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Rolex never been considered in the same heights as Patek.P and the other top brands: Your opinion will not change this fact.
One uses the largest watch industry budget in advertising, the other is very far from that kind of politic.
Patek.P is not specially the king of complicated movements and I never meant that.
But if you put Rolex in the same ranks as Patek.P just because both are reaching high prices in auctions: You don't understand this discussion.
This is what brings buks at a Patek auction http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:96HGHZ8-zjgJ:http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonydemarco/2013/06/11/patek-philippe-grand-complication-fetches-2-25-million-at-christies/+&cd=11&hl=no&ct=clnk&client=safari
Any Rolex to compare there in this kind of auction? Those are 2 different worlds. Period.
I don't despise Rolex: I'm just untouched by the so called social achievement status it procure to most of it's clients.
A status of success who's mostly built up by the golden-boys and a gigantic advertising budget who surpasses any brand by far.
This brand only has 108 years of existence and you present it like they wrote most of watch-making history.
Rolex is not interested about challenging any brand like L.Sohne or others in the high end and will never be there.
They will never be in the high complications's world and you know that: Explain it as you want.
I have like many my personal thoughts on that and they are apparently different from yours.
This debate is turning ridiculous and apparently this 60% is just a f@cking joke to you: Well, that's your opinion.
You are not a member of the Swiss politic, neither any from the watch-industry who been fighting for it: They had them reasons, respect that at list.
Since it seems like I just defend bullsh*t here, I guess it's time to take holidays.