My phone's got a watch built right into it. Calculator, too. Pretty nifty, fellas.
DavidSW is who I got my 16613 from! I would have no problem recommending him as well.Wow............where do I start.
New: Retail....full price. Rolex doesn't allow AD...which stands for Authorized Dealers to discount. Plus if it's local, sales tax. Benefit....you know what you have(real) and have an AD that with any problems will send it to Rolex(usually Dallas...closest) or if they have an AUTHORIZED in-house watchmaker/ repair person it will be taken care of.
Grey Market: Places like Jomas or other online sites that are NOT an AD. What happens here..........because they're not authorized.........they CANNOT have the factory card/warranty card with the box and watch. These places sell real Rolex but offer their warrany. So any problems....and...you don't have the warranty card you can't go to an AD or send it to Rolex, Omega, Ulysse Nardin, Patek, Vacheron, Jager-LeCoultre.................etc. You send it back to whom you bought it from and HOPE they know what the f*ck they're doing with your watch.
I have heard that some of these places buy quantity watches and a few might be defective.........who knows???
Semi-Grey Market: There are guys that buy overstock, not sold items, slow moving items....etc...from AD dealers. They get ALL the paperwork from the dealer...including the warranty card...and when you buy the watch........
No sales tax.
The warranty card can be put in you name.
The Jeweler's name from who he obtained from is the dealer......that will look like....who you purchased it from. Sooooooo, send it back to the factory with the card or paperwork...no problem.
http://davidsw.com/
Call him and tell him what your looking for........he scours the Asian and other markets from AD .......and with the "New" stuff has factory cards with the watch that can be put in your name.
Here is a site I highly recommend:
http://www.rolexforums.com/...........join up and ask a TON of questions.
DO NOT get in any hurry.....they make plenty of them.
Take care of this watch and over the years you can trade it in or sell it at a nice price.
Rolex is like Colt..........................they may not be the best........BUT EVERYONE HAS HEARD OF THEM!!!!!
***Please take care of your new watch*** I had several friends in Galveston and Houston that didn't treat their watches well...mostly Rolex...and the luminescent turned a banana yellow from sun damage and the dial and bezel had a slight fade from sun damage.....golfing, fishing out in the Gulf, playing golf...etc.
If you can....go to B.C. Clarks.............downtown....talk to Joe( he looks like one of the newscaster Olge brothers) or Penn Square Gerald, Bruce, John Pinkerton....and ask,ask, and ask.
By the way, B.C. Clark's is having a watch sale, I and a friend will be at both tomorrow.....Penn and North Park. My buddy thinks I know a little more than he does about watches and wants my advice....he's looking at an Omega "Moon Watch" Chronometer.
I'll get off my rant and rave............hoped I helped...........If I misspelled, am incorrect, or any other problem I stand corrected. It's been a loooooooooong week and I've already had a few (5-6) Schlitz, 2 Sazerac, and 1 Old Fashioned................cheers
If I can be of assistance..........all you have to do is ask!!!
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