How dare they profane such a lovely watch?

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With all the respect Rolex gets for its dive watches, it's good to be reminded that a large part of their market is people who love bling--diamonds, mother of pearl, engraving, etc.

 

Kill it with fire!!!!

 

That’s the Eldorado edition. It comes with a big silver belt buckle and a ‘76 Cadillac with steer horns on the hood.

 

Yikes. That is a horrible redial even.

Not sure what the buyers are paying for here...

 

The seller points out the the second hand might not be correct for this reference......

 

I would say that its lived a hard life and had the crap scratched out of the case so they engraved the hell out of it to make an unsaleable turd saleable.

and it's going to work too, because somewhere out there is a '76 Cadillac owner who needs an ugly ass watch to go with his immense turquoise belt buckle.

too by my Caddy is a 68, it just wouldn't work.

 

It can look nice on a nautilus

 

It's like someone took their watch to a jeweler and said: "make my watch look like the handle of an ugly fork."

 

That’s hard to look at.

 

I think in this case, I’d be quite ok with Rolex swapping the case at the next service for a replacement service part.

 

better question here is, how does this have 30 bids?

 

Yeah, won’t work with a ‘68. You need this with a large pinky ring.

 

Yikes that is hideous, the engraving is not very attractive kinda half hearted !
Somebody obviously likes it, amazing what you can sell if it has Rolex on it !

 

My thoughts exactly.
Those learning the art of firearms engraving usually develop their skill by working on older guns with the surfaces degraded by wear and corrosion past the point of restoration. Often as not the practice pieces are relics no longer safe to fire or discarded receivers and other parts.
The condition of dial and crystal would seem to bear that out.
Its stated this is a "project watch". Probably not even intended for sale when first completed.