Renato made a hell of a nice watch.
Been a long time. Still like and miss Renato
I have about 20 Renato's and even though I really love them I've had three that the quartz movements completely crapped out after a few years. The innards of the these pieces isn't the highest of quality when cracked open. Beautiful watches though. Even though this is an auto, I wouldn't pay that price he wants in no, way, shape, or form. Don't care if it's never been worn or not. Big price mark up on a brand that realistically holds no real cache in the watch world. Money can be much better spent elsewhere and I like the watches. I would top out at one grand for this piece and probably still would pass. If I tried to sell all 20 of my Renato's on ebay I'd be lucky to get the asking price of this piece.
I must have owned well over a dozen Renato Vulcans over the years - several 3-hand autos, a Valgrange, an Ana-digi, two-tone big date MOP, many 251.272 quartz in different colors - none remain in the collection. The Vulcan to me is a work of art - but it just was not something that I reached for in the watch box to wear. As I try to keep the collection relatively manageable with only pieces that see wrist time, I let those beauties go over the years. May try to add one again down the road.
Those Mostro's could've been had for less then $650 when Renato was going under. I love the watches but the prices he's asking is way over valuing a brand that holds no status in the watch world. He gets what people are willing to pay which is fair. I just bought a Hamilton Khaki Below Zero V7750 watch at Ashford yesterday for $799 that is a much better made watch, with a kind of similar case style to the Vulcan(which I like and have two versions of). I like the Renato, just don't see it as anymore then a watch in the $750 to 1 grand range new or not. That said if you get a deal you are comfortable with, then you will love the piece. Best of luck in scoring one if you are needing one in your collection.
Same here, sold off most of mine because they weren't getting the wrist time, not a knock on Renato, I sell a lot of other brands out of my collection because they weren't getting the wrist time either.