Watches

[carlos21]

Haha jokes.

You seen any nice watches yet buddy.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Now this is a proper man’s watch. You could put it under the wheel of a truck and it would just laugh at you. None of this snowflake mechanical nonsense.

 

[carlos21]

Now this is a proper man’s watch. You could put it under the wheel of a truck and it would just laugh at you. None of this snowflake mechanical nonsense.

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That's nice that like.

 

[Bagpuss]

Was thinking of treating myself to a new watch, not sure if to go with a known name like Tag Longines or an up and coming brand like Christopher Ward. The likes of Rolex and Omega are out of my price range about £3000, was wondering is any of you watch enthusiast have other ideas.

Hi mate, I have a Christopher Ward C60 trident and it’s a lovely looking watch but it does gain about 10 seconds a day. With your range of £3000 you will get a very decent second hand seamaster or speedmaster from Omega and both are brilliant watches. If you do want something that can be worn for dressier occasions you will again be able to get a decent aqua terra for around 1500 on Chrono24.
Maurice Lacroix still do some really nice watches and you can get them heavily discounted. Same with Raymond Weil and Hamilton.
Let us know what you decide on.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

What is the difference between a mid-range watch and a high-range; mechanical wise?

I always thought it was the metals etc but shows how little I know.

Not a lot, sometimes, if you know specifically what you're after...watches suffer greatly from the name game.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

I've been collecting and trading watches for more than 20 years. I even moderate a watch forum (whoa...I know, exciting right??). If 3000 is your budget don't go with Tag or CW. In terms of buying a watch, either go with grey market (deep discounts, like Jomashop over here in the USA) over authorized dealers, or if you go to an AD (authorized dealer) be SURE to ask for their lowest price.

Caveat with that sometimes, though...some manufacturers won't honor warranties on watches bought on the grey market.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Thanks. Do you know if the website called WISH is for selling fakes?

See below...

Nothing but fake low quality crap on Wish. Avoid it like the plague.

 

[Mcdrewson]

 

[Shevin Keedy]

See below...

Yes I already saw the "below", as it was the direct response to my initial question. But good to know you are there looking out for us all. Thanks.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Yes I already saw the "below", as it was the direct response to my initial question. But good to know you are there looking out for us all. Thanks.

Enjoy your evening.

 

[trueblue84]

Now this is a proper man’s watch. You could put it under the wheel of a truck and it would just laugh at you. None of this snowflake mechanical nonsense.

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You may as well go all in with this bad boy...

 

[ClausThomsen]

Do you know how to exclude it from results on google?

Use the -site: command at the end of your google search query. Add the site address after the colon. So if you were looking for watches for sale but wanted to exclude results from wish.com you'd type....

watches for sale -site:wish.com

 

[Paulie]

I know nothing about watches. I saw a Omega in the Duke St bizarre window a few years ago. It was something like £89. I thought Omegas go for thousands? Then thought it may be fake but isn't that expensive for a fake? Surely a shop like that knows the value of watches.

 

[boris]

Can anyone who knows a bit about watches tell me what Audemars Piguet watches are like please.

I don’t think I’ve seen them mentioned in this thread and at the cost they are I thought they would have been.

 

[Shevin Keedy]

Use the -site: command at the end of your google search query. Add the site address after the colon. So if you were looking for watches for sale but wanted to exclude results from wish.com you'd type....

watches for sale -site:wish.com

I have tried that and it does not work.