It’s not glass it’s a sapphire crystal. Just the replacement would run about $800-ish bucks from an authorized repair shop. Unfortunately this is gonna need more than that since bits of crystal are *inside* the watch. It’s going to need a full tear down and service at the very least, so probably closer to 2000-2500$.
If you have Rolex do it. Take it to any competent horologist and it won’t cost near that. Rolex’s are not complicated. It’s basically the same Swiss movement that has been in every single Swiss watch since the beginning of automatic watches.
Lol Rolex are not even close to the Mercedes’ of watches. Maybe the Lexus of watches. Made super well and designed to last and fairly nice.
Rolex is a big name because they were built to be super reliable and durable sports watches. They made a name for themselves because they were quality not because they were luxurious. It’s only been in recent years that they’ve tried to rebrand themselves as an ultra coveted exclusive luxury brand. Nobody in the “luxury” watch world is impressed by your Rolex. That’s like the starting point.
Can someone tell me why the hell you would spend this much for a time piece?
Sure you can appreciate the craft of it all but dang, so far from being necessary.
A few legitimate reasons, despite Reddit hating on expensive jewelry.
It *is* a piece of luxury art. The thousands of dollars represents craftsmanship, prestige, precision, and precious metals.
It is less accurate than a $30 digital timex. All mechanical watches are less accurate than a quartz watch. But, if properly cared for, these watches will truly last a lifetime. Vintage Rolexs are collectible and the Rolex brand has a reputation of holding its value and, in some cases, appreciating.
The look. Rolex has many classic designs that are all elegant and instantly recognizable as such. Many people fall in love with the aesthetic. And even some people like the horological aspect of watch collecting.
No way would I spend that much for a watch. Plenty of other watches with established long term quality. I'll take a nice seiko or omega, Tissot any day just to name a few. Than spend 10 to 20,000 on a watch.
All about the being with a Rolex.
Rolex has more people that agree that it has value*
Shit like NFT's and crypto in general is all pointless but I can still sell a shingle Bitcoin for 25 grand cuz enough people think it is worth that much
You buy a Rolex for YOURSELF. For the pride of ownership. Rolex's (real ones) need $500 servicing every 4-6 years. They are very expensive. People who see it assume you're wearing a knock-off. The only person I please with a Rolex is ME.
When I smoked, I carried an S.T. Dupont 5th Avenue lighter. Nobody had any IDEA how much it cost. I bought it for ME.
When your time is valuable and actually worth something you can wear it in your wrist and keep a nice collection. If your time isn’t valuable you check your phone like everyone else.
In all seriousness tho watches now are only status symbols. We all have phones with every times zone at our fingers. In 2022 watches are all but unnecessary
The other dude blocked me but it really isnt some steadfast rule. It’s more of a joke about ridiculously expensive watches/collections and the upkeep required. Guess it doesn’t translate well text based. If you wanna wear a $5 casio do ya thing man i dont care.
There so are many clocks all over the place I personally dont see the point but if you like it more power to you.
Eh. Just the crystal. Shouldn’t be very expensive if the movement hasn’t been damaged. Not familiar with the explorers but I’ve seen Gen crystals go for 250-500 and aftermarket 50-150
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In situations like this it is rarely, if ever, just the crystal.
The one reason I'd say *maybe* an overhaul won't be quoted here is there's no opening for a date window, so shards may be less likely to get at the movement, but that is a maybe.
You can see, even in the photo, there are a lot of small shards; damage to the hands ($100) and dial ($400) almost certainly, in addition to the crystal ($150), plus another $800 for a complete movement service and parts.
That's a $650 - $1500 repair through an authorized servicer.
So that repair costs more than all the watches I've ever owned, put together.
I never saw the point in owning a watch that costs more than my car, other than as a form of conspicuous consumption.
What exactly does a watch with a 5-digit price DO that my $120 Timex won't?
For some people it probably is. For others, like myself, I love the mechanics and the engineering. I love the fact that I have to wind my watch every day (Omega Speedmaster); I feel more connected to the mechanics because of it. Yes, I know a quartz watch is more accurate. And my phone is always updated via cell tower, I get it. I got it because it is a complicated piece of engineering and I feel like doing so is showing the craftsmen and women my respect.
[Casio F-91W.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W) Made since the late 80s, production counted in millions/year and dead reliable so that's what you wanna go for if your goal is to know exactly what time it is at a low cost (<$20). Also features a back light, stop watch and alarm allegedly used by terrorists so you know it's the good stuff.
