Today's bargain watch that I'm not buying

Cyclingtourist · 31-03-2021 07:11PM

Seagull Plan B 1962 from Poljot24 in Germany. Not as inexpensive as Aliexpress but if the budget can stretch to around the €500 mark then you get great retail service and lumed hands.

https://www.poljot24.de/en/catalog/product/view/id/1528/s/1962/category/40/

The Inbetween is mine · 31-03-2021 07:19PM

A collection by CAB in Dublin today....would these actually come up for auction at some point?

Fitz II · 31-03-2021 07:20PM

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

A collection by CAB in Dublin today....would these actually come up for auction at some point?

Good chance they are fake to be honest.

Cienciano · 31-03-2021 07:21PM

Cyclingtourist wrote: »

Seagull Plan B 1962 from Poljot24 in Germany. Not as inexpensive as Aliexpress but if the budget can stretch to around the €500 mark then you get great retail service and lumed hands.

https://www.poljot24.de/en/catalog/product/view/id/1528/s/1962/category/40/

Nice watch, but closed back :eek:

banie01 · 31-03-2021 07:24PM

Fitz II wrote: »

Good chance they are fake to be honest.

I don't know, the photo isn't great but I'd imagine fakes would be plated?:

If you look at the Daytona, it's heavily scratched but no steel visible on the gold portions that I can see.
Now it's a crap photo, but I'd be leaning towards maybe real for the Daytona but real or fake...

It looks like it was a pipe fitters watch :pac:

Cyclingtourist · 31-03-2021 08:09PM

Cienciano wrote: »

Nice watch, but closed back :eek:

You can get a display back for an extra €29.

Jimmy Bottlehead · 31-03-2021 08:20PM

Cienciano wrote: »

Nice collection of aliexpress watches here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxdL-hwbP9Y

My current (and by current, I mean the last seven years of study!) lack of funds is killing me. I'd love a few of those pieces, have wanted the Pagani Daytona and Seagull 1963 for quite some time.

dakar · 31-03-2021 08:29PM

Keep an eye on Ye Olde Watch Giveaway thread so...

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057943286/1/#post109041636

PunkIPA · 31-03-2021 09:41PM

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

A collection by CAB in Dublin today....would these actually come up for auction at some point?

Assuming they are kosher, if you are a member of a multi-million euro drug cartel you'd think you'd be able to spare a few bob to get the pieces polished :pac:

The are in worse nick than my most bashed up beater.

Del2005 · 31-03-2021 09:47PM

Fitz II wrote: »

Good chance they are fake to be honest.

Can a government agency sell counterfeit goods? I'd say that any fakes meet the hammer and the genuine ones meet the gavel.

Jimmy Bottlehead · 01-04-2021 12:51AM

dakar wrote: »

Keep an eye on Ye Olde Watch Giveaway thread so...

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057943286/1/#post109041636

You weren't joking!

RMDrive · 01-04-2021 09:04AM

Cyclingtourist wrote: »

You can get a display back for an extra €29.

And it's worth it as it's a relatively nice looking movement.

longshotvalue · 02-04-2021 01:54PM

https://www.geckota.com/geckota-racing-c-03-black-orange-dial-1

This is Automatic, Sapphire, and i think Ceramic Bezel

Extra 10 % off at checkout GECKOTA10

893bet · 03-04-2021 09:07AM

Form an orderly line folks

https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.php?492379-FS-Patek-5711-Blue-Dial

70 ****ing k sterling and that’s cheap at the moment.

There was one in Dawson’s last year for 55 euros that Fitz and I discussed. Seems cheap now....will that 70k one seem cheap in a few years? It’s crazy. It has to stop somewhere you would think.

Fitz II · 03-04-2021 01:26PM

893bet wrote: »

Form an orderly line folks

https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.php?492379-FS-Patek-5711-Blue-Dial

70 ****ing k sterling and that’s cheap at the moment.

There was one in Dawson’s last year for 55 euros that Fitz and I discussed. Seems cheap now....will that 70k one seem cheap in a few years? It’s crazy. It has to stop somewhere you would think.

Whether you believe it or agree with it, this is actually almost a bargain, you could realise 10-20k profit on that watch on a slow flip.

david · 03-04-2021 05:24PM

Screenshot? Post count not high enough to see sales corner.

