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Anyone had any experience with these guys?
I will hold my hands up and say I have very very very limited knowledge when it comes to watches, Like my current Tag Aquaracer, but recently come into some spare cash and fancy treating myself to an older Omega, Up to about £700 followed a link from this section to the website, found one I like the look of but figured it wouldn't hurt to ask about them on here, could save me a trip as I don't like buying anything of a decent value unless I have physically seen & felt it.
Also while I know it's not a brand new £5K rolex its a 40 year old watch, would it be taking the piss too much to see if they can knock say 10% off?
don't ask don't get I suppose
I will hold my hands up and say I have very very very limited knowledge when it comes to watches, Like my current Tag Aquaracer, but recently come into some spare cash and fancy treating myself to an older Omega, Up to about £700 followed a link from this section to the website, found one I like the look of but figured it wouldn't hurt to ask about them on here, could save me a trip as I don't like buying anything of a decent value unless I have physically seen & felt it.
Also while I know it's not a brand new £5K rolex its a 40 year old watch, would it be taking the piss too much to see if they can knock say 10% off?
don't ask don't get I suppose
They are well established, and their stock will be good.
While I appreciate everyone deserves a profit and all that, my experiences with them have not always been great. I saw a Breitling in their window once that took my fancy, and also an Audemars priced at 3 times that of the Breitling. I had an identical AP on my wrist.
I went in to see if a deal could be done, would have been ok with a swap as I'd bought the AP quite well, but I got a whole 'Oooh, suck teeth, can't shift them' type dealerspeak and an offer of around 15% of the window price meaning a hefty cash contribution to obtain the Breitling.
Fair enough, walked away. Called them a couple of weeks later asking for the AP and the spiel was 'Can't get enough, really in demand right now, I could sell all I could get my hands on, if you want to leave a deposit I might be able to track one down..'
There are some dealers that I have bought and sold several hundred watches each with. AK are not one, but that is purely my personal experience and they may be very fine dealers. Their stock certainly is, but they don't gel with my way of trading.
While I appreciate everyone deserves a profit and all that, my experiences with them have not always been great. I saw a Breitling in their window once that took my fancy, and also an Audemars priced at 3 times that of the Breitling. I had an identical AP on my wrist.
I went in to see if a deal could be done, would have been ok with a swap as I'd bought the AP quite well, but I got a whole 'Oooh, suck teeth, can't shift them' type dealerspeak and an offer of around 15% of the window price meaning a hefty cash contribution to obtain the Breitling.
Fair enough, walked away. Called them a couple of weeks later asking for the AP and the spiel was 'Can't get enough, really in demand right now, I could sell all I could get my hands on, if you want to leave a deposit I might be able to track one down..'
There are some dealers that I have bought and sold several hundred watches each with. AK are not one, but that is purely my personal experience and they may be very fine dealers. Their stock certainly is, but they don't gel with my way of trading.
Edited by Justayellowbadge on Wednesday 4th January 21:32
Justayellowbadge said:
They are well established, and their stock will be good.
While I appreciate everyone deserves a profit and all that, my experiences with them have not always been great. I saw a Breitling in their window once that took my fancy, and also an Audemars priced at 3 times that of the Breitling. I had an identical AP on my wrist.
I went in to see if a deal could be done, would have been ok with a swap as I'd bought the AP quite well, but I got a whole 'Oooh, suck teeth, can't shift them' type dealerspeak and an offer of around 15% of the window price meaning a hefty cash contribution to obtain the Breitling.
Fair enough, walked away. Called them a couple of weeks later asking for the AP and the spiel was 'Can't get enough, really in demand right now, I could sell all I could get my hands on, if you want to leave a deposit I might be able to track one down..'
There are some dealers that I have bought and sold several hundred watches each with. AK are not one, but that is purely my personal experience and they may be very fine dealers. Their stock certainly is, but they don't gel with my way of trading.
I didn't want to say anything bad but that was pretty much my experience with them when looking to part exchange a watch. While I appreciate everyone deserves a profit and all that, my experiences with them have not always been great. I saw a Breitling in their window once that took my fancy, and also an Audemars priced at 3 times that of the Breitling. I had an identical AP on my wrist.
I went in to see if a deal could be done, would have been ok with a swap as I'd bought the AP quite well, but I got a whole 'Oooh, suck teeth, can't shift them' type dealerspeak and an offer of around 15% of the window price meaning a hefty cash contribution to obtain the Breitling.
Fair enough, walked away. Called them a couple of weeks later asking for the AP and the spiel was 'Can't get enough, really in demand right now, I could sell all I could get my hands on, if you want to leave a deposit I might be able to track one down..'
There are some dealers that I have bought and sold several hundred watches each with. AK are not one, but that is purely my personal experience and they may be very fine dealers. Their stock certainly is, but they don't gel with my way of trading.
Edited by Justayellowbadge on Wednesday 4th January 21:32
They do have some nice stock and if I saw something I'd probably buy if the price was right.
Thanks a lot, nice to have some experiance, Will go have a look see if they we can sort something out.
Its a nice watch, but I have only been looking for one a short while, so no rush if we cant come to a deal.
On another note, is there anywhere that anyone can recomend for the more "vintage" watches, Had a look on Dom H's site but most of the stock there is currently out of my watch budget which is a shame, would love to throw some business at a good guy if its there to be done.
Its a nice watch, but I have only been looking for one a short while, so no rush if we cant come to a deal.
On another note, is there anywhere that anyone can recomend for the more "vintage" watches, Had a look on Dom H's site but most of the stock there is currently out of my watch budget which is a shame, would love to throw some business at a good guy if its there to be done.
Edited by jgtv on Thursday 5th January 12:16
www.chronomaster.co.uk bought a few pieces from the guy and he's always been very straight up.
Bad place to sell, good place to buy. That's fine by me as you can't have it both ways.
They give a 2 year guarantee which they stand behind too. I had a Nautische Instruments off them that started to give me a really bad rate after a year and they had it serviced again, no problem. Also got an apology which is bloody rare from any retailer these days...!
They give a 2 year guarantee which they stand behind too. I had a Nautische Instruments off them that started to give me a really bad rate after a year and they had it serviced again, no problem. Also got an apology which is bloody rare from any retailer these days...!
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