Currently valued at $1000cad. I am strongly considering this pierce triple date. That being said, I know nothing about this brand of watches and would love any type of information on this model. It does not take an expert however to be able to tell that this watch is in excellent condition.

Thanks.

 

Take this with a grain of salt ifyou will ... i have heard they can be nigh on impossible to fix when issues arise

 

Have heard that as well. Definetly will. Thanks for your advice.

 

You're thinking of the chronographs. Pierce used a very interesting movement design which incorporated a leather part. As you can imagine, when the leather gets old and begins disintegrating you run into problems.

The Triple Dates, to my knowledge, do not have these problems.

Can we get a movement shot?

 

I will look into getting one tommrow when i return to his store. It is a reputated dealer that i believe i can trust, and i am considering buying the watch myself without any further consultations. Once he shows me the movement, what should i be on the lookout for?

 

I'd advise you to take pictures and post them here so that we can look over the movement for you. If you're comfortable flying blind, that's your call.

 

Thank you for your advice woodwkr2. That being said, can anyone provide any information on the asking price?

 

Don't you just love that friction spring for the centre seconds pinion - it makes the Omega 5xx look puny.

 

My heart is not set out on a pierce. But you are right, I am looking for a triple date moon phase around the $1000 range. Just for fun.

Is this pierce really that bad?

I am open to suggestions. Furthermore, my budget is just a rough ballpark. If the example is exceptional, I could be persuaded.

Aswell, thanks for the movement pics guys.

 

I don't think the Pierce is a poor choice, and if it has been serviced for that price, I don't think it's exorbitant-- triple calendar/moonphases can be expensive to service. Granted you could find a "bigger" name if you stretched your budget a little. There are some nice Movado triples with moon phase that go for around $1500 but to really upgrade you're looking in the $2-4.5k range, minimum, for a nice Omega Cosmic. The JLC, Vacheron, and Universal pieces will easily set you back $5-6K.

I like buying triples with moon phase based on the calibre. There are some cool valjoux examples, a few venus examples, pierce, omega, universal, etc....

For the valjoux, venus, and later, automatic felsa movements, you can frequently find a no-name or house brand in decent condition for a very reasonable price.

Pierce is significantly undervalued if you think about what it is--a complicated, in-house calibre.

 

And thats what I thought as well. Personally, the name difference between movado and pierce is negligible, at least in my eyes. So to me its not worth the extra 500 - 700. In terms of the price, it was his asking, so I speculate that he will be willing to adjust, at least a bit .

In regards to it being serviced, it is. All of his watches come pre serviced with a one year personal warranty. Perhaps I should have mentioned that in the original post.

Thanks again woodwkr2.