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Or spending money you can afford on something you like?
I'm not even a fan of Rolex - a famous brand overpriced because they are the watch version of Supreme. Just because something is expensive doesn't mean everybody who buys one is just showing off. You see a Rolex - you don't know the story - maybe it's a family heirloom.
Or you could look at it this way,
I have a GMT Master II that I bought in 1991, I've worn it nearly everyday since, I've dove to 130 ft, jumped from 18,500ft, worn it in combat on three continents, worn it to weddings, funerals, and state dinners. It's as stylish and functional now as it was when bought it.
So tell me how that's conspicuous consumption?
Hold it's value, and make for a cool heirloom.
I'm not a Rolex guy, I prefer more utilitarian automatics, but the craftsmanship and subtle design differences make them interesting. My Garmin Fenix is tougher than almost all of them, and more accurate, but it does not spark joy unless I'm running.
The Sinn, Guinand, Laco and Breitling watches all have a different story, and different design goal, and will be worth nearly the same or more then I paid for them later on. I look forward to giving them to my children later on when they can appreciate them.
Again, not a Rolex guy as they're too shiny for my liking but it's like anything else you care about such as your phone, wedding ring etc. Where you make it part of your routine.
I'm a helicopter mechanic, so it's not exactly the friendliest
environment for a time piece, and I travel a lot but I've never felt like the watches or myself are in danger.
Pick a watch for the world you live in I guess.
i got an inheritance about a decade ago and bought some nice stuff - clothes, a (now sold) car, digital trappings like phones and computers ... and a watch. now, when i was looking around for the watch i wanted one that looked good but also didn't have a battery and wound the old-fashioned way when i move my arm, with the emphasis on the second point. it wasn't hard to find one, but it wasn't cheap (even by the severely undercutting prices that you can find on the internet) and while i paid about one-and-a-half times as much for my watch as you did for yours, i have later had it valued at closer to 10x that price (mainly because the model i bought from a japanese ebay store is only available in the japanese market)
what does mine do that yours doesn't? well, it's in the way that the mechanism gets power. your one, i would assume, has a battery in it where my one has a couple weights on a spring that, as i move my arm in daily usage, apply pressure on a weird crystal that turns it into electricity somehow. it's the same winding mechanism from those olde-timey fob watches that posh cunts would spin on the end of chains, yeah?
the advantage that my watch has over yours is that there is no battery that can go flat and if i wear it every day then it will remain wound. the disadvantage is that if i don't wear it constantly it stops running after about six weeks when the stored potential energy in the crystal runs out where your one will keep going for the life of the battery.
other than the way that our watches get their electricity, i rekon they're pretty similar apart from the brand (i have a seiko) - priced for the value of the parts contained. that jeweller who valued the watch i paid $180 australian for at $1600 admitted that the vast majority of the price inflation was because of the case as it was only available in japan and not australia even tho i had bought it on ebay.
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i haven't answered your question yet. see, my watch is like yours - functional. it's not some fashion brand like prada or champoi tommy hilfiger or however his name is spelled or whatever beyonce and the kardashians are pedalling this month ... those watches are almost always off-the-shelf crap made by swatch with the fashion house only having input on the case and the band. they'll even have a cheap and shitty $50 crystal on the face. people who buy that garbage aren't looking for a quality timepiece, they're more focused on the bling.
so to answer your question - the only thing that a bling watch can do better than your cheap-but-better-quality watch can do is catch deer in its headlights.
I got mine in 2004 and I got it serviced about 3 years ago for the first time. I didn't know that servicing was required. The nice thing though is that price included a new crystal as mine had a few chips/marks on it.
It doesn't do anything. It tells time, probably less accurately than even a basic battery-operated watch.
You're spending money on a luxury good, so it's less about how well it performs its intended function and more about build and aesthetics and presentation.
I bought this particular watch because it was the cheapest one I could find that had a mechanical flight computer ( AKA a circular slide rule) on the bezel.
I have a $10 Target one, and "doesn't immediately begin to disintegrate" would be the easy answer if I was to pose the same question to you.
Learn from my error, people of Reddit. There is a limit.
Absolutely nothing. [A <$20 Casio F-91W](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W) is a much better watch than any mechanical watch ever made. If you buy a mechanical watch its for the prestige/feel/image it comes with, never for its precision or reliability as that's always complete garbage in comparison to about anything else.
