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KeithS
·This past fall, an acquaintance offered me a new Rolex Submariner at a digestible price. As I had never owned a Submariner before, I thought, why not? Every watch enthusiast should own one at some point, probably. After receiving the Submariner and wearing it out and about, I felt it was a nice watch, but not a north-of-$11K-nice watch. Surprisingly and disappointingly, it also drew some rather snarky comments. So after a few minutes of contemplation last week, I said enough of this nonsense - too much money tied up in a watch that makes me look like a douche, apparently. But instead of trying to sell it, I thought it would be more interesting to try trading it for something more interesting and less flex-y.
So after scrolling through watchrecon over the course of a day or two, I found a watch that I've wanted to own ever since @Mach posted this thread a while back. Who knew Blancpain made anything else besides some fugly bloated dive watches (that look very little like the original Fifty Fathoms)? I certainly didn't. So even though I still don't really understand what Blancpain is supposed to be or do as a brand, I really the Air Command and offered to do a 1:1 trade with a well respected member on another forum. Much to my surprise, he agreed and less than a week after embarking upon this endeavor, I had successfully traded a ubiquitous watch that retails for $8950 for an uncommon watch that retails for double that. Not too shabby.
Who else has successfully traded a watch and was super pleased with the outcome?
Obligatory, pictures:
Outgoing: Rolex Submariner.
Incoming: Blancpain Air Command.
Poor attempt at macro photography, front.
Poor attempt at macro photography, back.
So after scrolling through watchrecon over the course of a day or two, I found a watch that I've wanted to own ever since @Mach posted this thread a while back. Who knew Blancpain made anything else besides some fugly bloated dive watches (that look very little like the original Fifty Fathoms)? I certainly didn't. So even though I still don't really understand what Blancpain is supposed to be or do as a brand, I really the Air Command and offered to do a 1:1 trade with a well respected member on another forum. Much to my surprise, he agreed and less than a week after embarking upon this endeavor, I had successfully traded a ubiquitous watch that retails for $8950 for an uncommon watch that retails for double that. Not too shabby.
Who else has successfully traded a watch and was super pleased with the outcome?
Obligatory, pictures:
Outgoing: Rolex Submariner.
Poor attempt at macro photography, front.
Poor attempt at macro photography, back.
