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I don't wear Nato straps anymore to protest their unprovoked aggression against the peace-loving Russian Federation.
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I don't wear Nato straps anymore to protest their unprovoked aggression against the peace-loving Russian Federation.
Unless you’re Sean Connery, NATO straps are douche alerts.I don't wear Nato straps anymore to protest their unprovoked aggression against the peace-loving Russian Federation.
Admit it, you just can't get them tight enough to satisfy your wrist choking fetish.Unless you’re Sean Connery, NATO straps are douche alerts.
Leather chokers > cloth ones.Admit it, you just can't get them tight enough to satisfy your wrist choking fetish.
General reply to everyone that chipped in on my "dilemma". Thank you, btw.
I went in and tried it on and made the purchase.
A few interesting things happened. They would not allow me to purchase over the phone. They insisted on removing all the plastic, protective film and tags from the watch. They insisted on sizing the bracelet to my wrist. I inquired if this was all in an effort to discourage an immediate flip to grey dealer and they acknowledged it was. Not sure that this really would discourage anyone to do so, but it is their policy.
We had a discussion about the current state of affairs with Rolex. The manager acknowledged the frustration that many first time buyers where experiencing and indicated that it is market reality not soon to abate (btw, their case was reasonably well stocked with with samples that could not be purchased - Batman, two tone Daytona, Sub). They did indicate that they do not play the quid pro quo game and would never "request" that a person make other purchases to get on a list. We talked about my specific case - although I have purchased from them in the past, I am no where near what they would consider a big fish. I was told that if that had been the criteria that I would not have passed (watches bring in the big fish, but jewelry is their bread and butter...I've never purchased any jewelry from them). They took into account:
Not sure sure that these criteria are necessarily cogent, but it got me through the process. The general area is full of well heeled and loaded individuals, so it clearly was not determined by absolute amount of $$$ spend. The store manager was around for my last purchase last fall (Cartier Santos), but had no personal connection with me prior to our conversation.
- Loyalty/purchase history over time (I've purchased 4 watches from them since 2012....so not a tremendous pace)
- Proximity (they won't sell Rolex to out of towners or vacationers)
- Likelihood of keeping the watch (not sure how they assess this)
- Likelihood to promote the store to friends/colleagues in local community (not sure how they assess this either)
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I don't know if this was posted here already or not, but this was a good quick read about an everyman who wound up with a Tiffany stamped 5711 and wore the **** out of it.
Watch Of The Week: Why I Wore The Living Hell Out Of My Tiffany-Signed Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711
The story of #TheLovedPatek, the most famous Tiffany-signed Nautilus on Instagram.www.hodinkee.com
I like how the dude was like: "I wore it everywhere...I never took it off my wrist....I did everything in that watch...except once AT A WATCH EVENT when I put it in my packet and it was stolen..."
I don't know, man. Sounds like a bit of a fairy tale...dude sold the watch...haha....
I like how the dude was like: "I wore it everywhere...I never took it off my wrist....I did everything in that watch...except once AT A WATCH EVENT when I put it in my packet and it was stolen..."
I don't know, man. Sounds like a bit of a fairy tale...dude sold the watch...haha....
could very well be, at the very least I hope it was properly insured
Where do you folks like to go for reliable, used watches?
I'm not a deep-dive watch enthusiast, but I do keep up somewhat at a relatively superficial level.
There are two watches that I'm really interested in as a primary starting point: Longine Heritage Sector (black dial) and Grand Seiko Snowflake.
I think the Longine makes most sense for me to start with because the size is less likely to be an issue and costs half the price of the Seiko, but I"m wondering if I could get a better deal on a lightly used version. Where would you look?
Where do you folks like to go for reliable, used watches?