Win a Rolex Sky-Dweller while supporting hospitalized kids!
Luke BenedictusQuestion: How does the average punter buy a new Rolex watch without paying way over the recommended retail price on the grey market? Answer: With extreme difficulty.
In the watch community, this has become a common lament. For the average buyer, sourcing a Rolex at the recommended retail price can increasingly feel like mission impossible. The extent of the scarcity issue was perhaps best summed up a couple of years back when the respected auction house Phillips put a brand new selection of models from the Rolex Oyster Perpetual collection up for auction. This told you everything you need to know about the insane demand for new Rolex stock. Auction houses, after all, specialise in trading the most rare and valuable goods that cannot be bought through standard retail channels. In listing this Oyster Perpetual family, Phillips acknowledged that new, stainless-steel Rolex watches are similarly unattainable.
That is why it’s worth paying attention to this offer. Toys for Hospitalized Children is giving you the opportunity to win a Rolex in exchange for a small donation to support their mission. The lucky winner will receive the Rolex Sky-Dweller with a blue dial, ref. 326934, in its original packaging with papers. Tickets cost just US$25 and all proceeds will help bring joy to children in hospitals across the US.
For years, the Sky-Dweller has been one of the most interesting and least understood modern Rolexes. The luxury traveller’s watch is one of the most complicated watches in their lineup and is the patrician elder brother of the tool-like GMT-Master II.
For the first five years of its life, the Sky-Dweller existed only in precious metals: white, yellow or Everose gold. Not only did this place the watch into a premium price bracket, but it was also every inch the solid gold Rolex — unavoidably so with that large, fluted bezel. But when the Rolesor Sky-Dwellers were unveiled, the proposition suddenly changed. Fifty grand plus suddenly came down to around twenty, bringing the Sky-Dweller within reach of a whole lot more people. Rolex released two Rolesor versions – yellow gold with a precious bezel and centre bracelet links, or a white gold option where only the bezel is made from the precious metal.
Now you can potentially get hold of the latter for yourself while aiding an excellent cause. Toys for Hospitalized Children’s mission is to bring happiness and healing to children suffering from illness. Because happy kids heal faster. To learn more, visit their website www.toyshc.org
The raffle drawing will be hosted on Instagram Live on March 19, 2023. You can follow @toysforhospitalizedchildren for updates and check out the sweepstake Raffle live now at raffle.toyshc.org. Good luck!