Some thoughts on this extremely understated Rolex sports watch and why is it worth getting one as your first luxury watch.

Let me introduce to you one of my favourite Rolex sports watches in the entire range – Rolex Explorer II 16570. I love this watch, due to quite a few reasons I will discuss further in this post. The one featured today is example dated back to 2007 in lovely condition for its age.

My first rule, which is my navigation point I tend to always follow is – NOT to buy new watches (there are few exceptions of this rule, which will be discussed in another post). The reason is quite simple and straightforward. Buying new, makes you lose 30-50% value of the watch you buy. Even though, you get a nice discount from your local AD, you are still loser. Initially, you may not notice that, but everything is verified when it comes to selling your watch to a pre-owned watch dealer or online, by using popular auction websites. Buying second-hand is great, because by using right tools (websites) and doing your homework before your each purchase, can turn you into some sort of ‘stock trader’. You are not guaranteed to make money on every single watch bought used, however you can either lose less than buying new or you can get your money back and go for another purchase.
Buying Rolex means saving. Initially it may not sound true, because these watches don’t come cheap, however they are fairly easy and inexpensive in terms of maintenance....