r/WatchFanatics

Looking for a new watch. Have 4 steel Rolexes (BLNR on Jubilee, EXP2 Polar, Air-King and OP) in my collection currently. Looking to purchase a new weekend watch.

Considering trading a few watches in to start a new land, air and sea collection. Keep batgirl and trade rest toward Panda. Then purchase a Submariner in near future. Possibly even trading BLNR toward for a BLRO or GRNR.

Or

Start fresh, trade in all watches towards a Platinum 1908 weekend watch. Then, work on getting a YG Oysterflex Daytona from AD in future. Offered Daytona Ghost on Oysterflex last summer, turned it down as I want a Y/G model. The wait continues.

Before the devolves into useless banter. Yes I have other watches and watch brands. This is exclusively about my Rolex collection, not about Cartier, Tudor or anything else I have.

I've been looking non-stop at this Rolex Day-Date 18038 and I'm OBSESSED with the Stella dial and the turquoise https://everywatch.com/rolex/18038/watch-15470101, I can't stop picturing it with a tan in a beach club

Reposting my story with the correct sub r/rolexwatches. Moderator there (Bridge_Too_Far) flagged my watch as a rep based on the serial number in a photo. I had bought from a trusted seller so no reason to believe him but it got in my head.

We dm’d and I asked a few questions and shared more details. By the end of the chat he concluded one of my other Rolex models was also fake based on serial and clasp codes.

I talked with my grey seller who said no chance, but encouraged me to get them checked out by the RSC for peace of mind, so that’s what I did. A month later I got a letter confirming both were genuine, and quoting a full service. It would be another 4-6 weeks to get them back.

Looking back, the mod relied on Google AI mode summaries. His queries consisted of [my serial #] + “fake Rolex”. Because AI is prone to confirmation bias, it hallucinated a false positive and went as far as to fabricate sources to give him what he was looking for.

Cost me unnecessary stress, a couple months without two of my favorite watches and an awkward conversation with my seller.

Lessons are blur your serial number if you post and know that mods and AI apps are not reliable sources of information...Or maybe just stay off the internet.

I shared this update with Bridge Too Far last week. No response.

I was using WristLog for a while, but it's going from free to paid, so I'm on the lookout for free alternatives. I'm on Android. Thanks.