Who Watches the Watchmen (Our Chit Chat Thread)

Thankfully there is a canary in this mine.....watchfinder. If you ever sell a watch to them you notice it doesnt go on sale for about 6 months. They buy on the predicted price in 6 months and on top of that they control the prices and hoard supply. If WF ever start not making offers on watches or making really terrible offers you know the thing is about to pop. As time goes on, Chrono24 prices are more and more fantastical. Remember that with Nicos internet fame, he can put heavy prices on watches that people will pay just to get the P&P experiance (which is actually a very good experiance)

What are you selling?

Which AP are you after again? With Weirs?

Ah yes. The level of demand for watches that you would assume is not are not in demand is surprising. Gold 30k watches with waitlists.

Ireland is a waste for sourcing watches. No AP, no VC, No ALS. Very little bar mainstream luxury of Rolex, Omga, tag, brietling etc.

Lucky you are dealing with Weirs. Remember Keanes lost a lads GMT withstand was in for a service on here and they just paid by cheque in the end. It was a discontinued model aswell. Weirs went above and beyond considering the loss was nothing to do with them.

I agree with micks_address, you'd have to ask or risk getting a polite "thank you" and it sitting in a drawer for the next 20 years. The reality is 99% of people have zero interest in stuff like that unfortunately.

Ah yeah I remember now, thanks Cyrus :-)

Just been watching the FP3 in the Formula 1 from a rain soaked Istanbul circuit.

And it struck me that Rolex has been the official timekeeper for a while now, and I've never even seen a reference to a Rolex Formula 1 time piece.

I've seen pictures of a red accented, black dial steel Daytona, but I don't even know if it is real.

With IWC, TAG Heuer, Hublot and Richard Mille as high profile team sponsors, I wonder is Rolex deliberately staying out of the F1 branding race?

I think unless you have a desire and spare cash to get into above €20k watches a sub is all you need. To me it’s tool watch perfection and has all the high end clout needed from a watch.

Pretty much. Unless you are a bit bigger and want something just like a sub but more substantial, less common and with a bit more attitude. Paul Thorpe called it the best sports watch Rolex has ever made. Thank fook I didn't sell it when I got a good offer on it a few months ago. Fell in love with it again last time I went swimming. Still wearing it 24/7, even the Panerai barely gets a look in

Not so sure if you need big wrists. Mine are only a bit over average anyway. Sure the JC looks silly on a size zero supermodel like David Beckham's son who owns this watch, but for 75% of men it would look fine. The only thing you'd need to get to grips with is the weight of the watch and the height.

id recommend mcneelys. Nice crew there

did you buy from them direct or from a seller using the platform?

Is anything getting delivered via an post from Royal Mail? I ordered an ndc strap couple of weeks ago and it was sent Royal Mail. No sign of it yet. I suspect it was returned to sender. Same with a phone case from red bubble. Never arrived.

Got a reply from the British Horological Institute in Newark-On-Trent about a beginner course in watchmaking

"The first step would be a watch taster day (£99.00) and from there our 5-day service & repair of manual winding watches course https://bhi.co.uk/training-education/short-courses/  (associate registration required plus course fee £900.00). Dates for both of these so far are fully booked"

Also attached a form regarding the courses. Definitely interested in attending, might wait until next year and co- inside it with the next watch fair in Birmingham to make the best out of the trip and would be a great place to pick up tools! ,not sure if I would have any problems carrying metal tweezers etc on a plane!😁

Also have decided to put Donegal on hold until next year as well, prices seem to high and may have other commitments next week, still up for a GTG if there is interest. Thinking of a night in Westport instead, open to any other suggestions! 🙂

Yeah the lads are very nice and professional, I spoke more to Tim than to Gavin, got the impression he is more senior / knowledgeable

Train, Jaysus that cost a fortune last time I was in one. I guess I was the only one in the whole train (Dublin to Cork day return) who paid full fare, so I guess I had to pay for all the others too 🤣

Ha! Yeah you can't beat public transport if you don't have to pay for it 😁

Always liked trains myself, but they are mega expensive if you pay full whack for a ticket. I think it was very close to €100 for a day return Dublin to Cork for 1 adult. Insane for such a small trip, flying is cheaper

Agreed, I think the half price for yoofs is inspired. It will encourage usage and normalise adoption for that generation, and those that follow.

I had a work thing in Belfast a few years ago, and I was asked if the train was acceptable, as I'm in Dublin.

It was fecking marvelous.

Comfy, connected, catered! :)

I walked form the station to the hotel, and had a lovely stay and saw some local sights, and attended the event.

Lovely experience.

The trip to Belfast may well result in a space in my box, rather than an addition.

A chat on the phone regarding what I have, and what I want led to a fairly strong price guide for my VC that honestly has me seriously considering letting it go.

Market is mad, prices are irrational and the temptation to cash in in a desirable blue dialled watch is growing :/

I've had that very conversation with a regular here and the Mrs.

It's the conundrum of cashing in on a rising market isn't it? Anything else you might consider is already rising too.

I'd like to spin it into a Zenith Chronomaster sport and an Omega 2535.80, thing is if the lads above are accurate on what they expect to fetch? I'd even have a little change!

I've seen others mention the effect of hearing a price or considering a sale can have on grà for a watch and didn't think it would happen to me. I was wrong! I still love the VC but now I'm half afraid to ding it when I wear it 😂

Its an offer on consignment but with (according to them at least) a buyer lined up. There was some horse trading on commission but I settled for price back to me with them keeping anything above that. Will leave it with them for 30days and if it doesn't fetch what they think and what I'd set as my "price" I'll know that smoke was being blown up asses ;)

Will do ;)

The joys of them fawning over a piece but not throwing their own cash down 😉 it pushes an onus back on them to back up their confidence in pricing too IMO whilst not costing me.

Silly as it sounds, even with me knowing how much the prices have appreciated since June? I'd not expected them to go "grand so, we'll pick it up in the morning".