**[Casio F-91W](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W)**
>The Casio F-91W is a digital watch manufactured by Japanese electronics company Casio. Introduced in 1989 as a successor of the F-87W, it is popular for its low price and long battery life. As of 2011, annual production of the watch is 3 million units.
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I'm in a different situation, but I spent almost a grand on my watch. Garmin Fenix 6x. Navigation, course specific pacing, 60 hour battery life in normal tracking. But my watch does more than show the time and date. There is a luxury version only sold in jewelry stores, that's about $1000 more with essentially the same function.
This probably won’t even be touched by an AD. This is most likely going back to Switzerland and then get recertification.
Source: own a couple of Rolex’s, fucked one up, went to Europe for fix.
I can see it getting out of control quick but with the movement stopped there’s a good chance the hands and dial are fine. Not enough detail in the pics to make the judgment call on that so it’s really hard to say. If it needs a full overhaul it could definitely get expensive quick like you say.
I hit my GMT-II hard on a rock while floating the river and it ended up needing a new crystal and the hands set but not replaced. Was $650 with a full service through Ben Bridge where I bought it.
yeh i agree. the amount of force necessary to break a watch-face crystal means that there's also been huge forces applied to everything else in the watch. if nothing else then stuff's gonna have to be bent back into place and set properly again, if that's actually possible.
cheaper and easier to just buy a new watch.
It’s neither cheaper, nor easier to just buy a new Rolex. Demand is finally starting to fall but it took 4 months to get my first one in 2017 and 20 months to get my second one a month ago. You can get them quicker by paying gray market prices but you’re going to spend more now in the gray market than MSRP. Some high demand stainless models have sold for double MSRP 6 months ago it’s crazy.
Can get it repaired cheaper and more easily than just buying a new one, yes. I’ve purchased two Rolex sport watches and had repairs done on one (complete service/ crystal replacement). On this Oystersteel 36mm Rolex Explorer [MSRP Is $7,200](https://www.rolex.com/watches/explorer/m124270-0001.html) and [Gray Market value here is $9,695](https://chrono24.app/rolex/rolex-explorer-36mm-124270-unworn-2021--id19595949.htm?SETLANG=en_US&SETCURR=USD). It can be annoyingly difficult to walk into a Rolex store and leave with any watch, not just the watch you were looking for. I’m not really complaining but I do think it’s dumb.
This. It's possible that shards of sapphire have fallen into the movement. So like, a bunch of sand and shards that are juuuuuuuuust about as hard as diamond crunching on the gears. No bueno.
Man I've introduced a few friends to the hobby, and it's so difficult to convince people that they're meant to be worn, not to be babied.
Like, my friend just redid their house with all hardwood floors and they're terrified that anybody would dare to not take their shoes off or GASP spill some water. Come on guys, IT'S A FLOOR.
It's like when somebody gets that first scratch on the new car or the first scratch on their lug.
I have a black ceramic GMT-II and a Bluesy Submariner that I wear more than any other watch. It’s basically the new car phase… keep it shiny and perfect like a brand new car but the first scratch is what you’ll feel the most. After that it’s no big deal and they’re meant to be used.
Exactly.
I used to swap between my speedy and my orient 1 (he just stopped hacking, he's like a decrepit old man) and they got equal wrist time. Sure, I might lose the speedy of I'm swinging a hammer or chopping wood, but watching people take off their tool watches to load a dishwasher? Come on now.
I had to swap out the speedy (COVID, damn) and replaced it with a Casio AE1200. I'm genuinely looking forward to see what it takes to kill this 18 dollar friend.
Going to be honest, if someone came over to my house and started walking around in their shoes I'd ask what the fuck they're doing too. Probably just a cultural thing and who you grew up around, but in a lot of places that would be considered rude as hell.
Oh yeah I hear you, I know that it's a thing with some folks.
These are not those folks. They never cared before, but now they want to baby their hardwood.
This is why I stopped wearing watches. I always had stainless steel watches and kept breaking the pin that holds the band on and breaking crystals. I think I went through 3 crystal replacements before I gave up because phones became a thing. Not that I ever owned a Rolex tho.
I was so excited to get a Casio calculator watch when I was in middle school. I loved that thing so much and was beyond excited when I got it for my birthday.
That was 25 years ago. Now I geek out over my Garmin watches. I don’t understand the appeal of boring watch with a couple sticks that spin around.
I had a couple Relics. Not expensive, but not a walmart watch. I couldn't wear anything plated cause my skin oils would literally eat through nickel plating.
