Omega overshadowed by Rolex

MikeJF · Nov 18, 2019

I agree with pretty much all responses in this thread. Another reason I gravitate towards Omega: I’m a total contrarian. I see or hear too many people talk up Rolex and I like taking the less traveled road. I obviously love their timepieces, too. Anyone else like that?

gbesq · Nov 18, 2019

MikeJF
I agree with pretty much all responses in this thread. Another reason I gravitate towards Omega: I’m a total contrarian. I see or hear too many people talk up Rolex and I like taking the less traveled road. I obviously love their timepieces, too. Anyone else like that?

Yep!

jhross98 · Nov 18, 2019

MikeJF
I agree with pretty much all responses in this thread. Another reason I gravitate towards Omega: I’m a total contrarian. I see or hear too many people talk up Rolex and I like taking the less traveled road. I obviously love their timepieces, too. Anyone else like that?

This is exactly who I was for my first several years collecting

I referred to Rolex as a Texas timex

Then my trusted dealer showed me the Daytona in my avatar and I am now 12 Rolex and tudor against 3 omega (nearly all vintage) and that ratio will only grow

OmegaRolex · Nov 18, 2019

There’s something inherently mysterious and attractive about the dark side whether we acknowledge or deny it.

jhross98
This is exactly who I was for my first several years collecting

I referred to Rolex as a Texas timex

Then my trusted dealer showed me the Daytona in my avatar and I am now 12 Rolex and tudor against 3 omega (nearly all vintage) and that ratio will only grow

STANDY · Nov 18, 2019

jhross98
This is exactly who I was for my first several years collecting

I referred to Rolex as a Texas timex

Then my trusted dealer showed me the Daytona in my avatar and I am now 12 Rolex and tudor against 3 omega (nearly all vintage) and that ratio will only grow

So you were a Panerai guy, then spent a lot of years on Rolex Forum. ( how’d they go, fun bunch hey ) but now your here hanging out with the cool kids talking smack. ( ahh the internet and the same hang tag 😉 )

MikeJF · Nov 18, 2019

jhross98
This is exactly who I was for my first several years collecting

I referred to Rolex as a Texas timex

Then my trusted dealer showed me the Daytona in my avatar and I am now 12 Rolex and tudor against 3 omega (nearly all vintage) and that ratio will only grow

If a watch tells the time correctly and it’s on your wrist, it’s doing what it was purchased to do. At some point, however, name recognition plays a part in our purchases. If it was only on reliability, the Timex from Walmart down the road would be ideal. With that being said, at some point, you cross the line into the ‘excess’ category. And that’s why there is a market for Rolex, or Mercedes, or other luxury items. But hey, at the end of the day to each their own!

CaptainWinsor · Nov 18, 2019

I have a friend I met about 4 years ago during a golf outing. He had on a TAG and we started talking watches. He didn’t and still doesn’t know anything about watches but this past spring he texts to show me his new acquisition. A Rolex Submariner. He wears it like a badge of honor. I said he could of had 2-3 other watches for the price of that. He said it will only go up in value and everyone wants etc. I said it’s really nice good for you and left it at that. Last I heard he wants a Hulk. Go figure

gbesq · Nov 18, 2019

STANDY
So you were a Panerai guy, then spent a lot of years on Rolex Forum. ( how’d they go, fun bunch hey ) but now your here hanging out with the cool kids talking smack. ( ahh the internet and the same hang tag 😉 )

Omega wearers. The cool kids indeed! 😎 😎 😎 We just don’t flaunt it. ::stirthepot::

jhross98 · Nov 18, 2019

STANDY
So you were a Panerai guy, then spent a lot of years on Rolex Forum. ( how’d they go, fun bunch hey ) but now your here hanging out with the cool kids talking smack. ( ahh the internet and the same hang tag 😉 )

. . .if by "a panerai guy" you mean i've owned 2 blue dialed panerai for a total of (cumulatively) 9 months and sold both when they didn't stick, then. . sure. by that logic i'm also a "ressence guy", a "patek guy" and a "lorier guy". oh also a "gronefeld guy", a "voutlainen guy," and a "lange guy" -- all watches i've owned and eventually sold

if by . . ."spent a lot of years of rolex forums" you mean a handful of posts for about a year in 2017 . .. then also sure. by the way i am pretty that sure that I have never posted on TRF about rolex, and i am pretty sure 85% of my TRF posts are watches for sale. . because yes it is far far easier to sell a used modern watch on TRF than OF, that is for sure

jhross98 · Nov 18, 2019

STANDY
So you were a Panerai guy, then spent a lot of years on Rolex Forum. ( how’d they go, fun bunch hey ) but now your here hanging out with the cool kids talking smack. ( ahh the internet and the same hang tag 😉 )

no smack talk. . i call it like i see it. and i was a certifiable "anti-rolex" snob until i saw the light (the light was a vintage daytona) and once you see how good a gilt sub or gilt gmt-master are up close and on the wrist. . there is just no going back and IMO omega has never made anything close to those watches.

but .. to each his own and thank goodness for that. . very happy with the price i got for my 2914-1 railmaster at auction, no doubt to someone who can't stand rolex!

jhross98 · Nov 18, 2019

gbesq
Omega wearers. The cool kids indeed! 😎 😎 😎 We just don’t flaunt it.

