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[Rolex] What’s your watch buying rule? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Junekim10@alien.top to c/watches@style.land

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Hello everyone! I am a college student and I have been in love with watches for about 2 years now and have greatly expanded my knowledge and taste on watches. I was thinking about the next watch purpose just like all us watch addicts 😂 and was curious on what your rule about buying a new watch is? I am thinking of the GMT Master II but it’s $11,000 retail so I obviously should save up more than that. What are your thoughts and watch buying rule that you have set for yourself?

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[–] professorfunkenpunk@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My general rule is to only buy what I can get without impacting legitimate financial needs.

If Rolex availability improves in the future you MIGHT be able to get a GMT II for 11k but right now probably not. That is one of the hardest to get. You’ll wait years to get one at retail from an AD and may not get one at all without a purchase history. Used ones are 12k and up, grey market more like 18k. It’s a classic for sure, but in your shoes, I’d look for something else to scratch the itch

[–] Junekim10@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Hey man thanks for your input! I was thinking of a GMT master 2 when I’m like 30 maybe haha However nothing on the market to me is good enough to buy imo. I find that on paper and in wearing experience that the GMT master 2 is wayyy ahead of literally everything. For example the Tudor BB GMT is wayyyy too thick and heavy and basically everything else looks too much of a copy of the bicolor bezel that Rolex popularized except the Longines GMT that came out recently. (my current research and memory as of writing this) do u have any possible alternatives that you can think of? Thanks again man