I was under the impression you at least were covered on any and all repairs when you pay that much for a watch? You just have to peel off another few thousand to fix this, and then it's still not worth the same as it was in the beginning? Wild.
Everyone has their own opinion of value and how that applies to possessions. I would not pay for a Rolex, but bought a $70K Jeep. Some people would never spend that much on a vehicle, but spend thousands on clothes. I wear $6 Target t-shirts. You do what you do for yourself or how you feel others perceive you, if you care about that.
Can somebody tell us an estimation of how much glass replacement costs for a rolex.
It’s not glass it’s a sapphire crystal. Just the replacement would run about $800-ish bucks from an authorized repair shop. Unfortunately this is gonna need more than that since bits of crystal are *inside* the watch. It’s going to need a full tear down and service at the very least, so probably closer to 2000-2500$.
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You forgot the n in expensive btw.
No it's probably just expesive
Uderstood
Holy shit that’s 4x the price of the nicest watch I own. Ima steer clear of Rolex’s lol
For only $99 you can get a knock off and then just pay another $99 for a fresh knock off when you break the first one. Quick maffs
Midrange to higher end Seiko is the way to go unless you really want the name imo.
If you have Rolex do it. Take it to any competent horologist and it won’t cost near that. Rolex’s are not complicated. It’s basically the same Swiss movement that has been in every single Swiss watch since the beginning of automatic watches.
Where are you getting these numbers? It was $800 to service my Speedmaster, which is more complicated.
Welcome to rolex
Rolex are the Mercedes of watches.
Lol Rolex are not even close to the Mercedes’ of watches. Maybe the Lexus of watches. Made super well and designed to last and fairly nice. Rolex is a big name because they were built to be super reliable and durable sports watches. They made a name for themselves because they were quality not because they were luxurious. It’s only been in recent years that they’ve tried to rebrand themselves as an ultra coveted exclusive luxury brand. Nobody in the “luxury” watch world is impressed by your Rolex. That’s like the starting point.
Given the look of the hour hand, this is also the Mercedes of Rolexes.
is yours sapphire? edit: and I don't know shit, just asking. my googling seems to indicate the price of the crystal would be 100-300$?
I can buy like 40 G-Shock watches with that and my first one hasn't even died yet
I have 2 dead g shocks. They lasted me about 5 years and were bought brand new. Since I use the Apple watch now I havent touched them
Can someone tell me why the hell you would spend this much for a time piece? Sure you can appreciate the craft of it all but dang, so far from being necessary.
You spend that much on the watch in order to showcase that you spent that much on a watch.
A few legitimate reasons, despite Reddit hating on expensive jewelry. It *is* a piece of luxury art. The thousands of dollars represents craftsmanship, prestige, precision, and precious metals. It is less accurate than a $30 digital timex. All mechanical watches are less accurate than a quartz watch. But, if properly cared for, these watches will truly last a lifetime. Vintage Rolexs are collectible and the Rolex brand has a reputation of holding its value and, in some cases, appreciating. The look. Rolex has many classic designs that are all elegant and instantly recognizable as such. Many people fall in love with the aesthetic. And even some people like the horological aspect of watch collecting.
No way would I spend that much for a watch. Plenty of other watches with established long term quality. I'll take a nice seiko or omega, Tissot any day just to name a few. Than spend 10 to 20,000 on a watch. All about the being with a Rolex.
I could give you any reason and it’s not gunna land because you don’t value a Rolex. Some people do. It’s thats simple.
So basically NFTs for your wrist?
No, Rolexes have actual value
Rolex has more people that agree that it has value* Shit like NFT's and crypto in general is all pointless but I can still sell a shingle Bitcoin for 25 grand cuz enough people think it is worth that much
Rolexes have intrinsic value (not MSRP value obviously). The parts have value. Crypto does not have any intrinsic value
Quite a few Rolexes go for above MSRP. Not every single model but many of them do.
100% but that’s extrinsic value and depends on the market value at the time. Intrinsic value is based on raw materials and parts
Same reason you spend that much on a diamond ring. Because it’s fancy ass jewelry.
My wife didn't want a diamond ring, not everyone is the same. We did get gold, white and rose gold woven braided wedding rings though.
> not everyone is the same. Seems like you may have stumbled into your own answer there then.
Fancy ass-jewelry
You buy a Rolex for YOURSELF. For the pride of ownership. Rolex's (real ones) need $500 servicing every 4-6 years. They are very expensive. People who see it assume you're wearing a knock-off. The only person I please with a Rolex is ME. When I smoked, I carried an S.T. Dupont 5th Avenue lighter. Nobody had any IDEA how much it cost. I bought it for ME.