OF -- THE cool forum. on that there is NO question

those TRF guys are only interested in what other people think!!

😀🤨 ::facepalm1::

OmegaRolex · Nov 18, 2019

I’m curious why you sold your Pateks and Langes.

jhross98
. . .if by "a panerai guy" you mean i've owned 2 blue dialed panerai for a total of (cumulatively) 9 months and sold both when they didn't stick, then. . sure. by that logic i'm also a "ressence guy", a "patek guy" and a "lorier guy". oh also a "gronefeld guy", a "voutlainen guy," and a "lange guy" -- all watches i've owned and eventually sold

if by . . ."spent a lot of years of rolex forums" you mean a handful of posts for about a year in 2017 . .. then also sure. by the way i am pretty that sure that I have never posted on TRF about rolex, and i am pretty sure 85% of my TRF posts are watches for sale. . because yes it is far far easier to sell a used modern watch on TRF than OF, that is for sure

berlin90 · Nov 18, 2019

such an interesting thread.....i have been all over, from rolex to iwc to jlc to rolex.....i actually love ,my vintage memovox, was my fathers watch...looks elegant and keeps great time, circa 1968. i prefer to fly under the radar so i let go of my explorer II...but it was a perfect watch comfortable , quiet and went with every situation.....but i started to want to own something else, less recognizable. in reality any of these watches are far above what we need to tell time....they are adornments and as such we are entitled if we prefer one or all.....so no need to pit one brand against another,whichever gives you a smile...

blufinz52 · Nov 18, 2019

jhross98

I had those same shorts 😀

Archer · Nov 18, 2019

jhross98
(the light was a vintage daytona) and once you see how good a gilt sub or gilt gmt-master are up close and on the wrist. . there is just no going back and IMO omega has never made anything close to those watches.

Glad you like what you like, however why not just leave it at that and not make inflammatory statements on top of just saying what you like?

To me any Daytona is just meh, and I’ll take a speedy any day of the week over one, but it’s all just personal taste, nothing more.

Mad Dog · Nov 18, 2019

OmegaRolex
...the collectors on this site are highly intelligent...

...with some exceptions...

jhross98 · Nov 18, 2019

Archer
Glad you like what you like, however why not just leave it at that and not make inflammatory statements on top of just saying what you like?

To me any Daytona is just meh, and I’ll take a speedy any day of the week over one, but it’s all just personal taste, nothing more.

nothing inflammatory about it. . the market is the market. usually for a reason but sometimes not

now. . if were to say i'd take all of my movado m90s and m95s over my rolexes.. THAT would be inflammatory. .but it would also be true

jhross98 · Nov 18, 2019

OmegaRolex
I’m curious why you sold your Pateks and Langes.

different thread or perhaps over a beer

i owned a 5170 which was a brilliant watch but seriously uncomfortable on the wrist

i owned a lange 1 moonphase and a lange 1 TZ.. .neither "did it" for me long term. not a lot of soul in those watches although the watchmaking and finishing is brilliant. . also the secondary market has imploded (for a reason)

that said. . my wife owns a little lange 1 time zone that is one of her all time favorite watches

i owned a vintage tiffany 1463 which i bought before i knew what "good" is. . and then sold it and now realize it was in fact one of my all time grails but i cannot afford to buy it back

anyone seeing what i own or reading what i wrote and thinking there is a simple or pat answer as to "this is better than that" is simply mis-reading it the way they want to. . as that is not the case. life and collecting are more complicated than that

sorry i have no sympathy for anyone that says i'll take a 5k speedy over a 100k daytona. . .yes you're entitled to your own taste

happens a lot these days in all spheres!

but there's a reason why certain artists are in every museum and serious collection and others are relegated to the dustbin of history (and yes, every major watch collection needs a few speedmasters!). so while i can't stand warhol i can appreciate why he is important in the history or art..

Screwbacks · Nov 18, 2019

no doubt rolex has an excellent marketing strategy from false shortage of stocks on sports models to jack up the prices,
and even from the time the founder marketed the so-called "prisoner of war" watches during the 1940s WW2 when he
sold to and took advantage of the american and allied military personnel pows in stallag. Captured market so to say. I
came across on this news years ago and after knowing that, i never had respect for the brand anymore. in fact never
bought one rolex after even if i owned 4 mid-budget rolex before i read the information. Of course, some current webwriters
could have pictured and twisted the story to make the founder generous to the prisoners by selling his watches on credit
during hitler's time but this was profiteering in the higher order in times of war. there is no reissue on this model anymore,
but POW rolex now commands a very high price, not because it is a rolex but because few americans or ww2 veterans
kept it for historical legacy. 🙁

Bugbait · Nov 18, 2019

Don't forget all the charitable work Rolex do, being a charitable trust and all. Although what little evidence you can find about it in the media is no more and arguably less than what other for profit, publicly listed companies do...not that it should matter right? After all it's bad form for charities to "brag" and bring attention to the good work they do 😎.

There might be a bit of sarcasm in there.

Omega overshadowed by Rolex

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CaptainWinsor

gbesq

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Archer

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