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    Where to buy Pre-owned Watches + Ramblings

    Some random ramblings and I'm looking for advice on the best places to buy pre-owned watches.

    I’ve owned quite a few watches over the years, mostly pretty cheap ones and I’ve never bought anything expensive ie costing in the £000s. Apart from the expense (this is serious money for me), the reason I’ve stayed away from expensive watches is that I don’t baby my watches and like to wear them whatever I’m doing – I have been concerned that if I had something pricey on my wrist I might start getting paranoid about it, and become one of those owners who are terrified of their watches getting wet, bashed or scratched!

    However, I have been having some thoughts on this along the lines of Time is Passing / Not getting any Younger / Can’t Take Your Money with You, and I’m coming to the conclusion that maybe its time to say ‘What the Hell?’ and splash out on something and if I want to wear a watch worth several £000 whilst working on the car I’ll damn well do so!

    I’m thinking of around £3k, pre-owned I presume, Quartz is fine, I love Chronos and I’m a big sucker for Reverse Panda dials. I’m thinking along the lines of Breitling Colt Chrono , Omega SMP Chrono or maybe Planet Ocean. Where are the best places to look for pre-owned watches like this? Obviously I will scanning Sales Corner of course, otherwise Watchfinder seems a good starting point, and Chrono24 is a possibility (though my previous experience of them wasn’t great). Where else is worth a look and who to avoid? I’m going to avoid ebay as I don’t have enough expertise to know what’s real and what’s fake – there’s only one thing stupider than forking out a large amount of money on a watch and that’s forking out a large amount of money on a fake!

    Advice gratefully received.

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    I'd ring Dom Hackett at Hackett Watches.

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    Also, Watches of Whitby. They have a nice 2023 Omega PO Chrono advertised.

    Happy shopping.

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    Watches of Whitby are a good shout, excellent service from them. And a lovely shop to browse if you’re in that neck of the woods.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimmbob View Post
    Watches of Whitby are a good shout, excellent service from them. And a lovely shop to browse if you’re in that neck of the woods.
    .....which he will be!

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    Oh yeah, just noticed that! In that case get down to WoW at the earliest opportunity.

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    Subdial are good to deal with. Also eBay now has an authenticity guarantee program so provided you buy watches with that ticked I imagine you should be ok

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimmbob View Post
    Oh yeah, just noticed that! In that case get down to WoW at the earliest opportunity.
    Yes - good suggestion. Whitby not a million miles away!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimmbob View Post
    Oh yeah, just noticed that! In that case get down to WoW at the earliest opportunity.
    Hehe...

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrGrumpy View Post
    Yes - good suggestion. Whitby not a million miles away!
    Pretty good Fish & Chips as well! Choose the one with the biggest queue ;-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by trident-7 View Post
    Pretty good Fish & Chips as well! Choose the one with the biggest queue ;-)

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    Fish & Chips? I may be looking at £3k watches (WoW have an interesting Breitling Chronoliner for sale) but I'm not sure I can afford Fish & Chips the price they are these days!

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    I remember working at a school near Robin Hood's Bay many years ago, early 80's, on visiting Whitby I had the best hot pork pie I'd ever tasted and it remains the best pork pie I have ever tasted. Don't think I was into watches then. Apologies for off topic message

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    Quote Originally Posted by EBB21 View Post
    I remember working at a school near Robin Hood's Bay many years ago, early 80's, on visiting Whitby I had the best hot pork pie I'd ever tasted and it remains the best pork pie I have ever tasted. Don't think I was into watches then. Apologies for off topic message
    I’m not a massive pork pie fan but I always try & partake of one from Petch’s in Great Ayton when I’m up there

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hocuspocus View Post
    I'd ring Dom Hackett at Hackett Watches.

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    Seconded. You'll get great advice and honesty re pricing.

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