Learn to negotiate mine was $ 8.47 but did buy two.

The B*****D!
We were robbed.
I beat him down from $15. as well.
He did throw a Chanel watch in for my wife though
Can't trust those market traders.

When I visited China in 2007 a few of us were buying them from street venders for $1.50 to $3.00. At the last hotel I left all of mine in the desk drawer in my room as I was in no way going to try to enter the US with counterfeit merchandise. When I was turning in my key at the front desk the clerk told me I had left them in the drawer. Very spooky! I told him they were a tip for the maid.

The $3.00 one was a see-through movement beauty, tough to leave behind. Apparently as part of the deal to get the 2008 Olympics the CCP had agreed to stop the manufacturing of many high end knock-offs but the el cheapo stuff was all over the place. I saw some very high quality Tommy Bahama clothing in a department store. It was very pricey though. Might have been the real thing but I doubt it.

Years ago I had the Rolex discussion with our CFO and Corporate Attorney. They both made it very clear that you don't wear a Rolex to tell time, you wear it as a piece of jewelry, same as your wife wears diamonds or other high end jewelry . It was all about status and power, so after that I started to observe who wore them and yep, seems they were right. I never could bring myself to get one, after paying for my wife's jewelry there wasn't enough left over lol.

When I bought my current Rolex (it was not my first) I had just become single again and had started to date. It went along with the Ferragamo shoes, Armani suits, Hermes ties and custom made shirts. I was dressing to impress. Yes, it paid off!

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Who wears a watch anymore?

Bunch of old people i guess

When my Dad met my Mom, back in 30's she had her own car and a fur coat.....after they married he ended up paying for the car and the coat. She dressed for success and yes, it paid off for her :)

I just looked at the price of the watch in your link. My girlfriend bought her husband’s watch decades ago for $35,000.00. It has diamonds on the bottom I think. I guess she wanted to impress him but they were married by then already. Now, if she was pressed, she could use it as down payment for a house. I asked her, are you not afraid to wear it? She said, no, it’s insured.

You told me you had several!!!!!

Did you mean Rooooolex? :jester::jester:

Although I have owned two authentic Rolex watches, I also owned a fake one. I remember flying on a plane. About half way up to 30,000 feet the “sapphire crystal” popped off and landed in my lap. I superglued it back on. Still makes me laugh.

Just back from a cruise and one of the acts was a comedy magician. He had passengers go on the stage for a series of tricks and while up there, somehow their watch would wind up in his pocket. Their reactions were priceless

A man a few years older than myself whom I met about ten years ago told me flew jet fighters in the Korean conflict during the early 1950s. He still had on the Rolex he wore when he flew over there. He told me that during that time it was very accurate which it needed to be.

I have seen a lot of gold women's Rolex watches with diamonds on them. I see diamonds on the men's President too but not for me.

I got two on Temu for 7 dollars. Yes from the same country you’re came from. :sing:

No chinalexes.:pepper2: