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Who Watches the Watchmen (Our Chit Chat Thread)

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  • #9872
    Soarer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,366 ✭✭✭Soarer


    Here's one for the learned.

    Say there was someone that was going to celebrate a milestone birthday. And say that same person wanted to be all cliché about things and wanted to mark the occasion with the purchase of a posh Rolex, or similar. Is there any value in Ireland? Or would a fella be better off heading to the UK, buying VAT free (if possible), and returning home happy out*?

    *- Obviously declaring the watch when going through customs (cough).

    Post edited by Soarer on


  • #9873
    C0N0R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭C0N0R


    No vat free in the uk, I’ve claimed back vat on Irish purchases leaving the country, but I do live overseas. Also claimed vat back on French purchases but again you need to be leaving eu. Uk would count for that purpose. Also depends what Rolex you wanted too, hard to get you probably won’t be sold it either.



  • #9874
    LuckyLloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,904 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    better served hopping on a flight to New York or Tokyo, where the currency conversion is in your favour and there can be deals to be found (you pay 10% off the sticker price in Japan also upon presentation of your passport).

    I don’t often see compelling prices from the U.K. when looking through Chrono and the likes, the best deals always seem to come from US or Japan listings.



  • #9875
    Soarer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,366 ✭✭✭Soarer


    Thanks lads.
    Japan would be class. Always wanted to go there.
    New York would obviously be handier. Last time I went there though, I ended up getting engaged! Bad memories! 😉 Might also end up in one of those “quick flip” videos on YouTube shorts!

    No value here?



  • #9876
    LuckyLloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,904 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124086556#Comment_124086556

    There are “grey market” type dealers here (Watch Provider, ichrono.ie are two examples) who will source the watch you want for you. Worth getting in touch for sure, but I don’t believe it will be the best possible price compared to international sourcing options.



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  • #9877
    Soarer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,366 ✭✭✭Soarer


    Thanks @LuckyLloyd

    Also wondering if I should, maybe, go for something made in 1976. Kinda symbolic or something.
    Bit I’m detracting from the general chit-chat nature of this thread at this stage, so I’ll leave it there.



  • #9878
    OmegaGene
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,281 ✭✭✭✭OmegaGene


    birth year watches are over rated in my opinion and chances are it was made a few years before sitting idle anyway

    If I wanted to mark an occasion I would get a nice pre owned piece and make some memories with my family with the money saved and take a holiday

    The internet isn’t for everyone



  • #9879
    Fitz II
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭Fitz II


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124086918#Comment_124086918

    I agree 100%



  • #9880
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 10,643 ✭✭✭✭893bet


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124086918#Comment_124086918

    The only way birth year makes sense is if you buy it, the year your child is born with intent to create a history down stream with it and gift it on their 21st/wedding day or what ever.

    Otherwise it’s a spurious link the the year you were born:



  • #9881
    Soarer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,366 ✭✭✭Soarer


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124084560#Comment_124084560

    Decided I’m not gonna keep this lads.
    A bit too small for my wrist (not massively though). My gammy eyes have me not being able to read the day/date either.
    Anybody want it before I send it back? Cost me €315 delivered from Amazon Italy. This dark green colour scheme isn’t available in Ireland. This, and the dark blue, seem to be a European thing. Ireland have the Salmon and the Tiffany blue.

    https://de.citizenwatch.eu/de/p/aw0130-85xc/


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  • #9882
    H_Lime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,149 ✭✭✭H_Lime


    Interesting thread on the reddit. Chap buys 100k of watches in '25 with seemingly zero f's for ever reselling. It poses an unusual scenario...

    Screenshot_20251223_235125_Reddit.jpg Screenshot_20251223_235121_Reddit.jpg

    Freed from the concept of resale worries would you make similar outlier/niche purchases? The 12k titanium yema tourbillon is quite a stretch...



  • #9883
    LuckyLloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,904 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124092755#Comment_124092755

    I was looking at that post and I thought it was genuinely cool. It’s the rich man equivalent of a watch nerd spending €10k over a period on affordable and microbrand watches, which we wouldn’t really bat an eye at.

    Like he’s put together an incredible collection - what HE really likes.

