Why I Won’t Buy A Rolex 

I have owned five Rolex watches…have worn them for years and have never lost a penny on them. Made a nice profit on four, of the five Rolex. If you can not afford to wear and enjoy the watch, than i recommend not buying that watch. Watches are meant to be enjoyed.

Thanks you have made me feel rich I wear my new Rolex for work as a joiner doing maintenance nobody has noticed it 😂 it’s no a sub though a 36mm explorer but my Tudor pelagos 42 blue is my go to work watch got that on today

I totally agree with your investment advice - 10k in stocks is far better than 10k in a watch - I've collected watches for 25+yrs or so and lost money - I did need to scratch the Rolex itch and still own 2 - but also have others from Zenith/IWC/Omega - it's a long journey - still looking for my next one 😆

Put it on your house insurance, much cheaper. A modern Rolex Sub, servicing every 10 years

I think you make some good and fair points. I think you might be missing out on quartz watches. Look at G Shock, Seiko Astron for example - some outstanding tech can go into quartz and it's often only the watch snobs who say that quartz is bad (I know you didn't say that). Your NH35A movement in that watch will last for 20 years without a service. There's absolutely no point taking it off. Just let it run and run and run. When it eventually breaks you can replace the entire movement or service it (probably cheaper to replace the movement). I've owned a couple of Rolex watches. Outstanding quality and craftsmanship - but the AD's are disgusting, horrid places

Dude, there are watches and there are watches. I am lucky enough to own several luxury watches, I have never purchased a watch as an investment. They need to be worn and if I’m somewhere it’s likely to be damaged/stolen, I’ll wear my Casio. For me each time I have purchased a luxury watch, it was to remember a life event/achievement. If you find yourself in a position where you are able to purchase a £10k watch, I think you’ll feel differently by then. Reasons why I would not buy a Rolex 1/ Common 2/ Overpriced 3/ Unimaginative 4/ Fear/Safety 5/ Clones/Fakes 6/ What is says about your character !! Enjoy your watch.

I own 3 rolex watches and 2 Tudor watches. I bought them because I like them. I did not go into debt to buy them. I actually have an account that is just for buying watches. All i can say is if you like it and you can afford it, then buy it. Dont think about if I buy this watch will I get robbed. You can get robbed wearing a Casio. Life is meant to be enjoyed.

As you already own a mechanical watch, forget about the 4 or 5-year maintenance issue. It's watch culture hype. It will literally run unhindered for decades.

The Depth Charge has a Seiko NH35 movement. Nothing wrong with that. It is the Kalashnikov of wristwatch movements.

But you don't usually buy a Rolex because of an investment. You buy a Rolex to remember important moments in your life. You buy a Rolex so that one day you can pass it on to your children or grandchildren so that they have a precious memory of their ancestor, who achieved something in life.

I wouldn't buy a super yacht for the same reason not being a billionaire and all. And tune in next week to learn why I won't buy a Ferrari. Seriously all I hear was you can't afford a Rolex. So what? And buy the way wearing a cheap watch that looks like sub from a distance still gets you attacked in certain areas.

Now do a video on why you would buy a Honda Civic over a Porsche 911.

Hi Owen liked your video you seen new to watch collecting (higher end maybe?) Rolex can be very frustrating as buying one from a ad is a long process .I have collected watches for a long time and like you are not super wealthy but have saved up and own a Rolex. watch owning and collecting is a journey and it's fun going through all the makes and models along the way. owning a Rolex doesn't mean you can't where it out just be sensible and don't take it out to nigh club's etc most of the time it's not a problem.if you want to buy a great affordable watch that is not that far behind Rolex for a lot less money buy a c60 Christopher ward best watch for the money out there (£600 used) thanks John 👍.

Great looking watch. Smart man!

So you wear something which you think looks like a Rolex while at the same time saying you won’t buy a genuine Rolex for fear of getting mugged. How do the potential muggers know that you aren’t wearing a Rolex? Do you honestly think they come up to you, brandishing a knife and ask you what your watch is, and then why you tell them it’s not what they want they just walk away? 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

There is many issue with Rolex, they don't want to sell you the watch if you are new costumer. The quality product is beyond others brands. The automatic movement is stolen from Seiko in the 70's. You can get killed for wearing it in any countries. Everybody got one, and especially people who don't know shit about watches. Still a great brand, but the statut behind it doesn't please me.

Change the title of this video to "Why I Can't Buy A Rolex"

if you live in a country where you can't wear a Rolex out, you should move somewhere else. 100%

😂😂 bro are you new to watches 😂

I agree with your comments. My son even said I should pay for his college tuition instead of buying a high end watch. And he is correct. I still think owning a Rolex is the pinnacle of serious watch collecting. I actually think Omega, Tudor, Longines and yes even Tag Heuer make more aesthetically pleasing watches. Those are the watches in my wish list. The Omega SMP on my list is more than halfway the road to a basic no-date Sub but still hefty money which is why I don’t have one and can’t have one yet. But watches have to me are my men’s jewelry and some have a special meaning. My first watch, a quartz Longines Oposition now belongs to my oldest son as he wanted to borrow it for prom. I bought a quartz Tag Heuer Aquaracer afterwards. So those mark big achievements for me. The Tag I tried it on dozens of times and I wanted it so bad. My mom gifted me a Longines Hydroconquest, my first automatic, so that is also another big memory for me.

