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Is wearing a Rolex striver-y?
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Date: February 17th, 2018 12:48 PM Author: Marvelous den electric furnace (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#35424790) |
Date: February 17th, 2018 2:31 PM Author: Thriller lavender national prole AF (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#35425420) |
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Date: February 17th, 2018 3:25 PM Author: Thriller lavender national aka "Prolex" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#35425760) |
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Date: October 27th, 2020 12:53 AM Author: mustard nursing home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41195334) |
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Date: February 17th, 2018 3:59 PM Author: Appetizing Haunting Dragon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#35425930) |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 4:26 PM Author: adventurous spruce factory reset button incel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41215429) |
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Date: February 17th, 2018 3:23 PM Author: white aromatic trump supporter No, but bashing Rolexes just to appear above it has become an obvious, insecure striver tell. Get a steel Submariner and enjoy it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#35425740) |
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Date: February 17th, 2018 3:31 PM Author: sick rigor center Isn't the Rolex the Cadillac of watches? There are infinitely more better-priced, better-designed watches out there. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#35425794) |
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Date: February 17th, 2018 3:32 PM Author: irate roast beef this line of thinking is even more strivery than buying a rolex though.
"ohh, that's a nice 15k starter watch!" (GC) |
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Date: February 17th, 2018 3:34 PM Author: Hairless Exciting Background Story Station They are the BMW M3 of watches There are plenty of better watches There are plenty of worse watches
Just like everyone respects the M3 as a good all around car. There are certainly much better cars, but there are definitely a lot worse cars and the popularity isn't without reason
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Date: December 1st, 2018 6:25 PM Author: iridescent spectacular pozpig This sounds right. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#37333428) |
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Date: December 1st, 2018 6:48 PM Author: chocolate buck-toothed preventive strike 320i on the other hand...is just pathetic. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#37333514) |
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Date: October 30th, 2020 12:08 AM Author: disturbing regret I appreciate your logic. But as an aesthetic matter, Rolex is ugly and over-the-top in the same way as a Cadillac CTS-V with a 6.2L V8 and 640 hp, magnetic ride control, and high quality seats. Many generations of M3 were elegant and tasteful. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41218966) |
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Date: February 17th, 2018 3:37 PM Author: Dark hell sweet tailpipe I alternates between an Apple watch and Shinola and I get a ton of comments (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#35425819) |
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Date: February 17th, 2018 4:01 PM Author: rambunctious death wish skinny woman Lol at Shinola. There's a guy at my company that rocks one of these and I am always loling on the inside. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#35425947) |
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Date: February 17th, 2018 3:59 PM Author: Appetizing Haunting Dragon I dunno, but I don't find them particularly attractive and they seem expensive for what they are (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#35425928) |
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Date: February 17th, 2018 4:56 PM Author: glittery disgusting chad set Lol at watchmos (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#35426336) |
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Date: December 1st, 2018 6:21 PM Author: Diverse trailer park liquid oxygen besides patek, rolex is practically the only family-run biz in the watch game. that means something. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#37333402) |
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Date: December 1st, 2018 6:22 PM Author: Pearl sticky milk crackhouse what does it mean (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#37333410) |
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Date: December 1st, 2018 6:23 PM Author: bateful cruel-hearted indian lodge weed whacker something (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#37333416) |
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Date: October 27th, 2020 12:39 AM Author: razzle sanctuary lettuce one of the biggest prestige tells. great brand. VERY classy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41195270) |
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Date: October 27th, 2020 12:41 AM Author: Marvelous den electric furnace Shut up (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41195279) |
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Date: October 27th, 2020 12:42 AM Author: razzle sanctuary lettuce u mad i copped DAT ROLEX, you jealous jew fuck? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41195282) |
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Date: October 27th, 2020 12:43 AM Author: Marvelous den electric furnace Nyuug, lol, Jesus Christ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41195290) |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 4:36 PM Author: Vermilion titillating filthpig titcnljc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41215498) |
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Date: October 27th, 2020 12:43 AM Author: provocative gas station (cslg) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41195291) |
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Date: October 27th, 2020 12:44 AM Author: provocative gas station caring about what watch you ought to wear is strivery
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Date: October 27th, 2020 12:52 AM Author: Glassy Painfully Honest Circlehead Lay One of the reasons I’m a big Rolex fan is that despite being great watches and super accurate, they are so durable and versatile. Most nice watches aren’t durable and most durable watches you’d wear can’t be worn in nearly any situation. Rolex made it socially acceptable to wear a dive watch with a suit.