    I’d like to think I’d do similar if that winning lotto ticket I buy every week ever actually wins… :)



  • #9884
    scwazrh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,981 ✭✭✭scwazrh


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124092755#Comment_124092755

    Nice way to blow 100k but he’d be lucky to get half that back if he needs its again.Doxa would be my favourite of that bunch.



  • #9885
    banie01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,184 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    Good folk of Boards.ie's soundest sub forum!

    Wishing ye all the very best of everything this Christmas but most especially, the happiest, healthiest and über prosperous of New Years to ye all!!!

    Ye are all good people and deserve nothing but good things!

    Have a great one!



  • #9886
    Lorddrakul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,071 ✭✭✭Lorddrakul


    Whatever and wherever you celebrate, and whomever with, all the best to you and yours!



  • #9887
    Fitz II
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭Fitz II


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124092755#Comment_124092755

    Mostly a load of **** to be honest, but look buy what you like, dont conform to the usual standards, be different, we are all special flowers,…having said that if I had 100k to spend on watches I would go for the 2 or 3 really nice ones rather than a box of, at best, mostly meah.

    Indeed happy christmas to all.



  • #9888
    Cyclingtourist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,677 ✭✭✭Cyclingtourist


    I'm presently hankering after a Rolex Explorer One MkII 214270 39mm.

    No hurry to buy, just wondering what's the best option for someone based in the RoI. Not looking for the cheapest offer as I would put more value on the integrity of the seller.

    Any advice?



  • #9889
    Cyrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,140 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    Enjoy the holidays and family time folks ! I'm with Fitz on the 100k watch box quality for me not quantity



  • #9890
    dinorebel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,423 ✭✭✭dinorebel


    img-CnCZG4G7-large.jpg

    Hope you all have a great Christmas



  • #9891
    Lorddrakul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,071 ✭✭✭Lorddrakul


    Have a cool Yule, y'all!



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  • #9892
    Soarer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,366 ✭✭✭Soarer


    Am I the only one that doesn't like/get/understand Nato straps?

    Maybe I'm getting it completely wrong, but the extra bulk on one side, plus running under the case to increase thickness, just doesn't sit right with me…pardon the pun.



  • #9893
    LuckyLloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,904 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124097186#Comment_124097186

    They are not my bag either!



  • #9894
    micks_address
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,794 ✭✭✭micks_address


    They are super comfortable. I enjoy wearing this especially in the summer

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  • #9895
    OmegaGene
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,281 ✭✭✭✭OmegaGene


    I heard Rolex prices going up 5-6% on steel and 8-9 % on gold

    The internet isn’t for everyone



  • #9896
    James Bond Junior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭James Bond Junior


    Lads, not been around these parts in a while. Myself and the missus are heading to London in the near future. Are we as well to leave the watches at home? His and hers Omegas. Hers would be flasher than my seamaster, a constellation with a diamond bezel.



  • #9897
    mik_da_man
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭mik_da_man


    Definitely expect a jump on gold ones given the surge in prices this year



  • #9898
    OmegaGene
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,281 ✭✭✭✭OmegaGene


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124098747#Comment_124098747

    you will be fine unless you plan to flash them around wearing t shirts nobody will give you a second look

    Travelling along the central line you could see anything from a tag to a Daytona or an ap, Cartier now are ten a penny with men and women and seem to be the entry level watches for the young folks

    The internet isn’t for everyone



  • #9899
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,075 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124098804#Comment_124098804

    Id guess there would be a percentage of these being fakes.



  • #9900
    micks_address
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,794 ✭✭✭micks_address


    Read an article earlier saying 6/7 percent increase on Rolex from Jan



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  • #9901
    OmegaGene
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,281 ✭✭✭✭OmegaGene


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124099170#Comment_124099170

    small percentage maybe but they will get spotted very quickly, social media is a cruel world for wannabe posers

    What makes you say that anyway ? London is full of money and people with debt pretending to have money living a fake life just for the gram.

    You can pick up a carrier for a couple of grand on the used market and there’s a dealer in Liverpool st making a fortune selling the iced ones and they even sort out finance for customers

    The internet isn’t for everyone



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