Fun Poll - How Much Would You Spend On A Watch?

[tankee]

Funz:

...each time piece is in the 10s of thousands some in the hundreds of thousands....

hundreds of thousands :!: that's almost like wearing a small HDB flat on the wrist. :shock:

Funz:

...My daily wear watches are all below $5k.....

that's more than 10 times of my daily wear.

[MMM]

tankee:

MMM:

.... I am having thoughts if it is possible to buy a rollie overseas and then sell it here. There is some good margin there. But purchase price must be good.

I thought most of them are saying that price in Swiss may be more expensive. The saving if any is on duty and exchange rate when favourable.

Can buy from other countries such as HK where it is cheaper. The watches are all the same and from Switzerland.

[MMM]

tankee:

so rolex is cheaper in HK and Tag is cheaper in Swiss?


I heard of some illegal practise modification to rolex like changing the dial to diamond type and selling at higher price.

Yes, rolex is cheaper in HK. But not sure about Tag now. Tag price went up so much!!! My hubby bought me my current tag (around 15 yrs already) for around $600+. Now the same model (very slight design change only as my kids were going like mummy your watch) is going at $1950.

Actually those illegal modification are not \"acknowledge\" by Rolex Service Centre. Read in the forum that RSC will refuse to service that part, etc.... as it is non-original. So they are very particular and I feel that anything RSC don't acknowledge is like saying that it is not authentic. No one wants to buy a non-authentic rolex especially after paying so much.

We sent our watches for authentification at RSC as we bought the watch from a shop that brings in brand new from other countries. Yes and what a relief, we were given clearance. We think that shop can be trusted as it has been around for 30 years. But I don't want to wear the watch for 20 years to realise that some part is not authentic. Eg. if I passed on to my daughter then they found that they inherited a non-authentic from me :!: After giving us the verbal confirmation that everything is original, the recept was asking me why do I want to authenticate as my watch is brand new. I told her my source, my concerns, etc... she checked the best price they can offer for my model. I still bought it at 1k cheaper and my watch was sourced from Europe.

So if you are considering of buying a rollie (if 2nd hand), make sure there is agreement with seller to authenticate the watch. This is for peace of mind. Paying $75 for authentification is cheap compared to thousands you pay for the watch.

[tankee]

Agreed on the authenication for peace of mind. $75 is small price as compared to the price of the rolex.

[MMM]

tankee:

Agreed on the authenication for peace of mind. $75 is small price as compared to the price of the rolex.

Err.. they give a rolex leather case for keeping the watch after authentification. So ok lah :lol:

[tankee]

Not bad, still got bag


MMM, can pm me the name of the highly recommended shop to me, please?

[Busymom]

MMM:

titank,


Just to add. There is actually forum for rolex in Singapore. Everyone discussing about price, models, anything about rolex. It's really an eye opener and there is so much to learn.

In the same forum, they also talk about other expensive watches as well.

Last but not least, the prices for such watch will only go up year after year. So there is this general belief that you should buy it sooner rather than later.

Can pm me the name of this forum?

[shine_fs]

Few months ago, my hubby bought a Rolex submariner black @ S$10++K. Now, the price went up S$200+.


I had mine ladies rolex watch 8 yrs ago a wedding gift from my parents. At tat time it was like S$6~7K. Now the watch(1st hand) worth more than S$8K+.

The price for the rolex will not reduce but will increase every yr.

[buds]

A student's mom once wore a beautiful Chopard.

I only knew how to pronounce it after she said it
and i also knew about watches called Chopard
after she told me! :oops:

Hers wasn't the showy bling... but beautiful and
a very tasteful and elegant piece that had small
diamonds that shone anyhow she moved... she
only showed it to me after i complimented her
abt it.. she wasn't showy at all. I didn't realise
the watch was so expensive until i insisted she
shared.. I loved how the diamonds run down on
the watch surface each time she needs to check
the time.. :love:

Looks lovely, classly and not over the top..

I'm not so much a watch wearer.. so i don't have
a watch at all! Haha! :lol:

[sleepy]

buds:

I'm not so much a watch wearer.. so i don't have
a watch at all! Haha! :lol:

Me too! I refer to my handphone for time