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    Wristers of London

    Has anyone used this new watch dealer who appeared on Instagram in December and seems to have a good selection of Rolexes Tudors and Omegas?
    Last edited by zharko; 28th February 2021 at 11:42.

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    Hi mate,

    The two guys who run Wristers are good friends of mine.

    Incidentally, I bought the Rhodium OP39 that is pictured recently on their Instagram :)

    All legit, good guys.

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    Hi,

    I know these guys also, they been watch enthusiasts for years, think COVID made them go in this direction as a bit of a side business

    100% would buy from them and probably will when they get a watch I want

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    When I saw the thread title I thought it must be to do with a private club for Gentlemen who like a little "fun".
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    Quote Originally Posted by magirus View Post
    When I saw the thread title I thought it must be to do with a private club for Gentlemen who like a little "fun".
    My inner 12 year giggled at that too - could possibly have a rethink of their name.


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    I thought it was a new euphemism to join 'stroker' and 'palmer' and the OP was unhappy with his deal. I wonder how many more of their mates will join the forum to make a first post saying how great they are?

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    Add me to the immature list - thought it must be a more specialised branch of doggers


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    I hope they do well but they really need to rethink the name. It's hard to say it without a smirk or snigger, and doesn't exude class in a way prestige watch dealer may wish to.

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    Sadly the name was all I needed to see. The rush to endorse was probably unhelpful.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mondie View Post
    I hope they do well but they really need to rethink the name. It's hard to say it without a smirk or snigger, and doesn't exude class in a way prestige watch dealer may wish to.

    I suppose it is better than 'Fisters of London'

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    Sent this over to the guys at wristers, this is the message they’ve sent back as they can’t even sign up or even reply to this thread...

    Good evening people of the forum world, this post has been brought to our attention by a friend.

    First of all we would like to thank those who have given us glowing references.

    We would like to point out that the name is a joke a play on words and if it made you smirk we have achieved our goal. We are definitely not Naive enough to not know what Wristers means, it was chosen intentionally.

    Please check out our page and drop us a dm. Hopefully we can do some business and you can draw your opinions from fact not narrow minded snobbery.

    Thanks for reading

    Wristers of London

    Ps this forum takes me back to the early 00s 😂

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    One of the guys has been on cliosport.net for year’s & regularly posts up the latest watches in stock.
    Excellent photos & does some YouTube videos with Luke.

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    Quote Originally Posted by clockbait_luke View Post
    ... Hopefully we can do some business and you can draw your opinions from fact not narrow minded snobbery. ...
    It was going well until I reached this point, they could have worded that better. That said, I wish them well.

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    Never heard of them but it’s something I will be looking at now as they seem to get a lot of love on here

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    Quote Originally Posted by g40steve View Post
    One of the guys has been on cliosport.net for year’s & regularly posts up the latest watches in stock.
    Excellent photos & does some YouTube videos with Luke.
    Cheers Steve! Although the YouTube has slowed right down since covid, we’ll hopefully get some new stuff out soon. I miss seeing upset people in the comments 😂

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    Quote Originally Posted by magirus View Post
    When I saw the thread title I thought it must be to do with a private club for Gentlemen who like a little "fun".
    I'm glad it's not just me...and then I thought "one off the wrist" - but that, if not already used, would be a bit unsubtle.

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    Why cant they sign up here??

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    Genuine chaps. They've been on the Clio sport forum for years, and very active on the watch threads as well.

    I'd be confident buying from them.

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    Crappy company name (the double-entendre is not in the plus column), no prices on the website, favours the use of stupid forum nicknames for models, no info. about the company, only contact no. is a mobile, no physical address...

    Apart from the photos it all looks a bit amateurish and wouldn't inspire me to part with thousands of pounds.

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    Limited stock as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nealywheelie View Post
    Limited stock as well.

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    Limited stock? You expecting them to be watchfinder?

    More stock than most/if not all AD of the popular models

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    They can certainly take a good picture.

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    Quote Originally Posted by strell View Post
    Limited stock? You expecting them to be watchfinder?

    More stock than most/if not all AD of the popular models
    How do you know they are 'stock'?
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    ''narrow minded snobbery''? All sounds a bit rough and ready to me, but hey they're free to choose their niche

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    Quote Originally Posted by clockbait_luke View Post
    Hi mate,

    The two guys who run Wristers are good friends of mine.

