Hello all, The theme of this week's WS is: Interesting acquisition story. As a raminder, this can mean anything you like. We want to read interesting/funny/harrowing/suspensful stories about how you got that one piece you wanted or just had to have. Credi...
This was the first Patek Philippe that I ever bought. 2009. Up until 2009, I had only ever bought Rolex or JLC. But I saw this 5070P and just had to have it. I rang around one or two ADs. They told me I would have no hope at all of getting one as demand w...
... just make it a bit more special. I recall 2009, financial crisis, etc... and we couldnt even find 1 to see how it looks like. So I went for the R then 3 years i managed to get the P. An event it was to get that 5070P. The good old times
Last March I was ready to buy my first vintage Calatrava when I saw the 3417 amagnetic ,It was for sale in Italy by a well known dealer.I decided to buy the watch without seeing it(Not something that I would do usually) but the dealers reputation watch h...
...so impatient to see it one day. Just wait a few months so that I can make some photos again because for the time being I can't and then pleeeease bring it too me for a super photo shooting . Best my friend enjoy it and wear it in the best of health
... you a happy Birdthday celebration and a lot of enjoyment from this stunning Patek chrono! Be it with a lot of good health my dear friend! Cheers! Abel.
it not only makes it easier, it also provides a special meaning to the watch. It can be anything, a vintage watch you hunted but then appears in Argentina, with a seller only speaking Spanish, no international shipping option or any meaningful way of paym...
I'm working for a tech start-up around 1999 and we are trying to land Merrill Lynch as a light-house customer. Our VP of Business Development, Mark, is very well connected at ML and gets us personal meetings with the CEO and the COO at their New York HQ. ...
Maybe the most beautiful or most epic is my Reverso Rouge. I wanted one so badly since years. 2 years ago one spotted on the market place of Purist. The price was good, the watch in mint condition. The only concern was the localisation. I live on a small ...
I was burglarized in January 2011 and I lost 22 watches. among them a superb Lecoultre Deep Sea Alarm, the vintage, the original. Well, some yeas ago, I had one, which was in less good condition than that one. I bought it, my first DSA US, from a well kno...