Originally Posted by
walkerwek1958
The bit I find hard to understand is the way people feel they simply HAVE to own these watches. Focus on what you can get, not what you can`t!
If it isn`t available, it isn`t available, why put up will all this messing around? Simply buy a different watch. OK, it's frustrating if a certain Rolex model is the only watch you really want, but perhaps it's better to accept that you can`t have one and stop lusting after it. At the end of the day, it's only another watch. As a collector of old watches I accept that what I want won`t be readily available and it may take years to find, but that's a natural situation with anything that's been out of production for decades, I`m happy to enjoy the hunt in this context. Conversely I wouldn`t accept being messed about by Rolex or their ADs and being forced to beg and grovel for the privilege of parting with several grand. That's a contrived situation and it holds zero appeal.
The concept of having to spend lots of money with an AD to earn the privilege of going on a list and possibly getting a certain watch at some unspecified future date is preposterous; if my money isn`t deemed to be good enough I`d tell the AD to stuff his watches where the sun don`t shine.
It's crazy; I thought I was daft for paying £50 recently on a genuine Omega sub-seconds hand for an early 50s Seamaster, but my indulgence pales into insignificance when compared to the folks paying inflated prices to own new Daytonas etc. No doubt I`ll get flamed (as usual) for expressing this view, but I`m sure the majority know I`m right.....even if they don`t like admitting it to themselves.
Buy a different watch, buy something second hand, build a collection over several years, spend your money on something else.....there's plenty more sensible alternatives than paying over the odds for a Rolex or being messed around in the hope you might get a new one.