Buy what you can afford and enjoy it. I daily a Rolex Sub, because I like it. No one notices or cares, its not a status symbol, and I've never felt at risk from anyone because I'm wearing it. I tend to wear my Omega Speedmaster to the office, because it looks smart. Don't baby them, and for heavens sake they are not for special occasions. I like them because I like mechanical watches. As for investments, its a different topic. I like cars too, but they are not investments. Neither are holidays. If you weigh every expense versus its Return on investment, life isn't gonna be fun. You could spend the next 30 years with one Rolex on your wrist, then pass it onto your son. I'd say that's an investment.

Im 56 and buying a Rolex when I was your age was one of the best things I ever did (I was lucky enough to get IFC on a Rolex at that point in history). My other advice to someone your age is to self insure (please ask me if you do not know what I mean) You seem a nice kid that would benefit from this advice.

Modern Rolex only need servicing every 10 years. It can run longer without Service but I’d prefer to have new gaskets, oils etc. Even if costs $1500 over 10 years thats $150 a year. Much cheaper than servicing a car!!

personally cuz I don't have the money 😆

You’re wise and mature in that you admit the Submariner is out of your income bracket. That’s commendable, because many have purchased and sold their Submariners when times get tough, because in reality, they couldn’t really afford to keep it to begin with. Although I was still a child at the time, I miss the days when the average middle class gentleman or lady could obtain a Rolex. Rolex was a luxury brand the middle class could get into, and to some degree, that’s still true today. But the waiting lists and inflation have made that aspiration more difficult. I owned a 5 digit 16610 submariner. Great little watch. At the time of purchase, however, I couldn’t really afford to keep it. I knew due to my finances at the time would force me to part with it when times get rough. I was forced to part with it, too 😂 Today, I have the means to get a Submariner. But my love for the submariner over the years has dwindled. I like the design of the Tudor Pelagos 39 and Black Bay 54 more, which is why I own both. When you add up those two divers, I could have just got one Sub. But that’s not as interesting to me as having a 54 and P39. I much prefer the controversial, divisive snowflake markers and handset over the submariners hands and markers.

I purchased an Explorer in Jan 2018 after only 1 visit to the AD. This was before the hype reached its peak. Its a fantastic watch that is a total package. I own Grand Seikos, Omega, JLC, Seiko but Rolex is the best. The one watch I’d keep if I ever need to sell my watches. Its doubled in value in 6 years.

Well thought-through, sir.

Wow - that’s an ugly sub homage.

Dude, that was a good looking watch and I own both Omega and Rolex. Good on ya!!

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If you can tell 9 times out of 10 what someone is wearing you are a better man than me, and I have a lot of watches and worked in a high end watch shop. TAG Heuer is not pronounced like that. A Rolex Submariner is not 'date or no date whatever'. Submariner does not have a date. Submariner Date does. Nobody has tens of thousands of pounds sitting in an account lol. Anyone sensible would make that money work for them. Scuffing a Rolex has no real issues. I mean this really kindly......... Grow up!

I have a black and a blue sub and like your watch, but the rectangle on the dial makes me aggressive 😂

If you have to think about what you might make in saving's interest, or what they may or may not be worth in period X time....then no offense but you really can't afford one and shouldn't even consider the idea. Absolutely nothing wrong with that mind. However... I do agree that they are simply overpriced for what they are. I bought a model 16610 in 2003 for £2,800, which I thought was a fair shout and insofar as it may be said, roughly worth what I was buying. Today, at a list of 9 grand? Do I think they are worth that? No. I absolutely do not. As for your point about security? Again, you are not wrong. Years ago, I never even thought about it. But now, I feel (rightly or wrongly) that I have to be 'aware'. Increasingly I have started to ask myself what is the point.... P.S. You'd have been far better off buying a Seiko. Great company. 1881 (some 24 years before Rolex were even established) and with many, many original innovations. Don't half-ass something that looks vaguely like a Sub. Buy something that is an original whatever rather than a second hand clone ;)

There's plenty of watches that are great other than Rolex ! My favourite one is my Sub from 1967. It will never go in the water though.

Keeping/Flipping is all over the place. Rolex service is 10 years + Have only serviced one after 20+ years.

If Rolex sold their watches with the same margins as they used 40 years ago, they'd be a couple grand. People buy Rolex watches for status. I also agree, that the Rolex brand name can get you killed.

Next video ...... I won't buy 5 Guys

Lol... 10K is chump change...😂

Lame video

Life is too short. I buy whatever I like to enjoy it. Video is pretty pointless when you keep comparing "Oh I'm going to put my money in the stock market and earn gazillion dollars. Are you planning to bring your money to your grave in your 60s, 70s, 80s?"

Those DC are cracking watches with great specs. Enjoy

If you are talking about investment i do think now is actually a good time, there's been a huge correction over the past year or so, and it seems to have bottomed out. I agree about the crime aspect though, i have a sub and just don't wear it any more.

Winging Pom.

I really don't care for any modern Rolex. I find them chunky and difficult to read. I do own two vintage Rolex including the 5513 and 1675. If Rolex returned to the slimmer cases of the 60's and 70's, I might have a look. However they're current crop of cases are horrid.

Reasons people won't buy a Role: 1) they cannot afford one. 2) they have too much money and they would rather buy a Patek Philippe, or a Richard Mille

Try San Martin watches

I cant wait to buy my DJ41. I love me some Rolex and I love my Omega. Rolex is King though. There are better watches, pricier watches, etc but Rolex is still king.

I know why you made this video , because IM BLACK thats why. Just admit it.