"Rolex for my Husband" spam

[Sandain]

With normal mechanical watches, you can see the hands move then stop - especially the 'seconds' hand. It moves, stops for a second, then moves.

On expensive watches such as Rolex the hands have a different motion, they constantly move - they dont do the stop-start thing like almost every other watch.

Thats how you can always tell a fake Rolex too.

 

[DaveMage]

My cell phone has a clock.

I don't need a watch.

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

My cell phone has a clock.

I don't need a watch.

But will your cell phone work under fifty meters of water?

(I have a watch, I don't need a cell phone.)

 

[Alzrius]

But will your cell phone work under fifty meters of water?

I know that if I'm fifty meters underwater, I'm going to be having much worse problems than trying to tell time.

 

[DaveMage]

I know that if I'm fifty meters underwater, I'm going to be having much worse problems than trying to tell time.

6' is about the deepest I've ever been.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

My Dad has a Rolex given to him as a graduation gift 1972. It still runs well, looks great and its increased in value 400%.

I, OTOH, currently own a couple of digital Timexes and 3 mechanical Seikos, and have had several other watches in the past. While my watches are every bit as accurate as his, none of them has increased in value, I assure you.

Typically, high end watches use better materials than regular watches. For example, a typical Rolex, Tag Heuer, or Omega will use a man-made Sapphire for the face crystal, while my Seikos use Quartz. Sapphire, at Mohs 9, is virtually unscratchable, while quartz (at Mohs 7) has the most common hardness in the world- at some point, it will get scratched. A digital watch like a timex will typically use a strong plastic for the face crystal- hard, but still not as hard as sapphire.

Instead of using an enameled metal or ceramic for the watch face, you may instead get exotic materials like mother of pearl.

Because of the method of assembly, detail work may also be superior- you'll see fewer rough edges, finer artistic detail, etc.

And so forth.

(BTW, I know a few watch vendors!)

 

[Mycanid]

IIIIIIIIIII HATE RABBITS!

Oops. Wrong thread.

 

[Dioltach]

I know that if I'm fifty meters underwater, I'm going to be having much worse problems than trying to tell time.

Yeah, but what if someone asks you what time it is in Tokyo? That's a very real possibility, apparently.

I treated myself to a Rolex a few months ago. Not one of those big shiny ones, but a very understated Cellini Classic -- in fact, nobody even realizes it's a Rolex. I saw it and fell in love with it, forced myself to look at some other (i.e. cheaper) watches, but decided that I'd never really forgive myself if I let it slip by.

And it's absolutely lovely. Just looking at it, you can see the craftsmanship. It's ... I can't really describe it, other than to say that it just feels right.

 

[Jdvn1]

It depends. Breitling or Rolex could be made of steel (the cheapest materials for those watches, at least Breitling.) But the problem is that those are mechanical watches. Your $50 quartz watch is more accurate.

What depends?

I didn't say anything about accuracy, just what affects price.

 

[Numion]

What depends?

I didn't say anything about accuracy, just what affects price.

Just saying that more expensive watch is not necessarily made out of gooooold. They might be made of the same materials (i.e. steel) as cheaper watch. Depending on the brand, even mundane material watch can be expensive.

Accuracy is another thing, yes.