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Rolex Passion Report - What Will Be the Hot Rolex for 2020?

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S.H. S.H.
Datejust from the 60s with interesting dials are already 3 to 6k, i. e. already overvalued imho compared to similar omega models... (and just compare with a 18k connie!)

No fair deal to be had in the rolex world it seems.

true they are climbing in price. even the 6694 manual wind oysterdates, which a gazillion of which were made, are now going on average for over $2000. but Omegas and other popular brands are also climbing in value as well. I can remember in the not-to-distant past buying used speedmaster moons in NYC for less than $1000 and tudor subs for around the same price.
 
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I think that the 50s and 60s Dates, and DateJusts will make a nice comeback, as we get a hangover from all the sports models hype. I would not mind a SS DateJust from the 60s with an interesting dial.
Half way there;

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I just can’t love these R watches. Build quality 10 aesthetic 4. Interest 3. soul 1

Even the fact they started off as a London brand doesn’t help.

5500 air king is the only one I like

I am obviously wrong about all this cos they keep value well.
 
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I just can’t love these R watches. Build quality 10 aesthetic 4. Interest 3. soul 1

Even the fact they started off as a London brand doesn’t help.
5500 air king is the only one I like

I am obviously wrong about all this cos they keep value well.
R watches?
 
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R watches?

considering the subject matter of this thread i'm going to go out on a limb and make a wild guess he is referring to rolex? 😁
 
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janice&fred janice&fred
considering the subject matter of this thread i'm going to go out on a limb and make a wild guess he is referring to rolex? 😁
I guess so, but who cannot love vintage Rolex?
Don’t get it, new stuff, fair enough, bit soulless but from the sheer range of interesting vintage pieces, surely the chap above could find something?
I cannot agree vintage Rolex is soulless.
 
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To the moon To the moon
It always baffles me that somebody passionate about fine watches has to be a fool with money... Basically if you have an interest in watches you have to belong to a non profit organisation. Oh, I get the connection now 😉
Haha. Great Rolex pun!
 
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I guess so, but who cannot love vintage Rolex?
Don’t get it, new stuff, fair enough, bit soulless but from the sheer range of interesting vintage pieces, surely the chap above could find something?
I cannot agree vintage Rolex is soulless.
I guess I am not on omega lover for nothing but seriously most Rolex leave me cold. To be fair there were one or two vintage Chrono that look interesting but otherwise as I said only 5500 air king offers a feeling of restraint all others feel bling. It is a taste illogical thing. Most modern omega aren’t that far away- to some degree in the same boat in terms of restraint and style but Rolex mostly no.
 
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1803 and especially 18038 is a tremendous value - saw a black dial (rare) with diamond markers in great condition for 10K. Value if you sold it for gold weight and the widely recognized high quality diamonds alone makes it worthwhile. Never mind the beauty of the bracelet and killer aged tritium plots
 
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1803 and especially 18038 is a tremendous value - saw a black dial (rare) with diamond markers in great condition for 10K. Value if you sold it for gold weight and the widely recognized high quality diamonds alone makes it worthwhile. Never mind the beauty of the bracelet and killer aged tritium plots

I wouldn't be so sure of that gold-scrap-value-wise. and the diamonds used in watches are so small they don't add up to much of anything for value. not to mention diamonds in watches limits the appeal to a narrow market.
 
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You’re right - Got carried away with the hyperbole lol but you guys know what I mean
 
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Value if you sold it for gold weight and the widely recognized high quality diamonds alone makes it worthwhile.

Gold is bought for scrap value at around 25eur per gram of 18k. Let's say for example it is 100g net with the bracelet, it adds up to 2500eur. Worthwhile to you? I doubt you have around 8k of diamonds in a Rolex dial ...
 
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ConElPueblo ConElPueblo
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Reads like a stock market analysis, any "passion" here is about money.

Revolting.
So well said !!!! Absolutely true. I'm so glad you posted your comment.
it's absurd to consider vintage watches like stocks of GM or GE, or CAT
vintage watches are very moody, they are collectible items or collectible gadgets ...where ever we want to call them, and the price of "ANY" collectible items it will entirely depend upon to the moods of the buyer and the seller at the time of the transaction.
Lately it seems like that many high end watch collectors (or maybe watch accumulators) they don't identify their watch accumulation as a "collection" anymore, but strictly as an investment "portoflio" type, that it has to grow in value in the near future. so therefore they keep an eye on their values on daily basis basically
 
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Gold is bought for scrap value at around 25eur per gram of 18k. Let's say for example it is 100g net with the bracelet, it adds up to 2500eur. Worthwhile to you? I doubt you have around 8k of diamonds in a Rolex dial ...

fair point S.H.
 
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ConElPueblo ConElPueblo
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Reads like a stock market analysis, any "passion" here is about money.

Revolting.
and YES.....the passion is all about money. How come there are so many watch aficionados that have a strong passion on Rolex and not in Patek or Vacheron, or Audemars? the passion today it's all related to the fast value appreciation of the watch, and the Rolex Osyter is number one and probably the only one "stock" that people buy , but collecting it's a different story !
 
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i think he's dead right about early explorers and pump pusher daytonas

and man i'm dying for that modern millgauss. . .

I don't think we need a guru to put this list of most wanted rolexes, we all know that:
  • Pump Pusher Daytonas.
  • Perpetual Daytonas.
  • Early Oyster Chronographs.
  • All GMT Masters.
  • Important Submariners.
  • Early Explorer.
  • Rare diamond Rolex.
Pump Pusher Daytonas.


 
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Evitzee Evitzee
People have been predicting what Rolex would do for as long as I can remember and the predictions never come true. Rolex is gonna do what Rolex is gonna do. Resistance is futile, go with the flow.

I would like to predict that Rolex will open its books and supply some Rolex sports SS watches that we can buy from ADs - but I won't hold my breath for this prediction to eventuate though. 😵‍💫
 
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Branding is paramount together with real value, not perceived value. Visit any popular (with the locals, not just the tourists) & check out the watches the waiters are wearing. At certain ethnic restaurants you may well notice that some of the waiters (& shoot me now for being straight forwards) are wearing a Rolex. Reason is simple. They can, at a moments notice, put on their shoes & clothes & get out of town or move to another country with an asset of relatively known/easily cashed in value, on their wrist. No bank accounts to close, no money to transfer, no middlemen to bribe, no government officials asking how much tax they have paid. Just move on & be able to pay their passage. BTW, I am not talking about the rare Rolex, or the "Paul Newmans" or even vintage.
Just a thought.
 
pIoNeErOfThEnILe
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Basically, hottest Rolex's are ones most people in the collector community either can't source or afford....OK, Got it!

Phew, that was hard to figure out.


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Evitzee
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Just go on Youtube and watch Chris "fake Rolex" Essery (Horology House) and check his predictions out. He has a video about a month ago, during the fake Rolex sh*tstorm.
 
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