Who Watches the Watchmen (Our Chit Chat Thread)

I think that maybe they are trying to make a positive change. Most of the people on diets are overweight too, does that mean diets dont work?

The annual Patek exhibition which includes this years new releases is in Weirs at the moment, the last day in Sunday. Might be of interest to some here, great chance to try on some of the scarcer models.

I just had a quick look at their FB and it's up on that so i doubt it.

And those you can, you better have 40k + cash sitting around :)

At this point im convinced that if they said you’ve to give us back the old one to get a new one (with no trade in) people would still do it.

Went into the exhibition was great,name down for a 5164a but I'll probably never see it .

Great to see the full range and try whatever you like on.

No she seemed happy I was interested but obviously non committal on how long. I'll follow up with an email

I am far from Patek territory 😉 I do hope that the waitlist is kind to you Cyrus. I have had the good fortune to have had 893's on the wrist for a few minutes and they really, really are an exceptional piece. It's mad how I went from just how good can a rubber banded sports watch be? To holy feck, it's brilliant 🤣

It's actually the one watch that I consistently get PM'd about on insta asking if I'm selling. I've had 10/11 messages about it.

Stuck a very cheeky offer in on Omega 2535.80 earlier. If it's accepted brilliant 👍 if it's not I hope this lad is a better negotiator than the Italian dope I was trying to buy 1 from yesterday.

They had the watch up at 3k including shipping, made a fair offer within 10% of asking. Their counter offer was 3.5k🤷

@ct its lorus and argos is where i saw them

At retail a no brainer but I think the call will never come. Not sure what current RRP is for the 5167 but I think around 19k. Cheapest on c24 is 50k.

I said it 18 months ago when Aqua were 35k-40 on c24 that at double their retail they are good value. They are now 50-55k on c24 and I think still represent value. The range will be discontinued and refreshed in the next two years (the current range is there since 2008. They will jump to 70k immediately.

Crazy crazy crazy money as it stands. But room to get crazier I think.

In Weirs looking at the Patek Exhibition. Lot of watches you just never see. A lot were non functional, but in the right metal and with movements just non functional. Still nice to try a few on. Certainly hit home to me that I dont like Nautilus except the mad annual calendar 6 figure watch. Love aquanauts....the chrono versions are deadly, loved the green and the blue. A bunch of photos to swoon over

Love those first few pics of the navy and green Aquanauts, did you dress on purpose for them? 😂

Well, does wearing any of them bring the love for the hobby back a bit? That 5990/1R is the ultimate flex watch. And if you could get that at retail, it will be the best investment you ever make, pay 5 figures and make an instant quarter of a million profit 😎

Agree i loved the 5172 i have to say, beautiful.

Tbh even if someone was in the market for a 70k chronograph, I can’t see why they wouldn’t get an ALS 1815 and save themselves 15k!

More sporty look than the ALS and more "swiss" less "germanic" , but the movement on the ALS looks better, more depth (never saw one in the metal only talking off photos here).....but look I am going to throw this out here.....60k on a watch is too much money on a watch....thats an entire collection of excellent watches. There said it.

*893bet has left the chat*

Its arrived in Ireland 😁 Sacrifices to the gods of Revenue have failed however and an additional few hundred will be required on top before it makes its way to me. C'est la guerre!🙄

The transit time from US to here may be of interest to some. It spent from the 3rd to late evening on the 9th wending its way from Nebraska to Illinois. once it hit Chicago, in Ireland and customs generated within 14hrs!

Sent via USPS and declared value was the sale price. No attempt to disguise that or obfuscate it TBH. Rather a hope that it'd swerve the desk 😉 naive I know but then I can rely on luck rather than overt tax evasion for saving me a few quid.

Tax hit should be in the 390 range but tbh, that still brings the total cost of the watch to €2.2k which I really think is still great value for what it is.

Forgot to mention, the new Pelagos...

The only part of it that appeals to me is the no-date. The integrated case and bi directional bezel really don't gel with me at all. Bi-directional bezel on a diver is a safety risk IMO and detracts from the redundancy that it gives with a D.C

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Just to add, of course some divers such as the ploprof and Eterna kontiki and I think maybe IWC? Have bi-directional bezels but they are lockable or a combo of 2 bezels internal/external with 1 either lockable or uni-directional to ensure dive time accuracy.

From what I've read of the FXD, the bezel doesn't lock. May be of use to a military diver navigating? But no help to a PADI or recreational diver.

Not at all, the yank is tho! 🤣🤣

nice Banie... i should list my blue datejust :) happy with the outcome?