28.12.09 / Opinions / Author: admin / Comments: (0)
Tags: Rolex Modification, Rolex watches, second-hand Rolex, used Rolex
The second-hand Rolex watch market is never lack of buzz simply because Rolex watches can retain good value against time and thus are often the targets for speculators. In fact, more and more people are plunging in such lucrative market that competition became more and more fierce. To some people, they just don’t understand why to purchase a used Rolex when they can buy a new one with the same price. Experts told us that wearing renovated old Rolex watch can enhance your style significantly and make you stand out.
As more and more people own Rolex watches, the business of renovating Rolex watches is booming. These shops offer modification services on both new and used models. Some modification shops already existed for years and are more reliable.
Generally, the most common modification is to add precious gems, metals or other materials on the Rolex watch. Nowadays, some modification service can change the colors or materials according to the customers’ requirement. Since people have different ideas about what makes a nice Rolex watches, such modification service generate lots of variations.
Since Rolex didn’t release any black watches, some smart modification shop owners bring out a series of black Rolex watches to tap the market demand. These modified Rolex are even more expensive than the original models. For ordinary people, they can never afford such novel Rolex watches.
In fact, only few celebrities can afford such modified Rolex watches, they will try anything that can arrest people’s attention regardless of the price. Modified used Rolex watches enjoy a better value for their uniqueness.
Another reason for the high price of modified Rolex watches is that the modification process is very complicated and requires highly skilled craftsman to perform the modification. Normally, either new or used Rolex is suitable for modification. Before you put your Rolex to a modification workshop, you should make sure you know clearly what style you want. For example, PVD coated or DLC coated Rolex watches are very popular. While the former is more refined, the latter is more contemporary.
Project X Designs, Bamford & Sons, and Time and Gems are known as the top 3 Rolex modifier. Time and Gems has involved in the second-hand Rolex watches for years, but they are relatively new as to the modification service. However, they are offering an increasing number of customized Rolex watches modified from a wide range of Rolex collcetion.
Although modified Rolex watches are generally expensive than the original Rolex, they are quite worth of the money as they have great uniqueness and personalized features.
17.12.09 / Opinions / Author: admin / Comments: (1)
As people are busy preparing their Christmas shopping, most of the bizmen are smiling to see money rolling in continously in this most important season for their business. But some are deprived of the right to take a share from this big cake.
GlobalReplica is one of such miserable website. Their dream to earn lots of money during the Christmas peak season was ended so suddenly that even other replica watches websites that are still operating felt astonished.
It happened about two weeks ago. GlobalReplica.com is a B2C website selling replica watches and replica handbags. They are one of the key players among the hundreds of websites selling replica products.
If you type in “replica rolex watch” or “fake rolex” in Google.com, you’ll find their website ranks at the first place. According to the Google Adwords keyword tool, the global monthly search volume for these two keywords are 18,100 and 60,500, respectively. Given that Globalreplica ranked in top10 in some of the other search query terms, it is estimated that it has a daily visit of about 20,000. If the transformation rate is 0.5%, then it can generate 100 orders ever day, which means the turn over will be over $10000 dollars each day. Since this is the peak season of the year, the turnover should be increased by 30-50%.
(Click to see the enlarge picture of GlobalReplicas’ s rank in Google)
But that’s not true anymore. In fact, when you clickthrough its website, you’ll find that can’t make money any more. They were closed by the The United States District Court Southern District Of Florida. Huge loss for Globalreplica.
In fact, there were lots of other website that sold replica handbags and replica watches were closed by the American courts. There is a long list of websites that were down during this storm. They were sued by the Chanel, Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Tiffany because they were selling replicas.
This is really a dangerous signal to those who are still operating websites. It seems the authentic manufacturers are very determined to get rid of those replicas website. But why are these website chosen? Will there be many more websites sued by those autentic luxury house?
Actually I think the authentic makers should not be so serious. If it weren’t those replica watches website, their market share and brand popularity will not be so good. As you can see from the example of pirate Windows operating system. If it weren’t them, computers will not be so popular, and less people would know MicroSoft and Window.
In fact, it is very easy to build a new website when an old one is shut down. Each day, there will be some new websites put into operation selling replica products. It will never ends because there is great demand for replica handbags and replica watches in this society.
05.12.09 / Opinions / Author: admin / Comments: (0)
Tags: Cartier
Cartier presented their Cartier ID One concept watch to show to the world that they not only produce timepiece with fancy design, but also master the technological capabilities and skills to differentiate and surpass their competitors with innovative watches with practical function.
Although merely a concept watch, a watch that is not be availale for commercial sales presently, the ID One show us an ambitious Cartier as a real player in the world of haute horlogerie. The hightlight of such concept watch is that is is built on a idea to creat a mechanical watch that does not require regulation and adjustment from production to everyday use in the whole life of the watch, which will be a great breakthrough for the watchmaking industry.
Presently, mechnical watches require adjustment at several procedures during the assembly process. But with sevearal key innovations, the Cartier ID One Concept Watch is adjust-free! For example, Cartier replace the metal with a kind of ceramic/glass material called Zerodur at the haispring part to overcome the fallback of the dimensionally and elastically unstable nature of metal. And there is a built-in Carbon Crystal used to absorb force and protect it from shock.
In the past, Cartier watches are more renowned in terms of their luxurious and audacious designs than in terms of watchmaking technology. As appearance can be easily copy or imitated, lots of Cartier replica watches are available in the market. Since Cartier replica watch looks so identical to its authentic counterpart and cost so little money, many people prefer to buy replica watches instead of paying thousands of dollars to pay for a real watch. After all, in regard of the function of the watch, there is no big difference between a replica Cartier watch and an authentic one, it is not reasonable to pay the extra money.
Now Cartier finally came up with a counter-strategy: to improve their watches technologically instead of superficially. It is indeed the technology and inside quality that differentiate a genuine luxury watch from a watch replica. So I think Cartier would finally get reward from the efforts of building such a concept watch in the long run.
But does it mean that Cartier replica watches are not attractive any more? Not exactly. In my opinion, replica watches and authentic watches have different market positions and customers. The technology upgrade on authentic Cartier watches will reinforce the rich to buy a real Cartier and may have a little appeal to a few middle class who are hesitating to buy whether a replica Cartier or a real Cartier, but for the rest people, they just do not care if their watches is adjust –free. A piece of quartz watch is adjust-free, isn’t it? For most of us, we want a watch that is of mid-end price with stylish appearance. If the replica watch can be made exactly like the genuine watch while bringing down the price, I think it still has its attraction to most people.
It is estimated that it would take about 5 year for the Cartier ID One concept watch to be put into commercial sales. It must be a instant hit if replica watch manufacturers can make it a bit earlier to release the Cartier ID One replica watch. Making a replica model does not take as much time as a real one, isn’t it?
