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Old 26 February 2022, 01:05 AM   #1
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What is the one watch you want but feel that you will never be able to acquire?

Day-Date for me. I have been priced out of the market.

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Old 26 February 2022, 01:08 AM   #2
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What is the one watch you want but feel that you will never be able to acquire?


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Old 26 February 2022, 01:11 AM   #3
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Old 28 February 2022, 09:49 AM   #4
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Old 26 February 2022, 01:13 AM   #5
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Old 27 February 2022, 12:46 AM   #6
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Same for me. Always thought I’d get one but i recently moved some watches on and now have the funds to buy a 5270 without touching other funds allocated for other stuff.

But…I now realise it’s just too much money for someone of my wealth level to spend on a watch so the money is going a holiday home instead and i accept that a 5270 just isn’t for me.


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Old 27 February 2022, 02:39 AM   #7
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Old 26 February 2022, 01:21 AM   #8
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Old 26 February 2022, 01:28 AM   #9
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Well being I've been chasing a 116505 or 515 for about 8 months and I'm starting to lose hope. Not to mention I'm not even dial specific. I'll take any of them.

Have a few working leads from a few A D's and have done everything I can and then some over these last 8 months. Like a lot. Plus the personal relationship I have and spend history and on and on and on.

Gonna give it another 4-6 months and if still no dice I may have to go Grey. OMG I soooooo dont want to on this one. But I'm not gonna sit on the sidelines forever.
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Old 26 February 2022, 01:40 AM   #10
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Well being I've been chasing a 116505 or 515 for about 8 months and I'm starting to lose hope. Not to mention I'm not even dial specific. I'll take any of them.

Have a few working leads from a few A D's and have done everything I can and then some over these last 8 months. Like a lot. Plus the personal relationship I have and spend history and on and on and on.

Gonna give it another 4-6 months and if still no dice I may have to go Grey. OMG I soooooo dont want to on this one. But I'm not gonna sit on the sidelines forever.
Buy grey now before prices cont. to rise. If you happen to get it from an AD 4-6 months from now, sell the one you bought from grey.
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Old 26 February 2022, 01:48 AM   #11
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Buy grey now before prices cont. to rise. If you happen to get it from an AD 4-6 months from now, sell the one you bought from grey.
I know brother. Its crossed my mind soooooooooooo many times. Its just these 505's are bring upper 70's versus the 40k Msrp.

I'd probably want to trade something then I'm out the trade, granted quite a few bought at Msrp, so theres money to be made but it will still be gone.

I guess if I got the call I could sell one and use the proceeds to get that particular trade back but I'd still be going backwards financially.

So between the 2 options of going Grey with no trade and spending a ton, at least for me, or doing a trade both outcomes are holding me back. But yes you're right going Grey NOW isnt too bad of an idea and one I've mulled a bunch

The other dynamic is this will be my last piece I want. Yes thousands of us have said that but if I post a pic of my collection you'll see I'm covered so I want this one from my A D. But yes there are pitfalls of waiting
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Old 26 February 2022, 01:36 AM   #12
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Old 26 February 2022, 03:00 AM   #13
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Old 26 February 2022, 01:39 AM   #14
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Meteorite BLRO. Platona. DD40. There's more than just one lol
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Old 26 February 2022, 01:41 AM   #15
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The Philippe Dufour Simplicity is the watch I really want but it is way out of reach for me.
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Old 27 February 2022, 01:00 AM   #16
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The Philippe Dufour Simplicity is the watch I really want but it is way out of reach for me.
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Old 26 February 2022, 01:41 AM   #17
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Old 26 February 2022, 09:15 AM   #18
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Old 26 February 2022, 01:42 AM   #20
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Old 26 February 2022, 01:45 AM   #21
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Patek 5712 on bracelet. Every time I get close the price keeps pushing higher and higher…


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Old 26 February 2022, 01:52 AM   #22
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Anything with Rolex on the dial (From an AD)?????
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Old 27 February 2022, 03:26 AM   #23
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Old 26 February 2022, 02:20 AM   #24
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What is the one watch you want but feel that you will never be able to acquire?

When I first got into the hobby a few years ago PM stuff like daydate 36 and daydate 40s of current generation were going for about $25-$35k and those felt attainable with some savings and depreciation but no longer.

Even older vintage DDs went from around $8k to $18k pretty quickly. So I’m sort of out of the PM game.

The stuff I like that I’ll never actually get is the OP39 pearlmaster olive dial. They hover around $60-$70k these days.

There’s also a gold omega that I got priced out of and a platinum omega I got priced out of. These days everything is way up not just Rolex.

I had like 5 things in my watch list on C24 that all doubled in price in 3 years when I was expecting them to drop 10-20%.

Oh well!

There’s plenty of fish in the sea!

I feel the better question is which reference do you want that’s gone up so much in price it’s not worth buying anymore. Because with enough money you can buy anything including a Tiffany blue Patek nautilous.

I take the opposite approach of grey advice and just wait til prices come back down and new references are introduced. I only buy the dip not the bubble. There’s always something else just as interesting to spend money on
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Old 26 February 2022, 02:24 AM   #25
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Old 26 February 2022, 02:27 AM   #26
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Old 26 February 2022, 02:37 AM   #27
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I am whole for now. My “grails” have all been attainable and unless something crazy cool gets introduced next month there’s no must haves pending.
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