Originally Posted by
thebigspendur
Many outfits make great tool watches for far less money. Sinn is one of them and their technology is way better than Rolex. Rolex is the 900 lb gorilla in the Swiss watch Industry so they can throw their weight around. I always felt they were way too expensive for what you get.
Their waterproof tech was essentially stolen from a watch outfit from the 1920s long out of business with no one to protect their patents.
Several years ago one of the founders at Timezone did a breakdown of the Rolex Explorer and it revealed shoddy finishing internally with attention to detail only where it was needed. The Rolex fanboys hounded the guy for years driving him off the site.
Nothing wrong with Rolex-just another quality watch and great advertising and hype.