Prices drop on secondary market for Nautilus 5711 and Royal Oak Jumbo

[rolexpatek363]

Originally Posted by dchang81

its interesting with journe. proudly bought the elegante several years ago when i was made fun of purchasing a womans quartz watch. been waiting for a yellow ARS2 when they would tell me it'll be a few more months every few months for the past several years. now they say come by the boutique more often just to hang out and prove im not a flipper. went from me enjoying going to events and even dragging my wife to being annoyed. im now told to increase my attendance to these events to get a watch i put my name down years ago, well before anyone cared about it. i used to stop by the boutique if i was in the area but now it's like f it, just seems silly.

The Journe I want is the CO. When I started looking, about two years ago, they were about £50k, now they are >£150k, so that's the end of that little dream.

[somthingnew]

Originally Posted by joa

>I’m assuming they expect you to wear the watch you bought to said events..

ah yes good point, but somehow that makes it even more cringeworthy - "aehm sir can you please roll up your shirt sleeves" :)

The worst part is the next part of the conversation:
"You are not wearing the watch."

"Yes because you haven't sold it to me yet. You told me to come to these events and I still haven't been able to buy one."

[QuelleHeureEstIl]

About Journe... It is typical French... They package a commercial relation with a "We are a family" but it is all fake and only aimed to cultivate a (fake) sense of exclusivity on top of (real) rarity.

Sorry but... it is a... watch with a reputation of spending a lot of time in service if being the first batches.

I may be too sigma and not masochist enough to prost* myself and swallow my pride to be granted an allocation...

[rolexpatek363]

Originally Posted by QuelleHeureEstIl

About Journe... It is typical French... They package a commercial relation with a "We are a family" but it is all fake and only aimed to cultivate a (fake) sense of exclusivity on top of (real) rarity.

Sorry but... it is a... watch with a reputation of spending a lot of time in service if being the first batches.

I may be too sigma and not masochist enough to prost* myself and swallow my pride to be granted an allocation...

You're a real ray of sunshine.

Anecdotal, but by sheer luck I bought a s/h 2008 Octa RDM in 2016, it is still working fine, never been serviced.