Rolex and the death of the Watch

I read somewhere that no one way buying watches anymore. Since everyone had a cell phone now, why would they need any other time piece? Of course, a Rolex watch is not so much a time piece as a big honking piece of gold. Pure luxury. How many people have a solid gold cell phone? So Timex watches may be in trouble, but I don’t Rolex watches will be.Of course, not all Rolex watches are solid gold, I have seen some really nice ones that are stainless steel, back from the days when a stainless steel Rolex watch was just…

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