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re: Whose got a Rolex?
Posted on 12/24/19 at 9:51 pm to Obtuse1
Posted on 12/24/19 at 9:51 pm to Obtuse1
I know nothing about watches. I own 2 suuntos and haven’t worn them since I got my Apple Watch.
Why would you show all those watches but not show the specific ones he asked about? Not a flame, genuinely inquiring.
Why would you show all those watches but not show the specific ones he asked about? Not a flame, genuinely inquiring.
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Posted on 12/24/19 at 9:54 pm to Obtuse1
your grandfather has a cool collection, nice of him to let you take pics with it all on christmas eve
Posted on 12/24/19 at 9:54 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Any input on inherited planes?
Posted on 12/24/19 at 9:55 pm to Obtuse1
I said that only because you corrected once before. 
Posted on 12/24/19 at 9:57 pm to Obtuse1
Thats a great collection. Hard to see but do you own a GS?
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:02 pm to Obtuse1
Nice touch. My apologies, sir. Please accept.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:18 pm to BACONisMEATcandy
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Why would you show all those watches but not show the specific ones he asked about? Not a flame, genuinely inquiring.
It may seem a little odd but I will try to explain. I am pretty well known in the online and IRL watch community and I prefer they not know I have one of the two Daytonas particularly in its specific dial configuration. I just don't want anyone to stumble onto the pic online and match me up.
The SoJ Daytona is one of maybe 60 made, 1 of 30 in the dial I have. There are 5-6 examples known examples and auction for significant money (not Newman Daytona money though). Every time one is sold there are questions regarding whether they were ever an actual Rolex model or if it is a dial change (like the California dials). The more pictures of them are out there the more they get scrutinized which could impact the auction market for them. It may seem weird but it is simply to protect the value of the particular watch.
ETA I may have done a poor job explaining it but when rare watches pop up on the internet they get heavily scrutinized by the online watch community. One offhand comment by someone that has never seen the watch in the metal could significantly impact auction value. The holy grail of Daytona collecting is Paul Newman's personal Daytona and when it came up for sale the provenance was heavily questioned online. When I do decide to auction the watch I would prefer not to have 5-10-20 years of online scrutiny built up, this is the reason nobody else that owns a SoJ posts pictures of theirs.
I have also explained before that my watch accumulation is the culmination of over 25 years of buying and selling watches as a hobby, primarily manual wind Daytonas. Over the last few years as the vintage Daytona prices have spiked I have sold them off and replaced them with modern watches. The two I have left are simply what is left over from that collection. The SoJ and a prime example of a 6263 Panda. The first picture I posted was taken when the two were in the safe deposit box the last one was taken tonight when I had both out to wear them over the holidays, the SOJ is covered by the piece of paper.
To the person that thought the first picture was taken today due to the Canes A Christmas Story dog in the reflection it wasn't that was a gift from my wife one Christmas (I live the movie) and it sits behind my watch boxes in the closet so it is there all year round.
This post was edited on 12/24/19 at 10:54 pm
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:19 pm to Bwmdx
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I said that only because you corrected once before.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:20 pm to Obtuse1
quote:this is my new tinder profile headline thx
I am pretty well known in the online and IRL watch community
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:31 pm to Boston911
Yeah I have one as does my wife. They are great until you have to service them. Then just like everyone I know told me, they never work correctly again. Both Datejust, here has a diamond band. I inherited a gold president too. Never wear it
This post was edited on 12/24/19 at 10:35 pm
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:32 pm to Old Money
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Thats a great collection. Hard to see but do you own a GS?
I don't own one currently, I appreciate them but the designs I like are special editions and while I have the clout to get most any Swiss/German watch I don't have any in the Grand Seiko world, so I would pay a premium.
There is really only one Seiko/GS/Credor I covet and that is the Seiko “Shinji Hattori Special Model” Limited Edition Watch For Japan. Shinji Hattori is the CEO of Seiko and in 2013 the 100th anniversary of Seiko they made 39 of the SCQE001. They made 39 because the pronunciation for 39 is the same as thank you. They have a whimsical engraving on the manual wind movement with the bespectacled Hattori represented as a fish because he is the Big Fish at Seiko. I don't really love the watch but I love the movement. I did get to see one in the collection of one of my Seiko crazy friends who has pretty much every US and Japanese GS and Credor special edition.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:33 pm to FishinTygah84
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Nice touch. My apologies, sir. Please accept.
I wouldn't have believed me either.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:37 pm to Eddie Winslow
How do y'all not know Obtuse's collection by now? He's in every luxury watch thread
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:38 pm to Boston911
Explorer II with white face, aka Rolex Polar.
I enjoy letting people know I have ‘frick you’ money and I can’t bring my Lexus into the boardroom, so seemed like a sensible purchase.
I enjoy letting people know I have ‘frick you’ money and I can’t bring my Lexus into the boardroom, so seemed like a sensible purchase.
This post was edited on 12/24/19 at 10:42 pm
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:42 pm to Grateful Reb
I like the datejust 41 but that fricking cyclops ruins it. I don’t understand why Rolex uses the cyclops so much.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:46 pm to Boston911
I’ll get Granddads. I believe it’s a presidential. I know the damn thing costs like $1500 a year to upkeep. I he hold on to it for a few more years.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:48 pm to Obtuse1
I feel so poor reading this. I got a $900 Bulova Grammy edition earlier this month as an anniversary gift and am scared to wear it so I don't frick up the nicest thing I own, lol.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:59 pm to I B Freeman
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You can probably buy a low end Rolex for the upgrade from gas to diesel and you can buy a nice Rolex for the difference in price of the 250 and F150.
I just wanted to say, I used to believe this, but with current lariat prices over 50k a lot of the time for an f150, for resale purposes the f250 is the more intelligent buy. With rebates, and the fact that some dealerships whore out the diesels, it is better.
Don't get me wrong, the mpg, maintenance, and opulence all must be considered. But, while diesels have become meh on the reliability scale, turbos on the gas motors have their maintenance costs trending upward.
Sorry for the derail, pricing out used vehicles that interest me is a rather wierd hobby of mine
This post was edited on 12/24/19 at 11:00 pm
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:00 pm to TigerFanatic99
checkmate,well played obtuse!
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:06 pm to TigerFanatic99
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feel so poor reading this. I got a $900 Bulova Grammy edition earlier this month as an anniversary gift and am scared to wear it so I don't frick up the nicest thing I own, lol.
No kidding! The nicest watch I own is a very good Graham Chronofighter clone, and it was given to me as a gift. I was military for a long time, so I only wore timexes, suuntos and the like.
Obtuse,
Thanks for the detailed posts, I know nothing about higher end watches and enjoyed the reads
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