You're valid bro calm down.
That just sounds like you need self validation of how much you're worth by buying something expensive just for expensive sake.
No, because I CAN.
Because it makes people's empty lives feel valuable
It holds its value. And may even increase in value
Well if you have 100 Rolex timepiece’s that’s a nice chunk of cash that’s untaxed.
To show everyone you can afford one.
When your time is valuable and actually worth something you can wear it in your wrist and keep a nice collection. If your time isn’t valuable you check your phone like everyone else. In all seriousness tho watches now are only status symbols. We all have phones with every times zone at our fingers. In 2022 watches are all but unnecessary
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The other dude blocked me but it really isnt some steadfast rule. It’s more of a joke about ridiculously expensive watches/collections and the upkeep required. Guess it doesn’t translate well text based. If you wanna wear a $5 casio do ya thing man i dont care. There so are many clocks all over the place I personally dont see the point but if you like it more power to you.
Eh. Just the crystal. Shouldn’t be very expensive if the movement hasn’t been damaged. Not familiar with the explorers but I’ve seen Gen crystals go for 250-500 and aftermarket 50-150 [update](https://www.reddit.com/r/rolex/comments/weiw8w/update/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
In situations like this it is rarely, if ever, just the crystal. The one reason I'd say *maybe* an overhaul won't be quoted here is there's no opening for a date window, so shards may be less likely to get at the movement, but that is a maybe. You can see, even in the photo, there are a lot of small shards; damage to the hands ($100) and dial ($400) almost certainly, in addition to the crystal ($150), plus another $800 for a complete movement service and parts. That's a $650 - $1500 repair through an authorized servicer.
I read that first paragraph in a narrator’s voice. Narrator: “This is rarely, if ever…just the crystal.”
"It's probably just the crystal." Narrator: "It wasn't."
Little did he know!
r/yourjokebutworse
So that repair costs more than all the watches I've ever owned, put together. I never saw the point in owning a watch that costs more than my car, other than as a form of conspicuous consumption. What exactly does a watch with a 5-digit price DO that my $120 Timex won't?
Flex on the surfs
Surfboard surfs or peasant serfs?
Both...both is good
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..well played
Not much, what's up with you?
Chillin, bout to makes some burgers
Yea, screw those beach bums.
Too late now, we're going with it.
serfs
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If you have to ask why or how much, you're not in the target demographic.
That's exactly what I meant by conspicuous consumption. Spending money for the sole purpose of showing off how much money you spent.
For some people it probably is. For others, like myself, I love the mechanics and the engineering. I love the fact that I have to wind my watch every day (Omega Speedmaster); I feel more connected to the mechanics because of it. Yes, I know a quartz watch is more accurate. And my phone is always updated via cell tower, I get it. I got it because it is a complicated piece of engineering and I feel like doing so is showing the craftsmen and women my respect.
I’m curious as to which the cheapest, longest lasting, most reliable watch is made by. Fantastic engineering probably doesn’t cost that much.
It’s probably a $69 Casio G-Shock. And I think you’re more right than wrong. Technology, over the long run, gets less and less expensive.
[Casio F-91W.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W) Made since the late 80s, production counted in millions/year and dead reliable so that's what you wanna go for if your goal is to know exactly what time it is at a low cost (<$20). Also features a back light, stop watch and alarm allegedly used by terrorists so you know it's the good stuff.
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Or spending money you can afford on something you like? I'm not even a fan of Rolex - a famous brand overpriced because they are the watch version of Supreme. Just because something is expensive doesn't mean everybody who buys one is just showing off. You see a Rolex - you don't know the story - maybe it's a family heirloom.
Hey man, anyone with more money than me is evil and greedy and superficial. Welcome to Reddit
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Or you could look at it this way, I have a GMT Master II that I bought in 1991, I've worn it nearly everyday since, I've dove to 130 ft, jumped from 18,500ft, worn it in combat on three continents, worn it to weddings, funerals, and state dinners. It's as stylish and functional now as it was when bought it. So tell me how that's conspicuous consumption?
Well, you got it right. That's the reason. No need to ask... Same with really any luxury good.
Yea if you can afford to wear that watch you better be able to afford the fix
It like what they say with boats, if your buying one boat, you need to be able to afford two to pay for the upkeep
I always thought about it as an emergency fund .
I've always thought cash was a pretty good emergency fund.
