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David Rosenthal: belief

5 Mar 2026 Acquired Rolex

“Now is a good time (I think) to bring up, there’s one more piece of Rolex the corporation and the story, which for the longest time (I think) both of us were totally puzzled by.”

— David Rosenthal

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Speaker
David Rosenthal
Attribution
Verified speaker
Claim type
belief
Recorded
5 Mar 2026
Publisher
Acquired
Episode
Rolex

Transcript context

…That’s interesting. One more rumor I heard, and this should totally justify Rolex isn’t happy that they’re not able to make enough watches, like really maintain this. Steel Daytonas, sure. Rainbow whatever, sure. Those can maintain rare. But Submariners should be on shelves, or at least two weeks later you should get a call about it. I heard that in 2020 to 2022, they asked employees to come in six days a week instead of five to meet demand. If that’s true, that’s a pretty telling symbol about how they feel about it. Now is a good time (I think) to bring up, there’s one more piece of Rolex the corporation and the story, which for the longest time (I think) both of us were totally puzzled by. When we were in Taipei to interview Morris in January, we went into Taipei 101 and we were walking around in the shopping mall. We walked by Tudor. Well, it was an authorized dealer that had both Rolex and Tudor, which I think a lot of ADs or maybe all ADs, if you take Rolex, you have to take Tudor.…

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