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unkel

banie01 wrote: »

my rule of thumb for Chrono24 prices is always to knock 20% to get the private sale range.

With the exception of the likes of Rolex, that's as good a valuation as any in my book. For selling watches I compare to the cheapest comparable one (in the EU), knock 10% off and that's my asking price. Which obviously still has a good bit of room for negotiation.

Cyrus

45k

Not a hope

http://www.adverts.ie/24608580

banie01

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117773288#Comment_117773288

Is it a mishmash? Or am I totally mistaken?

It's the wrong dial, it's an 116520 that the seller is claiming it as vintage? It's a 10year old watch...

Am I missing something, or just a noob?

EDIT

Maybe I am a noob 😉 but I think that our local might be a bit on the overpriced 😮 side. If my Chrono24 rule of thumb holds true, it's an €18k watch but sure it's a Rolex so let's say even at their asking, it's €22k.

Can't see Irish Rolex fanboys paying double for an aftermarket dial either.

893bet

It’s a bastardised custom job from some company that does that.

Same seller had this last year.

https://www.adverts.ie/22701874

banie01

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117773587#Comment_117773587

I remember that one alright. Even on that one, it was so odd. Went from being a 1/5 limitedwatch to a 1 of a kind designed by him over the course of the sale thread.

Fitz II

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117773288#Comment_117773288

He has the strangest watches.

Cyrus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117775539#Comment_117775539

really does, he is also taking the utter p!ss with that asking price, the same crowd his one is from have one on C24 for 22k, and even at that its too much for a butchered 116520.

banie01

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117775539#Comment_117775539

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117775713#Comment_117775713

He has a very eclectic mix of watches alright and some very odd ones. The Daytona, I mean I'm nowhere near the level of some on here but if I was buying, I'd like the original dial, box and papers too. Surely the customisation work invalidates the Rolex warranty and for want of a better word the "chain of custody" of it being a Rolex? Similarly with the Black Venom piece and even dare I say it the artisans de geneve custom pieces?

I totally understand that when you have a certain level of wealth that only owning the unobtainium isn't enough but, that having it customised and made unique can be an even greater differentiator.

But its mad isn't it? Surely rather than ruin(?) a consumer and commercial classic buying Haute Horology would make more sense? Sit with a watchmaker and tell him what you want?

Now that said, some of the Black Venom customisations are very nice and their website is slick AF, but its a level of consumerism i suppose I'll never be rich enough to understand. I'm not jealous or envious tho....

Swear ;)

Cyrus

My my

https://www.adverts.ie/casual/rolex-pics-does-no-justice/24654843