http://www.gilt.com/sale/men/vintage-watches-4778

since gilt always marks up the original price and I'm not a watch expert, I have no idea if there are any decent deals here or not, lot of them are sold out already anyways

prices are about market. I think the Vintage GMT-II, Daytona, and Gold Day Date that already sold are pretty good deals.

Of the ones currently available, I think the Explorer-II for 4700 is not bad.

the daytona on that page is a fake.

I'm pretty sure 90% of the pictures of supposedly real daytonas on the web are (unknowingly to the poster) of fakes.

I hate the Bulgari.

Understand the JLC connection since Bruce Wayne did wear a Reverso in Batman Begins.

So I'm buying my watch on Tues

It's unfortunately not there but I've negotiated everything else out of the way. So apparently dealers can lose their ability to carry brands if the company finds out they're discounting.

But what he will do instead is give me the bracelet for 20% off. It's absurd how much JLC charges for their bracelet but I have the feeling it looks better on me than leather, so like a fish, I'm getting it.

very happy though. Pretty much saved myself 1k without having to travel anywhere outside of my hometown, and I get to buy a watch that I'm absolutely in love with.

How much is the bracelet? I'm guessing around $1,200? That's still some pretty expensive hardware, but whatever, the heart wants what the heart wants.

Congrats on the purchase!

One thing that will make you feel better:

There are countless companies that can make a leather/croc/ostrich/eel/snake/horse/baby/frog skin strap for that watch. One one company makes a bracelet.

bracelet is 2250!!!!!!!!

Stupid question - just got my Seiko SNDA65. I also purchased a replacement strap, the bond zulu maratac 22mm.. It came in one peice but its very clearly two peices on the stock strap... did i buy the wrong thing?

I guess not even genta can get every design right :P

Zulus are one piece by design. This is a utilitarian safety feature.

To install the zulu, remove the stock strap, then reinstall just the spring bars. Then simply thread the zulu through the spring bars.

The safety feature is that if one of the springbars fails, the watch will still be attached to your wrist.

http://pugwash.info/articles/nato/

I am probably one of the few on this thread that really like the Nautilus but somehow that Bulgari doesn't make me feel anything though maybe live shots will be different.

I like the Nautilus and think the Bulgari looks terrible

Yeh the patek is drool and the Bulgari is meh

The craigslist ad for my Laguna:

Halios Laguna for sale!

Do you guys know of better sites to sell privately? Watch forum sites, I presume...?