. What a pain! There are rules, y’see. :rolleyes: Rolex won’t sell an accessory that they don’t offer on a watch. How pretentious. I did find a new, genuine Rolex Jubilee bracelet and the correct endpieces from a dealer who was willing to bend the rules. It looks great. Come on, Rolex; we’re talking middle-of-the-road watches here, not works of art! My 1970s-vintage Sub’s winding stem came out, and since I’m underemployed I haven’t been able to get it fixed. I also have a c.1961 “pointy crownguard” Sub on a “James Bond” grey and black NATO strap that I want to sell when I get around to it. For the longest time I wanted a Breitling Navimeter. I decided the face was too small though. Now I’d really like an Omega Speedmaster “Moon Watch” (the official watch of NASA). When I’m not wearing the GMT II, I like to wear a 1974 Seiko Bell-Matic identical to my dad’s (which I’ve put away). I totally dig the alarm. I have dad’s Vulcain Cricket, but I never wear it. [Dad’s Seiko Bell-Matic](http://pw1.netcom.com/~heliboy/watches/dadsseiko.jpg). This is dad’s watch. The one I wear is identical to it. [Rolex GMT II](http://pw1.netcom.com/~heliboy/watches/gmt.jpg). This is not my actual watch, but mine looks like the one on the left. The image is one that I put together to see how my watch would look with the Jubilee bracelet. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-rolex/270275/9 "2004-10-22T05:42:40Z")
I’ve got a Bucherer 251.920 chronograph (none of those artificially English model names for me!) which has been a massive pain in maintenance terms, but looks terrific… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-rolex/270275/10 "2004-10-22T06:06:34Z")
You gotta work with them and be patient, not to mention the jeweler costs, to a point where you gotta want to own the watch for something other than logical or intrinsic value. My advice, and that I followed, is to chunk the bastard and get a Tag. ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-rolex/270275/11 "2004-10-22T08:41:44Z")
Or the classic Swiss Railways Watch, I really like mine. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-rolex/270275/12 "2004-10-22T09:28:41Z")
Mine cost 5 bucks in a Japanese convenience store. I bet it tells the same time as ones that cost a thousand times as much, too. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-rolex/270275/13 "2004-10-22T14:53:46Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > You gotta work with them and be patient, not to mention the jeweler costs, to a point where you gotta want to own the watch for something other than logical or intrinsic value. > > My advice, and that I followed, is to chunk the bastard and get a Tag. I thought about it. Turns out Bucherer watches share the Tag movements anyway.