webvan Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 Thank you for this nice topic. I'm dying to get an MBK Blue Nautilus, so these cheaper options to complement it will be nice. Just need to find a good place to find them now ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 LOL, I have read your reviews especially of the skyland V123 so i know what standards you set!!! Hey...don't let me stop you from posting. You would be posting something I don't have access too...so you it would definitely be something I couldn't improve on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webvan Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 That was actually where I was considering going if Selix didn't pan out. Choosing a dealer gets to be a little confusing for someone new to RWG, with all of the information availble in the forums. In any event, thanks for the advice. This thread was extremely useful to me as someone researching their frist rep purchase. Just wondering did you end up getting the "Chopard - Mille Miglia" from Ruby, looking into it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daviemac Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 Just wondering did you end up getting the "Chopard - Mille Miglia" from Ruby, looking into it myself. hi I just ordered a white faced Chopard Millie Gran Turismo XL from Ruby. Used paypal and the payment went through no bother and the correspondence has been good as well. Been about 5 days now so i'll let you know when i receive it and i'll post some pics. Hopefully a couple of weeks should do it. Davie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webvan Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 The White Faced one looks nice too, do keep us posted, depending on how happy you are, I'll pull the trigger on the Black Faced one ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daviemac Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 The White Faced one looks nice too, do keep us posted, depending on how happy you are, I'll pull the trigger on the Black Faced one ;-) I was in Paris last weekend and saw a few gen models in various jewellers, In my opinion they are both great looking watches and Rubys are very close. Thought i'd go white although the dial looks more silver in the picture.Hopefully it's just a bad angle. Good luck with the black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webvan Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Just wondering if the watch has come in ? I should be getting my MBK Nautilus this week as well as a couple of cheaper reps I got second hand here...amazing how much time you start spending when you dig in... Someone suggested comparing a 7750 and a Quartz version, has that been done somewhere ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daviemac Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Chopard GTXL dropped through the post yesterday morning. A total of 18 days from order to delivery. Absolutely no problems,watch looks great as does the strap. My wife even commented on how good looking a watch it was. High praise indeed. The face doesn't seem to be white more of a metallic champagne colour depending on the light. I'm well impressed anyway. I'll certainly be using Ruby again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krayfish Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 My problem is being scared to open the cases and break stuff, I want the best, most reliable movements, just want to buy it, use it and not worry about it. Maybe we should have a most reliable watch thread too with Genuine ETA movements!? Its all well and good buying the cheaper end but "you buy cheap you buy twice" and all that tosh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webvan Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Is there really a proven difference between a Swiss ETA and an Asian copy ? @daviemac - thanks for the update, sounds good ! I sent a message to Ruby the other day but apparently she was in the process moving so didn't have internet access, got an auto-reply. Still haven't received my Nautilus, but I got my cheap reps from another member, the Tag Link GMT is pretty nice, here's a pic : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blakkout Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Guys, I've tried twice now to place an order with TrustyTime via credit card. Both times my card was declined for no reason as far as I can tell. I'm sure it's not an issue with my card, so at this point I'm pretty frustrated with TT. Can anyone suggest any other dealers/sites where I might be able to order some of these watches with a credit card? Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webvan Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 That's annoying, which watch in particular ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Guys, I've tried twice now to place an order with TrustyTime via credit card. Both times my card was declined for no reason as far as I can tell. I'm sure it's not an issue with my card, so at this point I'm pretty frustrated with TT. Can anyone suggest any other dealers/sites where I might be able to order some of these watches with a credit card? Thanks again. The other option is to contact the collector (whichever one) by email directly, and ask them for a Paypal account to pay to...instead of going directly through their webshops. Listen to the collector about what to put in for the details (i.e. mention nothing about watches or reps in the transaction notes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relox Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Hey, this thread has been inactive for too many months. So, let Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webvan Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Sounds good, do you have that link handy ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrgod Posted February 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Nice to see my old post kicked back into life. Thanks! I was not aware that it had reached more than 12000 views! Agree that an update is well overdue.. Will do some research and update. The regular Tag Heuer Formula 1 (quartz) should also be included. Is Nariika the only dealer for this new PO 42mm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
If you see Kay Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Is Nariika the only dealer for this new PO 42mm? Andrew over at TT now has one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relox Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Sounds good, do you have that link handy ? This is the link: The link you asked for I don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricjos Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I would be wary of the 7750 chronos 21 K beat and 28 K as I have had many problems and continue to read of others having problems. I like the quartz even if it is a non chrono as it works and is reliable. If you have a quartz chrono and don't use the chrono it is hard to see the ticking of the quartz on the little subdial. I perfer to leave the chrono running myself. My reps don't have to be exact. All I ask is they are well built and reliable. Where do you buy the quartz versions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve123456789 Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Where do you buy the quartz versions? www.watcheden.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webvan Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Yes they're nice people, I don't think they do much/any QC before your order gets shipped (had to send back the 4 watches they sent me for various reasons) but they did their best to fix the problem, short of refunding the cost of shipping the watches back though ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffonst Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 great thread for us noobs. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HaloArchive Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 I think this needs to be updated H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrgod Posted August 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 I think this needs to be updated H Updated with a long overdue entry about the IWC Portoguese 1939, one of the very best watches in the 100-130 USD bracket. I try to update this post once in a while. The updates are listed at top, and the new entries are added at the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 I fixed some of the links in this article (which went broken due to forum reconstruction). Perhaps chrgod wants to fix the rest? This guide has a huge amount of views and I think it's very important contribution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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