Your most disappointing purchase of 2019

[ryanb741]

Speedy Tuesday. Just very 'meh' in so far as it isn't different enough from the original to be a stand out and the original looks better anyway.



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[Wallasey Runner]

What was meant to be inside the box?

Sorry, missed this. A Steinhart Ocean Two Mark 1 in the fairly rare Blue colourway. Bought from a guy in France. PayPal refused to pay out despite my buyers protection and reporting the theft to my local police as requested and obtaining a crime reference number. The seller submitted a compensation claim with La Poste, which I assisted with, but when he got his payout did a runner - so has now been paid twice for the same watch.

[Fredamens]

For me it was the white dial EXPLORER II 216570, just too big a dial and I don’t mind big - I have a PAM 590 and GMT-MASTER II BLNR. Maybe it was the white dial.

Sold it within a month and recently purchased a nice 16570 black dial and love it.




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[legin]

Mine is this loved it initially but it just wore off. Now just sits in its multiple box’s!




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[Danpd]

Mine is this loved it initially but it just wore off. Now just sits in its multiple box’s!




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Same here,

Don’t get the fascination, it’s a pretty underwhelming piece and I moved mine on pretty sharpish.

[scooby]

Same here,

Don’t get the fascination, it’s a pretty underwhelming piece and I moved mine on pretty sharpish.

And me as well
Lovely bracelet if only there was no buzz on the chrono dial i would have kept it


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[Woody74]

For me it was the white dial EXPLORER II 216570, just too big a dial and I don’t mind big - I have a PAM 590 and GMT-MASTER II BLNR. Maybe it was the white dial.

Sold it within a month and recently purchased a nice 16570 black dial and love it.




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I found the 16570 too small (I had the white dialled version) and ended up selling it to the trade a few years back. I have just picked-up a black dial version of the 216570 and couldn’t be happier.....each to their own . No watch buying regrets this year but still regret letting several 16710s go for £2-2,500 back in 2012/13 along with an LV for £4,000....but that said I didn’t like any of them .

[chrisparker]

This Seadweller just looks like it has too much bezel. It’s an odd move for Rolex as they seemed to have made it larger for the sake of a fashion, with no other reason. Same movement and dial size as it’s predecessor. And at a time Omega and Panerai were downsizing their larger models.

Good move going for the Seamaster 300, it looks like a well sorted design.

[Rori]

In pictures yes, in the metal, the bezel is just as the one on a normal sub.

This Seadweller just looks like it has too much bezel. It’s an odd move for Rolex as they seemed to have made it larger for the sake of a fashion, with no other reason. Same movement and dial size as it’s predecessor. And at a time Omega and Panerai were downsizing their larger models.

Good move going for the Seamaster 300, it looks like a well sorted design.