Rolex...ah Beng or Uncle Watch.

[kenn18]

For big-hearted uncles with taste and money to pop!! Rolex is a great brand, why not??

[Oceanklassik]

Anyone who thinks that ROLEX is still an "uncle brand", has an "uncle" mindset. That's for sure!

WAKE UP!!

[quacker]

Anyone who thinks that ROLEX is still an "uncle brand", has an "uncle" mindset. That's for sure!

WAKE UP!!

[3131T]

My opinion will be,

SS or WG Oyster bracelet : No

Anything with yellow gold or mix : Yes

[one2ten]

I would say YES...
which makes me an uncle too

[alvord94]

it would be called vintage if it's on someone modern and perfect with someone that has the age

[pkc]

see this article by dwayne smith


The Argument Against Rolex Watches
Dwayne Smith

http://www.askmen.com/fashion/trends...x-watches.html

Let’s get one thing straight: Rolexes are for people that know names but don’t know watches. For the price Rolex charges, you can buy dozens of other watches that are better looking, more accurate, much less common, and don’t make you look like you're an overweight white man coming off the golf course. Consider this: When former model Carla Bruni hooked up with newly minted French president Nicolas Sarkozy, the very first thing she did was make him swap out his gold Rolex for a much more refined Patek Philippe. Rolexes reek of desperation.

No one in their right mind should spend their hard earned money on a new Rolex. Here's why.

Rolex movements are over-hyped
First, the movement quality of your run-of-the-mill Rolex is nothing special. In fact, many much more affordable Swiss watches use movements that keep time just as well. To add insult to injury, there are even some Chinese, Japanese and Russian movements that are just as -- if not more -- accurate as a standard Rolex movement.

Rolex watches look stale
Rolex’s designs are stale. This brand hasn’t released a truly new model in over a decade, and the majority of the watches it makes today are exact duplicates of the watches it made half a century ago. In fact, the biggest innovation it has made in recent years is a new metal called “Rolesor,” which is heavily advertised as a great new substance for watchmaking. Guess what; it’s just steel and gold.

Rolex stories are nothing but a myth
All those stories you hear about Rolexes being chosen as the watch for great adventures are only half true. For example, Rolex claims Sir Edmund Hillary wore an Explorer when he scaled the summit of Mount Everest for the first time. This is not the case. In fact, he only carried the Explorer until he reached the summit and then put on a watch from a small British company called Smiths. Hillary even wrote a signed letter endorsement to Smiths stating: “I carried your watch to the summit and it worked perfectly.” Rolex also submitted a watch to NASA in the early ‘60s to be considered for use in the moon missions. We all know how that turned out.

Rolex watches are for seniors or rappers
It is rare for a brand to be considered both stodgy and lame and ghetto fabulous at the very same time, yet Rolex has done it. If you ask one person on the street what they think of Rolex, they’ll tell you their elderly grandfather wears one in between rounds of golf and his daily 2 p.m. nap. If you ask another, they’ll tell you the only people that wear Rolexes are athletes and rappers. So which are you, a sleepy 85-year-old bald man or an 18-year-old athlete from the hood trying to prove his worth to the world?

[remus383]

This argument can go on forever.

At the end of the day, it is a pointless debate. Against or For Rolex, so what? It's a personal thing, assuming u can afford the price, question is do u like the watch?

Buy the watch if u like it, if not, choose something else.

Is it for uncle, ah peh, great grand father or whoever?? as if I care! I love my Rollies, Omegas, Pams, Seiko, Orient, Casio, Timex etc. PERIOD

[mew]

no but I would gladly be percieved as an uncle than being youthful.

[zimmerit5]

Spot on Remus383.

Enjoy what you like and what you have. Why knock others? Visit this website :-
http://www.rolexmagazine.com/photos/people/index.html

make your own opinion.....

They all can't be wrong...

[pkc]

Visit this website :-
http://www.rolexmagazine.com/photos/people/index.html

make your own opinion.....

They all can't be wrong...

stallone not suppose to be wearing panerai meh?? lol

[Nichmenichyou]

it seems that the name of "Rolex" seems louder than alot brands

Their marketing is good. But honestly it is not an uncle brand.

[maxxam]

see this article by dwayne smith


The Argument Against Rolex Watches
Dwayne Smith

http://www.askmen.com/fashion/trends...x-watches.html

Let’s get one thing straight: Rolexes are for people that know names but don’t know watches. For the price Rolex charges, you can buy dozens of other watches that are better looking, more accurate, much less common, and don’t make you look like you're an overweight white man coming off the golf course. Consider this: When former model Carla Bruni hooked up with newly minted French president Nicolas Sarkozy, the very first thing she did was make him swap out his gold Rolex for a much more refined Patek Philippe. Rolexes reek of desperation.

No one in their right mind should spend their hard earned money on a new Rolex. Here's why.

Rolex movements are over-hyped
First, the movement quality of your run-of-the-mill Rolex is nothing special. In fact, many much more affordable Swiss watches use movements that keep time just as well. To add insult to injury, there are even some Chinese, Japanese and Russian movements that are just as -- if not more -- accurate as a standard Rolex movement.

Rolex watches look stale
Rolex’s designs are stale. This brand hasn’t released a truly new model in over a decade, and the majority of the watches it makes today are exact duplicates of the watches it made half a century ago. In fact, the biggest innovation it has made in recent years is a new metal called “Rolesor,” which is heavily advertised as a great new substance for watchmaking. Guess what; it’s just steel and gold.

Rolex stories are nothing but a myth
All those stories you hear about Rolexes being chosen as the watch for great adventures are only half true. For example, Rolex claims Sir Edmund Hillary wore an Explorer when he scaled the summit of Mount Everest for the first time. This is not the case. In fact, he only carried the Explorer until he reached the summit and then put on a watch from a small British company called Smiths. Hillary even wrote a signed letter endorsement to Smiths stating: “I carried your watch to the summit and it worked perfectly.” Rolex also submitted a watch to NASA in the early ‘60s to be considered for use in the moon missions. We all know how that turned out.

Rolex watches are for seniors or rappers
It is rare for a brand to be considered both stodgy and lame and ghetto fabulous at the very same time, yet Rolex has done it. If you ask one person on the street what they think of Rolex, they’ll tell you their elderly grandfather wears one in between rounds of golf and his daily 2 p.m. nap. If you ask another, they’ll tell you the only people that wear Rolexes are athletes and rappers. So which are you, a sleepy 85-year-old bald man or an 18-year-old athlete from the hood trying to prove his worth to the world?

As what most people commented on his statement.
He knows nothing about Rolex.

[maxxam]

stallone not suppose to be wearing panerai meh?? lol

When he was young, he worn a Rolex.
When he became “uncle“, he worn a PAM.
Does it means that PAMs are for uncles?
Up to individual to decide.

[pkc]

stallone must be confused - trying to look old when he was young and trying to look young when he is old