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From Vintage Speedy to Modern Rolex?

asrnj77
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I like my vintage watches and always thought that would be my deal. Then I got a new Tudor BB and realized I’d forgotten how nice a new watch is. It’s like a vehicle. I loved my old cars like the ‘68 road runner and ‘74 el dorado. They looked cool and everybody loved them and commented on them but they actually aren’t very good all-around cars compared to a modern car. Sometimes they wouldn’t start. They didn’t handle well and I smelled like exhaust every time I got out of the car. They are still fun and cool for Sunday cruises but like vintage watches they aren’t as good for daily commutes.

Keep your old one and save for a new one. Best of both worlds.
 
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jlafou1 jlafou1
Am I nuts? I’m very seriously considering selling my 145.022-69 DON with dark chocolate dial to fund my first Rolex (likely SubC date or Explorer II).

One on hand I tell myself “you can always find a Sub, but you can’t always find a quality vintage Speedy”. On the other hand, I have very few watches and don’t rotate often. I wear my Speedy all the time but do so extremely cautiously.

So the idea of a daily driver that is durable, waterproof and set & forget is appealing. If I had the funds to keep the DON and buy the Sub I would, but unfortunately that’s not the case.

Any comments and thoughts are appreciated!

you just said it to yourself why you should not sell your don69 to fund your 1st rolex.
 
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Keep the Speedmaster and try to put some money aside to fund the Rolex
 
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I do, and that’s the issue. It’s really the only super valuable piece I own so I’m always cautious about how i wear it. I don’t want to buy another daily to let this sit in the safe. Yet I hate to give it up. ::facepalm1::


I am quite sure there are…by now…some financially persuasive PM’s, accumulating in your ‘In Box’…

Just chose the watch you want…and cease looking to the rest of us, to facilitate it for you…or to validate your choice

You are a Grown Up……You don’t need our permission, or approval
 
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Or buy a nice Bell and Ross or the Longines Big Eyes Chrono as daily beater
 
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I would never ever swap a vintage watch for a contemporary one.

I've been on the path to doing just that. I've sold dozens of vintage watches, and when I finally get down to under 10 I'll be forced to make a decision on a pair of modern watches versus similar vintage watches I still own.

Gotta say I'm leaning towards the modern ones. Less headaches with parts & service, better tolerances (i.e. waterproof), etc.
 
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ICONO ICONO
I am quite sure there are…by now…some financially persuasive PM’s, accumulating in your ‘In Box’…

The ways to circumvent sales sub-forum rules are legion.
 
jlafou1
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ICONO ICONO
I am quite sure there are…by now…some financially persuasive PM’s, accumulating in your ‘In Box’…

Just chose the watch you want…and cease looking to the rest of us, to facilitate it for you…or to validate your choice

You are a Grown Up……You don’t need our permission, or approval

I have received hundreds, no thousands upon thousands of amazing offers since you’re so curious (I.e. exactly zero). I don’t need anyone’s approval to make my “grown up decisions” but god forbid I look to a respected online community to sound ideas of off.

What I don’t need is your condescending tones and comments insinuating some ulterior motive of side stepping sales rules which are plain as day. Perhaps you should step up your game and see that’s I’ve posted about this watch many months ago in the vintage forum. If I was keen to sell I would have already. Move on. 👍
 
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jlafou1 jlafou1
I have received hundreds, no thousands upon thousands of amazing offers since you’re so curious (I.e. exactly zero). I don’t need anyone’s approval to make my “grown up decisions” but god forbid I look to a respected online community to sound ideas of off.

What I don’t need is your condescending tones and comments insinuating some ulterior motive of side stepping sales rules which are plain as day. Perhaps you should step up your game and see that’s I’ve posted about this watch many months ago in the vintage forum. If I was keen to sell I would have already. Move on. 👍

you'd need 146 more posts to sell here.
 
sdre
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jlafou1 jlafou1
I have received hundreds, no thousands upon thousands of amazing offers since you’re so curious (I.e. exactly zero). I don’t need anyone’s approval to make my “grown up decisions” but god forbid I look to a respected online community to sound ideas of off.

What I don’t need is your condescending tones and comments insinuating some ulterior motive of side stepping sales rules which are plain as day. Perhaps you should step up your game and see that’s I’ve posted about this watch many months ago in the vintage forum. If I was keen to sell I would have already. Move on. 👍

Calm down mate. 😀 Don't need to insinuate anything or anyone here. Everyone's free to their opinion. 😀

I think you have heard the majority's voice here, keep the speedy and find something that's more friendly for daily wear. Rolex prices are sky high premium now... it isn't the time to "chase" it now.

Good luck 😀
 
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You don't say what your current collection consists of, other than the Speedy (unless I missed it...), so difficult to advise really. What I would say, like most others, is keep the Speedy. If its a good one, you'd struggle to replace it in the future, well not easily anyway. How about a 6309-7290? Pretty much a 007 but with added patina! I do cosset my Speedy, but only because it means a hell of a lot to me personally. My 1680 on the other hand, has no sentimental value whatsoever, and gets used for all sorts of activities.

And anyway, having a handful of watches in your collection, to rotate and, for one of those nasty cold, rainy nights, to just sit down with to study and admire, does have its advantages.
 
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First, I think calling a witch hunt on the OP is premature. True its more of a WUS post but he is new, but it was done in a way that did not make me think it was a sales circumnavigation. Secondly if it was, then remember it takes seasoned members here to also circumnavigate the rules and arguably it is those members who contact a new member trying to buy a watch that are the ones at greater fault.

But more to the point, lets give people the benefit of the doubt - even a big benefit. After all, we are not a Rolex forum.

To the OP point. Sell and get what you want.

Or if you can afford it, put the speemaster away. Its a hard asset unlikely to loose value in the long term, unless we all go back to fighting with sticks.

Buy a seiko. A vintage one is fun.

But mainly, my advice is buy the watch you like, and you know its the right one when for two weeks you have not changed it or thought about it and its still on your wrist.
 
asrnj77
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Spacefruit Spacefruit
Buy a seiko. A vintage one is fun.

But mainly, my advice is buy the watch you like, and you know its the right one when for two weeks you have not changed it or thought about it and its still on your wrist.

I just picked up a 6105-8119 and the prices on vintage Seikos is going crazy too. I wanted a 6105-8000 and had my eye on a few auction sites and they all sold for over $1600. 8 months ago they were selling for half that price. 15 months ago you could get a 62MAS on ebay for $1050 now they sell for over $2500. That being said they aren't making new unmolested vintage Seiko so $1500 is still a pretty good price if you can find one you like.
 
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