Best place to sell a more expensive watch

Best place to sell a more expensive watch

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Mc lovin

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5,588 posts

222 months

Monday 4th January 2010
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If one wanted to sell ones watch, where would one do so?

Ebay is full of scammers, most retailers will give you bugger all, so where is best?

Barry Ashcroft

1,958 posts

222 months

Monday 4th January 2010
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I have the same dilemma so interested as well.

Soovy

35,829 posts

272 months

Monday 4th January 2010
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www.watches.co.uk in chiswick always been fair with me

Mr MoJo

4,698 posts

217 months

Monday 4th January 2010
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Barry Ashcroft said:
I have the same dilemma so interested as well.
Not the one you've just bought ?

Dominic H

3,275 posts

233 months

Monday 4th January 2010
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Mc lovin said:
If one wanted to sell ones watch, where would one do so?

Ebay is full of scammers, most retailers will give you bugger all, so where is best?
Which watch are you selling.... whistle

Mc lovin

Original Poster:

5,588 posts

222 months

Monday 4th January 2010
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Dominic H said:
Mc lovin said:
If one wanted to sell ones watch, where would one do so?

Ebay is full of scammers, most retailers will give you bugger all, so where is best?
Which watch are you selling.... whistle
Graham wink

ShadownINja

76,386 posts

283 months

Monday 4th January 2010
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  • sucks in air through his teeth*

Barry Ashcroft

1,958 posts

222 months

Monday 4th January 2010
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Mr MoJo said:
Barry Ashcroft said:
I have the same dilemma so interested as well.
Not the one you've just bought ?
No that's a keeper, My TAG SLR CAG2111

Sorry for thread hijack but which model Graham & price?

Mc lovin

Original Poster:

5,588 posts

222 months

Tuesday 5th January 2010
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Barry Ashcroft said:
Mr MoJo said:
Barry Ashcroft said:
I have the same dilemma so interested as well.
Not the one you've just bought ?
No that's a keeper, My TAG SLR CAG2111

Sorry for thread hijack but which model Graham & price?
Its a Graham Grand silverstone, its brand spanking new, It cost me £5750, i'm keen on avoiding a massive loss on it but i'm not sure, so i was going to put it up for PX on something, well anything really.

fivesixseven8

6,146 posts

228 months

Tuesday 5th January 2010
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Your other thread said you were being offered it at £4.5k?

TZ-UK has a good classifieds but you need to accrue 50 posts before you can sell.

Mc lovin

Original Poster:

5,588 posts

222 months

Tuesday 5th January 2010
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fivesixseven8 said:
Your other thread said you were being offered it at £4.5k?

TZ-UK has a good classifieds but you need to accrue 50 posts before you can sell.
No, That was a Graham something or rather (cant remember the name), Brawn GP watch. Which i posted about as i was interested to see if it would appreciate or not.

tertius

6,858 posts

231 months

Tuesday 5th January 2010
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To be honest they don't seem to hold their value very well.

I'm not familiar with the details of each model but there have been a couple of nearly new ones on sale on TZ-UK at way less than 50% of retail.

I'd speak to DominicH (posted above) and get his view.

Mc lovin

Original Poster:

5,588 posts

222 months

Tuesday 5th January 2010
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I have spoken to Dom, i think he is right, i shall put it up for sale on here for £4250, its a hefty loss but i can deal with it.

Its a shame though, it's an exquisite watch, but not something i can wear, its just far too nice.

what is the best way to photograph a watch?

CmdrBond

709 posts

200 months

Tuesday 5th January 2010
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Mc lovin said:
what is the best way to photograph a watch?
It takes practice and patience, but most basic advice is daylight (preferably sunlight), macro or super macro facilities on the camera and a tripod or VERY steady hand.

Mr MoJo

4,698 posts

217 months

Tuesday 5th January 2010
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Mc lovin said:
I have spoken to Dom, i think he is right, i shall put it up for sale on here for £4250, its a hefty loss but i can deal with it.

Its a shame though, it's an exquisite watch, but not something i can wear, its just far too nice.

what is the best way to photograph a watch?
A camera is always useful wink

squeezebm

2,319 posts

206 months

Tuesday 5th January 2010
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Mc lovin said:
I have spoken to Dom, i think he is right, i shall put it up for sale on here for £4250, its a hefty loss but i can deal with it.

Its a shame though, it's an exquisite watch, but not something i can wear, its just far too nice.

what is the best way to photograph a watch?
One will offer to give you £3000 for it . biggrin



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Pesty

42,655 posts

257 months

Tuesday 5th January 2010
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CmdrBond said:
Mc lovin said:
what is the best way to photograph a watch?
It takes practice and patience, but most basic advice is daylight (preferably sunlight), macro or super macro facilities on the camera and a tripod or VERY steady hand.
Set the ISO setting to its lowest. No idea what that means but its seems to help.

Doug86

309 posts

190 months

Tuesday 5th January 2010
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ISO is the sensitivity, so an ISO 100 shot with the shutter open for 0.5 seconds will be a much darker shot than an ISO 1600 shot with the shutter open for 0.5 seconds.

Basic basic explanation laugh

Pesty

42,655 posts

257 months

Tuesday 5th January 2010
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Thanks smile

I asked the same question ages ago and one of the replies was to do that. So I did mty pictures seemed to improve. Perhaps it was in my head smile

mikeveal

4,581 posts

251 months

Wednesday 6th January 2010
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Also try watchuseek - they have a healthy forsale forum.