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How far will you drive for a deal on a watch

queriver
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Of my last 9 purchases, 2 were local and 7 were long-distance and not viable in person. If I had bought those 7 in person a rough calc of the round trip distance involved in getting all of them totalled 195,000 km. About 1/2 way to the moon.
 
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I once took the subway to Manhattan for an in-person watch deal. I even changed trains.
 
CPRwatch
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Did a 662 mile round trip on a Saturday for this , & would do it again in a heartbeat .
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I'm soon moving to CT from Europe, good to know that there are some fellow watch enthusiasts in the area 😀
Dude Connecticut isn’t horrible but if you are in a nice European area I see no reason for you to uproot yourself.
 
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Well my whole reason for starting this thread has collapsed. The guy I was going to get that nice rado from went 0-dark-30. I’m a bit disappointed I was going to take a ride to Harvard in the AM to make the deal. It’s my last shot he is moving to Illinois Tuesday. The only other thing I have this week is a gentleman selling a new Vostok still in the box for 35 bucks. I realize this is low on the totem poll but I like Vostoks and the ones I have are from the Soviet era so to me it’s a good pick. Next week a possible Rolex trade but it’s making me a bit nervous. Trading my Cellini for a automatic. It’s from a little shop I found not too far from me, I picked up a nice constellation from them but they aren’t the best at picking “good watches” I found a few redials etc. I’ll figure it out though they are honest dudes I can make the trade on the stipulation I get it checked out within 24hrs and let them do the same with the Cellini.
 
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I'd be willing to travel much farther during the winter if it is to get a watch in a warmer location. 😉
 
Thrasher36
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From Long Beach to San Francisco or Vegas though I would probably fly to SF
 
Davidt
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So far I've only driven a couple of hours on a few occasions to meet private sellers face to face, but I'd happily go on a decent trip to collect a watch and make a weekend out of it.
 
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But not JUST a watch.
True...it’s not JUST a watch...it’s a VERY ACCURATE [mechanical] watch...via very careful and very slight manipulation of the regulator, it appears to be running at about +2 seconds to +1 second per day on the wrist. 👍
 
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Mad Dog Mad Dog
True...it’s not JUST a watch...it’s a VERY ACCURATE [mechanical] watch...via very careful and very slight manipulation of the regulator, it appears to be running at about +2 seconds to +1 second per day on the wrist. 👍
That's pretty damn good. Yeah, you have to really go easy on moving that regulator. I'm surprised they didn't use one of those swan neck contraptions for very fine adjustment, with that screw so tiny the smallest watchmakers's screwdriver (50) barely fits on it. Well, smallest in my tool collection.

I thought I was going to need to travel out West for my latest acquisition, but I think it will be coming to me through a bit of good fortune.
 
X5Mita
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I’m in Texas. A little drive doesn’t mean much here. I would go as far as 6 hours each way for a good watch.
 
Keith88lx
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The longest I’ve done alone for a car/truck part is about 2.5 hours. I’d do that alone for a watch. Now sometimes I could convince the wife to take a mini vacation if it was a longer drive.
 
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