[Leica] OT: Watches - can you provide advice or sites that offerIWC watc...

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

The Portuguese is a spectacularly good looking watch, but it is too big for
my wrist - 42mm is huge. The reason I got the Portofino is it is only 38mm -
just about right for me.
Cheers
Jayanand


On 5/28/07, Joseph Low <joelct@singnet.com.sg> wrote:
>
>         Jayanand
>
>         Congratulations on acquiring an IWC - you are amongst the
> discerning band
> of true blue watch
>         connoisseurs
>
>         Alas many of today's so called designer watches are just pure
> cosmetics
> outside and basic ETA or 15 PPM
>         Quartz inside
>
>         When are you going for the Portuguese?
>
>         Sincerely
>
>         Joseph Low
>         Singapore
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of
> Jayanand Govindaraj
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 10:45 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Watches - can you provide advice or sites that
> offerIWC watc...
>
> I just bought a rose gold IWC Portofino last week which has a list price
> of
> US$ 6500, which I got for US$4500 from the local IWC dealer (brick and
> mortar, upmarket location) - this was not old stock, but specifically
> ordered for me. The cheapest was the steel Portofino, which retails at US$
> 3000, which was available for US$ 2100. The effective discount runs to 30%
> (Remember these prices are also inclusive of Customs Duty). I have seen
> the
> dealer prices, and they get it at 50% of MRP. So go and negotiate. If
> these
> deals are available here in India, they must be available in other
> countries
> as well...and discounts should be higher on the internet.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
>
> On 5/28/07, Bill Smith <wrs111445@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Try
> >
>
> http://www.elitedealseeker.com/index.cgi?category=watches&searchword=&ageupp
> erlimit=1&function=Searchfor used IWC deals. They come up from
> time-to-time.
> There are all kinds of
> > dealers--from part time to established shops.
> >
> >   Bill
> >
> > Thinkofcole@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Jerry, I said approximately $3,500 list...but dealers are discounting
> them
> > sharply...regards, bob cole
> >
> > Look here:
> >
> > _http://www.tarrytownjewelers.com/_ (http://www.tarrytownjewelers.com/)
> >
> > In a message dated 5/27/2007 5:37:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > glehrer@san.rr.com writes:
> >
> > The cheapest IWC watch that I have seen listed at $3400. They go up to
> > $195,000 for the Grande Complication.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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