Who Watches the Watchmen (Our Chit Chat Thread)

Im no Eoin McGee, but id hazard a guess that you need to have a fairly decent credit score to qualify for those 0% finance deals.

If the guy you know has just run up 20k of debt and isnt working to fund his repayments, then its going to get messy for him very quickly.

I was chatting with my BiL last night about the level of trust some of us in this hobby place in each other and the why of it.
Most of the regular posters here can probably give an example of someone doing them a good turn and they in turn doing similar for others.

I was telling him an unfortunate story I came across in the Watch Collectors Ireland Facebook group.
A lad selling a Rolex Starbucks was shown a fake payment screen by the "buyer" and handed over the watch.

Now, noone should hand over their watch or any item they're selling until the money is sitting in their own account!
Esp in the SEPA2 instant payments era but, I'm not going to kick someone when they're down and I'd suggest to any investigating Gardaí that they add section 6 charges to baseline theft should they ever track the lad down.

Anyway, onto the point of my story.
Whilst I was telling my BiL the above story, he said "Haven't you just sold your Sinn?"
I have, I said and in an example of how trusting my buyer is?
Not only do I already have the money, but I still have the watch!

I had asked the buyer if he wanted to meet up for a handover rather than rely on the post during Christmas week, to ensure a smooth delivery.
We had made tentative plans to meet while he was near Limerick and that feel through, everyone is busy and time is tight this time of year.

A marked example of the dichotomy inherent in our hobby I suppose.
But also, an example of buying the seller and that regards at least?
I'm a good guy I suppose 😁

So for the last week or so, I've had the money and I suppose, someone else's watch 👀
I'd best get delivery sorted 😉

I do wish the new owner health, happiness and as much sleep as his situation will allow him with his new watch, whenever I get it over to him.

Happy New Year folks, may it be a great one for us all.

Good god, that's an awful hit at Christmas, what about 15k?!

Gotta be careful out there. As has been said on here many the time, buy the seller.

Wasn't someone here asking about the Bulova moonwatch recently?

Saw this in my local jewelers window today and tried it on for the craic.

Looks fine on my 7.5 inch wrist, but the shop price was 579.

It's available in fields jewellers for 450 which is a very nice deal.

Just checked there and my wrist diameter is 7" after all.

I've lost a couple of stone in the last few months so I'll put it down to that. 😁

They should have made the lug width wider on the Bulova.. it's out of proportion.. the meteorite dial version is nice..someone has one on adverts but looking for pretty much retail on it

If you did buy that could you get the case brushed?

After 48 hours in London I can confirm we both have our watches and phones, and never felt uncomfortable despite being around a few of the traditional hot spots.