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Offline fbb

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GP world time finance worth buying?
« on: February 08, 2013, 08:11:41 AM »
Hi, am offered to buy this watch which is only 5 months old and below rm20k. All LNIB. Any advice? Thx

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Re: GP world time finance worth buying?
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2013, 09:38:29 PM »
Think it is a good brand but not very popular in this part of the globe. Am also looking at a vintage piece... should be incoming week after CNY.  :Cheers:
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Re: GP world time finance worth buying?
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2013, 01:23:00 PM »
I have one and I like it.  Quality of GP watches is top notch. Finishing may not be on par with PP, AP or VC but is good.  GP is 1 of the top 10 brands but not that popular here. That's why it's  "value buy" here but you must like it before you part you money.   :Confused:

Someone told me you need to own a GP in order to appreciate GP.  I believe you will once you own one.

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Re: GP world time finance worth buying?
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2013, 10:23:22 PM »
I have one and I like it.  Quality of GP watches is top notch. Finishing may not be on par with PP, AP or VC but is good.  GP is 1 of the top 10 brands but not that popular here. That's why it's  "value buy" here but you must like it before you part you money.   
:Confused:

Someone told me you need to own a GP in order to appreciate GP.  I believe you will once you own one.

That should always be the case for every watch you buy.
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Re: GP world time finance worth buying?
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2013, 08:25:46 AM »
Mine just came in yday! She still looks good even as she's into her golden years...  :D

"...But if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? - - Carpe - - hear it? - - Carpe, carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary." - John Keating, Dead Poets Society

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Re: GP world time finance worth buying?
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2013, 09:55:18 AM »
The 60's & 70s watches sometimes looks much better than the current ones….
this is beautiful…the current designers could learn a thing or two...
Personal taste and preferences evolve over years, hopefully not 1 full circle otherwise it means we haven't learnt a single thing.

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Re: GP world time finance worth buying?
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2013, 02:06:54 PM »
+1! Thanks! Think I have an "old heart" with preference for vintage stuffs... :)
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Re: GP world time finance worth buying?
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2013, 02:26:58 PM »
The 60's & 70s watches sometimes looks much better than the current ones….
this is beautiful…the current designers could learn a thing or two...

Agreed. The main issue to me about vintage watches is that it can be a minefield and it usually is. More so when it comes to popular vintage watches and military linked and issued ones, what with fakes and frankenwatches.

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Re: GP world time finance worth buying?
« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2013, 04:24:02 PM »
Is it easy to make a replica vintage watch? Thot it would be tougher to create the vintage feel / look.
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Re: GP world time finance worth buying?
« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2013, 07:52:59 PM »
Is it easy to make a replica vintage watch? Thot it would be tougher to create the vintage feel / look.

Not as difficult as you think, more so when it comes to popular vintage watches. Frankenwatches even easier.

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Re: GP world time finance worth buying?
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2013, 09:22:17 AM »
care to fill in the blank(s)

_ _ impico ?

Or it is just GP impico

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Re: GP world time finance worth buying?
« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2013, 09:29:08 AM »
Can I guess that its Olympico ?
Personal taste and preferences evolve over years, hopefully not 1 full circle otherwise it means we haven't learnt a single thing.

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Re: GP world time finance worth buying?
« Reply #12 on: March 08, 2013, 05:34:55 AM »
Great looking watch...lots of character...congrats. Am sure you will enjoy the watch  :Cheers:

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Re: GP world time finance worth buying?
« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2013, 01:34:00 PM »
Thanks! It is Olimpico.
Wore it for my outstation trip today.
Loving every minute with this old beauty.
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Re: GP world time finance worth buying?
« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2013, 05:26:11 PM »
Mine just came in yday! She still looks good even as she's into her golden years...  :D



Very nice. I think it look better than modern model. Don't mind can share how much u bought it for ?