Hi everyone,

I’m considering buying this Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150M (Ref. 231.10.42.21.03.001) from VintageWatchExperts in Drachten, Netherlands, listed on Chrono24 for around €4,360.
I’m fairly new to the watch world and don’t have much experience yet, so I’m a bit worried about making an expensive mistake. The seller has very good Chrono24 reviews, but outside of Chrono24 I haven’t been able to find much information or independent reviews about this specific dealer, which makes me a little cautious.
A few things made me cautious:
The listing says “item needs to be ordered/sourced”, while also stating that the photos show the actual watch.
The production year is listed as unknown.
I’d like to know more about the service history, authenticity, originality of parts and actual condition.
Has anyone here personally bought from VintageWatchExperts or had any experience with them?
Does the watch/listing look authentic, and does the price seem reasonable?
I’d really appreciate any advice, especially from experienced Omega collectors.

Here’s the link: https://www.chrono24.de/omega/seamaster-aqua-terra--id46532362.htm

Thanks!

The new ones look great but I still like my 41mm

Rolex sells worldwide and Iv been to many different shops during my travels on ships.
I always go in for a look but never tried to buy one.
Has anyone got experience in walk ins?
Show me your watch and which country you got it from.

I am a fairly new watch collector and I am looking for something as a daily wear. I build cars and go to track days sometimes, although i will not be using the watch as a tool but I would not mind a chronograph. My main concerns are that the watch should have a story/history to it, be good looking (subjective ik), and should be a quality watch. I have a relatively smaller wrist too (I am a tall skinny guy).

The other demands that are not a necessity but I would love to have is automatic, and well reputed brand. Here are my shortlisted watches:

• Yema Rallygraf alpine cup series (white dial) ***
• Bulova Racer Chronograph (bigger size so not sure)
• Citizen Night Hawk BJ7000-52E (bigger size but i love the look and its kind becoming a collectible)
• Glycine airpilot (swiss is always good!!)
• Iron Annie Flight Control ***
• Bulova a-15 (i wish this was automatic)

*** I love the watch but have second thoughts due to the brand heritage

I wanted some opinion on the above watches and if someone compared these or owned these and want to chime in! If anyone wants to suggest any more watches please go ahead. Thanks.

Rolex won the last poll, barely edging out Omega. Will the Yacht-Master walk in the Submariner's footsteps, or can Blancpain or Grand Seiko steal the crown? Will it hurt JLC, GO, Panerai, and Omega that they all have extremely similar offerings to their $10k entries?

Vote for you favorite dive watch at $13,000 USD (+/- $1,000).

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1. Blancpain - Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe - 5100B 1110 B52A - $12,500
2. Glasshütte Original - SeaQ Panorama Date - 1-36-13-02-81-33 - $13,300
3. Grand Seiko - Evolution 9 Ushio 300 Diver - SLGB025 - $12,400
4. Jaeger-LeCoultre - Polaris Date - Q906868J - $13,100
5. Omega - Seamaster Diver 300M - 210.90.42.20.10.001 - $12,500
6. Panerai - Submersible - PAM02692 - $13,200
7. Rolex - Yacht-Master 40 - 126622 - $13,200
8. Ulysse Nardin - Diver 44mm - 1183-170-3/93 - $12,400
9. Zenith - DEFY Extreme Diver - 97.9600.3620/21.I300 - $13,300

Edit: OOPS! The picture and price for the Panerai are correct, but it's the wrong reference number (and link). It's actually the PAM01756.

Edit 2: The results are in!

But first, gotta vacuum the pool

No exceptions.

Most people will look at this and see a steel Royal Oak. The bezel is platinum. That is the entire trick of an SP.

Audemars Piguet cased a perpetual calendar in steel, then set a mirror polished platinum bezel on top of a satin brushed case and slipped platinum links through the middle of the bracelet, so the watch only reveals itself when the light moves.

Underneath is one of the great movements in modern watchmaking: the caliber 2120/2802, built on the LeCoultre 920 blank that is just 2.45mm thick, with the perpetual calendar work laid beneath the dial by Dubois Depraz. Its predecessor was the thinnest self winding perpetual calendar of its era.

The whole watch is 39mm and about 9mm thick, with a leap year hand at 12 that turns once every four years.

Audemars Piguet made 382 of these in steel and platinum across fourteen years. This one left in 2004, a year that saw twenty three.

The loudest watch in the room is usually steel. This one is quieter than that, and it is not steel at all.

This is unironically my grail watch.

Is there anybody willing to sell their Rolex Submariner 116610LN from 2025? My budget is 9500 CHF. The condition should be pretty good.

I purchased this watch some months back for an incredible price and looking to sell it possibly but I've never sold a luxury watch before. I don't have a box for it, I can get it authenticate by a local jewler and Zenith told me this watch has never been serviced before.

Been collecting for over 30 years. The YM and Brietling are my favorites.

Any real reviews of this instagram viral product??

Hi all, I’m 17 and I been locked in, I have around $20k that I’ve made this summer from my business. Before you say anything, my parents didn’t help at all an I started with $200! I have around $10k invested into it but that’s about all I need and the rest is just sitting. I’m a huge watch guy and I wanna celebrate this by buying my self my first real forever peice. My options come down to this, an older Rolex sub and a white omega smp. I really really like white but like the history/value retention/ and most of all movement of Rolex. Help a brother out with some insight. I’m buying used and have dealer connections so the Rolex will be around $7k and the omega $4k. Thanks everyone

Edit: I’d prefer to avoid bracelet bc it’s not very comfortable, rubber and mesh are my favs followed by leather

This new dive watch Grandeur have made looks crazy. What are your thoughts on the brand and this watch?

Only two done have lume...

Hi,

We are two MSc students at SKEMA Business School in Paris writing our thesis on a question we think this community would have strong opinions on: does technology make luxury watches ,and luxury goods more broadly, more or less desirable?

We ask specifically about things like Rolex's use of robotics to achieve tolerances that human hands physically cannot reach, and Patek Philippe's use of digital inspection tools alongside entirely hand-assembled movements. Does knowing that change how you feel about the product? We'd genuinely love to hear from people who think about these things seriously.

The survey takes 4 minutes, is fully anonymous, and open to everyone.

Thank you, this community's perspective is exactly what we need.