Hi, great place! Need your help. I just received a new Santos. Could you tell me what grade is it?

[Observer]

Source? TD /M2M?

Gopal N

 

[eBoy]

Does it have some plastic still on the bezel? Is that why the screws look distorted in your original post?

Starting to get a feeling that maybe, for whatever reason, the dealer that was sourced from screwed around with the screws (pun intended). I zoomed in again more closely and they actually look scratched af.

 

[eBoy]

Gopal N

Is that the dealer name or a person you bought it from privately?

 

[eBoy]

If it's a dealer, it's not a TD... Which would explain a lot.

 

[Geonor]

Is that the dealer name or a person you bought it from privately?

From a couple minutes of googling it looks like an Instagram seller

And his wares doesn't look very good

Edit: Looks like there's another Gopal N located in the UK who sells reps and the Instagram one is wrong

 

[eBoy]

Yes, and the fact it comes pre-scuffed around the screws and case edges.

Exactly. I didn't really notice. It looks like the dealer messed with it, trying God knows what...

Whoever Gopal may be, Instagram seller, TikTok seller or whatever... he shouldn't be allowed around screwdrivers or other sharp watchmaking equipment.

And also, don't buy from Insta sellers.. You are asking to be screwed (another intended pun). "Instagram seller" in this case pretty much translates to "Not a real GF or maybe a GF, but a heavily damaged one...".

@Observer please tell me that you at least got a big fat discount on the $400 a real / undamaged GF Santos costs..

 

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[Observer]

Exactly. I didn't really notice. It looks like the dealer messed with it, trying God knows what...

Whoever Gopal may be, Instagram seller, TikTok seller or whatever... he shouldn't be allowed around screwdrivers or other sharp watchmaking equipment.

And also, don't buy from Insta sellers.. You are asking to be screwed (another intended pun). "Instagram seller" in this case pretty much translates to "Not a real GF or maybe a GF, but a heavily damaged one...".

@Observer please tell me that you at least got a big fat discount on the $400 a real / undamaged GF Santos costs..

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