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Buying A Rolex ?

April 8, 2011
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Are you a watch enthusiast, and would like to invest money on a Rolex? I have loved automatic, manual wind, and quartz watches for many years, and have always wanted to own a Rolex.  Now do you really want to blow over $ 4000.00 dollars on a stainless steel Rolex which is the cheapest version of the many styles.

In my experience is a big waste of money, unless you have enough money to blow. Not really an investment, theses watches are always, numbered, and produced only in a certain amount of pieces to keep prices HIGH. Having a Rolex is more about power than, telling time. Rolex watches are ugly built, and due to the counterfeit industry anybody can own a Rolex, and unless you are an expert on watches you can not tell the difference between the real one, and a knockoff. And if you ever bought one, and did try to sell it, you will be surprised on what you get. Not even  half of the money paid for. Unless a Rolex is bought from an authorized dealer, and have a  bill of sales, box, and certificate of authenticity you might have a chance of getting something for it by selling the watch privately to an acquaintance. Dealers only give a nice deal when trading the watch for a new one or upgrade. Not to mention buying a used Rolex from a pawn shop, or any other unauthorized  dealer not a good idea, any watch bought from either of those places ( will never be service by  a Rolex dealer) if the watch turns out  to be stolen, they could confiscate the watch, so your only option if to have it service by another watchmaker and hope they will service the watch properly.

Bottom line, save your money, and if you must own a fancy watch, just do some research, and buy SWISS made automatics. No watch, regardless of the make can keep more accurate time than a Quartz mechanism. The only difference between the two is that an automatic watch well taken care of will literary last you a lifetime. Any decent Swiss manufactured watch will run you upwards of $ 500.00 and most of them have the same movements among different makes, you only pay for looks, and make. On the other hand Quartz watches are cheaper, keep better time, but do brake occasionally, and if the watch is really old, than it becomes disposable as they can not get spare parts.

Always give some though on the watch you want to buy, and for long you will  keep it.