Who Watches the Watchmen (Our Chit Chat Thread)

I have two pairs at home you are welcome to either if you think they are similar to what you’re looking for and can’t get the others in your timeframe. Drop me a PM and I’ll chuck them in the post if you need.

I like it. Cant afford it but I get it. RM are actually innovativee with their use of materials and designs. They are not to my tastes andmassivelyy overpriced, but thats an impressive bit of watchmaking. Tried on my first RM recently in Belfast an RM11 and it did exactly nothing for me. However if you want to wear a house on your wrist both in value and size for a lot of them...then rock on and more power to you.

I am a big fan of formula 1 and everyone...all the drivers, owners, managers and team leaders wear RM....its really taking that motorsport crown. And Rapha rocks his one...but he is rapha the GOAT.

Not overly exciting, I thought it would be something a bit more special.

Tragically boring....as if an explorer was not plain enough, lets take it to another level of bland.

Not serious, the only way to make the ranger more boring was to turn it into a “collection”. Zzzzzzzz

I was really, really hoping for a polar Blackbay Pro 😕

Jesus maybe it’s actually alright as that lads sense of Style is questionable

I prefer it to an explorer and spec wise is no different, plus it’s €3k versus what €9ish for an explorer .I’d definitely take it over an explorer

Just got a text to say I owe customs on two kids tops which I shouldn't as they are supposed to be vat free under 12.

Do I remember someone here getting charged for books despite them also being vat free on import and claiming it back

I posted about being charged vat on two books from the uk.I didn’t argue it and just paid it as I wasn’t prepared to deal with what would no doubt be a long drawn out disagreement and having to prove customs wrong .

I am reasonably confident that if I buy from Norway that there's no VAT or Duty as it's an EEA/EFTA? Am I correct in that assumption? And if I am, can someone do me the favour of talking me out of buying another Sinn U2 😮😂

Buy retail and claim the VAT back. Someone in here got one I think with 20% discount a year or two ago in Weir's, but that would be very best case scenario. Ask for the 20%, negotiate, see how much you get.

Are you sure about the 1085 though? It looks nice but it has a sausage dial, not the sandwich dial Panerai are famous for. It's a bit like buying a FWD BMW 😂

Weirs probably isn’t going to be the place to get a healthy discount. Presume you can buy pre owned from watchfinder and still reclaim the vat ?

go for the 1313

Not sure actually maybe not. Could be worth an email to wf and co anyway.

I’ve the 1084. Same watch , different colour dial . Sandwich dial is nicer but certainly wouldn’t let the sausage dial put you off. The panerai that made panerai famous has a sausage dial and the 1086 is the closest in appearance to it . The 1086 is same as 1084 just without small seconds.

I reckon you could get 10% off in weirs but if you are going to Italy , try get to Florence and go to the panerai flagship store / museum and buy one there .That’s my plan for my next Panerai purchase anyway .