georgeszaslavsky
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I will be direct and straight to the point, apologizes in advance if my post might be heavy handed
The thing is that Hoddinkee does is to sell watches that are supposed to be in pristine condition but which are not because there are no movement photos, and often the dials are such in pityful condition that you can't consider them as pristine. And if you check their sold watches section, very very few are in decent condition. But as I have already debated about Hoddinkee on another well known watch forum, buying from Hoddinkee is buying a cat in the bag. Also they are friends with some of big brands, so by reselling by overpricing average condition items which are not rare by 40 to 70%, they get a recognition from the main players of the watch industry and from auction houses too.
The mil spec fifty fathoms was listed at an insane price, same with the gold daytona, I have discouraged all my friends who wanted to buy a watch to buy from Hoddinkee, I rerouted them to some great sellers that I know including one of the best vintage watch shops that I know in Paris.
Think that Hodinkee wants to improve the level of its shop. Don't you?
They have always sold fine vintage chronos and some vintage Rolexes (Datejust and Daydate) with a price that almost never surpass 10000$ (usually their prices are about 3-4-5000$). However from a while Hodinkee offers pieces that are far more expensive th...
I will be direct and straight to the point, apologizes in advance if my post might be heavy handed
The thing is that Hoddinkee does is to sell watches that are supposed to be in pristine condition but which are not because there are no movement photos, and often the dials are such in pityful condition that you can't consider them as pristine. And if yo...
I agree with you on ever point.
Hodinkee wants a recognition from high-end brands and auction houses. However they always find somebody who takes the risk and buy tue watch. Best.
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I wonder where/how they source their watches. With their network they should be able to get better looking watches.
It is not my problem, what they do at Hodinkee. They do what they want. BUT...
If they wrote that this Bronze Milspec is from the 50's, there is a big mistake. It is from the mid 60's and most probably between 1967 and 1968. AND the dial on this one is not good. So, they'd better be prudent when they describe a watch they want to se...
the problem is that you can't expect amateurs to be professionnals and crooks to be honest people
Also they put a myriad of hype and qualitaitives that describe how beautiful are their watches which are far to be beautiful but limit to junkpile condition items. The fact that the item is described misleadingly is enough for me to blacklist them permane...
There are dealers like this in my other collecting sphere, we call them Mr. Dreamer why....
because they fit a couple categories such as they dream of selling lower quality items for a great mark up, and to some they make the sale, sometimes something looks so good in the photos and it is what you're looking for that you overlook the faults or c...
excellent reply Rogi, what you have written here is very true
There are 9 dealers like this in Paris that I have blacklisted permanently because of what you have described. I have a very small number of dealers that I recommend in Paris and which I know since a long long to be cautious and prudent besides the net b...
