The DSSD is a little cooler than a black sub if you like big watches

Daytona with the black face is also very nice

I really like both of those. That skydweller is sick.

I'd probably never sell my black/gold sub on black strap, because it's my first luxury watch and has sentimental value behind it. But my next one's gonna be an all stainless sports model.



One thing I've noticed is the two tones look much better in person than they do in pictures.

If I was gonna spend up to 25k on a Rolex it'd be between Daytona, Hulk, and BLNR because I'm a basic bitch.

I think two tone looks amazing in person. Gold is shiny and grabs attention (srs) even on a small watch like a sub or daytona, the color combo is simply eye grabbing

For the times I don't want to wear gold and be more understated, I feel like the AP ROO Diver would be perfect srs, I wish I could see one in person but they look beautiful in videos.

TugOfPeace, you can get a GMT Master Pepsi for roughly the same price as a black stainless steel Sub. Jubilee bracelet, black face, pepsi bezel looks awesome. The one on the left is $11-12k iirc

Old - 3570.50.00

Nothing special but I've wanted a Moonwatch for a while

I looked it up and it has a Breitling 10 movement, which is an ETA 2892.

The moonwatch is a classic (srs)

I hate it when they do that. Back in the day, I thought that the Mark XVI was in house for a while, because it said “IWC 30110 automatic movement”. I wish they just called a spade a spade, no reason to try to get one over on such a niche market.

Even still. For a woman that only owns a Cartier Tank Quartz that she regularly puts on backwards and doesn't set the correct time to. An ETA breitling for $4700 is fine.

I love Blancpain especially their Aqua Lung Grande Date putin watch but hard pass on this model IMO. If you cant get a Skydweller why not try a DJ41 blue dial fluted bezel? They show up at AD sometimes and don't sell much more above MSRP on grey market.

For blue dial watches one of my favorites is the Nomos Worldtimer nachtblue it can be had for only $4k and is stunning

fukn lmao nice staging of that speedy

wearing sub today

Personally I cant stand roman numerals and I dont like how the entire dial is wavy


How about a blue dial Glashutte Original Panoramic Lunar? I've been eyeing the green dial one




That blancpain wont retain its value either, if its 18.5k I bet you can get one for $8k. Also if you are going to spend 18k you could probably also get a blue dial Vacheron Constantin Overseas unless the price has jumped up recently

They make some very elegant watches. I want to buy one for myself down the line, but there’s about 5 watches ahead of it in the queue.

Wearing the vintage Rolex for the first time in awhile today. Feels good man

pics

what model

Cringe

I had the Leman Grande Date a long time ago (non-Aqua Lung). Bought it and sold it without ever wearing it. Beautiful watch, but I preferred the Aqua Lung but couldn't get a similar unbeatable deal.


Pretty much this. You should be getting that for 25%+ off brand new at an AD, walk out the door and now you're down to like 60% retention, and it's downhill from there.

I need to find out if the Nomos Worldtimer blue face is the same tone as the Nomos Orion blue. My wife bought me a Nomos Orion last year and I wouldn't want to get the same color in the Worldtimer. The white one with the subdials does pop a little more so maybe I'll get that one.

This Omega seriously has a gorgeous ceramic blue. You can find them for like $4500-5000 preworn I think. The details look excellent in person, and the blue/orange combo seriously pops. Might be worth looking at if you like divers and want something blue

Not sure how much I like the colour scheme on this one but I'm a big fan of the classic gold Blancpain moonphase with the white dial

hnnngh

https://www.chrono24.com/audemarspig...id17958490.htm

lol at getting a VC Overseas blue for 18k these days. need to add at least 6k. even the silver goes for 20k on secondary now

I'll provide context since i basically went through all of these same thoughts. I originally asked my AD for blue dial DJ with smooth bezel. They were able to source one in a month. While waiting for it to arrive i discovered the sundust. Showed up to the AD and got to see them side by side in comparison. The blue dial is really a stunner, but seeing it with the smooth bezel vs the Sundust with fluted bezel… the sun dust just looked better.

