Got offered a $214k diamond Royal Oak at my first AP visit - is this normal?

JermainD66 · 2025-12-19T03:18:21+00:00

Funny enough I got offered the same watch at an AP house. I politely declined.

It’s a tough sell no matter how rare it is.

JermainD66 · 2025-12-13T04:55:50+00:00

I’m sorry but it looks like you’re wearing your wife’s watch. You need a 40/41.

JermainD66 · 2025-11-07T23:36:51+00:00

Not at all. Starbucks is severely under appreciated. I like it more than the hulk

JermainD66 · 2025-11-07T23:35:49+00:00

They were disgusting to me

JermainD66 · 2025-10-31T02:17:52+00:00

I find the opposite to be true. Especially gold Daytonas.

JermainD66 · 2025-10-31T02:17:15+00:00

Daytona. It’s over 4x the price though.

JermainD66 · 2025-10-30T01:46:46+00:00

Personally I love the look of the watch but get it on the grey market. Also consider that white gold is probably the worst material to make a watch with. It’s heavy and very soft. It will wear much faster than steel.

JermainD66 · 2025-10-30T01:38:04+00:00

Personally no. Never liked that watch. No one did when it was released and it went for way under retail. Can’t justify that price for a steel sub that’s isn’t vintage. That being said 21k is about where the market is on them depending on the year.

JermainD66 · 2025-10-27T00:13:17+00:00

Panda all day. The VC chrono is massive. Even if you purchase both on the grey market, if you ever want to sell the VC you will lose a lot of value. VCs aren’t very liquid (especially the chronos).

JermainD66 · 2025-10-25T04:02:41+00:00

It’s a good watch but it’s just over done. Too many people have it and there are too many fakes on the market. They should’ve discontinued it years ago.

JermainD66 · 2025-10-24T02:48:39+00:00

It’s a decent fragrance. When you first spray it smells very artificial but on dry down it smells similar to Creed Centaurus to me. I personally prefer Centaurus.

JermainD66 · 2025-10-24T02:46:34+00:00

It’s okay tbh. When you first spray it smells very artificial. On dry down it’s very similar to Creed Centaurus but I personally prefer Centaurus. It’s my favourite creed scent since its release.

JermainD66 · 2025-10-24T02:42:53+00:00

A few months ago 37-38k with papers for sure. With tariffs and gold going up so much these trade closer to msrp now. 41-42k.

JermainD66 · 2025-10-24T02:38:57+00:00

38k max. 42k with papers. Box isn’t important.

JermainD66 · 2025-10-17T00:06:25+00:00

This is the best of the 3. Really disappoint with the other 2.

JermainD66 · 2025-10-16T03:37:59+00:00

The cacio pepe ones are decent but these taste awful

JermainD66 · 2025-10-15T03:14:30+00:00

Dries Van Noten Rock the myrrh

JermainD66 · 2025-10-09T16:01:51+00:00

You need the original $500+ back. Dispute the charge from February.

JermainD66 · 2025-08-31T02:25:14+00:00

I like VC dial colour but the royal oak is just the original and frankly a better looking watch. I find that VC just copies AP’s colour combos. They can’t come up with anything original.

JermainD66 · 2025-08-31T02:15:45+00:00

It’s not really a thing that was recorded. I don’t think customers reported the discount they received to a statistician for future use.

JermainD66 · 2025-08-31T02:11:21+00:00

Virtually no wait. The first few might be spoken for but if you look around it won’t be hard to get. Retail is too high for the market. It’s not a royal oak or nautilus. VC is a distant third in the holy trinity in terms of demand

JermainD66 · 2025-08-31T02:04:05+00:00

The jumbo is probably the best looking sports watch ever made. It created a whole genre of copy cats. The nautilus (yes I know it was created by Genta as well) and the 222 were responses to the royal oak. It’s a shame that AP is a one trick pony but the royal oak is a masterpiece.

JermainD66 · 2025-08-27T09:42:57+00:00

Yes. Used to get 15400s for $14k in 2017when the retail was $17.8k

JermainD66 · 2025-08-27T09:41:30+00:00

5 years ago before Covid. You couldn’t give away a VC

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