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  • #5222
    hogandrew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 449 ✭✭hogandrew


    Thanks for that. I had just searched by model number and hadn't seen either of them. I was going by a lower rrp as I'd bought it in dollars. I'll wear it a bit before moving it on anyway, maybe it'll grow on me, but ballpark 7k isn't as bad as I was fearing



  • #5223
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,116 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122799684#Comment_122799684

    Agree with @Cyrus, very few Rolex left that are worth retail or more now. But by all means stick it up on adverts for €7900 and just see what offers you get

    Maybe this helps. My first Rolex was also a black Explorer and I got bored with it very quickly too 😀

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #5224
    hogandrew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 449 ✭✭hogandrew


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122799870#Comment_122799870

    Ye, I'm not sure what I had expected. Just a little underwhelmed.



  • #5225
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,116 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122799921#Comment_122799921

    I came from a blue Seamaster Bond and that watch is simply more interesting. That said, the build quality of the Rolex like the case / bracelet far exceeds that of Omega imho

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #5226
    scwazrh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭scwazrh


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122799921#Comment_122799921

    Had a similar experience myself with a blue dial OP41 .Was lucky enough to move it on for what I paid but those two watches are boring .



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  • #5227
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,116 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Rolex sold too. See my sig for what I have left. Big sales effort this week to thin out the collection, would be happy to just be left with one Seiko or Breitling or something like that for the moment

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    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #5228
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,116 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Milgauss

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    https://www.adverts.ie/sports/rolex-milgauss/35453705

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #5229
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,116 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    And the last watch I own, that was not yet advertised. My blue Tuna

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    https://www.adverts.ie/sports/seiko-blue-tuna-sbbn037/35455097

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #5230
    Fitz II
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,614 ✭✭✭Fitz II


    White milgauss is my long standing bet for the one that will be collectable in some years. Actually a very nice wearable watch, in a good size.



  • #5231
    hitemfrank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭hitemfrank


    I wish I had the spare money for the white Milguass. I would then have to get the z blue version to complete the trifecta, so maybe it's best I don't have the spare money



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  • #5232
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,116 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122816107#Comment_122816107

    You better start saving hard. There is a black one as well (without the GV) 😀

    I had GV (twice) and the black and now the white. Always fancied the Z-blue. That bastard @Fitz II got one but sold it on before he gave me an opportunity to buy it. It has gone up in value by thousands since where most Rolex went down during that period! Oh wait there is one in NL, full set, fixed asking price of €9.4k, seems a bargain

    https://www.chrono24.co.uk/rolex/milgauss--id36505522.htm?searchHash=ea4a951a_tgW3rG&pos=1

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #5233
    fulladapipes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 701 ✭✭✭fulladapipes


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122816132#Comment_122816132

    The black one is where it's at for me. The GV green dial one looks great but is not particularly legible. The one below is the best of the lot. There's a full-set of the black version for €7600 on C24 if you had the europes for it.

    image.png


  • #5234
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,116 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122816204#Comment_122816204

    I sold a black one recently. I feel it is the least desirable in the range and they are the cheapest on C24. To me the Z-blue is the prettiest, but it is a funny colour of blue and all the people I personally know who have owned one (including a few regulars on this forum) sold them on quickly

    Still they are all classy watches. Classic Rolex style. Wear big because they are all dial and small bezel, so at 40mm still ok even for big wrists. Funky - not as stale and boring as a datejust or oyster perpetual. Discontinued which makes them increasingly rare, and collectable. And who needs a seconds hand when the watch is likely out by the guts of a minute anyway? 😁

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #5235
    hitemfrank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭hitemfrank


    The only saving I'm doing these days is for the child that's on the way. I'm very likely out of buying watches for a considerable time going forward 😂



  • #5236
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,116 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Congrats man! Best wishes & health to your family.

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #5237
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,116 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Just came across this by accident. I think that might be in the vault in Belfast (where P&P keep their watches)

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    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #5238
    dinorebel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭dinorebel


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122817085#Comment_122817085

    Congratulations as a father of 2 girls one at college the other in 5th year the next watch you buy will be in 2042.



  • #5239
    banie01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,622 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122817085#Comment_122817085

    Massive congratulations! Enjoy every moment of it and as Dinorebel says, Kids are an even pricier hobby than watches 😉😁



  • #5240
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,116 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122822857#Comment_122822857

    Ah it's not too bad. To raise a child in Ireland costs just €250k. Each.

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #5241
    This is it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,235 ✭✭✭This is it


    I'm at the early stages, just 13 weeks old, but with having twins I'd imagine my "wedding watch" will be the last for a long long time



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  • #5242
    banie01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,622 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122823385#Comment_122823385

    Congratulations to you and the Mrs too. Can only imagine the extra effort involved with twins. Despite my sperm donor & my 1st wife's dad both being ½ of twins, we swerved that surprise.

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122823236#Comment_122823236

    My late brother gifted me a beautiful Ferrari Enzo model 21yrs ago, with a note saying "Congrats on Kate's pregnancy, enjoy the model it's as close as you'll ever get to the real thing now" 😂

    He was a funny fecker, the car sits in pride of place in my ManCave and the story will be wheeled out come Josh's 21st in March.



  • #5243
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,466 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122823385#Comment_122823385

    An apt bumper sticker:

    First I Had Time, Then I Had Twins

    Not your ornery onager



  • #5244
    david
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,693 ✭✭✭david


    Bit of a random one, looking for a very dark brown leather keeper for a 16mm buckle end strap.
    If anyone has something sitting in the watch box, I’d greatly appreciate the keeper for the price of a pint or donation to a charity of your choosing.



  • #5245
    Deep Thought
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,704 ✭✭✭Deep Thought


    Hi all

    So as some may know am recovering from knee surgery. SWMBO was been fantastic the last 10 weeks driving me everywhere and putting up with an old moany git around the house.

    was going to get her something special for Christmas ( Cartier methinks) .. so, to do that am going to offload my Seiko SpeedTimer Pogue

    Worn in rotation , it will come with the SS bracelet and a leather strap in the pics

    Cheapest on C24 is €625

    I’ll do mine for €600 inc shipping ( Ireland)

    Any questions, fire away

    IMG_6715.jpeg IMG_6697.jpeg

    The narrower a man’s mind, the broader his statements.



  • #5246
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,279 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Ha, snap - also housebound after leg surgery. But no Cartier for herself.



  • #5247
    Deep Thought
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,704 ✭✭✭Deep Thought


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122832361#Comment_122832361

    knee aswell? I totally underestimated the whole thing..

    The narrower a man’s mind, the broader his statements.



  • #5248
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,279 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122832579#Comment_122832579

    No, surgery to repair a complete Achilles rupture - will be a year before I'm back to pre-injury condition (which wasn't all that fit). I'm just looking forward to being able to drive myself around again though!



  • #5249
    dinorebel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭dinorebel


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122832729#Comment_122832729

    Had to have an op on my ankle in Feb this year (debridement of Achilles tendon) and am still not quite back to normal (un)fitness.



  • #5250
    Deep Thought
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,704 ✭✭✭Deep Thought


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122834470#Comment_122834470

    so, I thought I was being a hero and going up and Dowling stairs as normal.. but I have have ITB syndrome.. FFS

    As an aside , will do a boardsie deal on my Seiko as I need to get the other item sorted soon

    The narrower a man’s mind, the broader his statements.



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  • #5251
    H_Lime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭H_Lime


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122836236#Comment_122836236

    The foam roller is your friend, or torturer in my case. Try to free up the quads too.

    I'd have had your pogue timer big style but with the ridiculous alignment of about six bills and kids Xmas presents...



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