A Rolex for c.£2500? Your suggestions Please

[Martin_M]

Hi guys, it's my 30th in March and I'd like to treat myself. I currently wear a Tag F1 which I've had since my early 20s.

I'd love to buy a Rolex but can't afford to buy new so your suggestions for what I should be considering for around £2500 would be much appreciated. My dad has a diamond-faced Oyster Perpetual which is lovely but I reckon it would be out of my league.

I've noticed the following and whilst I'm not in a position to buy yet, I'd be keen to know if these sorts of examples are realistic:

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/rolex-datejust/1...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENTS-ROLEX-DATEJUST-STA...

Thanks,

Martin

[mikees]

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Mike

[pastrana72]

Chronomaster has a few watches that you would like in your budget when the time comes, I have bought from the owner would highly recommend,

also pm Dom H on here, he comes highly recommended to see if he can help.

[Martin_M]

Thanks will keep an eye out on both sites. Any other advice welcome. I've just posted up about the value of my Tag as well.

[GC8]

Martin_M said:

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/rolex-datejust/1...

With this one Martin, even if the jeweller is able to authenticate it (and in many cases staff at Rolex authorised dealers are no more able to authenticate a vintage or current Rolex than Currys staff are able to repair a television), then how will you know that you have good title to it and that it isnt on the Rolex lost & stolen register?

£2,500 is a lot of money to chance on a piece from such a dubious source (Gumtree and a Weegie pawn shop!) which is SO lacking in provenance...

[alanm_3]

You'll forgive me if I consider your reference to "a Weegie pawn shop" in the terms you've described as somewhat offensive.

Wether it's Glasgow,or London,or Manchester is irrelevant, unless you're suggesting that buying a Rolex in Glasgow poses more of a risk than in any other large city?

I happen to agree that Gumtree is not the place I'd consider using for such a purchase.

If anyone is considering buying a relatively high value watch without papers and box, then regardless of the source, they should ensure its provenance is confirmed by a suitably certified individual.

[GC8]

Feel free to be as affronted as you like! I believe that you have to want to be offended to find the term offensive though.

Its true though, that it is the pawn shop source that is the issue rather than its being located in Glasgow.

[GC8]

I dont consider it to be a perjorative term - does my using it rankle your inner nationalist?

[Hideaway]

GC8 said:

I dont consider it to be a perjorative term - does my using it rankle your inner nationalist?

Weegies are a bit defensive due to it being the stabbing capital of Scotland/generally low standard of living.

[GC8]

Part of my own family were Weegies, briefly. They did a one generation stop-over in Glasgow, between the Western Highlands and Yorkshire...

[alanm_3]

Hideaway said:

Weegies are a bit defensive due to it being the stabbing capital of Scotland/generally low standard of living.

Yet another clown who has no idea what he's talking about!

FWIW, I happen to think Scotland should stay part of the UK, but with idiotic comments from uneducated people from "our neighbours", it doesn't surprise me that there are those who think it would be better without their prejudiced and outmoded opinions!

[alanm_3]

alanm_3 said:

Yet another clown who has no idea what he's talking about!

FWIW, I happen to think Scotland should stay part of the UK, but with idiotic comments from uneducated people from "our neighbours", it doesn't surprise me that there are those who think it would be better without their prejudiced and outmoded opinions!

That being the case, you should know better!

[Hideaway]

alanm_3 said:

Yet another clown who has no idea what he's talking about!

FWIW, I happen to think Scotland should stay part of the UK, but with idiotic comments from uneducated people from "our neighbours", it doesn't surprise me that there are those who think it would be better without their prejudiced and outmoded opinions!

Whoosh parrot for you my friend, clearly missed the wink.

Anyway

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west...

[alanm_3]

Oops, my apologies for being so slow, I sometimes find the English sense of humour so hard to understand.

Must be the lack of education in Glasgow too!

[alanm_3]

Hideaway said:

Whoosh parrot for you my friend, clearly missed the wink.

Anyway

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west...

From your link :-

However, researcher Steve Killelea said Glasgow had become much more peaceful over the past five years.

[GC8]

I surprised to see that Glasgow is second only to Lewisham and on a par with crap-holes like Tower Hamlets!

[alanm_3]

I realise we're getting way off topic here, but in time honoured style with such reports, the devil is in the detail :-

SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND
Whilst the data used in the UKPI is harmonised across England
and Wales, both Scotland and Northern Ireland have separate
classification and collection systems for crime data. Whilst the
crime categories and definitions are largely similar across the
four home nations, there are some differences in weapons
and public disorder data. Furthermore, not all the data used for
the LAs in England and Wales was available at the equivalent
level in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Finally, the size of many
council areas in Scotland and Northern Ireland mean that they
would have been excluded from the index. Thus, separate
scoring ranges have been used for Scotland and Northern
Ireland. Scores are comparable between areas in England
and Wales, and Scotland and Northern Ireland for key peace
indicators. Thus it is possible to compare overall trends at
the home nations level on the key indicators of violent crime,
homicide and police numbers.


Now where did I put that parrot!

[GC8]

Ive tried to make sense of the report thats linked to in the BBC article and I suspect that it is massively flawed, as it suggests that the Orkneys arent as peaceful and steady as towns in Surrey!

[alanm_3]

I actually deal with people every day and I'm not known for being an "angry man", so we'll just have to agree to disagree.

I think the sentiment could be applied to ANY pawnbroker in ANY town, not just Weegies (as opposed to wedgies)!

[Martin_M]

Pretty disappointing that this has developed into a topic about Glasgow as opposed to the topic at hand guys.