Invicta Watches - Onboard Prices

[MickD]

Beware of the preowned rolexes on board, just got back off Adventure of the seas and the pricing is outrageous.

They had a 1990 36mm two tone datejust for sale with a retail price of $14,000 then were giving 30% off.

A new one only has a retail price of $10900.

Average price for a 26 year old datejust depending on condition box papers etc is between $2500 to $4000.

So basically overpriced by over $6000.

Manager actually said they have recently sold 2 or 3 of them.

Some people obviously have no clue to what they are buying.

[John&LaLa]

Seven years old on July 20, 1969. I want one, too...

 

At least the Speedmaster Professional doesn't have a date, so it's not that big a deal to wind it, set it, and take off...

Exactly 😁

 

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[fun1367]

Beware of the preowned rolexes on board, just got back off Adventure of the seas and the pricing is outrageous.

They had a 1990 36mm two tone datejust for sale with a retail price of $14,000 then were giving 30% off.

A new one only has a retail price of $10900.

Average price for a 26 year old datejust depending on condition box papers etc is between $2500 to $4000.

 

 

So basically overpriced by over $6000.

Manager actually said they have recently sold 2 or 3 of them.

Some people obviously have no clue to what they are buying.

 

Will be on Freedom next month. Am Interested in preowned Rolex. Is pricing better online(amazon). Is that a reliable source? Trying to education and research now.

[TommyTV]

A few years ago, when £1 = $2.30, my DW bought me a Tag Carrera bi- metal (Gold and Stainless), glass back, for $3200 on RC. The watch is quite rare, and it's purchase price in the U.K. was £3100. Bargain.

DW has just won £32,000 in our local casino, so she's bought herself a very fetching white ceramic J12. Got a good price on that too, saved 10%.

[Hogbay]

Will be on Freedom next month. Am Interested in preowned Rolex. Is pricing better online(amazon). Is that a reliable source? Trying to education and research now.

Sure go and have a look on Freedom but they are all second hand with near new pricing :o

This link is Australian so in Au $ and has great information .

 

TEN Things To Look For When Buying a Rolex Watch - by Nicholas Hacko

 

I bough mine new 30 years ago when on a cruise to south Pacific Villa Vanuatu an authorized dealer .

The ship was TSS fairstar

 

Trouble (pete):halo:

[Sailfish]

Because we had quite a bit of ship board credit, I bought a couple of Invicta watches. One had a rose gold metal, which promptly turned brassy. Another stopped working a few months after we got it. It was the kind that needed motion to operate. Never really worked right and I use neither. Though probably overpriced also, I love my Citizen watches that I got on cruises. More expensive, but great eco drive watches. Lesson learned about Invicta.

[fun1367]

Sure go and have a look on Freedom but they are all second hand with near new pricing :o

This link is Australian so in Au $ and has great information .

 

TEN Things To Look For When Buying a Rolex Watch - by Nicholas Hacko

 

I bough mine new 30 years ago when on a cruise to south Pacific Villa Vanuatu an authorized dealer .

The ship was TSS fairstar

 

Trouble (pete):halo:

 

 

Thank you for the tips on buying Rolex watch. Will check prizes at different venues and applied the 10 tips to evaluate each purchase.

[fun1367]

Because we had quite a bit of ship board credit, I bought a couple of Invicta watches. One had a rose gold metal, which promptly turned brassy. Another stopped working a few months after we got it. It was the kind that needed motion to operate. Never really worked right and I use neither. Though probably overpriced also, I love my Citizen watches that I got on cruises. More expensive, but great eco drive watches. Lesson learned about Invicta.

 

Will stay away from Invicta! But if price is dirt cheap may take a chance!!!

[Rewind]

I have two Invictas and neither of them are those large monstrosities they are moving towards. I have one battery powered that is quite nice (bought on Enchantment in 2012) and my other is an Automatic that has a Seiko movement in it (from Amazon). Because of the Seiko movement, the watch is a solid timepiece.

 

Now when we cruise and I check out the watches, it looks more and more like old stock that couldn't be sold elsewhere. I'm sure there is the possibility of finding a good one, but you need to know what to look for.

[fun1367]

I have two Invictas and neither of them are those large monstrosities they are moving towards. I have one battery powered that is quite nice (bought on Enchantment in 2012) and my other is an Automatic that has a Seiko movement in it (from Amazon). Because of the Seiko movement, the watch is a solid timepiece.

 

Now when we cruise and I check out the watches, it looks more and more like old stock that couldn't be sold elsewhere. I'm sure there is the possibility of finding a good one, but you need to know what to look for.

 

Guess it pays to research to find out what I want before committing to any purchase of any watches! Rolex or Invictas or ...thank you for reminder.