NIMAN · 18-04-2021 10:58PM

Not sure if a great deal or not, but might interest some here, and appears a lot of watch for the moneyRed
Red Citizen Eco-drive Dive watch

https://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10152&catalogId=15051&langId=111&searchTerms=8868581&authToken=-1002%252CTb6zd56kFOpztp1WPmC9rktuDxQ%253D

Cassius99 · 21-04-2021 03:32PM

Not a watch but a handy Marathon alarm clock. Usually around €30 + postage, its available for a little over a tenner if you have prime...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marathon-CL030052GG-table-clock-clocks/dp/B017KNVQUM/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=marathon+clock&qid=1619019071&sr=8-5

fat bloke · 27-04-2021 06:47PM

I can never tell if watches on adverts are bargains or not. In fact I'm always suspicious that if one of you guys hasn't immediately snapped it up then it probably isn't a bargain at all !!

What about this though?

https://www.adverts.ie/sports/tissot-seastar-1000-automatic/23636048?notification=0b5fb986a2eb22c2166a52d54707be96-1619548826&utm_campaign=AdWatchCommented&utm_medium=link&utm_source=email

I've asked about affordable auto chrono's before and even better the trinity of diver/auto/chrono.

Surely this is a bargain at 450?

NIMAN · 27-04-2021 06:50PM

From reading this forum over a few years, I would say Tissot is a brand that would be looked down on.

athlone573 · 27-04-2021 06:53PM

NIMAN wrote: »

From reading this forum over a few years, I would say Tissot is a brand that would be looked down on.

I would say that's a fair comment. I believe mechanically they're fine (part of the Swatch group) but they're just ugly with the proportions all wrong. If you like it, nothing to stop you, but a Seiko would be what all the cool kids are wearing these days.

fat bloke · 27-04-2021 06:59PM

athlone573 wrote: »

I would say that's a fair comment. I believe mechanically they're fine (part of the Swatch group) but they're just ugly with the proportions all wrong. If you like it, nothing to stop you, but a Seiko would be what all the cool kids are wearing these days.

But aren't Hamilton also Swatch group and they seem to get the surreptitious, precious nod of approval?

Time · 27-04-2021 07:08PM

fat bloke wrote: »

But aren't Hamilton also Swatch group and they seem to get the surreptitious, precious nod of approval?

Sure technically half the watches out there have swatch (ETA) movements in them. Watches are a funny hobby that way. The same movement in two different brands can be looked at very differently

T-Maxx · 27-04-2021 07:34PM

Don't let the watch snobs get to you. Tissot are grand and well regarded, I have a few quartz models myself. Personally I don't think a diver should have a chrono complication though.

893bet · 27-04-2021 07:45PM

I used have a nice visodate. Reasonable quality for the money. Almost bought a t touch a couple of times.

Wouldn’t be into it these days but they have a history to rival and exceed many other luxury watch brands. Don’t think anyone would look down on them.

NIMAN · 27-04-2021 08:23PM

893bet wrote: »

I used have a nice visodate. Reasonable quality for the money. Almost bought a t touch a couple of times.

Wouldn’t be into it these days but they have a history to rival and exceed many other luxury watch brands. Don’t think anyone would look down on them.

Not in the general public, but in this forum they would.;)

scwazrh · 27-04-2021 08:40PM

NIMAN wrote: »

Not in the general public, but in this forum they would.;)

If you really want to be looked down on in a watch forum you have to buy a Tag.

lfc200 · 27-04-2021 09:00PM

scwazrh wrote: »

If you really want to be looked down on in a watch forum you have to buy a Tag.

Also guilty but I love it!

MarcusP12 · 27-04-2021 09:25PM

scwazrh wrote: »

If you really want to be looked down on in a watch forum you have to buy a Tag.

My top 3 watches in my collection are a couple of tags and an auto chrono tissot....people must think I’m scum soðŸ€¦*♂️!! Haha!

Chuck_Norris · 27-04-2021 09:38PM

fat bloke wrote: »

I can never tell if watches on adverts are bargains or not. In fact I'm always suspicious that if one of you guys hasn't immediately snapped it up then it probably isn't a bargain at all !!

What about this though?

https://www.adverts.ie/sports/tissot-seastar-1000-automatic/23636048?notification=0b5fb986a2eb22c2166a52d54707be96-1619548826&utm_campaign=AdWatchCommented&utm_medium=link&utm_source=email

I've asked about affordable auto chrono's before and even better the trinity of diver/auto/chrono.

Surely this is a bargain at 450?

Nice looking watch, but a small word of caution possibly.

Wife bought me a PRC200 Auto Chrono for a wedding present. Pretty sure it uses the same C01.211 movement, which is where the problems lie.

Most independent watchmakers won't touch it with a bargepole for service. Mine started gaining about 2 minutes a day after about 2 years of constant wear, so it had to be sent to SWATCH group in Southampton for repair.

Watch gone for the usual several months, and only for a mate charging me cost for the repairs, it would have almost been uneconomical to do so.

On top of that, both of us suspect that it was a movement swap rather than an actual service/ regulation.

Just my 2 cents.

Today's bargain watch that I'm not buying

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