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Two options--opinions please

 

Once again, thank you all for your input; you have been very kind.  And of course I have more to ask.  I have two options:

(1) Authorized Dealer will sell me the watch with a 2 year extended warranty.  This is a well-known, established company with a store near my home that I can go to for service. Can I say the name on the forum?  It starts with a T.   No Patek papers.  Their own papers that state it is a "certified pre-owned" PP.   They have a 30 day return policy.

(2) Non-authorized dealer (internet) has the same watch with box and certificate of origin.  Price is a little better.  3 day return policy.  One year warranty but they are located half-way across the country so I'm not sure how likely I'd be to use them for service.

This watch would be a gift for my husband.  He's had his eye on it for about 10 years.

Thank you all for your expertise and advice.

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Buying a Calatrava without paperwork?

 
By: watchnewbie : August 4th, 2008-12:23
I am re-posting this question b/c I think I put it in the wrong forum originally. I would like to purchase a pre-owned (discontinued model) Calatrava. The dealer is an authorized Patek agent, very reputable and well-known watch dealer based in NYC. The pr... 

Well, it depends ...

 
By: Hamster07 : August 4th, 2008-21:33
on a number of factors: 1. The paper guarantees its authenticity and that the watch has a good title (i.e. it's not a stolen watch). 2. The paper and box would makes the whole set complete (this is important but not essential, to me). The substantial disc... 

How do you know that it's not stolen?

 
By: pployalfan : August 5th, 2008-23:38
If someone sells you a PP completed with papers & box, how could you tell that it's not stolen? Will PP honour the warranty if it's already registered under other people's name?

Yes, if the price is OK

 
By: mac_omega : August 5th, 2008-04:59
I have bought all of my vintage PPs without papers - no problem. As already adviced in this thread: Ask Patek Geneva for an extract of the archive - so you will be on the safe side! 1) You know that the watch is authentic 2) you know that the watch is not... 

Thank you all so much... and question about archive papers

 
By: watchnewbie : August 5th, 2008-05:45
Thank you again for all your help and information. And more questions: Can I request archive papers directly from PP or does the AD do this for me? And by archive papers, do you mean certificate of origin?

Archives papers ...

 
By: Hamster07 : August 5th, 2008-09:15
The Archives paper is nothing equivalent to the Certificate of Origin. It's just like a copy of the record of the watch, stating the movement no., case no., calibre used and some details like the dial type and color,etc. It also has the date of sale and m... 

Two options--opinions please

 
By: watchnewbie : August 5th, 2008-10:51
Once again, thank you all for your input; you have been very kind. And of course I have more to ask. I have two options: (1) Authorized Dealer will sell me the watch with a 2 year extended warranty. This is a well-known, established company with a store n... 

Nice gift

 
By: Nat : August 5th, 2008-11:37
If the dealer is the national chain I'm thinking of, they often do not have papers for their preowned items. They claim that they don't want Patek to penalize the people that have sold them the watch by not allowing them to pruchase hard to find items. So... 

Local deal better ...

 
By: Hamster07 : August 5th, 2008-22:05
I'd advise you to buy from your local dealer because: 1. Most importantly, you can examine the watch by yourself, esp. a preowned watch. I've bought a "brand new" Patek from a US dealer in Florida ( I don't reside in the States), but the watch turned out ...