How You Started Falling In Love With Rolexes...

[Oceanklassik]

Upz for your father!

[UncleLau]

New watch for Papa lor !

Hehe ! Correct ! a rollie for my papa. I will get a new Rolex, Rolex Airking, one with the black face. Think around 5 to 6k or more. May go to that shop where bro Sev bought for his wife. So sweet , Hey i knows all you guys loves your wife or girlfriend, if can afford , why not a rollie for someone special. YES i know it ex ! But that someone special will walk with you till end of time.

[eddiepuricon]

As for me, I got to know Rolex when I was very young..like 10-11 yrs old, when my dad had a full gold Rolex king Daydate...That time we were quite well off...After which business failed, he sold it away...I know after that he very heart pain. When I grew older, got some money and savings through overseas working, I told myself I must get another Rolex for my dad and mum. Just a few years back, I got them a Exp ll and Datejust, then I bought myself a GMTll while I traded with my Corum Bubble Skeleton. Presently trying to sell away my GMTll so that I can buy a Rolex for my wife. For me without a Rolex, it's ok as long as my love ones are wearing, I am fine.

[seiko.citizen]

As for me, I got to know Rolex when I was very young..like 10-11 yrs old, when my dad had a full gold Rolex king Daydate...That time we were quite well off...After which business failed, he sold it away...I know after that he very heart pain. When I grew older, got some money and savings through overseas working, I told myself I must get another Rolex for my dad and mum. Just a few years back, I got them a Exp ll and Datejust, then I bought myself a GMTll while I traded with my Corum Bubble Skeleton. Presently trying to sell away my GMTll so that I can buy a Rolex for my wife. For me without a Rolex, it's ok as long as my love ones are wearing, I am fine.

very nice of you.

its nice to read the stories, some are quite touching.

[Cop]

was it a love at first sight or was poisoned by people around you...?
Ppl around me

how old were you when you first put on your own rolex on your wrist?
19 years old

was it a passion, collection or plain investment?
well,its also a kind of passion, but i call it "i also abit wan to hao lian..lol

do you agree that rolexes are for the ah long, ah beng and contractors?
Nope,rolex are also for anyone that can afford them, be it those mm jia lan ppl,tiko peks i see at balai..rich buggers i see at esplanate, ang mor tourist, and the adventure seeker that want something got brand on their wrist..

*Ah long got rolex means got business mah..ah beng wanna impress ah lians(to show got $ mayb to cheat them into bed?or watever)
as for contractors..hmmm..hard to say lea...i think there are also watches/timepiece better then rolex/as tough as rolex..mayb its jus ROLEX branding is in everyone's mind, then ppl want to be part of it lor..

LOL..my views, maybe wrong..

[yeobt]

do you agree that rolexes are for the ah long, ah beng and contractors?
Nope,rolex are also for anyone that can afford them, be it those mm jia lan ppl,tiko peks i see at balai..rich buggers i see at esplanate, ang mor tourist, and the adventure seeker that want something got brand on their wrist..

*Ah long got rolex means got business mah..ah beng wanna impress ah lians(to show got $ mayb to cheat them into bed?or watever)
as for contractors..hmmm..hard to say lea...i think there are also watches/timepiece better then rolex/as tough as rolex..mayb its jus ROLEX branding is in everyone's mind, then ppl want to be part of it lor..

LOL..my views, maybe wrong..

ang moh dont usually appreciate rolex right? i might be wrong.

[Darkangel]

ang moh dont usually appreciate rolex right? i might be wrong.

There we go we r stereotyping...

[cedric]

haha.. story telling time... for me.. not sure exactly how it started.. but it began during my secondary school days time... the first rolex that caught my eyes was the Explorer I... do think of it day and night.. keep telling myself that I have to get one when I start to work and earn my own keeps... but when I started work, the first "better" watch I bought ended up to be Panerai (PAM00001)... was very much captivated by the size and the outstanding black dial... furthermore.. did not see it much on the streets.. anyway, of course, the best is that got a gd discount...... anyway, so the wait continues.... finally got enough saved again.... still like the Explorer I... but as the size (36mm) is now too small for me... I started to lean toward Explorer II..... but then spotted the Sub .... and so I found this forum and started to get the advice and help from all the wonderful ppl in here.....along the way, also spotted the SDDS... damn swee but also damn too X then) and that's about it.... bought my first rolex ....my beloved Submariner.... TA DA.....

[R-oyster]

Happy are those who wear a Rolex

My first time i set eye on a Rolex, it was my father watch. i remember i was around 9 or 10years old, we stay in an attap kampong in Ah Hoon Road off Baliester Road. I would sit in my Dad room, watching him clean his Rollie. I can feel that he was very proud of his rollie.
One day he brought me out with him, we didn't talk. But i could feel great sadness in his face. We walked to a PawnShop just after Baliester Hill West Sch. That was last time i saw the watch. My Father never wore another Rolex again.
I meet my Wife in 1988, now after 19 years of marriage later, i got a pair of Rollie for our anniversary. My father will be 70 very soon .Guess what i am going to buy him for his 70 birthday.

Uncle Lau, what a touching story. May you and wife enjoy many more anniversaries and buy more Rolexes, and may your father enjoy his Rolex
for many more years.

[Democritus]

Great story. Watches are always about bonding....transcending time/generations. That's why Patek's motto worked so well.

My first Rolex was from my late grandfather and that started my affinity with watches.

[UncleLau]

Yes bro ! than it becomes POISON and you want to buy more and more watches..........
Enjoy !!!!

[Darkangel]

Great story. Watches are always about bonding....transcending time/generations. That's why Patek's motto worked so well.

My first Rolex was from my late grandfather and that started my affinity with watches.

Same here

[synnsid]

my old man 6694

redeemed from the pawnshop during my first yr of employment 6 yrs ago for $500, it was in a jialat condition.
went to rsc to service quoted me $1500 for complete overhaul, change dial change everything!
hahaha practically a new one except for the case.
when it came out 3 weeks later, i was grinning from ear to ear, rsc did a great job! hahah for that price!
so i started researching and found out the history of rolex and then bought my 2nd rollie the exp2 telling me to quit my contract bond to explore after the remaining 2 yrs! haha i am 2 yrs late of my promise to my explorer 2. but nonetheless i will be The Explorer in 2009!
it later sparks me of to more rolexes exp1, 1680, 69173 for my wife, 4 Panerais, Omega speedmaster legend (daytona homage), JLC reverso duo(my transformer doublespy childhood dream), to some glycine, rxw and steinhart big pilot B-uhr. haha its alotsa heartaches selling some, and excitment for owning some dream piece! of course, its .....madness!!!!

[Reborn]

Actually westerners are a big fan of Rolex

ang moh dont usually appreciate rolex right? i might be wrong.

especially Vintage Rolex.

[maxbliss888]

Rolex bubbleback

My first Rolex was a vintage 1930s Bubbleback which I bought after graduation from University. Since then, I have started my journey in vintage watch collection.