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Curious if anyone has participated in Loupe This or Watch Collecting auctions and what your experience has been. I lurk around Loupe This and have seen some decent sales and their vetting seems good. I'm tempted to jump in. Tougher for me to get too jazzed for Watch Collecting with the pound sterling conversion and duties and tariffs. I know there's other auctions out there but these two are what I currently peruse.

It might be fun to share examples about what O call “fun” watches - watches under $1,000 that have unconventional dials - they may have funky colors or themes. They aren’t somethin!g you would wear every day to the office but just out on from time to time to make you smile.

For me, I have 2 watches from Mr Jones Watches - the sun and moon and the last laugh. I also have a Studio Underdog desert sky.

Chrono24 Hong Kong based companies seem to have a lot of very cheap deals lately. Is it simply unwise to buy from them under any circumstance? A deal too good to be true likely is? Is it 15% tarrifs to the US for the swiss watches they sell?

Here's an example: Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph

$20,465

https://www.chrono24.com/vacheronconstantin/overseas-chronograph--id40464630.htm?SETLANG=en_US&SETCURR=USD

What do you make of this company? They do have a website: https://share.google/QCHzgAoTFacXHruQN

Why are Hong Kong watches so cheap lately? Or have they always been and I've not noticed before?

Thx for any advice or guidance

Just got it in a few days ago. It came with a yellow and a blue band as well as a bracelet. I still need to size the bracelet but it’s looking sweet in yellow.

Hi guys and girls - I’ve been looking to buy a Bulgari blue dial Octo Finissimo since early summer. Didn’t want to pay $13600 for a new one but love the watch. Tried one on in Madrid this past Fall when we were visiting. Anyway, I checked out the Marketplace on Sunday night and saw it for a really good price ($8950.00) and decided to trade in my Rolex Datejust white dial that I bought new a few years ago. Mailed it to Fed on Monday - he supplied the label, he got it Tuesday, confirmed on Wednesday that it was good to go and I received the Bulgari today - Thursday with a check for the difference. Smoooth transaction and Fed gave me a fair price for my trade. I am so pleased with this transaction and highly recommend Fed. I’m sure the Delray watch side is just as good and professional. This FTW membership is well worth the monthly fee.