Post pics of your watches Part II

scwazrh · 20-08-2022 10:38pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119498760#Comment_119498760

That fits your wrist perfect , I can see what you mean about a sub looking small for you .

RMDrive · 21-08-2022 2:39pm

A BB58 has been on my mind for some time and I pulled the trigger last week. Very happy with it.

Cassius99 · 21-08-2022 4:35pm

RM have been thinking of one recently, did you have much trouble picking one up?

scwazrh · 21-08-2022 4:52pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119501417#Comment_119501417

congrats - any discount on them or still full retail ?

banie01 · 21-08-2022 6:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119501417#Comment_119501417

Congrats on the Tudor, I think they are great bang for buck and bloody love mine.

In regards to a watch photo? Well this is where I'd pop up a photo of my new to me Sinn 😁 but it's still circling back to Norway to be re-sent via UPS 😕.

It's the seller I feel sorry for tbh, funds in escrow with Chrono24 now for over a month and likely at least another week to go.

RMDrive · 21-08-2022 6:33pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119501771#Comment_119501771

Not really. I'd only been half-looking for one and had called a few places but none had stock. Ended up purchasing in Paris while there for work.

RMDrive · 21-08-2022 6:33pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119501834#Comment_119501834

Full retail everywhere I checked.

Edser · 21-08-2022 10:36pm

Tried on a couple of nice watches over the weekend.. 😊

A leftie GMT and a Daytona..

Were in Hartmanns. The sales person couldn't have been nicer, helpful and knew his stuff.

UhOh · 22-08-2022 11:44am

€45k for the lefty GMT, seems a bit steep.

unkel · 22-08-2022 12:28pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119504692#Comment_119504692

€10,650 if you buy from a Rolex AD

UhOh · 22-08-2022 1:04pm

Hartmans have one listed (I assume that one) for €45k. Grey market prices looked to have started at €60k with first deliveries but have dropped like a stone since.

banie01 · 22-08-2022 1:16pm

Fell down a rabbit hole of high end modification over the weekend.

There's a guy sharing videos of his progress in skeletonizing Rolex Daytonas and yes that's a plural.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Chiesj8jWFT/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

unkel · 22-08-2022 1:44pm

Insanity. Or I guess someone with more money than sense. I never really got the "skeleton" look anyway. Intricate workings of a complicated machine are fascinating, but you couldn't tell the time from it 😁

scwazrh · 22-08-2022 3:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119505051#Comment_119505051

Id imagine they will be left waiting for that as uk prices on them are under £30k .

Cyrus · 22-08-2022 3:43pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119505710#Comment_119505710

It’s the ugly gmt imo

unkel · 22-08-2022 3:56pm

No surprise the market for those sort of hype watches has had a serious correction. Can't say I have seen prices of ordinary decent Rolex steel sport drop at all though in the last few months. Might go up again in the run up to Christmas? Who knows, but wait I think we have a dedicated thread for that 😂

scwazrh · 22-08-2022 4:27pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119505909#Comment_119505909

Depends what you mean by ordinary decent steel sports.All the GMT’s are down, airkings ,skydwellers , hulks, Starbucks etc are down .Datejust , OP & black subs seem to be the only ones holding their prices.The entry level stuff would always be the last to fall.Blue OP are still twice retail

unkel · 22-08-2022 4:46pm

Everything is down, but that happened after a ridiculous boost late last year early this year. The least desirable sports Rolex - the Airking - went from €5-6k to €10-12k in a couple of months, that was insane. Someone on adverts was asking €15k or something stupid. You still see a lot of high asking prices of around the €9k mark for many of them, but I doubt they sell for much more than €7k. At which price I feel it is likely a solid purchase.

Edser · 22-08-2022 7:55pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119505051#Comment_119505051

Yes, both were €45k (give or take €500). I think the GMT was 2022.

Fitz II · 22-08-2022 8:05pm

Having had a GMT in black, batman and Pepsi variant, I can honestly say that the watch is not worth 45k in a million years. A fine watch but even a few thousand over retail and its starting to get a bit worrying.

But look I dont know what a tracker mortgage is, and the gurus say the fundamentals are sound. Soft landing after a much needed correction and now its all stable again and business is great. Nothing to worry about.

scwazrh · 22-08-2022 8:36pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119507078#Comment_119507078

Which did you prefer ? I have myself convinced I want a Pepsi but I tried one on last year in Dawsons when it was €22k and it felt underwhelming.With time passing I’m not sure if it was the price or the watch I didn’t like .

893bet · 22-08-2022 8:44pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119507318#Comment_119507318

It will always be underwhelming if you pay 2-3x what the manufacturer sets the RRP at.

unkel · 22-08-2022 8:57pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119507318#Comment_119507318

I found them all underwhelming too. Look lovely from a distance but underwhelming on the wrist. Dawson's have eye-watering prices, but I like the shop, their expertise and that you can try different watches on.

Fitz II · 22-08-2022 9:10pm

Batman was the best version, the pepsi colours were not to my taste, I think the oyster suites it best

It's a fairly simple watch the gmt...I paid 18k for a pepsi and at that I felt u had been skinned and moved it quick. A 12k batman is about where my comfort lies.

Ian OB · 23-08-2022 5:00pm

Since I received this a little over a year ago I have to say that for its price point (€30 including delivery) its smashing.

A few minor niggles haven't stopped it from becoming my daily watch, worn for almost everything.

Niggles include rubbish strap (straps are like shoe laces just change them & carry on). Lume may have been present in the factory but it wasn't part of the manufacturing process^. Rotating chapter ring isn't as tight as you might like. However, as I have zero idea what all them numbers mean*, it doesn't impact on me in any way whatsoever.

It does have an AR coating on the glass (or whatever its made of).

Pushers have popped out upon occasion (twice) to be replaced with blue tack as a temporary measure. Pushers have been found too & easily reinstated.

All in all, for a fairly solid, yet ultimately disposable watch its hard to go wrong with a Jaragar.

^I might try & rectify this myself at some point in the autumn.

*I also have zero intention of learning this either 😁