The best first Rolex - how to get started with your Rolex watch collections 

Everyone would probably like to have a Rolex watch. Whether you simply find them beautiful, want to profit from the appreciation in value, or are fascinated by the watchmaking artistry within, Rolex watches are met with great enthusiasm for a variety of reasons.

While watch collectors have huge collections of dozens of watches, many don't have a Rolex watch at all, or any other chronometer that falls within that spectrum. But where do you actually start when building your own watch collection. Which Rolex is best to buy first?

The Rolex Submariner is a particularly good choice as a first Rolex watch. It is sporty and elegant at the same time and is therefore universally applicable. In addition, it is very popular and had a good performance in the past. Alternatively, the Datejust and the Oyster Perpetual are also good entry-level watches.  

The most important questions about starting a watch collection  

First of all, there are some important points you need to consider before you start buying some watches and amass a large collection.   

What do you intend to do?

The most important thing is to ask yourself what intention you are pursuing with your collection. There may be various interests that partly overlap or cross. Maybe you want to have a collection that is as broad as possible to include as much as possible of the brand with the golden crown. Or perhaps a particular model has caught your eye, and you would like different versions of the GMT Master II, for example.

Perhaps the idea of collecting comes from a monetary motivation, and you would like to invest in luxury watches.

For another, the cult status of the watches is particularly important, which is why he is eager to get hold of particularly rare cult references, which, for example, were seen in films or worn by celebrities.

As you can see, there are different motivations for building a collection. For most of them it is a mixture of several aspects. Make yourself clear in advance what you want to achieve and what your goals and intentions are. This will put you in a good starting position and drastically reduce the risk of making a bad purchase that will disappoint you later.

The strength lies in the calm   

At first, of course, you shouldn't rush into anything. No one builds a large Rolex watch collection overnight. A collection requires a lot of time, patience and care. You will often have to search for a specific reference, negotiate or even resell other watches.

What is important is that you do not lose patience and do not rush anything. It would be fatal if you hastily purchase too many watches at the beginning, which you might even buy at a too high price just to have a large collection as quickly as possible. Sometimes the opportunity to buy a specific watch only comes after years. The moment of triumph is then all the greater and more beautiful.

A collection also means great responsibility 

Moreover, one should always consider whether a collection is really the right thing. It comes with significant costs and high responsibility. Perhaps it even makes more sense to own only one Rolex watch and replace it with another repeatedly.

One should not forget that a Rolex watch collection also has downsides. Very few have their entire watch collection at home. Because valuable items, accumulated in one place, which are often worth six-figure sums in total, always carry a risk. Many people feel uncomfortable having such valuable items concentrated in one place at home. That's why most store a large part of their collection in bank vaults to keep them safe.

In addition, you should have valuable watches insured, which means additional costs. Moreover, you have to maintain the Rolex watches and regularly have them serviced, which also incurs costs.

This ensures that the watch will be replaced in case of a robbery. Nevertheless, these considerations amount to significant expenses for a collection, which should not be neglected. It is not done with the purchase alone. This must be considered beforehand.