    Incidentally, I bought the Rhodium OP39 that is pictured recently on their Instagram :)

    All legit, good guys.
    And you are not a 'wrister' yourself?
    You are the only person posting positive comments about the 'wristers' and the only thread you have ever posted on is this one?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dent99 View Post
    Crappy company name (the double-entendre is not in the plus column), no prices on the website, favours the use of stupid forum nicknames for models, no info. about the company, only contact no. is a mobile, no physical address...

    Apart from the photos it all looks a bit amateurish and wouldn't inspire me to part with thousands of pounds.
    Yes, very dodgy. Think there’s a legal requirement to provide a physical address, VAT number (if applicable) and so on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevin View Post
    And you are not a 'wrister' yourself?
    You are the only person posting positive comments about the 'wristers' and the only thread you have ever posted on is this one?
    I’m guessing you need to pop to spec savers. There’s a few positive comments in here besides the one from myself.

    I’m friends with one of the owners of the Wristers, we do a YouTube channel together.

    I’m sure if the moderators would actually let them sign up and actually reply in this forum that they had absolutely no idea existed until today, they would comment themselves.

    A lot of very busy people in here that have no experience with dealing with them, or even know of them. Very very strange.

    I know the guys have been working very hard to start this, they’ve invested in lots of physical stock, worked hard on photography, branding, website etc they know they’re not completely perfect as it’s an early working progress but they’re honest hard working guys.

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    Quote Originally Posted by clockbait_luke View Post

    I’m sure if the moderators would actually let them sign up and actually reply in this forum that they had absolutely no idea existed until today, they would comment themselves.
    This place has been going for 19 years - if they have mileage in the watch community then they clearly need to be more aware.

    Moderators?

    Mods?

    There is only one......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris_in_the_UK View Post
    This place has been going for 19 years - if they have mileage in the watch community then they clearly need to be more aware.

    Moderators?

    Mods?

    There is only one......

    Strange person.

    It may well have been going 19 years, in fact it probably still looks the same as 19 years ago. Terrible looking forum. I doubt it’ll still be here 19 years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by clockbait_luke View Post
    Strange person.

    It may well have been going 19 years, in fact it probably still looks the same as 19 years ago. Terrible looking forum. I doubt it’ll still be here 19 years.
    And the 'lots of physical stock' appears to be 9 watches?.

    Grow up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris_in_the_UK View Post
    And the 'lots of physical stock' appears to be 9 watches?.

    Grow up.
    Grow up?! Are you not posting pictures of MODs in reply to mentioning moderators.

    As I said earlier, you’re an incredibly strange person.

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    Looking at the LV, BLNR and expl 2 on their website no published prices.....that would rule me out straight away, a pet hate of mine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by clockbait_luke View Post
    Grow up?! Are you not posting pictures of MODs in reply to mentioning moderators.

    As I said earlier, you’re an incredibly strange person.
    Strange?

    What do you know of the forum - seriously?

    Who owns it, who moderates it? (the MODS photo was a joke BTW).

    There are members here with far more watches in their collection than your pals are are attempting to sell.

    Crack on with your promotion of the 'wristers'.
    Last edited by Chris_in_the_UK; 28th February 2021 at 22:36.
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    Quote Originally Posted by clockbait_luke View Post
    Strange person.

    It may well have been going 19 years, in fact it probably still looks the same as 19 years ago. Terrible looking forum. I doubt it’ll still be here 19 years.
    If you are indeed a friend of the Wristers you may have just lost them any business from here, probably the largest group of collectors in the UK. Idiot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danstone View Post
    If you are indeed a friend of the Wristers you may have just lost them any business from here, probably the largest group of collectors in the UK. Idiot.
    Quite.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris_in_the_UK View Post
    Strange?

    What do you know of the forum - seriously?

    Who owns it, who moderates it? (the MODS photo was a joke BTW).

    There are members here with far more watches in their collection than your pals are are attempting to sell.

    Crack on with your promotion of the 'writers'.
    Wasn’t a funny joke though was it.

    I couldn’t care less who runs it or what watches they have. Bloody lovely for them.

    I’m not trying to promote anyone, I was browsing the forum like I occasionally do and noticed the thread started by someone I’ve never heard of. The thread was asking about experiences of a friends business so of course I’m going to comment, same as the other members that have posted about Wristers. Someone asks for experiences, I just bought my OP from them so ergo I typed a message in this thread.

    Then you, some weirdo, comes in ranting about how amazing the moderators watch collection is and posting pictures of people on mopeds. As I said you’re incredibly strange.

    They have plenty more stock than what’s on a partially completed website, not that it matters if they had watch stock worth a couple of grand versus multiple millions. The question in the OP was in relation to experiences with Wristers of London, of which you have none.

