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12 July 2021, 11:22 PM | #1 |
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Aftermarket modified Nautilus
This is probably a really stupid question, but why is it that you can buy a 5711 which has been modified and covered in diamonds for half the price of an untouched version?
Could you buy it and return it 'to normal'? (a bit like how you can return a wrapped sports car to normal, if the wrapping was done well). I presume not because if so, these aftermarket watches would not be so 'cheap' (relatively speaking of course). Is it the case that once you cover a steel 5711 in bling, you have ruined the watch and its residuals too?
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12 July 2021, 11:24 PM | #2 |
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Because they use the movement from a different Patek and then they make an aftermarket bracelet and case.
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Ah I see - so nothing in it at all is a 5711, save they have acquired the same movement from a Calatrava or something? That explains it. Sorry for being a dumbo!
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12 July 2021, 11:49 PM | #4 |
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And the case and bracelet is covered in little holes.
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Shouldn’t one be able to send it to PP and restore it to factory default? Although I guess a new case, dial and bracelet at service prices might be very expensive indeed.
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13 July 2021, 03:14 AM | #6 |
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Haha I did think about this but most of them blinged out in diamonds are usually custom dials, cases and bracelets. Very few out there actually do it to the genuine stuff. So not even sure PP would touch them.
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Wow, that’s news to me. So the serial number of the movement won’t match up with what’s said on the papers? What happens to the other Patek from which the movement was sourced? |
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you cannot bring it back, the watch is essentially destroyed
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Usually the movement isn’t even PP. The watch case and bracelet are ruined so they put in a cheap movement and sell the original movement.
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Even if the movement is original, you cannot return to the original watch. They would have drilled settings to hold all the stones. You may have different tastes aesthetically between aftermarket and factory stones, but the fact is aftermarket stones (regardless of additional cost or value) reduce the value/collectibility of the watch.
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Agree, I had a Cartier Santos 100 busted with diamonds, only to find out setter over drilled the case, causing leaks. It trashed now…
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