Me & My Money Series (Sunday Times)

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I feel the most "liquid" watch is the Rolex it's like carrying american USD. Recognized the world over and easily pawnable or exchanged for cash.

Yes, it seems you can buy most top branded watches at airports when flying out of a country, to enjoy no GST but not Rolex. That is airports that have GST don't sell Rolex. Another words Rolex controls their pricing, therefore "value" very tightly. Is it the truth?
i had one experience in one airport in Switzerland.
What about Singapore exit airports? Do they sell Rolex watches?

I dunno abt singapore airport, but you ask common folk from india to cambodia everybody know what is rolex. They can even take it apart and tell whether it is a fake or not. Rolex is like coca-cola or microsoft windows because of good quality and marketing everybody knows.