My 2023 favourite watch purchase was my JLC Reverso. This was my exit watch in the expensive watch category and I managed to buy it just before the price increase.
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My 2023 favourite watch purchase was my JLC Reverso. This was my exit watch in the expensive watch category and I managed to buy it just before the price increase.
In 2010 when my mum passed, I was left with some money and so bought a Rolex Deepsea, in the days when you just called an AD you'd never spoken to before, and you picked up the watch the day after.
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For me, the equivalent to phone theft would be walking around London with your watch off your wrist and being wound in front of everyone, so yeah for the majority of people, keep it covered and...
I bought a Muhle glashutte Panova from Jura in the sale, saving 30%. The watch arrived on time and in a great new condition.
I had a problem with them earlier in the year when they sent the wrong...
"Federico talks watches" released an interesting video yesterday about JLC and their price increases (which have increased all across the world and not just the UK).
The main conspiracy theories...
To add fuel to the fire, JLC increased their prices on June 1st.
In April, I bought a Reverso medium classic for £6750, a price I thought expensive for a two hand watch. But that was my decision, ...
A great looking JLC, well done. And at least you avoided today's high price rises for JLC new models.
I have the A386 manufacture revival which I believe has the previous 400 calibre, and I have to say it is just beautiful. I looked at the new movement but was put off by the speed of the second...
Whitby is great, my wife and I go every New Year's Eve, fish and chips at the Magpie and a wander round the town and along the two harbour piers. The watch shop you mention looks fine, its been there...
Given that most of the luxury watch brands have recently upped their prices, it certainly makes me happy that I bought the majority of my good watches at least a few years ago.
The price rises...
That's exactly what I did last year, sold a Rolex Deepsea to fund the Polaris Mariner Date. Absolutely no regrets.
About 6 weeks ago I sold a Rolex Deepsea and an Omega Planet Ocean via Watchfinder. I was offered more for the Omega than expected and a little less for the Rolex than expected. That said, the total...
OK so not a micro brand but search for the Rotary Henley gmt, £150 at H Samuel.
I am thinking of being buried surrounded by 23 toasters and 2 kettles. That'll confuse the Archeologists when they dig me up in 800 years time.
I have a Mark xvi and still love it after all these years. When I first saw it in the shop window in Newcastle, it was a bit of a love at first sight moment, it's pure simplicity was stunning. I...
Do you still have an interest in watches and what's out there, or is it everything about the watch world that has you fed up?
I recently bought a watch directly from a Swiss manufacturer ( remember Switzerland is not in the EU). The price on the website was quoted in pounds so I emailed them to see if there were any...
Looks nice in green (apparently the colour of the season) but in my opinion, you can't beat the blue. If ever a watch was made for a particular colour, I think the blue Monaco is it.
The moral of the story is to really think about wearing something expensive in a pub and having it on display. It's a very sad state of affairs and in a perfect world, it shouldn't be a problem but...
Just curious but how did you feel about selling the BB58 black for the third time and then buying it for the 4th? Was is a case of here I go again.
A few years ago, I really wanted a Rolex GMT Pepsi and after a bit of hagling and a few purchases, I managed to get on the waitlist at a major high Street chain.
I am probably still on that list...
I too am a fan of the brand and think they mix heritage with new designs really well. As with most other brands, they get compared to Rolex and suffer as their watches are not flipped for twice the...
You should also try and catch it when Peter Simon (the ex Blue Peter presenter) is on selling watches. He is the King of spin, you have to hear him compare £250 cheap made watches to the height of...
I watched Ideal World last night and saw the watch you are talking about. Correct me if I am wrong but didn't Omega build a watch last year (or 2019) that can go even deeper, I think they call it the...
This is an interesting thread and leads me to ask a question. Two years ago I bought a speed master, I was sat in the Omega store on Bond street in London and in front of me were 4 models, two...