Maybe in adult groups but I can attest to high school ages teens, the number who care outweighs those who don’t. It’s a serious “thing” for teens to have Blue Bubbles.
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Apple Continues to Dominate Teen Buying Preferences, Growing Lead Over Competitors Like Venmo and Rolex
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pffft...everyone knows teens prefer Patek-Phillipe
Apple better be careful, just letting you know. The more you produce products and services that people want to buy, the more you’ll be regulated into the ground.
It was asking kids what their favourite is. Not what they have. Rolex has been the watch brand to beat for year. They’re comparing preferences not if you can afford one.
Good point. I bet most of these scrubs are only wearing an Oyster Perpetual, essentially a Timex.
I feel like we need a tighter definition of what a watch is. The Apple Watch is just a small computer that people wear on their wrist. Yes, it can keep time, but so can your laptop and phone. Are iPhone's watches? Obviously not. So the logical deduction would be the put the Apple Watch in a brand new category. Maybe call it a wearable computer or something. Because calling it a watch is ridiculous imo.
I use to wear expensive watches. Then, just for fun, I bought a $9.99 Casio with a cheap rubber band and lo-and-behold if it isn't the most durable, dependable watch I've ever owned. I'm now a convert lol
Which is it? wait list or no wait list? My local Rolex authorised dealer does have a wait list for the hard to get watches (Daytona's, Submariners GMT's etc) but the more you've purchased from them in the past then you'll jump a few places in the list and the quicker you'll get your desired watch.
I can't wait to see the headline in a few years, where is says males aged 25 are more likely to buy the Apple Car ahead of a Ferrari...
True, but the high end watches like Patek and AP make faw fewer units so it' not surprising Rolex outsells them.
I thin an Apple Watch and a nice watch are not really direct competitors in terms of how they are viewed. Both have a place in teh market.
I guess it varies by market. Where I am and when I am in Europe dealers had a decent selection of the run of the mill models.
Of course. Any dealer of anything takes care of their good repeat customers. That's good business.
I do agree Rolex acerbates the situation by controlling stock to keep up the "hard to get image." Personally, I find a used one a better deal in most cases.
I am not a big Rolex fan, too many copies, preferring Omegas. But that is just a matter of personal taste. Then again, one of my favorite watches is a $20 Marvin the Martian Quartz whhere teh case is a frontal view of Marvin's helmet. Keeps great time as well.
These scrubs also only wear just one. Real players, like Hunter S Thompson, wear 2 GMTs.
I’m not joking either. That guy used to wear 2 lmao.
These articles putting Rolex in the conversation are always funny to me. Especially when they claim Apple Watch eating into market share in the Watch industry. I’m surprised G-Shock didn’t come up in the article. Reality is many that own a high end watch also own another watch.
I believe Apple Watch regenerated interest in the Watch industry. There was a generation that stopped buying watches altogether. They were just using their phones for time and date. Apple Watch got watches on peoples wrists again and sparked interest into what else is out there.
Rolex is doing just fine. As many have mentioned, long waiting lists for hot Rolex models, a huge gray market with giant markups. Oh and right now, every Rolex is high demand.
I believe Apple Watch regenerated interest in the Watch industry. There was a generation that stopped buying watches altogether. They were just using their phones for time and date. Apple Watch got watches on peoples wrists again and sparked interest into what else is out there.
Rolex is doing just fine. As many have mentioned, long waiting lists for hot Rolex models, a huge gray market with giant markups. Oh and right now, every Rolex is high demand.
I have a decent number of expensive watches but also some that cost under $100. There can be joy and collectibility in things at all price ranges even when they essentially all do pretty much the same thing. That said, I still prefer any mechanical or even quartz watch to a smart watch. Tried the Apple Watch and it just wasn't for me.
Let me know where I can get a new GMT for retail price and I’ll fly to Europe on a vacation trip to buy one lol.
Rolex doesn’t make the best watches. They aren’t the most accurate either. But they make many of my favorite watches that should be attainable if possible to purchase at retail.
I think my favorite watch is a Patek. I would need a wealthy friend to ever be in the position to buy one.
I don’t understand the concept of a watch that you have to recharge every night. I understand the AW as a fitness accessory, or iPhone accessory. But it is not an arm watch for me.
A lot of folk don't wear traditional watches in bed, either.
It's all what personally works for you. I went from zero watch to 24 hour Apple Watches (Series 1/3 and now 3/6).
I think that is what they have become. They are less a watch and more of a wearable fitness/health device that also tells you the time and can provide you with some smart phone capabilities.