Having owned the watch now for 3 months, I still really enjoy it. The one annoying this is 80% of the time you don't get to experience the "sundust" color at all. The vast majority of the time, the dial just looks like the neutered-meh silver dials, like this:

The blush-sundust color only really comes out in restaurant, elevator, yellow lighting but it is a treat. I was like you where i loved the sky dweller, particularly since i was doing international travel twice a year pre-covid. Paired with the blue, i thought it to be a grail. The more i've asked about them, and the more i've heard stories on line… just absolutely abandon the thought of getting one at msrp unless you have a quarter million dollars of purchase history at your AD.

So for me personally, i've slowly felt my desire for the blnr dieout the more i realize the skydweller is within grasp. So my situation now is that i'm currently waiting for my AD to get DJ41 in blue dial again but this time with the blue dial and fluted bezel. I would then sell my Sundust, and my next watch would be the sky dweller with black dial. Retail is $15,000 but grey market premium is only $5000 instead of the more egregious $10,000 for blue dial. Plus if i think about it, if i had sky dweller WITH the blue dial too? I'd never wear any other piece.

So blue DJ41 fluted jubilee, and black Sky-Dweller, and green aqua terra as the beater is what i'm thinking my collection will be by the time 2021 wraps up. But we'll see. As to the bolded, you sound a little too concerned about after market pricing. If you got it, you got it. Prices go up, they also go down.

People do pay those prices all the time. But if you’re worried about retaining value you should just be patient and just hope you can get one msrp from an AD one day. Unlikely.

Most people don’t really care if the price goes down abit, because most people have no intention of ever selling.

If you pay grey market pricing you’re probably gonna lose a lot if you decide to sell. I was offered 10k by crown and caliber for my black 2 tone with box and papers excellent condition 2018 model. They would have listed it for 13-14k probably.

It’s possible you can get more selling it yourself and not thru someone else. But there’s a lot more risks involved. And god forbid you ever accidentally knick your watch and scratch it up, that's probably a couple thousand dollars off right there. Basically watches aren't a great investment and you shouldn't view them as such.

as far as if one day they will start producing more which would drive the price down. I sure hope so, but obviously their business model is working for them or they wouldn't continue limiting supply.

You boyos waiting for your blue DJ's on jubilee…It's looking pretty sexy on the oyster too:

(not my post or pic)


https://www.rolexforums.com/showpost...57&postcount=4

I've already pretty much came to grips with having to over pay for the next watch I want. But I have no plans on selling any watches. And I hate having to wait. And next watch purchase I want it to be a grail watch that I can wear everyday for the rest of my life if possible. If anything I'd like to hand it down to my future kids one day.

And the price of a used skydweller online probably isn't gonna be much different than buying an unworn one. Still gonna be well above MSRP. I don't mind buying used as long as it's in excellent condition with box and papers. Of course if possible an unworn one would be ideal.

Been on this site since 09 and I still have no idea how to post pics. One day maybe

It’s a late 50s explorer. I was lucky enough to inherit it. It mostly lives in my safe but occasionally I bring it out.

Question: I’m torn on what Rolex to buy. I have always loved the date just. However, the idea of getting an explorer to match my grandfathers original explorer seems like a really cool thing to do and would be something cool to show my kids and their grandkids one day. What would the mwc do?

Not an imminent plan as were working on some other financial goals first, but it’s something I think about.

I would get something that you want and that represents your tase, not your grandfather's.

Love this for you srs. Wear in good health boio. One of these days I’m gonna get an explorer I

Congrats boyo. Maybe you caused the scratch? This is why you need to inspect before you leave, which I am also guilty of not doing. Enjoy and get ready for a **** load of more scratches. If your warranty card is dated accurately, you should be good to go.