How often do you see ANY nice watch in the wild?

alefar

I have moved in Luxembourg since the past few months and i spot Rolexes and Omegas quite often. Best thing I've spotted up to now was a royal oak offshore chrono

Elitr6

Spotted a guy in his early forties with a speedy at an event today. Turned out it was his grandfather's watch. He went swimming with it in the sea here a year ago with predictable results. He then had a watch maker "fix it". Poor speedy was polished to hell and back, dial out was washed but hands looked original.

Didn't take any photos or tip him off of what he had done to the value of his watch.

And yes, it was an ed white...

Martin_J_N

Have you ever thought that the vast majority of watch buyers have no conception of what their watch is worth, they will get the watch serviced when it is needed and the service centre will return a beautiful watch looking like new.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this, it is the owners choice, they simply want their watch which they have had for years back, the fact that I’m getting it serviced, having parts swapped out just doesn’t concern them.

Not everyone knows the significance of the watch they own, for most it’s simply a watch. This is why people get all hot and sweaty when they see an original Ed White or similar being offered for sale, why is this, well most have been for a service and had service parts installed, an original is rare.

Don’t laugh at those that don’t know, just remember it could well have been a relative of yours that bought a 2998 when they were launched but binned it when it went wrong, after all, how were they to know at the time that the watch would one day be worth a lot of money?

Doc Savage

I soooo hope this is a serious post 👍

That would be almost as good as seeing them using an Android phone