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I really liked that new blue faced Omega, looked at one when I bought my Breitling Superocean Heritage (liked the mesh strap and green bezel), but the Omega may be on the wish list for future
8th Apr 2014 8:13 am
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Which one is that? I've had my eye on a blue Aqua Terra for a while. They seem to be coming down in price But then the 15000 Gauss is also quite nice.
I just worry Omega these days seem to be making an awful lot of watches with Gimmicks.
8th Apr 2014 8:30 am
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....it could do with a little polish I think it may be time to have it serviced.
Duncaster...I have fettled all the family Rolexs (currently 4) to as new condition....bit of time & effort but the results are stunning...my eldest daughters yachtmaster was severy & now looks like new !
My eldest said to me I should start a business doing this....just maybe...detailing up market watches
I too have an Explorer II.....my second...the first a bubble back orange 24 hrs hand went for 1.5 times the new price at 27 years old.
My first decent watch was an Omega speedmaster.....which I got full credit for as it wasnt right in a few ways....stayed clear of Omegas ever since....+++ they dont seem to have the Charisma of a Rolex & dont hold or accrue value.
I have a Jeager LeCoultre that has to be traded in....would like a Reverso for more casual wearBREXIT - done properly.
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BLFarrar wrote:
Duncster wrote:
....it could do with a little polish I think it may be time to have it serviced.
Duncaster...I have fettled all the family Rolexs (currently 4) to as new condition....bit of time & effort but the results are stunning...my eldest daughters yachtmaster was severy & now looks like new !
My eldest said to me I should start a business doing this....just maybe...detailing up market watches
I too have an Explorer II.....my second...the first a bubble back orange 24 hrs hand went for 1.5 times the new price at 27 years old.
My first decent watch was an Omega speedmaster.....which I got full credit for as it wasnt right in a few ways....stayed clear of Omegas ever since....+++ they dont seem to have the Charisma of a Rolex & dont hold or accrue value.
I have a Jeager LeCoultre that has to be traded in....would like a Reverso for more casual wear
I have a stunningly beautiful Jeager LeCoultre very simple gold with white face art deco tank watch left to me by my grandfather in its box with origional receipt (he told me it cost him 2 months’ salary when he left the army).
Still keeps good time and I would never part with it.
However you notice how much bigger watches have become over the years as although the receipt says a Gentleman’s watch it looks tiny on the wrist, much more like a woman’s watch today.Club Narpy Torch
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8th Apr 2014 10:22 am
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The whole watch thing intrigues me, surely having a £5k plus watch on your wrist is nothing more than bling/pose factor?
If you are fully minted, money no object then go for it but I know people who have mortgages and debts who have spent £3-4k on a watch. Then you have to get them serviced
I haven't worn a watch in 20+ years, I have clocks in the house, I have a clock in my car and on my phone.
I have friend who has a watch fetish and his guaranteed to be the one we are waiting for if we are ever going anywhere.
8th Apr 2014 10:35 am
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I bought my Rolex nearly twenty years ago it cost me £1,800 it is now worth at least £4,500.
A friend of mine had just spent £1000 on wheels on his car and £500 having the arches flared as well, he tried to take the mickey for spending so much on a watch. I bet he wishes he bought the watch now.
If you buy the right watch a stainless sports Rolex you should never lose money on it15 3.0 RRS HSE - Silver
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8th Apr 2014 11:24 am
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Fair point Armalites, but like many other 'interests' you either get the watch thing or you don't. How many Disco owners are that minted that its purchase is without sacrifice. Many will also have debts and big mortgages but if you want one, you pay the price.
As for copies, well I know it's genuine and that's what matters. I don't wear any other jewellery, I just like quality watch on my wrist.
Me, I've a Submariner like this
Always wanted one and I bought it for the millennium. Fortunately, I've a mate who is a time served watchmaker, and a bit of a perfectionist, and he services it for me every few years. He just keeps it for a week or two.Arthur.
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8th Apr 2014 11:27 am
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It is hard to explain the watch fetish. Yeah I'd like to just buy them when I want but until I win the lottery that's not going to happen.
So reasons for buying what I did, or why SWMBO bought them for me.
Rolex Explorer I. Wedding present.
Chopard. 40th birthday present.
Panerai. 10th wedding anaversary.
I have 3 nephews and they are all getting one when I pop off. Just need another one now so I've an excuse when I turn 50.
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8th Apr 2014 11:40 am
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As others say you either 'get' the watch thing or you don't. I own quite a number of them now and love every one for different merits.
Cost wise they probably cost me less than my 2007 privately funded Discovery 3 all in over the years did They hold value pretty good (I won't try and tell you they are solid investments, some are, but most 'lose a few quid' unless you hold them for a number of years).
I absolutely lusted after, and eventually got, a Breitling Navitimer, not the most expensive and not the most blingy of watch model but that (and some others) went to pay solicitor bills post divorce
I started modestly at about 16 buying a 'state of the art' (then) mechanical Citizen watch on tick that had an alarm as well. Cost me about £250 (when I was £30 a week as an apprentice) and I got the bug.
Bought a number of 'Tissots' (and I still have them all in boxes and pristine) as 'affordable' way to have different and nice looking watches before hitting the 'big time' with a TAG chrono (that my brother now owns).
My first 'very expensive' watch was a yellow-faced Zenith El Primero (the one that has the movement Rolex use in their Daytona) I bought brand new in 2002. I have had it regularly serviced and recently fully 'buffed' back to as new with a new bezel also fitted. I won't be selling that one, ever and that one is definitely an 'investment' one that has appreciated over the years.
All of my watches are kept on a watch winder and worn regularly as 'daily wearers', I can't see the point not using them (whilst not abusing them either).
As pointed out I have friends that 'waste' much more money on cars (as I would also if I wasn't lucky enough to have, very nice, company cars), some smoke (10 packets of fags a week = £3,400 a year.......... price of a decent watch ).
Key to retaining value is condition, paperwork and boxes and servicing (friend of mine has 4-5 modest watches on a winder and his missus thought it was a good idea to "throw out all them old boxes you don't use"....... )
8th Apr 2014 12:05 pm
armalites
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Duncster wrote:
I bought my Rolex nearly twenty years ago it cost me £1,800 it is now worth at least £4,500.
A friend of mine had just spent £1000 on wheels on his car and £500 having the arches flared as well, he tried to take the mickey for spending so much on a watch. I bet he wishes he bought the watch now.
If you buy the right watch a stainless sports Rolex you should never lose money on it
Now that is a perfectly good reason unless your mates car was an Escort Mk1 Rs1600 then I think he may have won assuming he still has it
That money would still be worth more if you had put it into property or your mortgage.
I guess that is my earlier point, most people don't buy a Rolex because it's an investment they buy it because it's something they like or get pleasure from. I guess the bit I don't get is the fact that for many people the ability to say I wear a Rolex or people asking "is that a Rolex" is a big part of the experience. Rolex is one of those brands like Rolls Royce where is signifies something no matter where you are on the planet.
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8th Apr 2014 12:14 pm
astonbuilder
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armalites I think you're on the path to 'getting it' with that synopsis
8th Apr 2014 12:24 pm
armalites
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no I'm not.
Next you'll all be telling you wear badly fitting uncomfortable shoes because they look pretty.
One of my mates likes watches, not quite at this level but every time he gets a new one another friend coined the phrase "His Lady chip is in overdrive this week"
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& now looks like new !
They hold value pretty good (I won't try and tell you they are solid investments, some are, but most 'lose a few quid' unless you hold them for a number of years).
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