The Watch Thread - Part 16

[K3vlar]

guys, anyone has experience buying from chrono24?
specially japanese sellers?
i found a watch from a professional dealer which has

• Payment via Chrono24's Escrow Service
• Authenticity Guarantee
• 14-day money-back guarantee

the dealer also pays for insured shipping to SG
is there anything else i need to pay other than 7% gst?
the seller has 32 reviews at an averag of 4.95, so i guess should be safe?

usually their professional dealers are quite ok.

 

[shadowlezz]

guys, anyone has experience buying from chrono24?
specially japanese sellers?
i found a watch from a professional dealer which has

• Payment via Chrono24's Escrow Service
• Authenticity Guarantee
• 14-day money-back guarantee

the dealer also pays for insured shipping to SG
is there anything else i need to pay other than 7% gst?
the seller has 32 reviews at an averag of 4.95, so i guess should be safe?

Bought from Japan seller on Chrono24 before .. you can find the shop name and google their name to see more reviews in google.. Bought an omega and Breitling before and managed to get a few hundred knocked off the price when I clicked on the suggest a price to negotiate with the dealer

 

[Thai_Rak_Thai]

Wondering if my old friends are still around. Merry Christmas

 

[wahjohreno]

Merry Christmas one and all…

 

[hwaa]

happy boxing day~

 

[snip82]

is omega diver 300 that bad.. even seiko watch is better than omega per link below?
See quite a number of positive review but until i saw this~~

 

[natnaes]

is omega diver 300 that bad.. even seiko watch is better than omega per link below?
See quite a number of positive review but until i saw this~~

The Seiko cult will say anything, there are even cultists who will tell you that Grand Seiko is finished better than Patek Philippe. Just ridiculous.

EDIT: After hearing their painful commentary, realised that the 2 guys know nothing about watches and what they use as markers of quality to them, are fully out of wack.

 

[K3vlar]

To be honest, that colour scheme is one of their least popular schemes and yes the Seamaster 300's bezel action is not as fantastic as a sub.

His comparison is mostly with rolex but you can go and grab this specific piece at any ADs for a discount and with even greater discounts preowned or gray. You can't get a rolex without paying a premium and even at retail its more than the seamaster.

This guy's videos are mostly click-bait too, a more subdued archieluxury.

 

[K3vlar]

The Seiko cult will say anything, there are even cultists who will tell you that Grand Seiko is finished better than Patek Philippe. Just ridiculous.

EDIT: After hearing their painful commentary, realised that the 2 guys know nothing about watches and what they use as markers of quality to them, are fully out of wack.

Fully agree. The type of youtubers out for clicks and reactions.

 

[gaoxing84]

The Seiko cult will say anything, there are even cultists who will tell you that Grand Seiko is finished better than Patek Philippe. Just ridiculous.

EDIT: After hearing their painful commentary, realised that the 2 guys know nothing about watches and what they use as markers of quality to them, are fully out of wack.

i think GS can fight Patek. lol honest opinion.

 

[arc13]

Came with 4

Going home with 5

 

[Kyo_kusanagi86]

Came with 4

Going home with 5

How is the pricing there? Less 5 % compared to SG?

 

[kkkkdllmkkkk]

Wondering if my old friends are still around. Merry Christmas

U need to keep the blue flag fly high~~~

 

[cyrenic]

 

[cyrenic]

 

[fade_white]

Does it make sense to trade a milgauss for explorer 1?

 

[K3vlar]

Does it make sense to trade a milgauss for explorer 1?

depends on condition/model of the explorer

But in terms of heritage/demand/tiering, explorer > milgauss for sure.

 

[FroztSpectre]

Sad, not rich enough to afford expensive branded watches, I only have my Tudor 1926.
https://www.tudorwatch.com/en/watches/1926/m91650-0004

 

[fade_white]

depends on condition/model of the explorer

But in terms of heritage/demand/tiering, explorer > milgauss for sure.

Thinking of trade/selling my ~6 yo mg and top up a bit for grey 2021 exp1.

Hmmm. I thought tier wise mg is higher than exp 1, the rrp of mg is more, plus it has a sort of ‘complication’ with the antimagnetic casing? Heritage wise agree that exp >> mg

 

[K3vlar]

Thinking of trade/selling my ~6 yo mg and top up a bit for grey 2021 exp1.

Hmmm. I thought tier wise mg is higher than exp 1, the rrp of mg is more, plus it has a sort of ‘complication’ with the antimagnetic casing? Heritage wise agree that exp >> mg

Definitely MG is higher tier in Rolex's eyes. if you are going for the 36mm, i would offer straight swap.

If you are going for the recently discon 39mm, I would offer top up haha.