Walrus
·so for Christmas I gave out several watches as gifts. After the holiday I ended up with one omega. It was a basic Geneve nothing special. I’ve been sitting on it as I wanted to hold off on getting it serviced. I decided I’d put it on a couple places see if anyone wanted to buy it. I think I put it in for 100 or so more than I payed only because I knew I’d get some lowball offers. Anyway a cool dude who lives about 10 minutes from me expressed some interest. We met up and I could tell he was rather enthralled with the watch. He knew nothing about watches but said he always wanted a Rolex but wants to start out with something smaller. So first meeting he expressed interest but wanted to learn more about the watch. I wrote down the watches info told him to google and check a few sites.
A few days later he told me he really wanted it but gave me a bit of an insulting lowball offer but by this time I liked the guy and wanted to play a part in his first decent vintage watch. I shot back a price ten bucks more than what I paid. He was cool with that and wanted to meet right away. So with this long babble I’m just trying to relate I hooked up another person to the world of watches. This is #2 for me, I warned them both about the addiction issue and told them to study up before buying other things. He asked me for help with other purchases I told him feel free to contact me but I warned him I’m not the guy to get good answers from he goes the Rolex route. He just wants me to help him look up info and resources I’m fine with that.
So sorry, rather long schpiel to get this out but it’s cool to bring someone into the fold especially if it turns into a “friend ship” and you have someone new to talk watches with.
A few days later he told me he really wanted it but gave me a bit of an insulting lowball offer but by this time I liked the guy and wanted to play a part in his first decent vintage watch. I shot back a price ten bucks more than what I paid. He was cool with that and wanted to meet right away. So with this long babble I’m just trying to relate I hooked up another person to the world of watches. This is #2 for me, I warned them both about the addiction issue and told them to study up before buying other things. He asked me for help with other purchases I told him feel free to contact me but I warned him I’m not the guy to get good answers from he goes the Rolex route. He just wants me to help him look up info and resources I’m fine with that.
So sorry, rather long schpiel to get this out but it’s cool to bring someone into the fold especially if it turns into a “friend ship” and you have someone new to talk watches with.