Rolex...ah Beng or Uncle Watch.

[cmsoh]

Bro, hw old r u only huh? btw r u driving S80?

Well depending on different perspective, I can be considered old or young. Me 34, going on to 35 later part of this year.

Yup, my ride's the S80.

[lsk005]

Tats bcos some bosses dun noe hw 2 appreciate watches!

[seb]

yeah i second the employee/ employer scenerio.

[Oceanklassik]

My own opinion

Experience wif pple around me so far did nt give me any such feelings of being ah pek/ah beng. Rather, ROLEX gives me a sense of prestige; an achievemt; a great accomplishmt. As wat te brand says, "Own a Crown for every Achievemt". However, being this. It gives some pple te "fear" of wearing one; fear of being seen as rich, obnoxious n arrogant; a person who comes frm wealthy background. IMO, may b yes; may b no.

Thre r many "fears". Eg, a sales exec wearing one ROLEX n his/her boss wearing a CASIO. Te fear here refers to te sales exec who may fear how his/her boss looks at him/her. One thought; "wah, can afford such a watch ah. then no need to promote so fast" (te job description is just an example).

Anothr such "fear" would b family/relatives n even friends, coming to u to borrow money, knowing tat u somehow strike it rich (since u r wearing a ROLEX). I'v tis encounter of my friend, whose sister (married), in need of money to clear ah long debts, pressured him to "lend" her his watch to pawn.

So these r actual fears (i personally encounter) i see on daily basis. Nt really abt te reputation/perception.

Thanks...

Oh btw, I own (n sometimes wear) a Rolex DJ, n my own boss wears a SWATCH. So I dont wear my rollie in front of him

[feudallordcult]

being called "ah pek" is ok. I would be more than glad to be a rich D.O.M lusting after all the foreign imports...er, I was talking abt watches imported from switzerland. for those with slightly twisted interpretations of imports, pls PM

[lsk005]

Wearing a Rolex already kena called Uncle. Worse still, I just changed to a Volvo. Sigh ... resigned to being called ah pek already.

Never mind what people say lar ... just buy and wear what you enjoy lor.

Bro, hw old r u only huh? btw r u driving S80?

[cmsoh]

Wearing a Rolex already kena called Uncle. Worse still, I just changed to a Volvo. Sigh ... resigned to being called ah pek already.

Never mind what people say lar ... just buy and wear what you enjoy lor.

[pet]

if u give me a rolex, u can call me uncle beng... hehee

[Darkangel]

so the bottom line is.... THERE IS A ROLEX FOR EVERYONE!!! :LAUGH:

Definitely

[jazz_samz]

so the bottom line is.... THERE IS A ROLEX FOR EVERYONE!!! :LAUGH:

[Oceanklassik]

U r right. Though i'v nt known much of history, i'v heard frm various sources. Tat omega was (once upon a time) TE BRAND. Nt rolex. I dunno te time line but i was infd by one snr staff in Sincere Watch last yr. Accordingly, te reason why Sincere do nt carry rolex n instead omega, was mainly te boss' choice in te early yrs when both brands were at war. At tat time, omega dominated te watch industry n when rolex was coming up strong in the competition, both brands made a pact tat distributorship shld b limited to only either one of them, ie. Sincere can only choose to carry only one of them. Thinking omega was a safer bet (at tat time), te boss chose omega over rolex, n te agreemt remains till today.

True or nt, tat was wat i was told. Thanks for sharing.

[^Lee^]

Thanks for all the comments.

Hahaha...I guess everyone is going to scream ROLEX because this is a rolex forum and we are the supporter...well

Btw, before rolex becomes the so-called "towkay" watch do you know which watch is aka "towkay" watch?

In real life, I think everyone have their own perception in cartain thing and we can't change it. This could be part of the upgrowing, background, culture and etc...

Who care it's ah beng, uncle, towkay and etc... Most important is that you must love the watch and wear with pride.

So...anyone know which is the towkay watch before the rolex? That's right it's Omega. If you check with those older generation (ah pek) they probably knows. In those day, those timber factory towkay normally wear only Omega. During that time, rolex is NOT that popular.

Cheerio,

[Darkangel]

for all we know, u either ah beng/uncle, defending your stand......

LOL...how can I be ah beng or uncle....not possible to be ah beng,yet to be uncle

[triton]

Sry bro I m too excited I quote and type quote and type

NO worries I am learning...

for all we know, u either ah beng/uncle, defending your stand......

[Darkangel]

aiyo. still in CNY mood ah....im listing examples as to stereotyping and relating it to TS mentioned in first posts about why some people say rolex is uncle's watch.......

aiyo. i already stated in my previous post however, perception has changed.

which means that there is a changed in perception liao.

dont understand why u quote part of my post, when my entire post already mentioned what transpired from past to present. DUH

Sry bro I m too excited I quote and type quote and type

NO worries I am learning...