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Old 13 April 2019, 04:34 PM   #61
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In 2016 I was offered a 5712/1A from Tiffany. I almost pulled the trigger but then thought that extra stamp on the dial somehow detracted from the purity of having a Patek Philippe in its rawest unadulterated form.

Well that was a hasty move, truth be told, as I didn't know about the history between the two brands at the time.

But the kicker, as you are all well aware, is the fact that the watch is now commanding over $150k! Obviously hindsight is 20-20, but this one stings as I was so close to pulling the trigger.


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Old 14 April 2019, 04:51 PM   #62
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A few years ago, prior to this nautilus craze, i turned down a 5712 for 30k brand new from my AD. Also, turned down two blue dialed 5711s and one white dial! Still kicking myself
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Old 15 April 2019, 01:30 AM   #63
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Im starting to realize this thread is about nautilus’ and aquas
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Old 15 April 2019, 04:22 AM   #64
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Im starting to realize this thread is about nautilus’ and aquas
this is where the regrets can be. all other models (not MR, not WT enamel) are readily available. probably MR as well:::)))
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Old 15 April 2019, 03:42 PM   #65
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I sold my very mint 5164 travel time and NOS 3710 comet tail. Wish I i have kept them.

On the other hand, I am glad I also bought brand new 5980 and 5167 and AP Jumbo from my AD. Lesson learnt and I won’t sell them.


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Old 16 April 2019, 12:13 AM   #66
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Im starting to realize this thread is about nautilus’ and aquas
Generally people only have regrets because of the financial angle. I regret selling my 5711 white for 20k but I had zero regret until the price doubled.
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Old 16 April 2019, 04:40 AM   #67
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5712 before the most recent price hike, around Nov 2017. I had just made a big vintage rolex purchase, and sure enough...my tastes have fallen out of vintage and now I can't get what I want after selling much of my vintage collection off.

Mine is not driven by the price increase, my regret is driven from a personal collection perspective.
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Old 16 April 2019, 06:40 AM   #68
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5712 before the most recent price hike, around Nov 2017. I had just made a big vintage rolex purchase, and sure enough...my tastes have fallen out of vintage and now I can't get what I want after selling much of my vintage collection off.

Mine is not driven by the price increase, my regret is driven from a personal collection perspective.
My respect to you for your honesty in what (one must admit) is a rather fascinating thread.
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Old 16 April 2019, 11:41 AM   #69
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I sold my very mint 5164 travel time and NOS 3710 comet tail. Wish I i have kept them.

On the other hand, I am glad I also bought brand new 5980 and 5167 and AP Jumbo from my AD. Lesson learnt and I won’t sell them.
That's what I call wins. Tough to get without getting hosed but you got them to wear them out

Where it's not about money, you got what you wanted for the right reasons.
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Old 16 April 2019, 12:56 PM   #70
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Dang I've been really trying to avoid contributing to this thread because I feel embarrassed telling this.. but it keeps getting bumped so maybe its time to vent...Over the last about 9-10 months my AD has offered 5711 blue, 5711 white, 5726 strap and 5990! It was always this or that reason but mainly because I just simply couldn't decide what one Nautilus I wanted and kept going back and forth.. yes yes i know big time. Now that I know what I want, allocation is much less this year and its a much longer wait
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Old 16 April 2019, 01:04 PM   #71
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Dang I've been really trying to avoid contributing to this thread because I feel embarrassed telling this.. but it keeps getting bumped so maybe its time to vent...Over the last about 9-10 months my AD has offered 5711 blue, 5711 white, 5726 strap and 5990! It was always this or that reason but mainly because I just simply couldn't decide what one Nautilus I wanted and kept going back and forth.. yes yes i know big time. Now that I know what I want, allocation is much less this year and its a much longer wait


Tough, but you’ll get the one soon enough. Which one did you decide is THE ONE?
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Old 16 April 2019, 01:05 PM   #72
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Tough, but you’ll get the one soon enough. Which one did you decide is THE ONE?
Gonna go with 5712 blue and 5990
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Old 16 April 2019, 01:06 PM   #73
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Gonna go with 5712 blue and 5990


