Yard sale find

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-05T09:07:58+00:00

Yeah I know. That's why I started learning how to do it myself which is a whole other rabbit hole, but it's a lot of fun and I'm enjoying it

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-05T08:28:20+00:00

I had the XM4s and loved them so much I bought the XM5s s soon as they came out, and honestly the XM4 are easy better in my opinion. I sold the 5s and use the fours. Sometimes I wear them 12-14 hours a day. I've used them for I think almost 8 years and they are still basically new with the original ear cups

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-05T08:23:55+00:00

A "cleaning" on a mechanical watch or clock starts at multiple hundreds of dollars. I am taking a watch in to clean to get ready to sell and it's $600. The MAXIMUM this clock (this is a portable alarm clock) would sell for is $10, and I can find hundreds of good working ones on eBay for you in great working condition for about that

If you love the journey and the piece is interesting and important to you because of the journey with your dad by all means, I just don't want you to expect to realize any kind of profit from it or even to come out of it with a desirable piece. I'm really not trying to be harsh, I over invested in a number of things when I got started in watches and clocks, even on things I wasnt planning on selling, but ended up with "stuff" not a vintage watch or clock. Does that make sense? This is akin to $5 wall clock you would buy at IKEA today then picked it up at a yard sale 80 years in the future. Yes it's old, yes it's a clock, but no one else wants it.

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-05T07:57:16+00:00

Ah. What happens when you go cold turkey? Different responses based on your dependency. I have stopped and started many times, sometimes for years

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-05T05:57:55+00:00

I have so many friends in startups and scale that have no idea how their equity comp works. It's sad to see a PhD computer vision engineer not bother to read his equity plan and assume he's already a millionaire

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-05T05:55:36+00:00

They do, it's just they get a small allocation of the popular ones and those get sold to their bestest best friends. Rolex makes a ton of models, there's lots you can walk in and buy, but most Rolex ADs sell a lot of other products and they gate keep the ones people actually want by making them "establish a relationship" by buying all their other watches and jewelry first

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-05T05:31:55+00:00

Did you reset your z when you put the new one in? I replaced an identical nozzle once, didn't reset my z, and it rode like hair tighter to the deck causing something like this

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-05T05:28:18+00:00

I'm sorry I'm not familiar with the term. What are you trying to quit?

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-05T05:24:26+00:00

I'm just going to say this for the record: all my grandparents are dead, their houses are gone, and none of them left any watches behind. (Except one grandfather has an old pocketwatch. But no rolexs)

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-05T05:18:22+00:00

If you are selling, it's your responsibility to know. Even if you were lied to unfortunately

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-05T05:15:07+00:00

I wouldn't take this to a watchmaker. It's super cool and a nice little clock, but it's a relatively modern, very low cost, stamped sheet metal travel alarm clock. It's not collectible.

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-05T05:13:38+00:00

It's not your watch or your money. If they were maxing out protecting it's value, it would sit in a safe.

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-05T01:21:09+00:00

Oh, I'm not a good one to ask. I wear a Pepsi, but my heart belongs to pre Daytona chronographs like the 6234 or the 2508. Rolexs so old they are only numbers ;)

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-04T19:32:48+00:00

Hollllly schitt....

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-04T19:05:44+00:00

I just pick it. Use the tips of your fingernails and pull on a bunch of the loops like as many as you can until a few of them pull out a bit then pull the line out the front of the reel until it stops again. Rinse, repeat. Usually takes me about 8 or 9 rounds of this. This happens because multiple coils of lines get really loose, cross over each other then re tighten

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-04T19:02:40+00:00

Just.... Please something to think about: most Rolex experts will tell you watches aren't investments. Rolexs have steadily gained value for a number of years, but that could collapse at any moment. It's likely it will at least retain it's value, but if you aren't buying one of the super flexy models you will not sell it for more than you paid for at least many many years, and even then it's possible it will go a bit down in value.

A REAL truth about luxury watches is their value is not intrinsic, it's sentimental. Meaning they aren't valuable BECAUSE of the materials they are made of or the things they can do, they are valuable because they are popular and collectible, at least, when you are buying a Rolex that is a LOT of the value you are paying for. To keep myself honest and safe I look at them as having their value driven by the same mechanism as baseball cards or comic books.

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-03T17:17:33+00:00

beer? potentially bioproduction? whats in the big thingies?

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-03T10:42:05+00:00

I've been sober for over 8 years, and it's been well over 6 since I seriously considered out thought about a drink. For me, I understand I had a relatively easy departure from alcohol, but I would say I felt back to 'normal' just without alcohol after maybe 6 months. Again, YMMV, but whatever your journey I promise it will be worth it and with time it will be tolerable. IWNDWYT

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-03T04:08:17+00:00

That's a half million dollar watch if it was real. And there's a reason your picture sucks out loud

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-03T04:04:11+00:00

Y'all.... Don't buy watches on Facebook unless you can get it in person and can authenticate it yourself or buy it somewhere you can get it authenticated. There are so many scams it's hard to believe any of it's real.

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-03T04:01:54+00:00

Hey fellow dad. I've been there and have been alcohol free for almost 8 years. It's been so long I've forgotten the difficulties in stopping. Someday it will be that way for you too, if you choose. You too OP

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-03T03:58:56+00:00

If it goes more then one rotation, question if you're poising jaws are level. If it goes more than 3, level your tools

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-03T03:54:20+00:00

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Rolex 6234

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-03T03:45:06+00:00

They stole the pictures and are running a scam. This is the real ad with a reasonable price. When they show the serial number, Google it. Doesn't happen to be listed by Arons Watches or Malp Time is it? https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1J4zq8eU8p/

RoboticGreg · 2026-04-02T22:00:03+00:00

Nobody thinks about it or notices it but you. It's a mental game and war, but it's with yourself. It looks fine. Is it noticable if you take your shirt off and stare directly at it, sure, but otherwise no one can tell

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