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A Quick Guide to Buying a Rolex Watch

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Rolex is one of the most prestigious and premium watch brands that adds a classic cool touch to your attire with its perfect example of marvelous craftsmanship. The perfection took more than a year to assemble 220-minute pieces into the timepiece by bare hands.

Almost 400 operations were conducted on the main plate itself and then by passing through all the roughs and re-tests, the finished watch holds its position in the hearts of millions worldwide. This piece of perfection made the watches a brilliant example of class, elegance and of course, social status.

Things to have in mind while buying a Rolex

With the hype of these premium luxury watch market, the replica luxury watches experience surge. Sometimes the marketing of these fake watches is doing so well that we get convinced. So, that you don’t end up investing big bucks in a fake watch, here are some quick tips to save your time, big bucks and of course heartaches.

  • Selling of brand new watches with a factory warrantee is restricted to authorized sellers only.
  • The bracelet is the other part of the heart to the watch if not, it’s fake. Also, the watch is good to go if the links in the inner part of the bracelet are hanging nice and smooth if not, move to the next seller.
  • Look for the bubble-like date window that magnifies the date number on the GMT, if the number seems crooked or a little off-center, you are wasting your time at a fake.
  • The second hand in a genuine watch runs smoothly unlike the fake ones ticking second by second.

And also don’t forget to check the changing appearance hologram with a unique reference number and the brand’s crown logo.

A professional line of watches

Rolex GMT and Submariner are professional watches and unique of its kind. These watches share the same category of professional watches as well as share the same launch year.

The Submariner features a uni-directional bezel unlike the GMT with a bi-directional bezel. The Submariner was the first watch designed for diving, giving the divers the liberty to measure the elapsed time while diving, whereas, the GMT is meant for the aviators which helps them to read the time in two different time zones simultaneously with its divided two equal parts.

The time 6:00 to 18:00 represents the day and the time 18:00 to 6:00 represents the night with addition to the “one-hour” jump feature enables the hour hand to jump one hour at a time without affecting the minute or second hand.

Nowadays, it has become easier to own this authentic and elegant piece of craftsmanship with Melrose jewelers who offer genuine pre-owned Rolex watches at simply affordable price. Every watch comes with a 1-year warranty and full authentication and appraisal by the Los Angeles International Gemological Laboratory and the team of a technician at Melrose Jewelers perform polishing and timing adjustment to the watches to give them a brand new look.

These watches offer a wide range of varieties suiting all types of taste.

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