- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: The Rolex business model is dumb
Posted on 8/25/26 at 10:26 am to Crawdaddy
Posted on 8/25/26 at 10:26 am to Crawdaddy
quote:
Rolex LOL A few Seikos and I'm all good.
Over the course of a few years the Seikos will probably be off by 1/10th of a second. How can you live with yourself when that happens?
1
Posted on 8/25/26 at 10:28 am to pickle311
quote:
bought an Omega
Gross.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 10:45 am to LSUbasketballfan
quote:
Over the course of a few years the Seikos will probably be off by 1/10th of a second.
I’ve got a Seiko that loses 5min every two days…….lol
Posted on 8/25/26 at 10:58 am to pickle311
The issue here is that Rolex understands the luxury goods market far better than most of their potential clients. What they are doing isn't much different than quiet a few other brands that need to leverage exclusivity if they want to stay in business, it's smart business practice even if it butthurts some.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 11:02 am to pickle311
quote:
The Rolex business model is dumb
It seems to have worked well for them for over 100 years, so ...
Posted on 8/25/26 at 11:12 am to alphaandomega
quote:
To the OP, the Omega is a better watch. Own several and a couple of Rolexes that were my dads. Rolexes keep shitty time and require a lot of maintainence. Last cleaning and oiling was like $1100.
I have avoided this thread like a visually diseased hooker because I am not interested in typing for an hour straight, but this one brought me off the bench. The bold portion from an objective/statistical POV is total bullshite.
Calling a watch service a cleaning and oiling is a bit disingenuous; it is a fairly complicated process. The Rolex RSC does charge about $1k, give or take for a service of a 3135/3235 based watch in a SS case, and other watches can be more or less. There are plenty of independent watchmakers that charge less and do a great job; it is similar to car service. However, I would point out you didn't include what Omega charges for service on an 8XXX movement watch. It will run you $800, so it is a little cheaper, but the service interval is shorter. There are far fewer watchmakers that will service the modern Omega movements so the cheaper options are harder to find. I am an amateur watchmaker (pic of my bench below), and I won't touch my modern Omega movements because of the finicky oiling parameters for their coaxial movements.
I do love my Omega watches, and I love their movements, but I would never argue that my Rolex movements don't keep better time or take less maintenance because that would just be silly.
Must resist diving deeper into this thread; I got shite to do.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 11:38 am to Stinger_1066
quote:
It seems to have worked well for them for over 100 years, so
Rolex had to pivot to survive the Quartz Revolution in watchmaking. Until about 50 years ago, they were basically tool watches, back when every watch was mechanical and Rolex was making the watches people went to when they wanted reliability and accuracy. Omega back then were also no-nonsense functional watches, something that a working man could buy for much the same reasons. Rolex has the reputation of being the watchmaker's watch, they are built to be serviceable and the quality of workmanship is pretty much guaranteed. I have my grandfather's Omega and my father's Rolex, and my own collection of Seiko, Orient, Hamilton, Citizen, Casio, Movado, Shinola, and several others. My dad always wore a Seiko chronograph as his daily watch (he loved the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds which I am pretty sure influenced his purchase of that particular Datejust in 1999) and almost never wore his Rolex until shortly before retiring, then it became almost exclusively his daily wear. It's now become my near daily watch except for when my Seiko 5 beater is appropriate.
This post was edited on 8/25/26 at 11:43 am
Posted on 8/25/26 at 12:28 pm to TexasTiger33
quote:
Congrats on your new Seamaster. Did you get the diver and what color dial?
Thanks, yes I got the diver in summer blue
Posted on 8/25/26 at 12:34 pm to Clames
Ferrari.
Porsche is starting to play that game as well.
Porsche is starting to play that game as well.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 12:36 pm to Obtuse1
are you local to BR?
Posted on 8/25/26 at 12:37 pm to Clames
That Omega is awesome
Posted on 8/25/26 at 12:46 pm to alphaandomega
quote:
To the OP, the Omega is a better watch.
Rolex > *
Posted on 8/25/26 at 12:49 pm to pickle311
quote:
got the diver in summer blue
Almost pulled the trigger on that a couple months ago in Orlando. Love it
This post was edited on 8/25/26 at 12:50 pm
Posted on 8/25/26 at 12:54 pm to 225Tyga
quote:
If they would have had the one you wanted in stock then you would not feel this way. So yes confirmed butthurt
Simpleton, they did have it in stock. It was literally on my wrist for about 15 minutes. They probably had one in the safe too, but that’s the Rolex game.
I wouldn’t expect you to understand that though.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 12:56 pm to pickle311
What's a watch?
Posted on 8/25/26 at 12:58 pm to CAD703X
I really don't see the point of a watch or at least an expensive one that doesn't do anything but tell the same time you can get from anywhere else.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 12:59 pm to Obtuse1
quote:
I have avoided this thread like a visually diseased hooker because I am not interested in typing for an hour straight, but this one brought me off the bench.
The summer between my junior and senior years of college (1981) I worked a construction job with a guy who was about to leave Oklahoma for Switzerland where he was going to be trained on how to maintain and repair Rolex watches. He said there was good money in it. I don't doubt it. I wish I would have stayed in communication with him to find out how it worked out for him.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 1:01 pm to Enadious
quote:
What's a watch?
Exactly. I'm 66 and haven't worn one since I was 25, which is about the time when pagers first became ubiquitous. I figured that if I needed to know what time it was, I could just look at my pager.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 1:04 pm to USEyourCURDS
quote:
are you local to BR?
The short answer is no. That question could have been asked for a number of reasons, but I should be clear I don't work on anyone's watches but my own. No friends or family and after one incident 7 years back, not even my wife's watches unless it is something super simple like bracelet adjustments etc.
If you are asking if you are interested in getting into watchmaking I am glad to discuss that.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 1:09 pm to Stinger_1066
quote:The OP is referring to their new business model of being jackasses to potential customers. This is not how they built their brand.
It seems to have worked well for them for over 100 years, so ...
Page 7 of 9
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News