Who Watches the Watchmen (Our Chit Chat Thread)

About 4800 euro that....for a new watch? No a bad price really. New model is RRP 7k The cheapest big moonbox second hand ones I see these days are 3500+ at least.

That’s nice , what price was it at ? Might be worth a trip through Heathrow

Yeah same as that on insta and lots of fake sellers sending DM to see if I want their “high quality watch piece at good price”

That and Asian women who want to talk but never about watches

I hate not being able to multi-quote almost as much as I hate not being able to split out quotes into points as we used to be able to do.

I have a personal account on insta for the usual, being social and fake successful 😁

Then I have the watch and collectible account as a "hobby" account. I'd love to think it's because I'm not shallow and seeking validation, but, honestly that's probably part of it.

Not that I need external validation or to be told "Wow, your stuff is great!" More that honestly, of my circle of friends, I'm the only one with an interest in watches and planes.

My friends do have an interest in comics, sci-fi, collectibles and some of my other interests esp 3D printing, but, not one of them could tell a Vostok from a Seiko 😉

So if I was to do a bit of soul searching? My hobby account on insta would probably be a way to connect with people who share that interest in at least a superficial way. It's not a search for validation... Or maybe?🤔

Far less detail, chat or craic on Insta than here, but, some really fantastic photos. Some of the dealers share shots of vintage pieces and some of the folk doing watch photography are capable of amazing shots.

I have found some gems of people in certain accounts like sinngram, Jung urmacher and others. Even your account Fitz, it's not just showing off or swinging balls. There are some lovely photos, a bit of craic and always a bit of knowledge.

1 thing that has me using insta more the YT aswell, is that I generally find myself on Insta, whilst listening to a podcast or similar. Allows me to split my attention between 2 things and convince myself I'm able to multitask rather than having an awful attention span 😂

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Forgot to add, feel your pain on the funds front. Very illiquid at the mo but sure it's not the end of the world. Wanted to buy something recently but the only way I could swing it was by letting go the VC.

And I just smile too much every time I wear it so, the blue stays here 👍

PSA lads

(No idea why boards want to rotate my picture).

There was maybe a couple of hundred off it, I didn’t really push her as wasn’t going to purchase but at the same time didn’t seem to be a lot of movement.

If I were going Pam that’s the style I’d be going for, looking at the pics it does look big on the wrist but didn’t maybe feel as big, I certainly didn’t gasp when I put it on.

When I compared the new speedmaster to the old one, didn’t like the bracelet, clasp seemed tiny.

No. Some shop in Cork.

By cave of wonders you mean shitter central. And by William street you mean poundshop street!

Not had a chance to gloat yet. Only corkonian I have interacted with have been serving me food. And you don’t want to annoy anyone who has access to your food!

Very little to be found online on the 932 but I got that impression too about the crystal

I did get a pretty decent deal. My one was the cheapest of 3 they had for sale by quite a margin (there were only 388 made of this watch - Panerai Boutique only, no discounts, I think £8k retail). WF had my old Panerai 196, which was very slow to get a final offer. When I called them saying I was interested in the 932, things got rolling and a deal was done within hours. They upped the offer for my watch by €250 and dropped the price for the 932 by €500, but that was it then, no further negotiation. Making the deal comparable to the cheapest 932 on chrono24 (a private sale - I had been in contact with the seller but he upped his price - twice! - while we were having contact). The watch from WF also comes with a "new" 2 year warranty and a lot of peace of mind compared to buying privately

Also just got a call from a lovely lady in WF Paris that they received my watch from Hong Kong this morning, will send it on to me today so I will have it in the next 24 / 48 hours. They rang just to confirm address. Very excited now 😎

Hopefully, this will give you some indication of crystal and dial until the 932 arrives. This is the 946 model. Similar to 932 except P4002 in-house auto movement and additional complications - which I appreciate some do not like and prefer the plain dial, but each to their own! Case is also slightly smaller at 45mm compared to the 47mm 932.

Not sure if your on Instagram but an account I follow has been filling their stories with the 932 .Great quality photos really showing off the watch -

Here’s a screen grab of their account below if you want to check it out

@scwazrh - "Not sure if your on Instagram"

I am now. And that's the first account I am following 😁

I had difficulty too, until I realised it is owned by FB and you can log into Instagram with your FB account. I never post on FB either but it is handy for reading some very specific forums and for buying and selling stuff. And I'm immune to whatever ads they throw at me, have most ad blockers switched on anyway too (as I use mostly on PC, not on mobile) and I'm not that bothered about personal privacy.

Sure Teletext has all you need ..

Watchfinder.

You will have to sign up with them, then offer your watches for sale and indicate which of their Explorers they currently have for sale you are interested in. Once WF have confirmation that they received your watches (in France these days), ring their sales team. If you eventually can get through to them, they can make things move.

I wouldn't bother with a G-shock for mowing the lawn of washing the dishes. The Rolex and the Seiko can easily handle that (as opposed to watches like your moonwatch, which is probably one of the two you are trading in?)