Who Watches the Watchmen (Our Chit Chat Thread)

All the non shop stuff is run through another company "God Tier" something or other (i kid you not)

is he? the only person i know that (leases) private jets has made around 150m in the last 2 calendar years (which i know for a fact rather than speculation).

I could be way off but i cant see how that lad is making enough to justify that kind of expense.

Their social media presence is popular, but if nothing else it's nailed on for me that I'm getting old 🤣

I had to unfollow Nico's FB, those reaction videos just aren't my cup of tea at all. Now that said, they really seem to both know their market and somehow? Achieve prices that many of use wouldn't think are realistic values. Be it from selling to cryptokids who want swag? Or to discerning buyers who know what they want and are willing to pay for it?

I don't know which, probably both with an added niche as the only place on the island doing their schtick at any scale? Credit where it's due, they do seem to do it well.

There’s a whole lot of smoke and mirrors across a lot of the watch YouTube universe. Small group of people doing a lot of buying and selling between themselves.

The only lad I know who was ever flying private was financing casinos in the U.S., not making a few hundred quid here and there on the odd sale.

You'd be surprised at how affordable it can be, especially for the more short haul stuff, E.G a Global 6000 (seats about 16) from Dublin to Paris on Saturday is 9.5k at the moment. Divide that 10 ways and its pretty reasonable per head.

I remember paying IRP699 for a one way (!) flight from AMS to DUB with Aer Lingus in the mid 90s. That was roughly the net monthly wage of a university graduate. So similar to about €2500 in today's money.

Been sitting all day and was getting a whiff of something every now and again.

Thought it was the top I was wearing! Smelled like it was left to dry out for a few days after coming out of the wash.

Randomly sniffing it directed me to the cuff of it. Thought it was strange no smell from the rest of it.

Thought nothing more, but every now and again the odour hit me, so I'd sniff the cuff again!

But it was actually the strap of my Traser P59 Type 3, which I recently wore once or twice when showering when I couldn't be arsed to take it off.

Anyone know how to get the damp smell out of it now?!!

Hi folks,

I've a question about ordering a Rolex at retail. If you order say a GMT etc and given that it might take 3 or 5 years etc..do Rolex retailers sell at the rrp or do they charge market value? Someone told me weirs quoted them 13k for a sub rrp which sounds wrong?

Cheers,

Mick

Also one for Wibbs, was looking through the sales section of Watchuseek and came across a vintage Lip diver [Link] €300 a good price for one?

Yeah I've bought a couple of watches from WF and they were open to negotiation.