its ALWAYS worth a look! great watch under $100

[simonsays]

my wife goes bananas with me as i cant pass a jewelers or watch shop without having a quick peek inside .... just to check theres no sale bargains ect... you know how it goes.

so i was in a small devon villiage when i spotted a tiny jewelers and popped in for a look. there amongs all the usual were about 20 automatic watches all marked down from £100 ($160) to £50. the brand was called "perpetual". they looked really nice.

so the guy comes over and tells me how he was in china, and he went to a small factory where they were making these things, by hand. he likeed the look of them and bought about 25 over for his shop. amazingly he was having trouble shifting them. he bought them to sell at £120 then reduced to £100... and now was clearing them at £50!

so i got one. it has 2 retrograde second hands. the one on the right 0-30 sec the one on the left 31-60. its great watching them zip back to the start and the next one take over. it also has an independently settable second time zone @12. it seems to be using a modified a21 movement and has been keeping great time all day.

si

 

[hooligan]

That's a handsome piece!

Hopefully it will keep running for a long time, for ya.

 

[simonsays]

guy said it has a 12 month guarantee and to bring it back if there was any problems cant get that on a rep... some dealers come close, but its not the same as from a local jewlers shop.

si

 

[levelmanroger]

I really like that watch.

 

[Xaval]

That´s what I call a bargain there! Very nice piece at a fab price.

 

[fakemaster]

Looks like a VC. Cool

 

[levelmanroger]

I found their web-site. They have some really cool watches (a bit expensive for the Tourbillons) and will accomodate a group buy.

http://www.perpetual-watch.com/index.html

 

[aneki]

That's one lovely watch.

 

[Xaval]

How about a group buy off Devon?

Nice Tourbillon videos on their website. Thanks for the link! One of these days I´m getting one those for myself... one of these days...

 

[simonsays]

wow! thanks for the link

seems like the list price for my retrograde/gmt is $230... i snagged it for $80-$85 (exchange rate changes daily).

he did have quite a few left and told me he'd do a deal on the remainders....... mmmm?

si

 

[simonsays]

I found their web-site. They have some really cool watches (a bit expensive for the Tourbillons) and will accomodate a group buy.

http://www.perpetual-watch.com/index.html

did you get any details of any discounts available? ive shot them an email wrt discounts on the tourbillons.

si

 

[hooligan]

Si, what's the lug width on that bad-boy?

 

[simonsays]

Si, what's the case size on that bad-boy?

from their site...

STANDARD FEATURES FOR ALL MODELS :

- AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT - DAILY ACCURACY +/- 18 SECONDS [max.]
- 40MM CASE DIAMETER - SCRATCH PROOF SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL
- 316 STAINLESS STEEL CASE - 30 METER WATER RESISTANT
- TRANSPARENT CASEBACK - CROCO PRINT CALFSKIN LEATHER STRAP

for tourbillons...


- 40MM CASE DIAMETER - 1 MINUTE FLYING TOURBILLON *
- 316 STAINLESS STEEL CASE - DECORATED MANUAL WIND MOVEMENT
- SCRATCH PROOF SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL - 19 JEWELS / FREQUENCY - 21'600 BPH
- SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL CASE BACK - SCREW BALANCE WHEEL
- 30 METER WATER RESISTANT - DAILY ACCURACY +/- 15 SECONDS [MAX.]
- IMPORTED ALLIGATOR STRAP - 45 HOURS POWER RESERVE
- WOODEN BOX * Tourbillon's tail acts as the watch's second hand

si

 

[hooligan]

Sorry, edited that post when I saw the link to that site.

Lug width?

 

[simonsays]

lug width is 20mm

si

 

[simonsays]

this was the reply i got............

Dear Mr. F

Thank you for your email. We are a very small workshop in HK making reliable watches at affordable prices. What sets us apart from most of the ill-fate Chinese watchmakers is our strict attentions to the performance of our watch movements. Each watch is undergone several procedures to ensure it meets our requirements (stated in our website) before shipping to our clients overseas.

Under the normal circumstances, we don't offer any discount to our end-customers in our website. But you can consider to be our dealer in your territiory if you are interested, attractive wholesale prices - Less 40% including shipping can be offered. In order to be qualified to be our dealer :
-No dealer/agent has been appointed in your territory/country yet.
-Order of 6 watches from the General Collection and one watch from both Chronograph & Tourbillon series, altogether 8 watches have to be ordered initially. Once you have become our dealer, no quantity or order restrictions will be imposed afterwards, and you will be protected from any negative competition in your territory/country.

On the other hand, if you and your friends/contacts are only interested in one particular model, 20% discount can be offered for order up to 3 pieces, 30% for 5 pcs, 40% for 10 pcs or more.

Hope I have provided your answers.




Regards
Alex Lee
perpetual-watch.com

puts a genuine working tourbillon with a 2 year guarantee at around $660... if we can get 10 interested??

si

 

[burnzilla]

ooo that sounds very juicy

 

[vizsladog]

clean

 

[SpankyHam]

Great find man, that's the way to get those deals

 

[stiggie]

Great prices! Thank you for starting this topic. Just ordered the Perpetual Regulator R- 01 Silver dial!

& http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJO6Fb63Dms