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Bizcut1
·Please don't buy him a $100 watch...or a Rado for that matter.
Can't imagine that moment when he is thanked for all his years
of service and...here's a Rado.
Ugh.
Can't imagine that moment when he is thanked for all his years
of service and...here's a Rado.
Ugh.
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MTROIS
·…does it REALLY have to be red-dialed!? 😉
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apsm100
··Noob taxpayer
Obvious answer, plus engraving…
https://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/us/en/watches/reverso/reverso-tribute-monoface/397846J.html
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Evitzee
·I appreciate the reasoning behind this gift, but this will be an exercise in time, effort, and paying the market price for a semi-oddball Rolex, which will be personalized and given at a retirement dinner or similar event. Most likely it will see very little wrist time and will eventually bounce around after grand dad departs this mortal coil, eventually being coughed up in the future sans box and papers when some subsequent owner decides to liquidate it. And people will wonder about the backstory. Nonetheless, this will fulfill the families desire to recognize his service to the company which is what the gift represents. Rolex is considered the creme de le creme among the public so that is what you go with even though the Reverso is a far better watch, but unknown to the public. Image matters in these cases, this is more important to the gift GIVERS than the receiver.
I've not seen this dial in person but it looks pretty orangy to me on the Rolex website, hopefully it will be red enough to pass muster. The color 'coral' tends to be in the orange spectrum.
I've not seen this dial in person but it looks pretty orangy to me on the Rolex website, hopefully it will be red enough to pass muster. The color 'coral' tends to be in the orange spectrum.
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·I appreciate the reasoning behind this gift, but this will be an exercise in time, effort, and paying the market price for a semi-oddball Rolex, which will be personalized and given at a retirement dinner or similar event. Most likely it will see very little wrist time and will eventually bounce around after grand dad departs this mortal coil, eventually being coughed up in the future sans box and papers when some subsequent owner decides to liquidate it. And people will wonder about the backstory. Nonetheless, this will fulfill the families desire to recognize his service to the company which is what the gift represents. Rolex is considered the creme de le creme among the public so that is what you go with even though the Reverso is a far better watch, but unknown to the public. Image matters in these cases, this is more important to the gift GIVERS than the receiver.
I've not seen this dial in person but it looks pretty orangy to me on the Rolex website, hopefully it will be red enough to pass muster. The color 'coral' tends to be in the orange spectrum.
This is EXACTLY what I have been trying to communicate to them...well, most of it lol.
I personally don't think he will even care that much. Sure he'll "appreciate" it. But I don't think it will be worn, because like I already said he quit wearing his Presidential a couple of years ago.
They are trying to get him an entry level Rolex that is currently going for double MSRP in an odd variation (red) that is engraved, and will never be worn lol. Nothing about this scenario seems like a win to me and I have tried to put that nicely to them, but with no luck.
But hey, it's their money. Well, technically the companies...but still.
So anyway, after talking to grandma about it again last night she insists on calling one of her people "in the know" who can "probably" find one for her.
To which I said, "ok, let me know how that goes 🙄".
Now time to go look for some red Rolex's on Chrono24 on that company dime 😉.
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Evitzee
·Let grandma's peeps run with this one, maybe they can source one. Or not.
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·Let grandma's peeps run with this one, maybe they can source one. Or not.
I just wanted to be there for that convo lol.
I don't think she fully understands how scarce they can be right now.
There are a handful on Chrono24, which I've never used but based on what I've seen here seems like a pretty reliable place.
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Obvious answer, plus engraving…
https://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/us/en/watches/reverso/reverso-tribute-monoface/397846J.html
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vbrad26
·Lol I called a couple more local-ish AD's this morning and they all said the same thing, unsurprisingly.
I asked one of them, hey if I want to buy a new Sub what's the deal with that, to which they replied - "a 1-2 year wait" hah.
I asked one of them, hey if I want to buy a new Sub what's the deal with that, to which they replied - "a 1-2 year wait" hah.
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vbrad26
·Apparently her guy is going to "look around" for her. So Let's see where that gets us...
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vbrad26
·Thanks lol. This same group had grand plans of getting my father-in-law a Speedy from exactly 1969 for his 50th birthday a couple of years ago.
I did a lot of prep-work (that I enjoyed) but it ended up fizzling out last minute...
I was figuring this would be the same once they found out that they couldn't just walk into a store and buy this thing but so far they are holding strong hah.
I did a lot of prep-work (that I enjoyed) but it ended up fizzling out last minute...
I was figuring this would be the same once they found out that they couldn't just walk into a store and buy this thing but so far they are holding strong hah.
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Bizcut1
·Call David and tell him what you are looking for and why...ask for him personally.
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·Thanks lol. This same group had grand plans of getting my father-in-law a Speedy from exactly 1969 for his 50th birthday a couple of years ago.
I did a lot of prep-work (that I enjoyed) but it ended up fizzling out last minute...
I was figuring this would be the same once they found out that they couldn't just walk into a store and buy this thing but so far they are holding strong hah.
If they insist on a Rolex AND a red dial, I have a suggestion. It might not get a lot of support on this site, but here goes.
There is a huge market for custom Rolex dials -- has been for decades. Most just add diamonds, but some offer colored dials as well. My suggestion then is find a custom dial maker that either has a red dial already in stock or will make one, then buy a used example of the Rolex that the dial will fit and take it to a local watchmaker to service and fit the dial. Most custom dials are for 36 mm datejusts (which is a perfectly acceptable size for a Rolex), so I'd start looking there.
That will likely be half the cost of getting that new Red Oyster Perpetual and also quicker to source.