    I know plenty of watch dealers who have very limited stock, yet loads for sale on a commission basis, that’s normal and doesn’t make them any less of a decent watch trader.

    So I really don’t understand your Willy waving on behalf of who runs/owns this forum really has to do with anything?

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    Quote Originally Posted by clockbait_luke View Post
    Wasn’t a funny joke though was it.

    I couldn’t care less who runs it or what watches they have. Bloody lovely for them.

    /SNIP.

    I know plenty of watch dealers who have very limited stock, yet loads for sale on a commission basis, that’s normal and doesn’t make them any less of a decent watch trader.

    So I really don’t understand your Willy waving on behalf of who runs/owns this forum really has to do with anything?
    I am waving nothing.

    You have pretty much blown yourself and your mates, well done.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris_in_the_UK View Post
    I am waving nothing.

    You have pretty much blown yourself and your mates, well done.
    You need help. Genuinely.

    I’d very much like to know how I’ve blown myself or my friends.

    The only negative thing I’ve said apart from commenting on your strange personality is saying the forum looks outdated. Which it most certainly does, if anyone thinks otherwise they’re deluded. Forums are not long for this world sadly, it’s why everyone seems to be slowly going over to the Facebook groups, sad reality but it’s a fact.

    Absolutely shocking, how select people have come in here for a bit of keyboard bashing. Trivial in fact.

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    Quote Originally Posted by clockbait_luke View Post
    Strange person.

    It may well have been going 19 years, in fact it probably still looks the same as 19 years ago. Terrible looking forum. I doubt it’ll still be here 19 years.
    And yet you continue to post!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Suds View Post
    And yet you continue to post!

    Where’s the spam?

    This is the only thread I’ve ever posted in, posted by someone else!

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    Who in their right mind would post their valuable watch in advance of payment to such a hitherto unknown, pop up Instagram dealer. Combined with the attitude of its cheerleader I think this one is a definite no-go.

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    People are trying to tell you that you are harming your mates' business - they are right, you are. I'd stop now if I were you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Justin Case View Post
    Who in their right mind would post their valuable watch in advance of payment to such a hitherto unknown, pop up Instagram dealer. Combined with the attitude of its cheerleader I think this one is a definite no-go.
    I wasn’t going to bite but ok, where on earth is the bad attitude from me?

    No one would/should post their watch to a random Instagram pop up dealer. Even normal dealers people are rightly apprehensive about sending something they’ve worked hard for.

    Quote Originally Posted by earlofsodbury View Post
    People are trying to tell you that you are harming your mates' business - they are right, you are. I'd stop now if I were you.
    Seriously, how on earth am I harming a business I have no involvement in?

    There’s a discussion started on a friends business of which I recently purchased a watch from, I then of course posted what I did in this thread and then I’m getting called out for spam and having some randomers arguing with me over it.

    Seriously strange.

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    Quote Originally Posted by clockbait_luke View Post
    You need help. Genuinely.

    I’d very much like to know how I’ve blown myself or my friends.

    The only negative thing I’ve said apart from commenting on your strange personality is saying the forum looks outdated. Which it most certainly does, if anyone thinks otherwise they’re deluded. Forums are not long for this world sadly, it’s why everyone seems to be slowly going over to the Facebook groups, sad reality but it’s a fact.

    Absolutely shocking, how select people have come in here for a bit of keyboard bashing. Trivial in fact.

    With the greatest of respect, *and with all the dignity I can muster, that's a load of f****** b******s.

    *Apologies to P.Cook.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TROYBOY79 View Post
    Why cant they sign up here??
    so.......why cant they??#

    this thread has escalated quickly

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    Anyway, talk about getting off on the wrong foot 😂

    If any of you venture away from the forum I’ll be happy to have a beer and a chat at a Redbar.

    Peace out TZ, it’s been emotional.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TROYBOY79 View Post
    so.......why cant they??#

    this thread has escalated quickly
    New registrations are disabled.

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    A google search for “wristers of London” throws this thread up as the 4th hit.

    Like others have said the lack of pricing and the only contact being a mobile phone number isn’t ideal. But as Ally said the photography is nice. Good luck with it

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    Quote Originally Posted by clockbait_luke View Post
    Cheers Steve! Although the YouTube has slowed right down since covid, we’ll hopefully get some new stuff out soon. I miss seeing upset people in the comments 
    What is the YouTube channel called please?

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    I'd rather pay twice as much than buy from a company called 'Wristers', and I'm poor.
    Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!

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