Was I too thrilled? De Ville 146.017

cristos71 · Oct 26, 2019

Lurk41
All listing I run across were about €1k above your range, and it goes up to €5k for very good specimen sold by premium dealers (ok 5k is way overpriced, that I know).
The differences between the list prices and the actual ones are that huge? 😟

Well if you are buying from dealers then you will of course be paying their inflated prices. Most dealers are selling most watches at at least 100% more than I find to be an acceptable price.

JwRosenthal · Oct 26, 2019

I know it’s hard once you get bitten by the bug or have been in the hunt for a while, but the one major thing this group has taught me is patience is the absolute key. There is a never ending sea of this stuff, you just have wait and be ready to pounce when the good one comes...and it will...then another in time....all about patience.

Lurk41 · Oct 26, 2019

I wasn't really hunting that model TBH... I think it was my first mistake. I just know it exists, thought it was out of my range (€3-3.5k while apparently it is 1k less). I usually do not rush into into things but this time I did, and I ended misdugde the market value and how "easy" it would be to get a dial (at least a service one), because I did not took the time t odo my homework. Rookie mistake :whipped:

@cristos71 at €3k-3.5k it includes a few dealers but most of them were private. Hence my surprise when you told me a nice one is around €2k-2.5k

In any case, thanks for all the comments and info. I am still not sure what to do with the current dial (risk a restoration or not), but this time I will not rush a decision, I promise 😁

JwRosenthal · Oct 26, 2019

Lurk41
I wasn't really hunting that model TBH... I think it was my first mistake. I just know it exists, thought it was out of my range (€3-3.5k while apparently it is 1k less). I usually do not rush into into things but this time I did, and I ended misdugde the market value and how "easy" it would be to get a dial (at least a service one), because I did not took the time t odo my homework. Rookie mistake

@cristos71 at €3k-3.5k it includes a few dealers but most of them were private. Hence my surprise when you told me a nice one is around €2k-2.5k

In any case, thanks for all the comments and info. I am still not sure what to do with the current dial (risk a restoration or not), but this time I will not rush a decision, I promise 😁

In all honesty, I think you’ll be fine in this and not take a bath if you decide to sell- I’m sure someone would pay you what you have into it and love it the way it is if you don’t.

Evitzee · Oct 26, 2019

Everyone who has had vintage watches has made mistakes along the way, it's part of the journey. Take your lumps, learn from it and move on. Most of these watches are like busses, they'll be another one coming along shortly. As others have said, patience is the key.

STANDY · Oct 26, 2019

Buy it, service it and wear it. Easy

Still tells the time perfectly well. Nothing wrong with a ugly duckling early on to keep you motivated to always buy condition 😉

JwRosenthal · Oct 26, 2019

16 years ago I bought a 1988 BMW M5 for $8k -first and only year in the US for the E28 M5. It needed work, but it ran and was in “decent shape”. I could have had a clean low mileage one for about $15k. Over the next 4 years I put close to $12k into that car and it still wasn’t there- it was too far gone when I got it and was a losing battle. I finally sold it for $10k. It was a $20k lesson in buy the best you can find and afford.

The next one I bought was my ‘93 M5, low mileage, garage kept its whole life- every scrap of paperwork- it was turnkey and near showroom condition- I paid top of the market for it. That car has been the lowest maintenance car I have ever had and I still grin ear-to-ear every time I drive it.

S.H. · Oct 27, 2019

Lurk41
I wasn't really hunting that model TBH... I think it was my first mistake. I just know it exists, thought it was out of my range (€3-3.5k while apparently it is 1k less). I usually do not rush into into things but this time I did, and I ended misdugde the market value and how "easy" it would be to get a dial (at least a service one), because I did not took the time t odo my homework. Rookie mistake

@cristos71 at €3k-3.5k it includes a few dealers but most of them were private. Hence my surprise when you told me a nice one is around €2k-2.5k

In any case, thanks for all the comments and info. I am still not sure what to do with the current dial (risk a restoration or not), but this time I will not rush a decision, I promise 😁

Everyone makes mistakes 😀 . As the others said, patience is key, but there is more to it: the best way to buy imho is very time consuming. Lots of time spent not buying but seeing, researching, sometimes asking,keeping the buying frenzy in check and then when you see something nice you are actually capable of making a somewhat informed (even if risky) quick move. The most difficult part is maintaining some sort of discipline, because when something is not right in your life, or when you are tired, you (general you, I'm included in the lot) tend to see what you want to see and make a bad decision.

You got one very important part right anyway : never gamble with money you may need as you said. 👍

Was I too thrilled? De Ville 146.017

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