The danger of Dominic Hackett ;)

[yeti]

Dom had very kindly offered to get some of Mrs Yeti's late grandmother's jewellery repaired; he duly obliged to a fantastic standard and at incredibly reasonable price. She's thrilled. Seriously, any probelms with that sort of thing, don't hesitate to ask - Dom knows everyone

As we're there yakking about watches and viewing each others (his gold vintage Sub and my Breguet 5707) talk gets on to my next want - a VC Overseas Chrono with a white dial. I enquire whether the AP Royal Oak Offshore is a viable alternative; let's have a look he suggests...

Less that 24hrs later we've done a deal on a watch I knew nothing about, had never had any inclination to buy and not even sure I want



It absolutely oozed quality though and is a very nice replacement for my Daytona; a watch I wanted to love but sadly hadn't for a quite a few years.

[Podie]

Evil man. Avoid.

[yeti]

Podie said:

Evil man. Avoid.

I shall

Right up until he finds me a decent Doppelchronograph on a bracelet

[Podie]

yeti said:

Right up until he finds me a decent Doppelchronograph on a bracelet

Top bloke. Bought new and used from him, highly recommended.

[Miguel Alvarez]

Lol. Lovely watch though. Approved.

[ArmaghMan]

Have often thought of ringing him to see if he could source something but don't know if that's his thing, particularly as it's not anything particularly valuable.
But I do hear so many good things about him.

[Justayellowbadge]

He has a very particular set of skills.

[Athlon]

Perfect service when I bougght my wife an Omega, 10/10.

[Gizmoish]

The screws are even consistently placed on that. Amazing.

[yeti]

Gizmoish said:

The screws are even consistently placed on that. Amazing.

They're white gold bolt heads, they screw in from the bottom through the case back. As a piece of engineering, it's fantastic

[Adrian W]

I'm glad someone bought that, just the Nautilus and I'm safe

[Adam B]

Thank you

Had chatted via text with dom on that very watch which I can't really afford, temptation removed

[yeti]

Adam B said:

Thank you

Had chatted via text with dom on that very watch which I can't really afford, temptation removed

It was a great deal and I am offloading my Daytona to him in exchange. Anyone who is interested; black dial, 2008, bought from new by me, full set in great nick.

[westberks]

oh bugger, he has a Parmigiani that i love on his site; need to stay away from there.

someone please buy it....

[yeti]

westberks said:

oh bugger, he has a Parmigiani that i love on his site; need to stay away from there.

someone please buy it....

Kalpagraph? It's a stunning piece...

[Adam B]

westberks said:

oh bugger, he has a Parmigiani that i love on his site; need to stay away from there.

mmmmmmm cheese

[Podie]

Meh.

This... http://www.hackettwatches.com/hw/items/PART9B2HKL

[epom]

Very very helpful guy, thanks Dom

[westberks]

yeti said:

westberks said:

oh bugger, he has a Parmigiani that i love on his site; need to stay away from there.

someone please buy it....

Kalpagraph? It's a stunning piece...

was offered one SH a couple of years ago but had recently invested; that does look like a bit of a bargain tho. Beautiful watches but depreciation from new is dramatic, so SH the way to go.

[TonyHetherington]

Great.

Thanks you lot.

Now I'm looking at his IWC Portugese.