As someone wrote on TRF..."Rolex has transitioned from making watches you can't buy, to making watches you don't want to buy".
HILARIOUS. I bet that they play this at the Swatch Group’s annual shareholder meeting. LOL.
Of course they're excellent and I am a huge fan along with owning a number of pieces. Merely referring to the high expectations for new models and being let down with what was in fact released.
Im not at all here to defend Rolex, but only to somewhat scope the issue’s margins:
Rolex’s near entire product line are “heritage” models, just like the Speedmaster is a heritage model to Omega - or the 911 is a heritage model to Porsche.
And just like with Omega’s recent “updates” to the Speedmaster, Rolex doesn’t mess deeply with its heritage models. It just that, unlike Omega, so much of Rolex’s product book are heritage models.
Analysts suggest that the core reasons Rolex is so financially healthy and dominate compared to other makers is that Rolex keeps a small book of products, they keep them consistent, and error toward making too few than too many.
So while we’re all out here saying “push the envelope, Rolex! Surprise me!” - I think Rolex is muttering under their breath “you fickle f*ckers look somewhere else for surprises.”
A two tone Explorer is not an Explorer vintage or new. It’s like adding bling to dark rims on a 911. Yikes. Rolex lost me at least and I own 2.
mate, are we even talking about the same company? 😁 The one that’s been doing the following for over 40 years already:
mate, are we even talking about the same company? 😁 The one that’s been doing the following for over 40 years already:
I mean, what do you think “tool watch guys” were saying in 1980 about a TT submariner with jeweled dial!?
TBH, a merely TT Explorer is among the least “adding bling to dark rims on a 911” thing they’ve done ... 😗
If you are trying to prove these designs are all gawd awful, consider it a success! 😀
Although the just-released palm fronds a.k.a. marijuana dial single-handedly projects the same without a single rhinestone or ounce of precious metal
While pure speculation on my part, I think the Palm Fronds is really a tribute to many states legalizing marijuana and Rolex marketing to the drug dealer/user base of their clientele.
While pure speculation on my part, I think the Palm Fronds is really a tribute to many states legalizing marijuana and Rolex marketing to the drug dealer/user base of their clientele. After all, they can't actually put marijuana on the dial so they put something that looks close. It absolutely makes no sense that Rolex would choose to create a palm fronds dial this year until you see it under those conditions.
While pure speculation on my part, I think the Palm Fronds is really a tribute to many states legalizing marijuana and Rolex marketing to the drug dealer/user base of their clientele. After all, they can't actually put marijuana on the dial so they put something that looks close. It absolutely makes no sense that Rolex would choose to create a palm fronds dial this year until you see it under those conditions.
While pure speculation on my part, I think the Palm Fronds is really a tribute to many states legalizing marijuana and Rolex marketing to the drug dealer/user base of their clientele. After all, they can't actually put marijuana on the dial so they put something that looks close. It absolutely makes no sense that Rolex would choose to create a palm fronds dial this year until you see it under those conditions.
Can you please explain why they can't put MJ on the dial?
