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11:25a, 1/1/26
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Happy New Year, everyone! The TexAgs watch community is very special to me. I've met a lot of yall in person and the support I receive here is insane. I get referrals from you all as well in which I'm eternally grateful. Thank you all for your support, patience, and trust in working with me. I hope everyone has an awesome and successful 2026 and any watch goals you have are realized this year!!

Thank you again, yall are the best!

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11:34a, 1/1/26
Rolex website has the new MSRPs posted
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In reply to stonksock • 12:34p, 1/1/26
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Rolex website has the new MSRPs posted


I'll probably get a call about a Daytona tomorrow since the prices went up.
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1:13p, 1/1/26
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Damn, those are some jumps!
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1:18p, 1/1/26
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Ok, so is Rolex now doing what some on here just said they would never do? Are they killing the gray market with these increases?

Edit: I'm not seeing price increases on Rolex.com unless they actually raised them earlier than y'all thought. An oyster steel Daytona is same price today as it was last week when I looked at it.
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In reply to YouBet • 1:42p, 1/1/26
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YouBet said:
Ok, so is Rolex now doing what some on here just said they would never do? Are they killing the gray market with these increases?

Edit: I'm not seeing price increases on Rolex.com unless they actually raised them earlier than y'all thought. An oyster steel Daytona is same price today as it was last week when I looked at it.


Of course they will raise prices. I know I never never said they wouldn't. I merely said raising them to knock speculators and secondary sales margin out wouldn't be wise and flies in the face of their brand. Secondly, I suspect you see a lot of the watchmakers do this in the US over the next few months in response to the tariffs.
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2:53p, 1/1/26
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What's the grey and/or secondary market looking like on Omega worldtimers these days? The blue one.
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In reply to YouBet • 4:19p, 1/1/26
YouBet said:
Ok, so is Rolex now doing what some on here just said they would never do? Are they killing the gray market with these increases?

Edit: I'm not seeing price increases on Rolex.com unless they actually raised them earlier than y'all thought. An oyster steel Daytona is same price today as it was last week when I looked at it.


Rolex wants to protect the value for people who paid MSRP so they limit product when they start selling under MSRP grey to bring the supply in line with the demand. I had previously posted an example of submariners going for under MSRP on jomashop and the next year they massive cut the production of steel submariners to being the price back in line.
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8:17p, 1/1/26
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What's the tolerance for a Rolex warranty repair for accuracy? My GMT is just over four years old and by my calculation seems to be losing about 13 seconds a day
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In reply to YouBet • 8:29p, 1/1/26
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YouBet said:
Ok, so is Rolex now doing what some on here just said they would never do? Are they killing the gray market with these increases?

Edit: I'm not seeing price increases on Rolex.com unless they actually raised them earlier than y'all thought. An oyster steel Daytona is same price today as it was last week when I looked at it.


They will never kill the gray market. Either the watches will be scarce and selling over msrp on gray (immediate availability, or they will be readily available and no reason to buy them from the AD anymore when you can get them gray for cheaper
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In reply to GAC06 • 4:54p, 1/2/26
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What's the tolerance for a Rolex warranty repair for accuracy? My GMT is just over four years old and by my calculation seems to be losing about 13 seconds a day


I believe its +/- 2s a day. I think some older models are +4/-2 but 13 seconds is enough to get it serviced.
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11:07a, 1/3/26
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What's FTAC's website or social media page? Have a friend looking for two Rolexes right now.
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In reply to Fall92 • 11:17a, 1/3/26
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What's FTAC's website or social media page? Have a friend looking for two Rolexes right now.

https://www.instagram.com/freezeframetime/
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In reply to Guitarsoup • 2:18p, 1/3/26
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I think I recognize one of those
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5:48p, 1/3/26
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We've likely discussed this before but what's a good place to take an 80's era Rolex DJ that needs servicing?
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In reply to Diggity • 7:18p, 1/3/26
I'm about to send one to the Rolex Service Center in Dallas. Broken crystal needs to be replaced , then serviced
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7:19p, 1/3/26
Here's the contact info

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In reply to nealan • 7:30p, 1/3/26
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I can't stress this enough, I would not send a vintage watch to the service center. It will come back with modern parts that may or may not fit correctly and if there is anything non original, as many older and had me down pieces have, they will require you to replace it with a modern oem part or refuse to work on it.

Find a local repair place for anything older or sentimental. If you're in Dallas I can give a recommendation.
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In reply to FTAco07 • 7:49p, 1/3/26
I don't have a local repair place. That's my challenge
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In reply to nealan • 7:57p, 1/3/26
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In reply to Red Pear Realty • 8:40p, 1/3/26
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In reply to Fall92 • 8:54p, 1/3/26
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Which ones?
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In reply to nealan • 9:41p, 1/3/26
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nealan said:
Longview

Ok. So there are really no watch shops in Longview or Tyler that can help you with it?
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In reply to FTAco07 • 9:47p, 1/3/26
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FTAco07 said:
I can't stress this enough, I would not send a vintage watch to the service center. It will come back with modern parts that may or may not fit correctly and if there is anything non original, as many older and had me down pieces have, they will require you to replace it with a modern oem part or refuse to work on it.

Find a local repair place for anything older or sentimental. If you're in Dallas I can give a recommendation.


I have all modern watches and don't have anything that needs to be serviced (yet), but I'm in Dallas and wouldn't mind knowing someone for if/when the time comes.
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In reply to Red Pear Realty • 9:48p, 1/3/26
The one I trust just closed down permanently and the other one I trust recommended the Rolex Service Center
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3:42p, 1/4/26
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The man has great taste.

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3:43p, 1/4/26
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Also doing it correctly by wearing class ring on left hand
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In reply to Sea Speed • 9:02p, 1/4/26
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Sea Speed said:
Also doing it correctly by wearing class ring on left hand


At least he doesn't have the GMT hand set to local time
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In reply to GAC06 • 11:11p, 1/4/26
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Sometimes you need to know what time it is in North Texas
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In reply to Sea Speed • 12:14p, 1/5/26
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Minus six
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GAC06 said:
Sea Speed said:
Also doing it correctly by wearing class ring on left hand


At least he doesn't have the GMT hand set to local time


Asking for a friend....
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8:07p, 1/5/26
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So what other time should we keep on our GMTs when we're home? I dont do an incredible amount of international travel or business these days so theres no specific timezone that would make sense for me. It seems silly to live in central and need to set the GMT to eastern, mountain, or pacific time since I can do basic math. Do I just pick some timezone in Europe and pretend that its critical that I track that timezone at all times? What do yall do?
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8:12p, 1/5/26
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I leave mine set to GMT.
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In reply to ChemAg15 • 8:13p, 1/5/26
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ChemAg15 said:
So what other time should we keep on our GMTs when we're home? I dont do an incredible amount of international travel or business these days so theres no specific timezone that would make sense for me. It seems silly to live in central and need to set the GMT to eastern, mountain, or pacific time since I can do basic math. Do I just pick some timezone in Europe and pretend that it's critical that I track that timezone at all times? What do yall do?


Greenwich Mean Time.
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