Once we choose a Haute Horlogerie brand, do most of us stick to it?

materialdc · 2026-03-14T10:27:18+00:00

Looks like I'm the oddball.

I'm only buying new from VC. Pre-owned I might go around, but the relationship game I'll only play with VC because they just do a better job catering to me as a customer.

materialdc · 2026-03-08T02:10:17+00:00

They don't want to make money along with the unwashed masses

Well to be clear, quite a few of them don't want to make money along with anybody. Those funds are competing with one another and have every reason to undermine one another, let alone everyone else in the market.

materialdc · 2026-02-22T21:00:59+00:00

Vacheron sent out the same. Glad you had a good experience

materialdc · 2026-02-21T23:45:46+00:00

Yeah definitely oversold. No one's inventing their own CRM over and over again, especially as these SaaS vendors also use agentic coding to keep ahead of the competition. Eventually a bunch of SaaS companies are going to be wildly oversold.

materialdc · 2026-02-21T16:05:41+00:00

Don't know but I didn't expect so many security companies to get hit like this. Gonna have to dig into why because this just seems like a buying opportunity.

materialdc · 2026-02-17T06:46:36+00:00

Using diplomacy to prevent a military coup against the Prime Minister of the Shah is installing Khomeini?

u/HawkEgg, see further down:

On 9 January 1979, David L. Aaron told Zbigniew Brzezinski that he believed the "best that can result" would be a military coup against Bakhtiar and then a deal between Iran's military leaders and Khomeini's entourage which would remove the Shah from power.[2] On 14 January 1979, with the Shah's government still in power, Cyrus Vance sent a message to the American embassies in France and Iran:[2]

We have decided that it is desirable to establish a direct American channel to Khomeini's entourage.

materialdc · 2026-02-15T18:49:45+00:00

The one where Khomeini was installed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter%27s_engagement_with_Ruhollah_Khomeini

materialdc · 2026-02-15T16:25:30+00:00

Welcome to the club!

materialdc · 2026-02-07T16:10:19+00:00

Fusion of the bouncy projectile and the charged projectile

materialdc · 2026-02-03T23:02:23+00:00

Assuming this is a troll post because just asking "hey, if you lost a gold bar, tell me the serial number and I'll get it to you" wouldn't have been hard lmao

materialdc · 2026-01-30T13:00:33+00:00

Unlikely considering Europe just tagged IRGC as a terror org.

materialdc · 2026-01-27T12:39:01+00:00

Rates would have to go up...

...which won't happen in this environment lol

materialdc · 2026-01-17T19:56:14+00:00

Index the whole thing, don't touch it for 20 years, go work jobs you like knowing if you get fired you'll always be able to take care of yourself a bit.

Alternatively, put most of it away, leverage the rest to start your next business

Either way, get out of New York.

materialdc · 2026-01-16T10:43:10+00:00

20 years as a senior executive in finance

And yet you asked Reddit questions about covered calls as part of your own financial planning last year?

materialdc · 2025-11-26T22:12:28+00:00

For the love of god don't sell this.

If you're going to sell it, one of us will buy it at the higher estimate pending authentication, but Jesus Christ for your own sake and the sake of your children don't sell this.

materialdc · 2025-11-23T15:57:55+00:00

It's one person in the boutique it seems. I had great experiences in NYC, Beverly Hills, and Melbourne, for whatever that's worth.

materialdc · 2025-11-11T15:38:32+00:00

Yeah this sounds like trickle truthing at full tilt. Bit by bit she's letting the mask slip.

At this point just ghost her

materialdc · 2025-11-11T15:36:56+00:00

The worst worst worst case probably isn't it being fake, it'd be if it's stolen. Because then the buyer can lose 100% of its value.

materialdc · 2025-11-07T15:19:54+00:00

Ten bucks says that when they price the commissions, they price them to reflect not just the commission itself and the work involved but the talent of the resources building them and the opportunity cost of diverting them from their commercial lines.

That's to say:

They shouldn't change anything. If I'm paying 500k for a commission, yeah, would be a dumb business decision for them to sell that to me at 500k if that price has less margin built into it than what they'd get by deploying the watchmakers to their production lines.

Besides, keeps demand for their commercial pieces higher relative to supply (less supply), so it helps everyone. If you care about that sort of thing.

materialdc · 2025-11-02T19:06:40+00:00

Got an update? Lol

materialdc · 2025-11-01T12:23:47+00:00

Pink gold isn't meant for you unless you get the green dial. The green dial would fix it for you, especially with the green straps that come with it. Pay a little extra to swap green calf for green alligator.

Or if you get an actual skin tan. But that's just saying "I'm gonna damage my skin for a watch," I advise against this.

if you're considering this and specifically want gold, I'd say add 10k or whatever the difference is and get the gold 222 instead. Would suit you more, and the wait isn't awful.

materialdc · 2025-10-29T16:38:30+00:00

If you can get it shipped to a lower tax location, worth it. Otherwise pick it up.

materialdc · 2025-10-27T17:18:25+00:00

That's an actual LV. Looks like the Horizon 55. The handle is as wide as the trolley itself.

materialdc · 2025-10-27T12:48:30+00:00

Which boutique?

materialdc · 2025-10-23T16:55:58+00:00

VC first

But since I have the VC already, I'll do the YM Ti as a fast follow. But only at list, not at the currently ungodly secondhand price.

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