Selling, Swapping or Wanted Watches & Timepieces *Please read rules in 1st post**

893Bet is not the poster you want to play Watch Top Trumps with, I would not go down that road at all, suffice to say he speaks with some knowledge of the market for high-end watches.

Retail on an Explorer is optimistic, is it totally unrealistic? I dont know, depends on if there is one buyer out there with the dosh and urgency to get one. On balance, they sell under retail. A watch that has left the AD is second-hand, the condition is great yes, but its still a used watch and you are competing with all the other used watches out there. All watches can be rendered unworn condition with minimal effort.

Pick your price, advertise it as such and wait. If you are not getting nibbles after a certain period of time consider changing the price or waiting longer. Consider what other watch your prospective buyer could buy with that money….sub, datejust, milgauss, maybe even a older black GMT… that is your competition, and that what your buyer will move onto if they feel your watch is overpriced…its not that people are broke and cannot afford it, its that they dont see the value proposition.

i guess there's a general suspicion when someone who hasnt posted on the forum before about watches and has very few boards posts in general joins and their first post is I'm selling 10k plus watches. tz forums have a rule where you can't even see their sales forum until you clock up a number of posts and when you can you still can't sell… you can just view for another number of posts.. its a pain but does mean you have to poke around and post and have a chat with people before its straight down to buying and selling. pretty much everyone here has got a bit tetchy at some point over something apart from maybe wibbs (weirdo) but that's just the nature of it. No saints here. I would have thought if the OP joined and said hey lads hows it going.. ive a number of watches… posted some details and then said btw I'm thinking of selling some soon that it might have been a 'softer' landing.. the reaction doesn't mean we are all watch racists like Fr Ted

of course they feel piled upon, the person listed a watch that some deem expensive as other have done in the past but in my opinion it’s best to keep scrolling unless the person asks for advice on pricing and even then isn’t it frowned upon to value watches on boards 🤷‍♂️

Just for reference there's a white seamaster boxed 300m with cards on rubber strap for 2950 pounds on tz forums. About 3500 in euros.. 4800 seems optimistic but who knows

And then there is the VAT issue that not everyone may be able to circumvent negotiate, thats another €800 potentially

If you go for that watch on chrono24 (2023, white, EU) it starts around 4.6k, so yes 4.8k is optimistic, but if you allow for a little negotiation (maybe 8-10%) its not outrageous?

at least someone can meet the buy and inspect the watch etc for €4800 and maybe some haggle room, it’s best to be optimistic rather than under price it 🤷‍♂️

Add some photos as it’s the topic of the day it might help shift it

Wait, people well say to that you'll have to subtract the c24 commission. 😂

Or maybe not cos you'll have the advantage of being local (inspection) and no shipping cost. Tricky business.

I know, just throwing the cat so to speak

oh oh..

Not a nice path to be heading down tbh..

We have all bought and sold thousands on watches, some have watches worth 2 or 3 times the price of an explorer.

Personally don’t like Rolex..so I ain’t bothered. But we always say buy the seller..

Right bit the bullet and ordered a King Samurai Manta Ray on Silicone strap so I'm putting my SRPF01K1 Blue Dialled Samurai up for sale. Offering it with the Crafter Blue Strap(worth €70) for €350 as I want to hold onto the bracelet. I may reconsider that depending on interest but would be looking for more. Bracelet is €105 if I need to source another.

Case and crystal is 100%, few little scratches on edge of bezel between 25 and 37. Bigger mark at 30 and 37. Not noticeable without close examination and I'd say a polishing cloth would take most of them out. Can't see any marks on bezel insert. It dates from 2020 hasn't seen that much wear really as I rotate a lot.

Have box, hang tags etc. Just need to dig it out.

Midlands based but I do be in Dublin fairly often.

I was really going back & forth over it. Whoever bought It for a huge amount of watch for the money IMO.

It was featured over on talking timepieces a couple of weeks ago and it was quite decent.

Its got a gorgeous dial, it's a GMT (which I always enjoy) it's quirky release that really has some serious horological chops IMO.

I need to sell before I can buy, and I don't fancy selling into this market.

Hi folks,

I'm contemplating selling my planet ocean and was wondering about price..had a look at chrono24 and prices seem quite strong?

Cheers,

Mick

https://www.chrono24.com/omega/skyfall--imod2972.htm

can I ask where you got the Manta Ray? Was looking at the Samurai but not sure how it compare to the Turtle, but I prefer those hands