What Rolex in your collection would be the ONE you would keep?

OK guys, if you found yourself in the unenviable position of having to liquidate your collection, and could only keep ONE, which one would it be?

For me, taking my personal preferences and practicality into account, I'd keep my TT Submariner. It is, for many reasons, my favorite watch to wear. So if I have to have a one and only, I want to like to wear it!

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How about you? :grb:

Hard question, but for me in the rolex family it would be this :

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And if we ONLY have to keep a rolex, it would be my 16600 :

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i hope i will never get into the situation to liquidate anything ;)

but...one may never know

the 1500 will stay...after wearing it a couple of years, my dad gave me his watch :dr:

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regards


Wum

I wear it every day and I like it.
So I guess it will be this on:

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@WUM

Wonderfull story and a great Watch! Enjoy it.

Regards
Jens

I would choose this one, the perfect Rolex in my oppinion:

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Kind regards
Volker

Very easy question John, I'm keeping this... ;)


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Got only one so far.
Whatever comes next - this one will stay...

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:gut:

There is nothing more beautiful and more emotional to me like this one...


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Simple - my 16030. I got it from my parents 25 years ago.

No questions!

Chris

... because it's my one and only - and I'm happy with it, of course ;)

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It would be this one probably. Sold 12 days before I was born (and less signs of age).

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this one is a keeper:

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Just wonderful patina ;)
Good choice !!

The 16710! It was my first watch and i would never give it away.

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it would be my first ever Rolex TT Gmt II Ceramic...

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This one will stay (a real forum story, bought from Termi, completed by Vanessa :gut:)


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Erik

Let´s say, each member of the family (3 persons!) can keep 1 watch:

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John, a very difficult question!!!

COMEX - no fair changing the rules! :tongue:

Nice photos though!

Tolle Fotos :gut:

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COMEX - no fair changing the rules! :tongue:

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Ok, ok, I will work hard this night to change the amount from 3 to 4 ;)! :supercool:

My SD 16600!

No question about that.
It would be my SubD. It was a gift from my wife.

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This one would be the one to keep....


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I think its her (at the moment ;) )

at least we share the age exactly to the year - that makes a tight band between us.

Pit... :verneig: :verneig: :verneig: :verneig:

So beautiful watches!!!!!

Thanks and enjoy!

Definitely my SD.
This watch is my daily beater and I would miss no other watch like this one - not the first, not the rarest, not the most expensive...

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Bye

Marko

I forgot this one - she is unique and Nothing compares to her :D

Definitly the Non-plexy i would NEVER let go.

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no question, my "one and only":

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That seems to be an easy question. The ONE I would keep is:
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Not because it is a rare model today, but because it was my first Rolex and a gift from my father in 1979.

But wait a minute….. What to do with my Day-Date 18038:
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Now the dilemma starts: The Day-Date was bought by my father in 1982 and was his watch for special occasions. Unfortunately may father died in 2000 and 4 weeks before his death he gave the Day-Date to me for keeping it well.

And if the question would be extended from Rolex also to other brands, the question would become nearly impossible to answer for me.

E.g.: The first Omega from my father, bought 1954:

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And what to do with my first Breitling, bought 1973:

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So I have to correct my first statement: It is NOT an easy question because memories and family traditions are linked to some of my watches. Selling those watches would mean also selling a part of myself. Maybe I´m to sentimental (I know, these are ONLY watches…), but hopefully I will never come into a situation, that I really have to ask this question to myself.

Best Regards
Matthias

8o Simply great - both watches and history :verneig:

I am envious, Matthias, of your very personal histories which links you with each of your wonderful watches.
This is what nobody can buy.

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this one is a keeper:

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but it is not a rolex. look at the title of this thread! :op:

Matthias - fantastic watches. I hope my son cherishes the watches I someday leave him the way you cherish the watches your father once owned. :dr:

At the moment I have 16014, 16710, 116520, but there´s no one among them I wouldn´t let go for a watch, like a Lange 1...!

A question hard to answer - but Matthias brought up some great aspects - at least for me.

All my Rolexes I have bought myself - I simply do not know which one I would keep if there could only be one. In my opinion that is also a very hypothetical question - I one had to give up the collection but for one wtach - what would be the reason? Money? Then it would be hard to argue that the one to keep would perhaps be the most expensive ...

But there is one watch I would hardly part with - the one I got on the occasion of my high school graduation:

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Also from 1954 as the one of Matthias ... 13373446 vs. 13141xxx ;)

fantastic thread...all watches are shown look really really great...

Hmm tuff one... :grb: :grb:

But the Sub I bought in the week we found out ''we'' where pregnant of our second child... :dr:

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So I guess this mighty Sub will never leave the nest.. :D

This would be my keeper, only a red sub could beat this one. A 5513 from my birthyear. I will never sell it.

The hands look bad, so I am looking to find a replacement for them. Taking my time...

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