On the topic of Rolex and first watch, my take on it (and I convinced myself eventually) is that since this is my first luxury watch, there are a few criteria to meet:
1. Must be brand new
2. Must be something that I can pass on to my kids (if I have one, or two, or..)
3. Must be something that looks timeless
4. Most importantly, must fit within my budget of ~10k
1 & 4 weren't hard to meet, but 2 & 3 were the tougher ones. I was smitten with Pam 312 probably a year or two ago. Tried on the watch.. huge on my 6" wrist. Still lusted for it, while I got poisoned by the louder, mainstream watches like AP ROO (which I'll probably get when I'm 30 or older).
Then I started reading the watch thread when it was in part 6 I think, and saw SKX007 being mentioned. Wasn't expensive, so that became my first ever automatic watch in Dec 2014. Then came along the SNZH craze so off I went to get an SNZH53 with FFF mod. I got an SNZH57 FFF dial, but haven't got down to buying the watch yet so that shall wait.
Started falling in love with divers and contemplated on getting a cheaper alternative - Tudor BB Red. However, refer back to point 2. Then, started seeing photos of SubC online, and thought to myself, think no more, get a Rolex and call it a day. Got a very very good deal at THG in KL (7.9k after GST refund) that I couldn't resist and 9 months after my first automatic watch, I'm a proud (albeit probably a little too kiddish looking) owner of my first luxury watch that fulfils all 4 criteria of mine.
Some may not agree with my school of though, but one man's prada is another man's prata
I feel there's no point in getting a BN watch.
and besides there are so many on the markets