Ah, THE TWO, even BETTER!!
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Old 16 April 2019, 01:16 PM   #74
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White 5711 for $22K from an AD in 2014.
Damn, man..
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Old 17 April 2019, 03:42 AM   #75
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mine pales in comparison to most of these, but really regret passing on a tiffany 5164a, had it in my hands and went with the 116655, still love the Rolex, but can't believe I passed on that! (I was able to get a 5164a in the end though, so all is well!)
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Old 17 April 2019, 06:09 AM   #76
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regret that i never bought the Dato platinum original
Regret that I sold CB
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Old 17 April 2019, 06:47 AM   #77
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How much time you got? Just like poker I remember all the Ls.

-5712/1A
5164/A Tiffany
5726 Tiffany
Pair of 116520s for discount after 116500 release
6263 mint AF for 37k complete set
Who hasn’t passed on numerous 5980s
Numerous 15202s
15305ST at bal harbor
Although I was in no position to buy it RM 35-01

The 6263 and 15305 are the ones I still think about as I very nearly pulled the trigger at the time.
That’s epic
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Old 17 April 2019, 06:54 AM   #78
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That’s epic


When I say I passed I mean they were all in cases lol well except for the 116520s.
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Old 17 April 2019, 08:39 AM   #79
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Damn, man..
I know, right? Urggh. And that Snoopy Omega LE, too. Coulda, woulda...And a BLNR discounted for $8K in June 2016 in St. Thomas. Don’t think we’re going to see a SS Rolex discount for a while.

I don’t regret passing in the 60th LE Omega trilogy watches.
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Old 14 May 2019, 05:50 AM   #80
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Year 2002. I had just bought a 3445 retailed by Tiffany at Christie’s. So I looked for other Patek/Tiffany watches. On eBay, found a Ref 3700 in very good condition. Outbid one other eBayer and got it at $4,000 just above the reserve price. We were the only two bidders. The seller was on the fence at that price and I got cold feet and we mutually agreed to cancel the trade.
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Old 14 May 2019, 08:59 PM   #81
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traded it straight up, as wanted something with a light
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Old 14 May 2019, 09:59 PM   #82
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3939H in rg with black dial about 12 years ago, yet the owner wanted $700k. Even my friend at H Stern felt he was asking far too much for it and i agree so passed. Glad it got away, as prices have drastically fallen for the 3939 series.
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Old 15 May 2019, 01:11 AM   #83
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Last year alone, I passed on 5711/1A white, 5711R, 5712R, 5712G, 5980/AR, 5990/1A, 5726/1A white, 5167R, 5164A, 5164R, 15202OR, 15400ST, HULK...
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Old 19 May 2019, 01:24 AM   #84
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Last year alone, I passed on 5711/1A white, 5711R, 5712R, 5712G, 5980/AR, 5990/1A, 5726/1A white, 5167R, 5164A, 5164R, 15202OR, 15400ST, HULK...
On purpose? What did u pick up since u passed on the entire collection...please tell me a minute repeater
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Old 19 May 2019, 01:52 AM   #85
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3939H at MSRP about 300K. Those days are long gone.
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Old 19 May 2019, 03:25 AM   #86
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Like 4 years ago sold my 5712/1a to DavidSW for 26k or so . I thought it was good because ( I bought from AD) I was loosing like 1k on the sale



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Old 19 May 2019, 03:32 AM   #87
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Sure there's a financial theme to a lot of these, but also availability. And with hindsight, these were financially "bad" decisions, many times they're not done because the timing just wasn't right. About 4-5 years ago, I passed on blue 5980 complete pre-owned for $39k. I would love to have that watch at that price now, but on the bright side, I do have a new 5167/1A on the way.
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Old 19 May 2019, 08:38 AM   #88
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All of these stories make me cry.


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Old 19 May 2019, 01:41 PM   #89
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White 5711 for $22K from an AD in 2014.
Worse for me, blue 5711 from DavidSW for that same price and I passed on it, end of 2011.

Still have the pictures he sent me.
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Old 19 May 2019, 04:59 PM   #90
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Too many regrets to mention.....but still a very happy man
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