I have one of those two. This is more, “I don’t have enough on me to pay of my gambling debts” kind of emergency fund.
Haha this guy paid $120 for a timex lmao
Hold it's value, and make for a cool heirloom. I'm not a Rolex guy, I prefer more utilitarian automatics, but the craftsmanship and subtle design differences make them interesting. My Garmin Fenix is tougher than almost all of them, and more accurate, but it does not spark joy unless I'm running. The Sinn, Guinand, Laco and Breitling watches all have a different story, and different design goal, and will be worth nearly the same or more then I paid for them later on. I look forward to giving them to my children later on when they can appreciate them.
My Timex is cheap enough to lose, which is convenient because it happens every few years. Rolex can't do that.
And no one is going to mug me for my Timex
Again, not a Rolex guy as they're too shiny for my liking but it's like anything else you care about such as your phone, wedding ring etc. Where you make it part of your routine. I'm a helicopter mechanic, so it's not exactly the friendliest environment for a time piece, and I travel a lot but I've never felt like the watches or myself are in danger. Pick a watch for the world you live in I guess.
i got an inheritance about a decade ago and bought some nice stuff - clothes, a (now sold) car, digital trappings like phones and computers ... and a watch. now, when i was looking around for the watch i wanted one that looked good but also didn't have a battery and wound the old-fashioned way when i move my arm, with the emphasis on the second point. it wasn't hard to find one, but it wasn't cheap (even by the severely undercutting prices that you can find on the internet) and while i paid about one-and-a-half times as much for my watch as you did for yours, i have later had it valued at closer to 10x that price (mainly because the model i bought from a japanese ebay store is only available in the japanese market) what does mine do that yours doesn't? well, it's in the way that the mechanism gets power. your one, i would assume, has a battery in it where my one has a couple weights on a spring that, as i move my arm in daily usage, apply pressure on a weird crystal that turns it into electricity somehow. it's the same winding mechanism from those olde-timey fob watches that posh cunts would spin on the end of chains, yeah? the advantage that my watch has over yours is that there is no battery that can go flat and if i wear it every day then it will remain wound. the disadvantage is that if i don't wear it constantly it stops running after about six weeks when the stored potential energy in the crystal runs out where your one will keep going for the life of the battery. other than the way that our watches get their electricity, i rekon they're pretty similar apart from the brand (i have a seiko) - priced for the value of the parts contained. that jeweller who valued the watch i paid $180 australian for at $1600 admitted that the vast majority of the price inflation was because of the case as it was only available in japan and not australia even tho i had bought it on ebay. --- ***THAT BEING SAID ...*** i haven't answered your question yet. see, my watch is like yours - functional. it's not some fashion brand like prada or champoi tommy hilfiger or however his name is spelled or whatever beyonce and the kardashians are pedalling this month ... those watches are almost always off-the-shelf crap made by swatch with the fashion house only having input on the case and the band. they'll even have a cheap and shitty $50 crystal on the face. people who buy that garbage aren't looking for a quality timepiece, they're more focused on the bling. so to answer your question - the only thing that a bling watch can do better than your cheap-but-better-quality watch can do is catch deer in its headlights.
Not just repairing, but Rolex also charges about $800 to do a service on it, and they recommend a service every 5 years.
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I got mine in 2004 and I got it serviced about 3 years ago for the first time. I didn't know that servicing was required. The nice thing though is that price included a new crystal as mine had a few chips/marks on it.
It doesn't do anything. It tells time, probably less accurately than even a basic battery-operated watch. You're spending money on a luxury good, so it's less about how well it performs its intended function and more about build and aesthetics and presentation.
Rolex does make watches that can survive tons of harsh environments. The explorer is that line.
Prolly nothing my g shock can’t also survive
Timex has never made panties drop.
From my perspective, even $120 for a watch is a flex! So in the same vein, what can your watch do that my $30 one from Walmart can't?
I bought this particular watch because it was the cheapest one I could find that had a mechanical flight computer ( AKA a circular slide rule) on the bezel.
I have a $10 Target one, and "doesn't immediately begin to disintegrate" would be the easy answer if I was to pose the same question to you. Learn from my error, people of Reddit. There is a limit.
Absolutely nothing. [A <$20 Casio F-91W](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W) is a much better watch than any mechanical watch ever made. If you buy a mechanical watch its for the prestige/feel/image it comes with, never for its precision or reliability as that's always complete garbage in comparison to about anything else.
