Watch Aficionados?

[Canadian Turbo]

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Posting some real cheap watches now Alex???

[popp]

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one day my friend.........I'll convince the wife to let us trade one of the kids for one of those "cheap" watches. (I'm thinking a 4 year old is at least $75k)

[94gti]

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Does any one know how hard/expensive it is to get the Bell & Ross BR 01-92 Phantom. On their site it says that they are limited to 500 pieces. I want one, but I am afraid that if I find one I might end up spending way more then I can afford/justify on a watch.

[Canadian Turbo]

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There are some out there (Popp has one 94 though I think) but since they have sold out of most stores a while back you need to get lucky or find a gently used one. That being said you will probably be in for at least 5-6,000 I think to get one.

I had a blue and a phantom and a white all to choose from when I picked mine but there was still a large price jump and the store would not move at all on the phantom, a little on the blue (was very close to getting it) and a lot on the white. Those were all 94 (chronos) though and I think getting a good price in Asia the phantom was over 7,000.

[94gti]

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There are some out there (Popp has one 94 though I think) but since they have sold out of most stores a while back you need to get lucky or find a gently used one. That being said you will probably be in for at least 5-6,000 I think to get one.

I had a blue and a phantom and a white all to choose from when I picked mine but there was still a large price jump and the store would not move at all on the phantom, a little on the blue (was very close to getting it) and a lot on the white. Those were all 94 (chronos) though and I think getting a good price in Asia the phantom was over 7,000.

Thanks for the info, I am a bit of a noob, do they release them every year?

[popp]

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I have the 01-94 Phantom, The family went in on it together as a gift. They bought it in New York, but won't tell me what they paid for it........

[Canadian Turbo]

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They tend to do a few special edition colours each year with 500 each in the BR01-92 and 94, 2007 was the phantom and blue and 2008 was yellow and red.

I actually went into Calgary Jewelers today and they have a blue and yellow in the 94 still, I did not check today but I think the last time I asked the price was around 7,850 for each.

[popp]

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Parmigiani Fleurier Bugatti watch, $250,000:



Transversely-mounted mechanism mimics a car's engine:

[popp]

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[Kor]

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[miketweedie]

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how have i missed this thread???
i jsut spent 20 minutes at work scanning through it, and i am not even half way done.

i am currently rocking a few different watches. my daily drivers are both really basic, a longines L3-618


and a super thin Rado:


neitehr were super pricey. both were well under 6k. hoping to get a few new additions this year. definitely a huge Bell and Ross fan, and some more non-descript german craftworks as well.

[Canadian Turbo]

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How about this gem; Audemars Piguet’s Carbon Royal Oaks Tourbillon Chronograph





You can have one, for $251,000!!!

[popp]

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Any one notice Harvey Levin (the host of TMZ) wears a different watch every show.........
He was wearing a Bell & Ross last time I flip to it and a Concord the time before as well as a Hublot another time. I think that the network has a bunch of watches they get to choose from in wardrobe unless this guy spends a **** ton of money on watches.......

[Kor]

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[popp]

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With the help of Blair's guidance, I broke down and bought the Nixon 51-30 Gunmetal........


Also got this Panerai Automatic Replica. I must say it is pretty damn good quality, one of my co-workers has a real one and it took us a while to spot the differences, which I can live with for the $8,000 price difference.............