No, they're all 'exhibition only' pieces.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Printable View
No, they're all 'exhibition only' pieces.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Cheapo solar powered Casio
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...4026a8972b.jpg
So they are fully working, but not for sale.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
There was talk that they were dummy pieces but this was pooh poohed I believe?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
In any case, whether they are real or not, you can't just go into a Rolex boutique and buy a watch (unless you're very very lucky and sometimes they might have a ladies model that nobody wants).
That's the reason both my Rolexs are worth double what I paid for them retail.
Chatting to a Rolex agent they are ‘demo models’, when a replacement comes into stock they then can be sold, I said IF I was buying a ‘new’ Rolex I’d want the factory fresh model not one that had in/out the window and on numerous wrists, bounced off the counter etc but he told me that’s not the way it works,.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Any Rolex dealer would not allow the watch to be "bounced off the counter". They always lay down a velvet cloth on the counter, and I suspect will not allow you to see how the watch looks on your wrist in daylight, outside the shop.
I’ve seen watches accidentally dropped and a thin bit of ‘velvet’ cloth won’t break it’s fall, I have tried watches outside in daylight although often accompanied by someone from the shop, camera shops have happily allowed me to take expensive* lens outside to test without me leaving my watch on the counter as security.
*Sometimes more expensive than a Rolex.
Recently had my 1970 Submariner serviced which I then gave to my Son. The jeweller, Mappin and Webb, laid it out on a red velvet cushion, not a cloth and threw in with the cost, a leather bound estimate and Champagne all round.