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10 April 2018, 08:27 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Real Name: David
Location: New England
Posts: 1,888
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For me it was not buying more years ago when I started. I’m still hunting down many of the same pieces I was trigger shy on then, but at twice+ the cost.
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10 April 2018, 08:50 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Real Name: Ken
Location: SW Florida
Watch: One on my wrist.
Posts: 63,380
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6538 Big Crown 4 line perfect mint condition
6263 Paul Newman white dial mint complete 6241 Paul Newman black mint 6239 Paul Newman 6262 tropical mint Multiple 6263’s both black and sliver and complete Porcelain 16520 NOS complete 1680/8 meters first mint 1680/8 tropical caramel dial 5513 full spec Milsub with HH letter 5514 Comex documented log with deepest dive in Comex history MK1 Patent Pending DRSD mint worn a few times Mk2 tropical DRSD nicest one ever Mk3 DRSD mint complete Mk4 DRSD mint Panerai 6152-1 tropical 1948 on original strap 5512 underline dial gilt mint 5512 complete set 4 line mint 10 1680 tropical red 1675 gilt 1655 original owner barn find mint 10 I could go on and on as there are dozens more sadly! I had 4 Y LV’s and several early F’s as well 3 bought new from AD’s by me. Ok I am done now but there are lots of photos of them that live on forever here from years back. 
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10 April 2018, 08:55 PM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2017
Real Name: Enrique
Location: MNL x FFM x YVR
Watch: All that I own
Posts: 81
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Selling my Lange 1815 Chronograph some years ago. The original dial version in white gold and white dial. I wish I hadn't. I really miss that watch and would love to own it again...
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10 April 2018, 08:58 PM
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2024 Pledge Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Real Name: Brian (TBone)
Location: canada
Watch: es make me smile
Posts: 73,525
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10 April 2018, 10:26 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Real Name: Mario
Location: CANADA
Posts: 2,483
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♛ DJII 116234 · Submariner 126610LV · Yacht Master 42 226659 ✿ Pelagos 25600TN Ω X-33 Speedmaster Skywalker · 1861 Speedmaster Modsukoshi · SMP 2254.50 · SMP 2230.50 NAC · Seamaster 300 166.0324 · Genève 162.037 Seiko SLA033 Willard · SKX007 |
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10 April 2018, 10:34 PM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Real Name: Michael
Location: RTP, NC, USA
Watch: ♕& Ω
Posts: 5,085
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I had a 14060M (my first Rolex) and sold it, bought an 114060 which was nice, I liked it... eventually I got tired of it and sold it. I really prefer the new bracelet and ceramic bezel, but I kind of wish I had just kept the first one... it wore much smaller, and that cheesy bracelet is unnoticeable when it's on your wrist.
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10 April 2018, 10:35 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Real Name: Tom
Location: USA
Posts: 121
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10 April 2018, 11:02 PM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Missouri USA
Watch: Daytona C white
Posts: 2,248
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Choosing a plat/Yachtmaster over a bluesy. Buying said yachtie new then tiring and trading said yachtie for bluesy 9 months later. Very expensive mistake....not quite as expensive as the quartz Cartier tank debacle and Longines Hour Angle I had to have but darn near it. Rarely will you have solid wins with watches but playing with Rolex keeps you losing as little as possible for the sake of the hobby.
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11 April 2018, 12:08 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Texas
Posts: 4,835
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I should have kept:
AP 15202 AP 15305 Hulk Really no regrets since I replaced them with a couple of nice Pateks. Now I did recently get another Hulk. Too expensive to reacquire the APs.
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11 April 2018, 05:05 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Montreal
Posts: 33
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11 April 2018, 05:12 AM
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Banned
Join Date: May 2014
Real Name: Mike
Location: BOS
Watch: 16710;14060;214270
Posts: 6,375
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Buying a watch (non-Rolex) based on pictures alone and without trying on.
Poor fit, sold at a slight loss; however, experience was well-worth the lesson learned. |
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11 April 2018, 05:16 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Real Name: Kenny
Location: northern ireland
Watch: SDs, Subs & GMTs
Posts: 5,127
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Certainly made few mistakes along the way both flipping and passing on opportunities. I like to think though that I evened things out a bit with some of the watches I picked up and still have......also gotta keep it all in perspective...in the bigger scheme of things these are only watches!
