Well what a week (and there's still 2 days left)

[andy tims]

Well in addition to being a very hectic week at work it's been a hell of a week horologically after deciding to sell a few & get some fresh blood in the collection.

Tuesday - Sold this



Wednesday -
Sold this


and bought this


Friday - Sold this


Knackered now, but I'm going to look at some Autavia's tomorrow

[Markp13]

NeMiSiS said:

A bit of a shuffle.

I would miss the Explorer II.

I agree

Tuesdays watch was lovely

[andy tims]

Markp13 said:

NeMiSiS said:

A bit of a shuffle.

I would miss the Explorer II.

I agree

Tuesdays watch was lovely

Sure, it's a cracking watch, but this used to win the wrist time battle almost every time

[apotek]

Where are you selling these Andy,I have just sold a Dubuis and a cartier through an internet seller but only just made what I imagine is trade price

[andy tims]

apotek said:

Where are you selling these Andy?

Nearly all my buying & selling is via TZ-UK, but don't try to join just to use it as a market place.

[apotek]

cheers Andy! do you get half decent prices?

[CardShark]

How do you decide what to pass on and what to keep Andy? I understand that your motive for selling is to raise funds for other watches but I seem to remember a lot of enthusiasm around the 2nd Bremont in your pics when you took ownership of it, and now it's gone.
I don't have a big collection by any means and maybe I'll add another one or two in the coming months, though I may get to the point whereby I'll have to sell before I buy again simply because of funding issues.

[andy tims]

apotek said:

cheers Andy! do you get half decent prices?

If you place clearly worded ads, with good photo's then yes, you can get good prices. Certainly way better than you could expect if you sold to or PX'd with a dealer and unlike ebay there are no fees to pay, However, you're selling to an informed audience so it's worth researching before pricing.

CardShark said:

How do you decide what to pass on and what to keep Andy? I understand that your motive for selling is to raise funds for other watches but I seem to remember a lot of enthusiasm around the 2nd Bremont in your pics when you took ownership of it, and now it's gone.

There is always a honeymoon period with a new watch, but after a while if a watch just isn't getting picked out the watch box & worn, it's days are usually numbered.

[ShadownINja]

I was surprised the Bremont went!

Give it a week and you'll regret selling it.

Edited by ShadownINja on Saturday 8th January 11:18

[ShadownINja]

apotek said:

cheers Andy! do you get half decent prices?

If you do join, join now not when you want to sell a watch. This gives you time to post decent posts commensurate with your interest and enjoyment of watches rather than post-rushing the minimum 50 in order to sell a £3k watch... firstly, nobody will trust a one day old member who spammed the forum with "Hello!", "Nice!", "Used to have one." to get access to the sales corner and, secondly, the forum admin will wait until you've made your 50th post and delete your account.

[andy tims]

Finished off with this

[whoami]

Very nice.

I think you could put a picture of it on a few more threads though.

[andy tims]

whoami said:

Very nice.

I think you could put a picture of it on a few more threads though.

Thanks.

I'll see what I can do

[whoami]

What's the diameter of it and how large does it actually "wear"?

[andy tims]

Approx 42mm across excluding the crowns & 15mm thick. The hand wounds are thinner.

I'd say it wears as you expect for those dims - certainly plenty of wrist presence.

[erics]

nice turnaround!
We may have similar taste in watches. I used to have a black explorer 11 which I replace with gmt2c.

I have the same autavia as yours albeit the 'lesser' tag heuer re-edition. I wear it on the black leather and orange stitching strap. Love it.

My fav of the moment is IWC portuguese 7 days though.

andy tims said:

Finished off with this