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A 4000 USD rep, anyone ?

Pix

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Just crossed this one, and unfortunately the only model which carries the amazing transparent tourbillon from Seagull (movement is inserted in a sapphire case) is also (supposedly) solid gold...
I'd love the same in a cheaper case... please :)

Good "exercise", but for the price they could have used Breguet style hands... and genuine alligator. :rolleyes:

http://www.puretimewatch.com/product/grand-complication-transparent-tourbillion/

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Oh now that is something, isn't it?
 

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It's something that's for sure, but that huge chunck on the crown side is a real shame.
 

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Mate, they in fact make 20k reps . . .
 

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Imagine anything close to a swiss solid gold watch costs way more. 4000 is the price of a basic Rolex :)

And if you buy a genuine branded Seagull tourbillon, without any kind of gold, you'll spend about 3000.
why not...
But not for us, on the dark side ;)
 

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Without digging out my login details from memory this is about 15k
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http://www.jewelryandwatch.com

A different class of rep to our stuff. The subs there go for about 5 to 8k, the Daytonas about 8 to 10k.
 

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You'll never really know.
It's easy to play on the gold content down to 14k, that makes the price dratically decrease and you'll notice later only when it starts tarnishing
 

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Sorry, this watch does nothing for me. I'd take the Hublot tourby that you (Pix) and ZoSo picked up over this any day of the week.
 

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To each his own :)
I found the movement to be something special, then of course I am pretty feelingless, as you are, regarding a solid gold case.
 

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4k? I'll pass.....you can buy a clean gen sub for a couple of hundred more.

YMMV
 

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Sorry, this watch does nothing for me. I'd take the Hublot tourby that you (Pix) and ZoSo picked up over this any day of the week.

Me too (clearly, as I ordered one 'cos of pix' pics, haha)....

I was speechless due to the rep pateks pricing!!!


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I had no idea reps were going for many thousands of dollars..... Learn something new every day!
 

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You'll never really know.
It's easy to play on the gold content down to 14k, that makes the price dratically decrease and you'll notice later only when it starts tarnishing

J&W are about as trustworthy as they come. Cheating folk on stuff like that kinda ruins you repeat biz and face it, the pool of clients is not endless.
 

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Anyone know how I can become a member for Jewelry and Watch (J&W)? I registered but it wouldn't let me input a username, and all it did was display a "Thank you" after the registration with no email notification either.