How badly did I get scammed on this 1570 movement?

[Tsimm2209]

I just bought the movement listed here last night: https://www.ebay.com/itm/395586635713
I was talking to a rep dealer and sent him the link and he said the movement was no good that the jewels or something were broken. Can anyone tell me how screwed I am here? And what is obviously broken based off the pictures?

(realize I should have posted here before I purchased!)

 

[Tsimm2209]

sorry for double post

 

[asusundevils1971]

(realize I should have posted here before I purchased!)

Shouldn't have paid 2K US to someone on Ebay who had only two previous sales. If you don't have enough experience with the 1570 you should have moved on.

 

[Tsimm2209]

Shouldn't have paid 2K US to someone on Ebay who had only two previous sales. If you don't have enough experience with the 1570 you should have moved on.

Sometimes we have to learn things the hard way

 

[Tsimm2209]

Contacted seller and they cancelled the order.

 

[fnfalguy]

If you need a movement again, perhaps consider buying a complete watch instead to take the parts from. An example here

Not an endorsement and sell off parts not needed

 

[Tsimm2209]

If you need a movement again, perhaps consider buying a complete watch instead to take the parts from. An example here

Not an endorsement and sell off parts not needed

Oh wow, I looked into some other models with the 1570 but what I found were all $4-5k. I obviously did not search the proper models this is an attractive deal

 

[DonCorrelacion]

I just bought the movement listed here last night: https://www.ebay.com/itm/395586635713
I was talking to a rep dealer and sent him the link and he said the movement was no good that the jewels or something were broken. Can anyone tell me how screwed I am here? And what is obviously broken based off the pictures?

(realize I should have posted here before I purchased!)

Yeah i think you should have passed on it. It’s ok though. We live and learn.

 

[DonCorrelacion]

Shouldn't have paid 2K US to someone on Ebay who had only two previous sales. If you don't have enough experience with the 1570 you should have moved on.

Exactly this

 

[Tsimm2209]

I appreciate the feedback albeit quite obvious at this point, if it’s any consolation I had no real intention of actually buying it I just did the “make and offer” option for what I thought was a pretty good deal on the movement and to my surprise the seller took the offer but now we know why. Kind of a if it seems too good to be true it probably isn’t kind of situation. So anyway I paid $1600 not $2200.

 

[Tsimm2209]

but according to eBay I should get my money back next week. And just to reiterate, the seller did cancel the order after i contacted them so they made it right.

 

[DonCorrelacion]

I appreciate the feedback albeit quite obvious at this point, if it’s any consolation I had no real intention of actually buying it I just did the “make and offer” option for what I thought was a pretty good deal on the movement and to my surprise the seller took the offer but now we know why. Kind of a if it seems too good to be true it probably isn’t kind of situation. So anyway I paid $1600 not $2200.

Ok makes sense actually. I wouldn’t beat myself up too much over it. A learning lesson there mate.

 

[Tsimm2209]

Ok makes sense actually. I wouldn’t beat myself up too much over it. A learning lesson there mate.

I’m still curious as to what is broken on the movement based on the picture. I tried to compare the pictures on the listing to pictures of obviously better and allegedly functioning 1570’s and nothing stood out to my untrained eye

 

[Hor-Fan]

I didn’t notice any obvious cracked jewels, the pics aren’t that good, but the movement looks pretty rough and dirty and certainly not ready for use in a build - It would require a complete overhaul. Not sure about their claims of “working” movement when it doesn’t have a stem to check functions, I guess they mean the balance wheel moves.

 

[Tsimm2209]

I didn’t notice any obvious cracked jewels, the pics aren’t that good, but the movement looks pretty rough and dirty and certainly not ready for use in a build - It would require a complete overhaul. Not sure about their claims of “working” movement when it doesn’t have a stem to check functions, I guess they mean the balance wheel moves.

I think that the seller probably doesn’t know enough about the movement to make an accurate assessment about it’s functionality. Again, fortunately the seller wasn’t a scammer and started the cancellation process after my card was automatically charged once i contacted them.

 

[Reaps]

Most people "know" the worth of what they have nowadays. It takes 5 seconds to google "1570 price". So there's almost ALWAYS a reason why something is discounted heavily - a scam, broken, etc.