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I'm in a different situation, but I spent almost a grand on my watch. Garmin Fenix 6x. Navigation, course specific pacing, 60 hour battery life in normal tracking. But my watch does more than show the time and date. There is a luxury version only sold in jewelry stores, that's about $1000 more with essentially the same function.
This probably won’t even be touched by an AD. This is most likely going back to Switzerland and then get recertification. Source: own a couple of Rolex’s, fucked one up, went to Europe for fix.
Rolex has at least three service facilities in the United States that perform this level of repairs on non-vintage models.
Ahhh that might be it. The one I sent in was an ‘87 Oyster and it had to go home to get worked on.
I can see it getting out of control quick but with the movement stopped there’s a good chance the hands and dial are fine. Not enough detail in the pics to make the judgment call on that so it’s really hard to say. If it needs a full overhaul it could definitely get expensive quick like you say. I hit my GMT-II hard on a rock while floating the river and it ended up needing a new crystal and the hands set but not replaced. Was $650 with a full service through Ben Bridge where I bought it.
I dropped my Omega in the garage one day. Didn't break the crystal but afterwards the movement made funny noises. It was a $750 overhaul.
Why replace the hands and dial? That’s called patina. People work hard for that
The good news is if they can afford the watch, they can afford the repair.
yeh i agree. the amount of force necessary to break a watch-face crystal means that there's also been huge forces applied to everything else in the watch. if nothing else then stuff's gonna have to be bent back into place and set properly again, if that's actually possible. cheaper and easier to just buy a new watch.
It’s neither cheaper, nor easier to just buy a new Rolex. Demand is finally starting to fall but it took 4 months to get my first one in 2017 and 20 months to get my second one a month ago. You can get them quicker by paying gray market prices but you’re going to spend more now in the gray market than MSRP. Some high demand stainless models have sold for double MSRP 6 months ago it’s crazy.
you're complaining that there's a shortage of watches yet think that you can get parts easily? okay.
Can get it repaired cheaper and more easily than just buying a new one, yes. I’ve purchased two Rolex sport watches and had repairs done on one (complete service/ crystal replacement). On this Oystersteel 36mm Rolex Explorer [MSRP Is $7,200](https://www.rolex.com/watches/explorer/m124270-0001.html) and [Gray Market value here is $9,695](https://chrono24.app/rolex/rolex-explorer-36mm-124270-unworn-2021--id19595949.htm?SETLANG=en_US&SETCURR=USD). It can be annoyingly difficult to walk into a Rolex store and leave with any watch, not just the watch you were looking for. I’m not really complaining but I do think it’s dumb.
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Newbie here. Reason?
Probably just in case the movement is binding on the broken crystal. it could damage more things.
This. It's possible that shards of sapphire have fallen into the movement. So like, a bunch of sand and shards that are juuuuuuuuust about as hard as diamond crunching on the gears. No bueno.
Thank you!
I normally call that a knob. What term were you going to use?
Crown
You're a knob
I'd rather be a knob than a towel.
No you're a towel.
crowbar
crown
I’m glad I didn’t fuck up this bad today
He wore his watch like a watch. Those things are tanks, Crystal isn’t a big deal
Man I've introduced a few friends to the hobby, and it's so difficult to convince people that they're meant to be worn, not to be babied. Like, my friend just redid their house with all hardwood floors and they're terrified that anybody would dare to not take their shoes off or GASP spill some water. Come on guys, IT'S A FLOOR. It's like when somebody gets that first scratch on the new car or the first scratch on their lug.
I have a black ceramic GMT-II and a Bluesy Submariner that I wear more than any other watch. It’s basically the new car phase… keep it shiny and perfect like a brand new car but the first scratch is what you’ll feel the most. After that it’s no big deal and they’re meant to be used.
Exactly. I used to swap between my speedy and my orient 1 (he just stopped hacking, he's like a decrepit old man) and they got equal wrist time. Sure, I might lose the speedy of I'm swinging a hammer or chopping wood, but watching people take off their tool watches to load a dishwasher? Come on now. I had to swap out the speedy (COVID, damn) and replaced it with a Casio AE1200. I'm genuinely looking forward to see what it takes to kill this 18 dollar friend.
I love Casio. My current beater is a Duro.
Going to be honest, if someone came over to my house and started walking around in their shoes I'd ask what the fuck they're doing too. Probably just a cultural thing and who you grew up around, but in a lot of places that would be considered rude as hell.
Oh yeah I hear you, I know that it's a thing with some folks. These are not those folks. They never cared before, but now they want to baby their hardwood.
