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Gumtree Skydweller

Mr Mycelium

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There's a decent looking Skydweller on Gumtree for £70. The gentleman advertising it says he Paid £280 from a reputable dealer in York, but I'm on the fence as I can't tell if its a decent factory watch or one of the aaa tin things. If it was £280, that puts it inline with ZF models from Andiot. But he has no idea what I'm talking about when I ask about factories etc. Great buy if it is a ZF.
 

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Sigh.... Let's start off by posting some pictures of it or a link. At least. I find it suspicious that someone would not know this level of information. I'm suspecting it's probably going to be a low end crappy one. Without more information, no one's going to be able to give you an educated guess as to what it is or if it's even worth what's being asked.
 
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Sigh.... Let's start off by posting some pictures of it or a link. At least. I find it suspicious that someone would not know this level of information. I'm suspecting it's probably going to be a low end crappy one. Without more information, no one's going to be able to give you an educated guess as to what it is or if it's even worth what's being asked.
Hi, I didn't know if sharing his link or photos would be frowned upon, but assuming not, here's a link..



Please view this ad:

Luxury Men’s watch,

Price: £ 70

Download the application from the Google Play Store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gumtree.android
What the heck is gumtree?
It's like Craigslist in the UK
 

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wow. umm....ok...must be nice here... It's a shitter. no way to be nice about describing it. Here below are the pictures for anyone else interested so they don't have to go to the website.


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pretty sure even this guy can tell the difference in quality....

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@eBoy @Feefo we have another wayward lamb here who desperately needs any guidance you can impart upon him....
 

Mr Mycelium

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There's a decent looking Skydweller on Gumtree for £70. The gentleman advertising it says he Paid £280 from a reputable dealer in York, but I'm on the fence as I can't tell if its a decent factory watch or one of the aaa tin things. If it was £280, that puts it inline with ZF models from Andiot. But he has no idea what I'm talking about when I ask about factories etc. Great buy if it is a

@eBoy @Feefo we have another wayward lamb here who desperately needs any guidance you can impart upon him....
OK, thanks for your time and input, I'm completely new to reps and his images are of terrible quality, so thought I'd seek an experienced opinion.
 

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OK, thanks for your time and input, I'm completely new to reps and his images are of terrible quality, so thought I'd seek an experienced opinion.
It's a good thing you asked. It's embarresingly low end. The ZF I posted above is the best currently avalable, the best one ever produced was from noob, but they are not commonly seen as noob closed a few years ago so only available m2m. On the one you linked, the most obvious issues include the cyclops (magnification and location relative to the date) bracelet endlink fitment, lack of engraving on the rehault (and the deep rehault), and I could go on....
 
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I thought you already got the official welcome, if not:

Hi and welcome to RWI! Glad you found your way here.

Please take some time to read the sticky threads in the new members area (all subsections), learn the basic forum rules and get some very good advice in the process. A number of questions has already been answered there, this is just an example:


As a new subscriber, you've already been directed to this thread, please read carefully and look through the linked additional threads:


Another good thread to read to understand where RWI comes from and some fundamentals is this:


Most of the information you need to know to start is there. If you're preparing to buy, read the stickies before ordering. When you're finished, you can continue learning by reading the stickies in all remaining sections. If it's stickied, it's important information.

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Mr Mycelium

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Hi Feefo, thanks. I know, now that the differences have been pointed out to me, it's embarrassing that I even enquired 😅 . I guess it was part wishful thinking/ part cluelesness / part poor images. Just the fact he'd said he Paid £280 from a reputable dealer had me hoping it was a zf from Elliot. I'm completely new to reps and although I've always had watches, I'm not clued up by any means. I had no idea of high end reps at all, I thought there was gen or the tin things you see in Turkey and Bulgaria. I stumbled upon this forum because I had a freak disaster with a watch that would cost too much to repair so I was I search of some replica parts to see it I could make the watch decent again. After seeing the quality of reps available, I have sold the gen case and bracelet instead and plan to buy some nice reps 😊 forget this Gumtree incident 😅.
 

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wow. umm....ok...must be nice here... It's a shitter. no way to be nice about describing it. Here below are the pictures for anyone else interested so they don't have to go to the website.


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This has so many flaws

1. Date wheel font
2. Date wheel magnification
3. Rolex emblem on dial
4, The center circular wheel looks recessed
5. The jubilee bracelet stainless tone seems to be far off.

Definitely not a deal even at USD50.

Just my 2 cents worth.
 
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Mr Mycelium

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This has so many flaws

1. Date wheel font
2. Date wheel magnification
3. Rolex emblem on dial
4, The center circular wheel looks recessed
5. The jubilee bracelet stainless tone seems to be far off.

Definitely not a deal even at USD50.

Just my 2 cents worth.
Thanks Trusty. Yeah, the guy messaged me again because I had enquired, trying to convince me to grab his bargain. When I explained how wrong it was and why I didn't want it, he got pretty angry and upset 😅
 
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