It’s no problem, jewellers is the issue unless they buy and sell these all the time they won’t have a clue.
For me it’s the shape of the lugs being miles off, endlinks on the bracelet are nothing like any genuine ones, case back is too doomed and polished around the edge not grained, sticker is wrong (colour text etc), crown is over doomed and not stepped, rehaut is polished and should be grained, dial was never T but marked T, indices on the dial touch the markers but should be separate with some distance etc etc.
Was easier to say 100% no
It is trying to be a Rolex 14270 so they can compare side to side with pictures of real ones
Yes, one either side. I take it that’s where the crown guard would have been mounted. The watches all look to have been well used and abused tbh. Bezel on the Chanel barely turns and the bracelet on the date just is badly stretched. I suspect the latter is still worth a pretty penny though.
Went into the shop, said “Have you got the green mechanical one?”, they said “Yes”, I said “I’d like to buy one please”.
The wife thought I was having a stroke or something until she noticed that everyone in the shop was doing the same thing, and there was no way their stock would last the day.
Excellent little thing that will be perfect for a good bit of European travel in the second half of the year.
but is that necessarily a bad thing? It gives the watch definite presence, and can be swapped out for a strap if you feel like it.
I can afford it, but I can’t really justify it.
So last night I was doing some man-maths and figured I could buy it as a gift to myself for my 60th (no other bugger is going to buy me anything), although that’s not for another 18 months.
I believe that I’ve now come to the conclusion that if I’m going to do something like that I might as well go full potato, say double the budget and call it The Last Watch. Which realistically it would be given advancing age and inevitably dwindling finances.
So now I’ve got maybe £15k and 18 months to make my mind up. Suggestions welcome. I won’t pay a premium for scarcity or fashion which basically eliminates Rolex and a few others. I’d like to think of myself as the guy in the elegant suit with a Patek but in reality I take the bus.