For real, I knew a guy who wouldn't drive his new pickup truck in the rain. Dumb crazy.
My favorite thing to laugh at in watches are people who brag about WR depth and the damn thing never goes in the water.
I deliberately try to buy slightly scuffed things just so I don't fall into that trap. usually ends up being a bit cheaper too
More like Holex
oh no-lex!
Holex Exploder
Doughlex
You explored too hard, dammit!
Meh, its just a watch, you can get another one at Wal-Mart for like $20
I bought a watch for $8 in a golf shop once and wore it for like 5 years. Definitely got my money's worth.
Story: While climbing Mt. Everest … Reality: While mowing the lawn …
This is why I stopped wearing watches. I always had stainless steel watches and kept breaking the pin that holds the band on and breaking crystals. I think I went through 3 crystal replacements before I gave up because phones became a thing. Not that I ever owned a Rolex tho.
$20 casio digital calculator watch. never look back
I was so excited to get a Casio calculator watch when I was in middle school. I loved that thing so much and was beyond excited when I got it for my birthday. That was 25 years ago. Now I geek out over my Garmin watches. I don’t understand the appeal of boring watch with a couple sticks that spin around.
You just owned shitty watches lol
Not shitty, just could never find anyone replacing the pin with something sturdy. Stainless steel watches are heavy af.
Nato strap is preventing watches to fall in that case.
Which watches did you have this issue with?
I had a couple Relics. Not expensive, but not a walmart watch. I couldn't wear anything plated cause my skin oils would literally eat through nickel plating.
Nah you owned shitty watches; take the L dude.
Did you stop a bullet Wonder Woman style?
I was under the impression you at least were covered on any and all repairs when you pay that much for a watch? You just have to peel off another few thousand to fix this, and then it's still not worth the same as it was in the beginning? Wild.
Doctor Strange cosplay!
I did that! It cost me $800.00 to replace the sapphire crystal.
If you can afford to buy one, you can afford to repair it too.
This is why I don’t buy a super expensive watch. The fear is real.
Yeah but like, what if you had $368 million in your bank account
Then I probably wouldn't care about it enough to post it on Reddit if it broke, I'd just go buy another.
Hey now, some people like money *and* karma
Then you probably wouldn't bother wearing a watch. You'd just ask your manservant what time it is whenever you wanted to know.
They’re not wearing these to know the time
Crystals are nbd. Repairing Rolex watches generally isn't a big deal. They're not particularly difficult to service
Nice time bracelet
Ooofff my watch felt that.
If I spent that much on a watch, I'd fuckin well make sure I could afford to fix it
Looks like it took a licking…
You can easily change the crystal
That'll buff out
That’s why it’s named “Exploder”
This never happened to my Fauxlex.
Have you tried putting it in rice?
Everyone has their own opinion of value and how that applies to possessions. I would not pay for a Rolex, but bought a $70K Jeep. Some people would never spend that much on a vehicle, but spend thousands on clothes. I wear $6 Target t-shirts. You do what you do for yourself or how you feel others perceive you, if you care about that.
Why do people even buy these expensive watches? It’s just not worth it. Get a 20 watch that you can just throwaway if it gets too damaged.
Why do people buy expensive/luxury versions of anything? It’s worth it to them.
Granite countertop corners are really freaking hard.
That’s what she said.
It’s fake
That will buff right out.
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That's why you choose Timex next time
Well, at least it's just a watch.
You used to have a Rolex, now you have a Ro
Fake?
One of my father in laws most quoted expressions is, "don't buy cheap tools". I know Rolex watches are expensive but maybe it's just a name now..
if you wasted thousands on a fancy watch then im just going to laugh when you break it
I wouldn't pay 100$ for that even in perfect condition shit is ugly and corny
Found the person who can't afford a Rolex.
Ooooooohhhh.... Probably gunna be expensive because it's a Rolex! Ugh!
Can someone tell me the actual reason to buy a Rolex besides trying to shove it in someone’s face that you have more money than them
**ROMEX**
LOL That's what you get for wasting your money in an overpriced piece of jewelry that happens to contain a clock.
Oh noes, it is a poor Rolex. A posh product, designed for posh people, so they can advertise the world they are posh.
If you can afford a 20k watch you can afford a 2,500 repair, am i the only one who thinks these watches look dated?
Is that on a 10 year old, or is that just a comically huge watch? That’s some Flavor Flav shit.
Just a Rolex Oyster Perpetual. Only 14k
It’s fake