Winner Announced: RGM American-Made Watches Manufacture Trip
We'd like to congratulate Griffin C. from Chicago, Illinois, USA who was the lucky winner of the December 2013 RGM Manufacture Trip watches-dealer giveaway. Griffin will join us later this year in Pennsylvania were we will experience a hands-on couple of days with the talented Roland Murphy, considered the producer of the finest American watches at this time. Be sure to enter for a Gc-3 Automatic watch this month on watches-dealer here. Thanks to all who entered and continue to enter monthly watches-dealer giveaways.[Update: July 8, 2014 - While we value the quality of their product, in light of recent events, watches-dealer will no longer cover RGM products and cannot endorse RGM as a company. - Ed. ] What's This?

Caught Some Fitting Lighting on my 3570 Speedy
Points to anyone who can guess the movie playing in the background (should be pretty easy)Also, how do you guys go about keeping your Speedy clean? I try to wipe, but the chronograph and shape makes it hard. And I do not think it would be a good idea to give it a bath, hah!

start rant Rolex is not an investment
With so many posts about Rolex as investments I wanted to share a good rule of thumb that I use myself. I feel this applies to 99% of situationsIt's a mass produced watch. It will go down in value as soon as you buy it. Give or take a little, estimate 25%-30% drop in value from msrp depending on the watch. The great part about a Rolex is that you can cash out of your investment easier than with other watch brands. However, YOU still need to sell it. Remember, on the forums you're competing with trusted sellers, etc so you'll have to price below them to compete and you'll likely have a bit more wear on your piece then they normally do on theirs. Over the long-term, used watch prices will follow the current msrp trends so maybe in about 10 years your watch may actually be selling in the used market for around your original purchase price (msrp). In addition, you'd have to factor in insurance costs which for my 116710 is $68 per year. At 10 years of ownership I've paid $680 in addition

Submariner vs. Sea-Dweller vs. Deepsea
I put a deposit on a Sub, which my AD is locating right now. In the meantime I looked at the Sea-Dweller and Deepsea on a Rolex catalog and noticed they are nearly identical to the Sub, but larger. I like the idea of a larger watch!My local AD doesn't have any Deepsea or Sea-Dwellers at the store right now so I'm unable to compare them side by side with the Sub. Are the 3mm and 4mm difference in size noticeable?I'm not a diver, so performance is not important to me. It's all about the size. I would also appreciate any thoughts on value retention on these vs. the Sub.Thanks,Jose

The perfect Rolex combo meal deal?
I saw a guy online who had a watch collection his collection consisted of 2 Rolex watches. A 14270 and a 16570. Something about that pairing just made a lot of sense. I admired the simplicity.