06-07-2012, 11:06 AM
(05-28-2012, 07:00 AM)eppie Wrote: Well, as I said before I am not a big collector that has 10s of watches.
I'm not either. Well...ok I'd say I put a personal limit of around 7 max for mechanicals. I can only wear them on one arm, and I can wear a different one for each day of the week.
Quote:And I am too scared of the internet for my age.So I have actually never bought anything second hand on internet via ebay or so. And with watches....the chance of getting a fake is so big.
I haven't bought anything second hand from ebay either. Though I have bought new from sellers who happens to use e-bay as their storefront.
I usually look at both their ebay rating, and their rep on various watch collector forum. So far I haven't encountered any problems knock on wood. Out of my humble collection so far, I've only bought one watch from a brick and mortar store.
Granted if it's the bigger brand (read, more famous and $$$) yes the chances of scumbags trying to pass off a fake increases.
But in general, no need to fear the innernetz. Much information and sometimes hilarity can be found in watch enthusiast\collector forums.
Quote:In the south of Italy (where I have been living for a while) I found this very little shop in the center where an old guy was repairing watches himself. He had worked in Switzerland (maybe even ETA) and I think he was a pensioner now. He had an amazing amount of older watches there.
That's very cool. Nothing like that in my immediate area unfortunately.
Quote:But it is just very cool to see such an amount of these vintage watches all together.
Again they are nothing like modern high quality watches. Safire glass didn't exist yet etc. etc.
Yep. It's quite amazing the quality and features you can get for some price point nowadays. Unfortunately, I think the people who repair them like that gentlemen you mention, doesn't seem to be in an expanding field. (I hope he has an apprentice or something.)