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Importance of hang tag in preowned market
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Pastorbottle
·You’re right about that. I remember the first time I got a bottle of Balvenie 21 port wood—an absolutely gorgeous bottle of whisky, but nothing rare: I paid something like $65 at duty free. You’re lucky to find the same label now (from a reputable retailer) for less than $300. It’s absurd.
… not that this is a thread about whisky.
You are of course correct, however it would be a much lesser thread without whiskey!
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Sauzo
·At what point is the Hang tag even added? Does it come with the watch from the factory, or does the boutique or dealer add it?
If a watch was specifically ordered for a customer or if a watch had literally just arrived when it was purchased, would it have a tag? My 75th anniversary heritage was like this and I never saw a tag.
Curious when the tag is part of the process.
Looks like the hang tag is from the factory.
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Enzo
·The white Omega hang-tag may or may not be important, but on Rolex watches the white hang tag holds more than just the serial # and price. In other words it is a way of verifying that the watch you have in your hand originally came in that configuration, eg bracelet, dial...
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Pastorbottle
·The white Omega hang-tag may or may not be important, but on Rolex watches the white hang tag holds more than just the serial # and price. In other words it is a way of verifying that the watch you have in your hand originally came in that configuration, eg bracelet, dial...
So someone couldn’t either fake a crappy plastic tag or even take a genuine one and stick it on a fake.
Seems a stupid thing to rely on to validate a watch.
Would the average Rolex buyer be able to decode the information on the tag anyway?
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Enzo
·So someone couldn’t either fake a crappy plastic tag or even take a genuine one and stick it on a fake.
Seems a stupid thing to rely on to validate a watch.
Would the average Rolex buyer be able to decode the information on the tag anyway?
Some, and maybe even you, might not be able to decode it, but many average Rolex buyers can.
What's wrong with this pic? (apart from the serial and part of the bar-code that I have obscured)
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Pastorbottle
·Some, and maybe even you, might not be able to decode it, but many average Rolex buyers can.
What's wrong with this pic? (apart from the serial and part of the bar-code that I have obscured)
I couldn’t decode it, because I have zero interest in Rolexes, and I doubt the “average” Rolex buyer could weather they’re interested or not
As to what’s wrong with the pic…….. the watch in it has Rolex on it!
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Enzo
·👍
Good for you, to some average watch folk, ignorance is bliss 😁
I couldn’t decode it, because I have zero interest in Rolexes, and I doubt the “average” Rolex buyer could weather they’re interested or not
As to what’s wrong with the pic…….. the watch in it has Rolex on it!
Good for you, to some average watch folk, ignorance is bliss 😁
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usasuisse
·Some hang tags have only the manufacturer's name and no way to identify to a specific model. Those I agree are worthless. Those tags with identification to a specific model have some minimal value only to some buyers, but not much value.
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leeharvey418
·What's wrong with this pic?
Is it that you tried to obscure a bar code, but there's no single section that's completely obscured from top to bottom?
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Enzo
·Is it that you tried to obscure a bar code, but there's no single section that's completely obscured from top to bottom?
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josiahg52
·And here we are arguing the value of a worthless piece of plastic and string. Once I get a scope on what the new and improved Omega archives service provides, I'm going to get into making fakes and then, fake vintage Rolex hang tags since some still insist on placing a value on worthless trinkets and printer paper.
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speedy_fan
·hang tag are as important to me, if possible I will want to have the hang tag.
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Evitzee
·And let's not forget the untold number of Rolex wearers who refused to take off the old green sticker on the back of their Rolex, convinced that it added value to their watch and was important to maintain it at all costs.
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Sauzo
·Some, and maybe even you, might not be able to decode it, but many average Rolex buyers can.
What's wrong with this pic? (apart from the serial and part of the bar-code that I have obscured)
The bracelet or tag is wrong. Says 0001 which is an oyster bracelet but the watch has a jubilee bracelet
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STANDY
··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorFunny as the amount of couldn’t give a 🤬 about hang tag and box people who bought watches at airports over the last 50 years that strapped a Rolex on and walked out the door to board their plane.
They used to throw them out they had that many. Saw a pile of 50 anchors in a draw once.
(know this as I knew a guy that worked at Rolex at a airport for many years.)
They used to throw them out they had that many. Saw a pile of 50 anchors in a draw once.
(know this as I knew a guy that worked at Rolex at a airport for many years.)
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PandaSPUR
·Some, and maybe even you, might not be able to decode it, but many average Rolex buyers can.
What's wrong with this pic? (apart from the serial and part of the bar-code that I have obscured)
The bracelet or tag is wrong. Says 0001 which is an oyster bracelet but the watch has a jubilee bracelet
Reference number knowledge aside (since I have 0), it also says "OYSTER M" on the tag.
Irrelevant for Omega watches though, the full reference number is printed on every card and you even get a nice picture of your watch in original configuration if its METAS certified and you look up the test results.
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Annapolis
·I see stuff like this on the internet---someone selling what appears to be a totally legit but blank Patek certificate of origin on Craigslist for $850---and I feel affirmed in my conviction that accoutrements (box, papers, etc) do not add any veracity to a preowned watch. Gotta have the warranty materials for a watch that's still under warranty, of course, but otherwise, worthless. And think about what this listing implies. Someone out there with a superclone PP (good ones of the Nautilus can be had for around/under $1,500, according to one video I saw, maybe by Jenni Elle?) can assemble a "full kit" with COO for another grand or so, let's say, and then turn around and sell it all for a pretty massive profit. Nuts that someone would pay that much for a piece of paper, but if the potential gain is that significant...
B&P (and hang tags): nice to have, but they prove nothing. I don't have a specific number in mind yet, but there's definitely a certain threshold above which I'd never buy a watch directly from another person---would always just pay a few bucks more to go through a trusted seller who I know will thoroughly inspect, authenticate, and guarantee the watch, and then I'd probably still immediately send it in for an OEM service. The reputation of a trusted seller is worth more to me than any piece of paper or plastic.
B&P (and hang tags): nice to have, but they prove nothing. I don't have a specific number in mind yet, but there's definitely a certain threshold above which I'd never buy a watch directly from another person---would always just pay a few bucks more to go through a trusted seller who I know will thoroughly inspect, authenticate, and guarantee the watch, and then I'd probably still immediately send it in for an OEM service. The reputation of a trusted seller is worth more to me than any piece of paper or plastic.
