Thinking about buying this GMT. Buying from an online dealer. I asked to see the movement and open the watch up but apparently it’s a hsssle? Is this an unreasonable ask? Does this watch look ok?
this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2023
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If you open the watch up you basically cannot wear it as a dive watch. It would need to be sent back to a service centre to have it tested as water proof to the depth advised. For a Rolex that would be expensive.
If there are no papers or no box and all the various bits n bobs the watch comes with then I'd be asking myself why is a watch that is relatively new being sold with none of the usual paraphenalia? If the watch was like 40 or 50 years old then a box would be expecting a lot. Think about it. A Rolex box is worth a stack of cash just on its own. They are luxury items in their own right and not something anyopne would throw away.
Does the watch look ok? Sure but it is just a photo. If it has no box and has been worn daily then it will have signs of wear. Automatics are not taken off the wrist once out of the box unless the owner has a few watches and swaps them regulalry. They maye be stored in a display case or autowinder but that would tell me the owner knows watches and wouldn't lose the things that authenticate his posession, like a store receipt.