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anonymous-user

Original Poster:

71 months

Tuesday 26th September 2023
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Quick one, are they legit? Safe to send watch in, had online valuation and ok with it, appreciate they'll be giving top end value and will probably go down from there etc

thecrow

304 posts

208 months

Tuesday 26th September 2023
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They are legit (I’ve sold a couple there in person in the past), but you’ll get better prices elsewhere. I’ve used Watches of the Vale a couple of times recently and their trade in / sale prices are better in my experience.

interstellar

4,381 posts

163 months

Tuesday 26th September 2023
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https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Dominic is highly recommended on here. I have sold him several watches and the valuation was never knocked down, he’s excellent.

I shopped around and he was strong on price and easy to deal with.


glazbagun

14,936 posts

214 months

Tuesday 26th September 2023
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Yep, very established and now owned by the Richemont group so they're not going anywhere overnight.

GCH

4,120 posts

219 months

Tuesday 26th September 2023
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Legit, but scumbags and will lowball the hell out of you.

dom9

8,423 posts

226 months

Wednesday 27th September 2023
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interstellar said:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Dominic is highly recommended on here. I have sold him several watches and the valuation was never knocked down, he’s excellent.

I shopped around and he was strong on price and easy to deal with.
Always a vote for Dom H - class act!

No harm in dropping him a message.

I'm another who wouldn't darken Watchfinder's door.

Miguel Alvarez

5,047 posts

187 months

Wednesday 27th September 2023
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Watchfinder are legit. Gave me a nonsense offer on one watch but a higher than expected on another. Assume they were low on inventory on that watch at the time.

Dom is a good guy. Nice and easy to deal with. Very straightforward.

Jamescrs

5,434 posts

82 months

Wednesday 27th September 2023
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They are legit, I've used them in the past to buy a watch and part ex a Tag as part f the process, I did drop my trade in at their Leeds store but they posted my new purchase and all went well.

I tried to buy another watch off them recently and wanted to trade a watch in again but they lowballed me massively this time, offering 50% of what they are selling very similar models for so i've not bothered, the experience has put me off them as a company but if you are happy with their quote then I'd still say they are reliable

T6 vanman

3,281 posts

116 months

Thursday 28th September 2023
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GCH said:
Legit, but scumbags and will lowball the hell out of you.
Other opinions also apply ........... VERY HAPPY with my experience

hilly10

7,454 posts

245 months

Friday 29th September 2023
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Had three deals with Watchfinder a fair few years ago buying twice and selling once, all positive. Also agree Dom H is a great guy.

donutskidmark

1,371 posts

170 months

Friday 29th September 2023
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Watchfinder gave me a great price for buying a Daytona from me.
Subsequently I got the train to London, went to their office and then they 100% lowballed me
saying they ‘thought’ it was a different model when they gave me a quote-
even though I’d sent them the correct reference and even photos of the watch.
How many punters just accept the lowball I don’t know- but I felt like inserting
the Rolex box up the sales guy’s bottom and simply walked out.

Maybe they have changed but I’d never deal with them again in any capacity.
A friend of mine did buy a Daytona from them - it was only when it arrived and he saw the papers
he realised the watch originally had a different coloured dial……Watchfinder had not bothered mentioning that the more desirable dial was actually a later addition.
They did give him a full refund but it was all a tedious and unnecessary waste of time.

audidoody

8,598 posts

273 months

Saturday 30th September 2023
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I bought a 2008 14060M from WF in August 2013 for £4,000

They gave me £8,000 for it in January 2021.

Happy with that




Louis Balfour

28,176 posts

239 months

Saturday 30th September 2023
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interstellar said:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Dominic is highly recommended on here. I have sold him several watches and the valuation was never knocked down, he’s excellent.

I shopped around and he was strong on price and easy to deal with.
Yes Dominic is fine, I have bought and sold through him.

However last time I must have hit our local watch shop at just the right time. In fact I know I did, because I deliberately went in there a couple of months before Christmas, and they offered me top money for everything I was selling.


Miguel Alvarez

5,047 posts

187 months

Saturday 30th September 2023
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donutskidmark said:
Watchfinder gave me a great price for buying a Daytona from me.
Subsequently I got the train to London, went to their office and then they 100% lowballed me
saying they ‘thought’ it was a different model when they gave me a quote-
even though I’d sent them the correct reference and even photos of the watch.
How many punters just accept the lowball I don’t know- but I felt like inserting
the Rolex box up the sales guy’s bottom and simply walked out.

Maybe they have changed but I’d never deal with them again in any capacity.
A friend of mine did buy a Daytona from them - it was only when it arrived and he saw the papers
he realised the watch originally had a different coloured dial……Watchfinder had not bothered mentioning that the more desirable dial was actually a later addition.
They did give him a full refund but it was all a tedious and unnecessary waste of time.
That was my pretty much my experience as well. As above the only thing saving them from being on my perm st list is they did offer me a much better offer for the watch I happened to be wearing not the one I was selling.

Jamescrs

5,434 posts

82 months

Saturday 30th September 2023
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Just had another look on their website as it popped up in the Google ads, it baffles me that they are trying to sell watches which are now easily available new from AD's, I'm looking specifically at Tudor for over RRP.

I can only assume they have bought a lot of their stock at it's peak and are now trying to make the money in a slipping market without coming out upside down but I think they will struggle.