The Watch Appreciation Thread - Part two (Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Jaeger LeCoultre,

[classicalthunde]

Welp, one of the ADs I've been frequenting in the search for a ND Sub was just bought out by Watches of Switzerland...have the distinct feeling this is going to be 2 steps back instead of 1 step forward...

 

[pmeis]

Welp, one of the ADs I've been frequenting in the search for a ND Sub was just bought out by Watches of Switzerland...have the distinct feeling this is going to be 2 steps back instead of 1 step forward...

Yep, my AD in Dallas was bought out by WoS, and even though they kept on many of the staff, I no longer have any "sway" there.

 

[classicalthunde]

Yep, my AD in Dallas was bought out by WoS, and even though they kept on many of the staff, I no longer have any "sway" there.

yea, I doubt I had any 'sway' there beforehand but I figured a small local AD with a few stores in the region might be a bit easier to work with than a multi-national conglomerate

 

[pmeis]

yea, I doubt I had any 'sway' there beforehand but I figured a small local AD with a few stores in the region might be a bit easier to work with than a multi-national conglomerate

"Sway" probably isn't the right word, but I generally had a minimum discount secured for any purchase and a much better than average chance to get anything limited I really wanted.

 

[Neville Southall]

Much needed coffee.

 

[Ranjeev]

Does $50-$52k for a mint 1815 chrono seem about right? Thanks in advance.

 

[classicalthunde]

Does $50-$52k for a mint 1815 chrono seem about right? Thanks in advance.

just saw that they moved these to "price upon request" on their website....

this doc has a bunch of historical pricing data from an MSRP perspective

 

[montecristo#2]

Does $50-$52k for a mint 1815 chrono seem about right? Thanks in advance.

New? Probably? Also used as well. They seem to have become hard to come by these days.

 

[NakedYoga]

Just caught up on the last 2 weeks of posts. What a wild ride.

Double-sided, though.

Flashbacks of that scene in Requiem For A Dream.

I owned a CPCP monopusher.

Oh man, what a beautiful watch. Why past tense?

 

[chocomallo]

Just caught up on the last 2 weeks of posts. What a wild ride.


Flashbacks of that scene in Requiem For A Dream.

Oh man, what a beautiful watch. Why past tense?

A bunch of factors. For a smallish watch, its very thick and doesn't slide under a cuff very well. I never liked the deployant clasp even though Cartier invented it. Stupid silly prices now. Service cost is like USD 4,000 now. Can't really wear it in the summer where I live, which is about 6 months out of the year. And I lost interest in the hobby and sold all my watches but one. Some guy in an even more tropical climate bought it, haha.

And Jennifer Connelly...magnificent. Then and now.

 

[Vocans]

Out of curiosity, anyone have any thoughts or experiences with the VC Historiques triple calendar? Had an opportunity to try this watch on recently and I quite liked it. Seems relatively reasonably priced for what it is.

 

[Newcomer]

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Out of curiosity, anyone have any thoughts or experiences with the VC Historiques triple calendar? Had an opportunity to try this watch on recently and I quite liked it. Seems relatively reasonably priced for what it is.

I think it is a pretty watch, but I kind of despise the concept of a triple calendar.

 

[TheFoo]

I think it is a pretty watch, but I kind of despise the concept of a triple calendar.

Yeah, bit of a letdown. Surprised VC would make one.

 

[Ambulance Chaser]

Triple-date chronographs are pretty cool:

Rolex would make a killing if it released a modern version of this watch. That would be news to get excited about instead of the incremental changes that happen every year.

 

[Newcomer]

LVMH trash - I love it because @smittycl hates it: