Quote Originally Posted by mycroft View Post

Your thread serves as a nice counterpoint to so much of the rather tiresome preciousness surrounding the Rolex brand on this forum.

Simon
I agree with this - some people's approach to rolex ownership is rather like queuing for years to get the horological equivalent of a decently-specced BMW 3 series and then either driving it at 29mph on quiet roads -weekends only - or just sticking it permanently in a garage...