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Or do you mean the bracelet?

Finally a non quartz rep. They do look good though, another for my list.

Oh no. Another Seamaster that I must buy. I have no willpower when it comes to them.

^^^^^^ One of the good guys and a TD for a reason. Enjoy your watch when it arrives and don't forget to post photos.

Welcome. Now sit back and wait and then wait some more. That's the hardest part of this hobby.

I'll buy you 2 cups of coffee for it. There you go, double your money!

Unlucky, but hats off to you for trying. Fortunately for me, I'm a marine engineer and all my hammers are too big to open case backs.

That one is for 18mm lugs though Martijn. There are plenty of generic ones on eBay though. I fitted one to my Seamaster 2254.

Say it was a gift from a family member. Don't start by saying one of my rep watches. Just use a little discretion and you'll fine someone to work on it. Good luck.

What's the rep going to be like though lol

Well said Mike

I'm in Cornwall, as you've probably guessed. I didn't criticise you regarding your feedback and you won't sell to me for what reason exactly? Maybe because I'd lost interest due to your defensive nature. I did say GLWS, trying to be civil but you feel the need to put in the last word. You don't know me and I don't know you, but we could have met in a cafe close to you. And, FYI I travel extensively around the south of the UK so it's probable that I could have collected from you. Now, I bear no ill feeling towards you, but I do find your attitude (towards me) strange.

I was interested in a watch from dswatches but will not do a bank transfer, so asked his location so that I could collect. The response was he's not giving his details out on a rep forum! Apparently, he's in the south of England, yep so am I. I could have collected and paid cash, but he won't deal with me as I asked to collect. Personally, I won't deal with this kind of seller.

That sucks! Personally, I'd just ignore idiots like that and get on with your hobby, there is too little time on this planet and too many watches to collect!

Nikki6, I guess you mean from Breitlingguy not thegrail. I usually post on the sales thread once I've paid, this lets the community know that it's been sold and paid for.

Is it really that difficult to find the sales thread? http://www.rwgforum.net/topic/167847-now-sold-omega-7750-seamaster-chrono-with-serial-number/

Hi AJ, I've been in contact with the mods about this over the last few days. They have their own suspicions but not currently proof to ban anyone. I totally agree with you regarding buy the seller, hence why I've bought from you a couple of times. As to warning the folks here; that's the point of this thread. Although, I don't have firm proof there are certain alarm bells ringing. I can't and won't at this stage make any direct accusations against the recent seller to me, if I had it would have been done face to face with him a couple of days ago. Now most members read the general section and I would hope this thread. If they are interested enough to check the sales section they'll find that there aren't many black Seamaster chronographs for sale.

Wow Panerai, some post. Okay, I'll elaborate. I've been looking for my grail, a black Seamaster professional chronograph, since I have joined the various forums over the last 6 months or so. I have seen maybe three for sale over the last six months but the only one I managed to secure was from a member here. I sent a payment to Brietlingguy via PayPal. He'd requested gift payment and I declined and paid the extra few percent. So I contacted a few other members who I thought had purchased from him. No one had received their watch, so with the help of the moderators here I managed to get a refund via PayPal. Breitlingguy never answered any PM's, emails or phone messages then closed his PayPal account. Other members confirmed the email address containing Mark James (now James could be his middle name, or his surname). Fast forward six months and similar sales are popping up to Breitlingguy's. I'm suspicious but NEED the black Seamaster Chronograph. So I message the seller who responds. He'll only accept bank transfer, no PayPal. I agree to visit and check the area where he's located. It's near to where Breitlingguy was - a different area code, but as he never answered the phone...... Anyway, I phone he seller whilst travelling and he tells me his name is Mark. Now I'm even more suspicious. When I arrived and look at be watch I ask him if he is Breitlingguy, he say no. I ask if he's Mark James and again, no. I ask him his name and he gives me Mark XXXXXX. I ask for him to prove and show me some ID. He doesn't have anything on him, strange for a car salesman not to have a business card, nor a driving licence, nor his wallet. He can only show me his Facebook account. And, it was Mark XXXXXX not Mark James. So I paid the seller and left. I still wonder though if these two sellers are one and the same. Now, I can't accuse the seller as I have no proof but things didn't seem right. The seller has been here a few years and has good feedback but .....

PM coming your way

I expect he has, the thread is nearly 3 years old lol

PM'd you both.

Jog on son, we don't want your spam. Sorry to OP but I don't have an answer for you.

After some deliberation and discussion with the mods, I feel obliged to open this up to the general community. There are several members on here who are potentially looking to scam you good folks out of your hard earned money. Please be vigilant when dealing with people who are asking for PayPal gift or worse still funds via bank transfer. There is no recourse should things go wrong and you WILL lose your money. If a member (new or longstanding) won't accept PayPal (non gift) then be wary. I have my suspicions about some members having multiple user names. Some may even be 'trading' and leaving feedback for themselves to boost their profile. Then they may later go rogue and request you to 'gift' or bank transfer them the money on the fact that they have a good reputation. Personally, I won't buy anything unless it's either cash on collection or non gift PayPal. If anyone wants to add to this please do so. I won't name names unless there is a request from the mods for me to do so.

If you want one look in the M2M sales section on the various rep sites, chances are someone has done all the hard work with the QC and you may get a bargain.