Whatever123

Hi there, is there a plexi that has the same diimensions as the Tropic 127 but doesn't have a cyclops? Thanks, Whatever

Thanks for your input guys! I'm really not sure what to do... I don't see a Rolex mainly as an investment - it's a watch after all and I want to wear it. Still it's part of the deal. The prices are ridiculously high atm, I agree - and of course it helps to know that you won't lose too much if you sell it on after some time. I'm looking around for a good deal but haven't found one yet. Prices in the US are a bit lower than in Germany and with the current exchange rate there might be good opportunities... still, I won't travel to the US in the near future and shipping is too much of a risk for me (and way too expensive if you want to insure it right + customs...). Guess I'll have to keep looking...

Hi there! I need some opinions... After looking for gen Rolexes for a while I'm really appalled by the price level. Of course I know of the recent price increases and they seem to have affected the used market almost equally. You can't find a decent GMT Master II for under 3500 euros here in Germany. And that's for watches that are 15+ years old and have never been serviced... What do you think? Is it still a good Investment to buy a used Rollie now or is the market already overheated and prices are likely to decrease again? I think Rolex might have taken it too far... it still works, some people might even be attracted - otherwise the price level on the used market wouldn't be like it is... but there has to be an end to this price spiral... hasn't it? Cheers, O.

Great review, thanks! I have to say this watch really grew on me... at first I didn't like it at all, now I'm seriously thinking about buying one. Maybe the yellow rehaut one - as a summer watch!

I know what I'll do: I'll put some of my reps up for sale but I will only sell them if I have good enough offers for all of them. So I won't sell my best two pieces while the others remain on the shelf and I don't raise enough funds for the Rollie... Unfortunately the USD - EUR exchange rate is very bad atm... so I'm afraid the prices will be too high for non-Europeans... OK, we'll see. I'll shoot some pics later today and try to get the sales thread up.

That's a good point by the way... very true!

The other thing is - can I really recoup what I paid for my reps? Or at least sell without a significant loss? If not, I'd rather keep them. If I end up selling all my reps for only one gen I might be a bit disappointed... And: Rolex prices have increased ridiculously over the last years. I doubt it will go on like this.

Unfortunately I can't afford to keep them all atm... The big problem with reps is that you can never be sure of their value. Take the WM9 Subs - right now they sell extremely well, but maybe in a year a new super-Sub comes up and suddenly no one wants WM9s anymore. We just saw it with Little Hero's PAMs... after the new PAM batches the LH prices have dropped massively. So value-wise you cannot go wrong with a gen Rollie imo, like FxrAndy said, it's a good investment. The other thing is what chris5264 said... will I be satisfied? Hmm, who knows. My priorities are shifting atm - I'm building a house with my wife and don't think about watches as much as I used to do. I do think I might be satisfied with what's left of my collection and a gen GMT Master... at least for some time... I think I'll go for it... let's see if I can raise enough funds, might not be that easy to recoup what I paid for some pieces... watch the sales area!

Yeah, that'll be my Bond SMP, my gen PAM 112, my WM9 v2 Sub and - for special occasions - my gen Navitimer. The others get little wrist time, although I really like them all.

Hi guys, currently I have 14 watches in my collection, 6 gens and the rest are mostly highly modded reps and Frankens. I like them all and it took me a long time to get them / assemble them. Still I don't wear them very often. I wear about 3 or 4 watches regularly, the rest only from time to time. Right now I'm thinking of selling two of my gens and 4 or 5 of my Reps/Frankens to fund a gen Rolex GMT Master II. Would you do it? I mean, a gen is a gen and a Rollie is a Rollie... but I know I will miss my Reps. I'm really not sure. Let me know what you think! Thanks, Whatever P.S.: The funny thing is, when I started collecting watches I wasn't into Rolex at all. I looked for almost every brand except Rolex... and now I really want one... strange.

Who needs a German board? If you want expertise from all over the world you need english as board language.

Guys... this thread is over a year old...

Oh, I see. Uwe is a nice guy. I didn't know he does big modding jobs like this. I'll drop him a message if I need a modder again.

Looks great OS, congrats!!! Care to tell who did the modding? The turnaround time doesn't sound like it was Domi...

Can easily be found on google. Never heard of those guys though... The movement does look good - especially the CDG engraving looks great! Are these the same Sead offers?

Great shots! Where were they taken?

LOL... the short ones are the best!

What happened, Pete? Sold all your PAMs??? For me it's still the EX II today:

Hey mate, sorry to hear that... How about a trade? All your dangerous vicious reps against a nice brand new PLASTIC swatch? :rofl

Yeah. Right...

Yes, I might swap the bezel if I ever find a gen... it should fit as this is the older Noob version that takes gen parts. There are also some aftermarket bezels on the bay that look very good but they're too expensive imo. Oh, it's not for sale btw... sorry mate!

And here's a quick straight-on shot of mine:

Here's a pic of the gen: