Fake Magnum Toubillon

I assume you did check the battery? :think:

Nope, I haven't yet opened any watch yet. I do need to make that jump with the number of watches I've hoarded.
I haven't even sized a watch yet, all my bracelet watches are unsized, I keep postponing resizing. And yet I keep buying watches...
I have a sickness :oops:
 
Nope, I haven't yet opened any watch yet. I do need to make that jump with the number of watches I've hoarded.
I haven't even sized a watch yet, all my bracelet watches are unsized, I keep postponing resizing. And yet I keep buying watches...
I have a sickness :oops:

As long as you keep some autos on straps handy I guess you'll be OK...:dunno:
 
Thanks, yeah, the BIN price is more than 2x the auction price and the seller counteroffered with a tiny discount, still more than 2x the auction price.
:dunno:Methinks the auctions (there were a couple ones for this watch) were to get rid of old stock, and the BINs are for new items?
I just wanted an exchange.
I spend time and effort to get a new watch, but was send one DOA and no exchange option even though the seller has multiple watches of the same model in stock.
That's a disappointment, and, yup, I'm sure some strategic selling wizardry is behind the setting up of auctions vs other ways to sell, in terms of what stock they are trying to move.

I pretty much stick to BIN, because the auctions frustrate me. My patience skills suck at times, plus, I hate the last minute loss when someone buys it for a fraction more of my bid. And, with my schedule, I never seem to have time to babysit an auction, lol, and do my due diligence as a bidder.

I've often just set the highest price I'd be happy to pay, and that has sometimes worked, but, idk, my overly hyper trigger finger for watches usually dissuades me from waiting days for an auction to end. Knowing I have it, and that it's on the way, is always worth it when it's one I want, and I've figured out pretty reliably what a reasonable price is, in terms of my purchases, so my basic recipe is "watch I want" plus "price I like" equals "add to cart" when a BIN option exists.

I'm sure I'll go through withdrawals, now that my collection is about as full as it can be, lol.

And, yes, paying twice what you could have gotten it for is not appealing. I hear you on that.

Hope you find one that you can bring home!
 
Nope, I haven't yet opened any watch yet. I do need to make that jump with the number of watches I've hoarded.
I haven't even sized a watch yet, all my bracelet watches are unsized, I keep postponing resizing. And yet I keep buying watches...
I have a sickness :oops:
LOL, it's a grand sickness though, ain't it?! My first battery attempt was such a debacle -- I didn't know the retaining clasp was under pressure and it shot out into the air, and I spent the next few hours with a tactical flashlight trying to find it, LOL. Like an addict crawling around on the floor, yikes. Now, I've managed a few batteries, and even opened up some cases for cleaning, although not because I wanted to. I'll be mentioning that in some future posts on two watches I bought recently.

A basic bracelet kit is certainly worth it, and you'll enjoy it. I'm too impatient to own a watch I can't wear. Plus, it feels good to work on a watch, for me, even in that most basic capacity. I don't have to pay a jeweler either, which is nice.

There were a few I didn't want to mess with, so I did take them to a shop with the real set up and professional grade tools. I bought my Breitling on a strap, so that one went to a jeweler to change over to the Professional 3 bracelet, which I bought separately, since there were no bracelet models for sale anywhere in the model I wanted, at that time. Oddly, they use different spring bars, strap vs. bracelet.

Pin and collar, for me, are the most frustrating. Most pleasant has been the Zelos bracelets with screws. The vast majority have just been the simple cotter pins you knock out. Aragon, by the way, sells a very inexpensive but (for my use, at least) excellent pin pusher. That, one of those little hammers and a bracelet cradle, and it's a good start for a lot of bracelets (depending on the brand, of course, and what holds the links together).
 
My first few battery changes also resulted in launching the screwinto the air. Mike [RoadWarrior] told me to tape it down before removal and during replacement. That works better.
 
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