Grey market vs pre owned
I am considering a new dive watch and wondered if anyone had thoughts on buying a pre owned watch with papers vs a grey market watch without papers. I was thinking pre owned would be better just to have the papers but how much weight do papers have if its a watch I do not plan on selling. Also, I like the idea of being the first to scratch the watch. Thoughts?
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Brad
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Ohio
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7.00” / 17.78 cm
$1700-$2200
That range I would be ok with going grey. I never had any problems with he grey market. But have got some used watches in that range that have been great. I feel that used is always a chance. You don't know how the watch has been treated.
Go grey I’ve gone grey for watches over 10k and under $500. Honestly a warranty is only as good as the paper it’s written on unless there needs to be a whole movement swap. Pretty much everything external to the real world is not covered.
Please tell me about your experience and expertise in watchmaking? Collecting and things that have gone wrong? I’ll wait…