...so today I broke a gen IWC at the dealer!

[theflyingdutchman]

Hi,

 

so before Mike00 writes it; YES, I played with the buttons!

 

I visited the local IWC dealer who showed be some models (see below)! I tried them on and on the chronograph one I started and stopped the chrono several times. And what happend... I pressed the start/stop button @2... no reaction, I pressed harder and then I heard a very slight "ping" noise?! After that it then only reset at 1 min before 12... and did not run anymore.

 

And the dealer said... "hmmm, guess I have to send it back"!

 

Lucky me, it was a cheap one anyay; only 21.000 Euros!

 

Suddenly I had the urge to say, happens with reps as well, but then thought, better not say that!

 

Dutchy

 

P.S. Pics before I broke it! Maybe it broke as the date was changing!?

 

 

[Guest]

Did you offer to buy it at a discounted price?

[asciwhite]

Yeah.... Gens are not magical.. They break too!

[B3nj4min3]

Oh my, my first reaction would have been to shrink and slowly backtrack out of there. At least you got some pictures for us all to ogle at.

[gran]

[Tomxxx]

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[405356momo]

like me boss rolex stop working  after 2 years ...stop  1239$US for fix... ! so i said buy a rep and sale the gen ! so in the end 8000$ or 400$ all get bad days now i got a BK rolex and sale the the rolex for 7000$  and i buy a breitling no more problems

[alt.watch.obsessive]

Glad they didn't give you any grief about it.

What amazes me is how some of the salespeople handle the watches when showing them. I've had more than one guy spin the hands forward a few hours and backwards a few hours and then flip the date around paying no attention to the time on the watch. If he does that for every customer, that's a movement I don't want.

[ceejay]

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A member for over 3 and a half years and that it? What are you building up to next!!

[theflyingdutchman]

Glad they didn't give you any grief about it.

What amazes me is how some of the salespeople handle the watches when showing them. I've had more than one guy spin the hands forward a few hours and backwards a few hours and then flip the date around paying no attention to the time on the watch. If he does that for every customer, that's a movement I don't want.

 

Its a gen that should be able to handle this.... but still yoiur right!

[fitmic]

Glad it happened in the store and not if/when you already bought it.

[theflyingdutchman]

Glad it happened in the store and not if/when you already bought it.

 

True, but I did buy an IWC...

 

[anvais]

I have no words.    

[gtanak]

Gd you bought non chrono!

[alt.watch.obsessive]

Clearly some sort of ban is in order here. This is much too nice!