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11 April 2018, 05:16 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Real Name: Brian
Location: Northern Virginia
Watch: One of Not Many
Posts: 17,895
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Never made a blunder selling, only buying
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11 April 2018, 05:27 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Asheville
Watch: BLNR
Posts: 108
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Actually bought the kermit ten years ago and sold it for a very good profit for another project. Wife actually was against selling it. Fast forward a year, shoulda held on but now I just got the blnr and its a keeper.
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11 April 2018, 05:38 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Real Name: Scott
Location: GMT -7
Watch: GMT's & Sub's
Posts: 10,399
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11 April 2018, 05:53 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: USA
Watch: 1665
Posts: 4,741
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11 April 2018, 06:05 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jan 2018
Real Name: Michael
Location: Michigan
Watch: 16610
Posts: 319
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11 April 2018, 06:06 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Toronto
Posts: 143
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a few regrets for me.
1. 2002 bought a 16234 as my first Rolex instead of a sports model, picked up my 16610 the following year. 2. 2006 decided to get the Cartier Roadster Chrono over the SD. Cartier was more money back then, but the SD is now triple the retail. The Cartier has dropped in value and I never wear it! 3. 2011 chose AP 26300 instead of the SS Daytona White (at a 10% discount) and AP 15300. Ended up getting the priciest of the 3, also the worse performing. I wear all my watches, and don't view them as investments. But if you look at monetary value, I made many bad decisions. |
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11 April 2018, 06:08 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Real Name: Mike
Location: Peoria, AZ
Watch: 116610 Submariner
Posts: 232
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No regrets sold my Submariner for a Breitling Super avenger and never looked back.
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11 April 2018, 06:11 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SoCal
Posts: 1,906
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11 April 2018, 06:16 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Real Name: Flavio
Location: N/A
Posts: 14,652
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11 April 2018, 06:20 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 264
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I visited a Dealer who just received a SubC, BLNR, and an LvC. I probably could have negotiated a good discount and picked up 2 watches, but i only decided on getting the SubC. Euro to dollar was at a good rate, VAT refund would have helped and the value of the BLNR & LvC shot up. The 3 watches would have been about 20k, basically the cost of a BLNR and LvC, could've tried to flip them and end up with my SubC for about 3-4k
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11 April 2018, 06:25 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Real Name: David
Location: Colorado, USA
Watch: Sport 4digit ref#
Posts: 295
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I worked at an AD for a short time in high school (1981). The shop had a Rolex Cosmograph that had been there for a few years. Retail was about $575, was offered to me for $350 (dealer cost). I was making $2.85 an hour as a stock boy/helper. I remember thinking I'd have to work over 100 hours to pay for it, so I passed. ��
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11 April 2018, 06:31 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Real Name: Steve.
Location: UK
Posts: 6,060
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I could go on and on as there are dozens more sadly! I had 4 Y LV’s and several early F’s as well 3 bought new from AD’s by me. Ok I am done now but there are lots of photos of them that live on forever here from years back.
[/QUOTE]Well done, what memories to have!  Better to have had and 'lost', than never had at all. |
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11 April 2018, 06:36 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Earth
Posts: 2,443
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Had the chance to buy a FPJ Chrono Bleu from a boutique last summer (before the dial issue that has caused a backlog and Rolex-esc waitlist). I still pine over this watch almost daily. Buying my IWC Portuguese (just never really clicked with the watch and traded it in for my JLC MC chrono).
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11 April 2018, 06:36 AM
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Banned
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Bi coastal
Watch: Ok...Watching
Posts: 937
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Man $2.85 per hour...wow. |
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11 April 2018, 07:01 AM
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2024 Pledge Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: usa
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Don’t really regret many moves as I like to focus forward but I’ve certainly burned some capital and the few that would be up big now are:
Ap15202 Pp5167 Pp5711w M serial Kermit The one I wonder about appreciation wise was one of the first Blancpain bathyscaphes in ceramitized titanium I think it was called - they scraped that metal shortly after release So while not a deep market for that brand that one may prove to be special many years from now. Or not |
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11 April 2018, 08:55 AM
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2024 Pledge Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Real Name: Neil
Location: UK
Watch: ing ships roll in
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11 April 2018, 10:01 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Florida
Watch: None
Posts: 646
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