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New arrival. Restoring my faith in Rolex.

I’ve long been an almost exclusively vintage Rolex collector, but I’ve been slowly selling off my collection in favor of other watches. I’m still a fan of vintage Rolex, but I still fundamentally think of Rolex as no frills tool watches. It’s a nice ‘problem’ to have, but the vintage market has gotten to the point that many of my formerly ‘daily rotation’ watches reached a value that I no longer thought of them as such. E.g when I bought my 5513 it was a great $5k daily wearer...fast forward 10 years, and it’s now a nearly $15k watch that I no longer feel comfortable just jumping in the pool, wearing skiing, taking on vacation etc. I collect watches because I love watches, I’m not trying to make money, so having a collection of high valued sports watches that I don’t want to wear for their intended purpose, has no appeal to me.

I’m not a big fan of the direction that Rolex are going, and all the ‘hot’ blingy ceramic GMTs and Daytona’s leave me cold, but there are still some traces left of what I love(d) about Rolex, and the OP range captures that for me. It’s so simple, pure, with no pretense. Nobody is going to stop me to ask how I was able to buy one.

So....I wanted a no frills every day watch. Not too pricey. Versatile. Modern Rolex heft and feeling of quality. Not trendy or ‘hot’. Classic size.

I think this checks all those boxes!