My Tudor GMT gets consistent -1s a day and my vintage datejust survives lots of rough daily wear/water exposure yet I can wear it with anything. My omegas have been much more finicky, and I don’t have and AP/Patel yet, but the Genta-designed watches I want from their lineups are famous for being very fragile. |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 10:38 AM Author: 180 quadroon wydm agents designed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41212209) |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 10:42 AM Author: Glassy Painfully Honest Circlehead Lay Sorry, meant Genta designed. Gerald Genta designed the Patek Nautilus and AP Royal Oak. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41212231) |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 11:15 AM Author: Topaz Adulterous Trust Fund Bawdyhouse and the IWC Ingenieur. Thoughts on the Octo Finissimo? Bulgari bought Genta's label and the Octo is clearly Genta inspired. Also DAT 100m water resistance and extreme thinness. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41212494) |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 2:20 PM Author: Glassy Painfully Honest Circlehead Lay I like the Octo, i'm trying to find one for a good price. It's going to be a future classic. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41214315) |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 4:27 PM Author: Topaz Adulterous Trust Fund Bawdyhouse MSRP is 12, I think can prob cop for 9-10 from an AD. I don't see how the 5711 or the RO are "better." The RO only has 5bar water resistance and the 5711 doesn't even hack seconds (LJL). It seems those two at double+ the price are only "better" at signaling to people that you paid 20+k for the watch. Give me the 10bar water resistance and ultra slim case of the Octo any day. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41215432) |
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Date: October 30th, 2020 12:06 AM Author: Glassy Painfully Honest Circlehead Lay The RO market is utter retardation right now. Grey market is +50% of MSRP. AP also has a ton of gates to prevent you from buying at retail.
The Octo is shamefully being ignored by a bunch of dickriders in the watch community. They are shunning great watches to slob on AP/PP/VC/Rolexes knob. |
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Date: October 30th, 2020 1:37 PM Author: Topaz Adulterous Trust Fund Bawdyhouse The watch community is mostly dickriders who pretend to be into watches but really just want to wealth signal. There is no other explanation for the insanity around Prolex. I hope they keep shunning the Octo. I want to pick one up in the next 6 months or so and would love to be able to get it under MSRP. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41222210) |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 10:56 AM Author: Motley Mahogany Library Yes. Almost no one with real money wears one unless they’re hood rich. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41212333) |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 10:59 AM Author: internet-worthy coiffed halford totally depends how rich you are.
when i wear mine, yes. when the people i work for wear them, no. |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 11:09 AM Author: Topaz Adulterous Trust Fund Bawdyhouse I have Rolex in my fairly extensive collection. They get almost no wrist time. It's the one "luxury" watch brand proles know, so it sends a message and makes it more likely to be stolen. A lot of their models either don't look great or aren't very interesting from a technical perspective. The "classic" 36mm datejust looks clownishly small on my BUFF as FUCK wrists. It's a pretty good watch maker with superlative marketing that strivers and followers have driven to a level well above where it should be. The even poorer strivers who want Prolex but can't afford it are now chimping out over Tudors and driving those TTTs through the roof as well. Most of these watch people are NPC with shitty taste. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41212433) |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 1:59 PM Author: Glassy Painfully Honest Circlehead Lay The Tudor GMT is a great watch. I prefer it strongly over my submariner.
Also if you think 36mm is too small of a watch, that's a big time prole tell. |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 4:25 PM Author: Topaz Adulterous Trust Fund Bawdyhouse I don't think it's objectively too small of a watch but when you have 7.5+ inch wrists it looks like a woman's watch. I still have watches as small as 32mm, but at a certain point they look weird. Still would never cop a DJ 41 as that's LJL. Tudors and Subs are both lame. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41215412) |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 11:10 AM Author: Bespoke wrinkle becky i rock my IWCs. proles don't know the brand so it's any other watch. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41212444) |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 11:11 AM Author: internet-worthy coiffed halford now THIS is a watch:
https://www.phillips.com/detail/patek-philippe/CH080220/39?utm_source=p-social&utm_medium=carousel_bottom_retargeting&utm_campaign=CH080220&fbclid=IwAR03xdL5Ez9OWo-cTgWWdNzLf7qLNZQ8EsrgeQADvWFSAJtL4VHMpy8GDC8 |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 11:13 AM Author: Outnumbered whorehouse I like the HBS pretty much wherever we want party timezone function (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41212482) |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 11:16 AM Author: internet-worthy coiffed halford only for legit jet setters. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41212501) |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 11:17 AM Author: Topaz Adulterous Trust Fund Bawdyhouse libs MAF about "Peiping" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41212505) |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 11:12 AM Author: umber mediation indirect expression only if the person wearing it doesn't actually like nice watches. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41212461) |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 11:14 AM Author: Bespoke wrinkle becky (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41212485) |
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Date: October 29th, 2020 2:21 PM Author: zippy cobalt macaca depends (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3895886&forum_id=2#41214326) |