Before everyone had access to the internet, you’d occasionally find some lesser-known luxury brands in thrift store piles. But that was over 20 years ago.

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

honestly, I have found alot with eta movements from thrift stores from smaller brands.

@fmc6338

Жыл бұрын

Bummer you can't rip them off anymore

@reeetry760

Жыл бұрын

Yep..😀😀😀

@peterlustig974

Жыл бұрын

@@fmc6338 why rip them of? If they dont know what they have its their fucking problem

@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040

Жыл бұрын

Thrift and charity shops are basically ebay extensions nowadays. As soon as item arrives they google it up and slap identical price on it.

When you see a bag of watches at a flea market or a garage sale, it usually means that the owners are amateur watch repairmen, collectors, or hobbyists. Often those sellers know what they are worth and when they have a pile of junk.

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

Ill be honest, generally at thrift stores they have a very basic understanding. I have gotten great watches for dollars. Five times, I have bought solid gold watches from them.

@jerseyneil1

Жыл бұрын

@@vintagesterlingfinds I guess it depends on where one lives and the quality of the local thrift shops. I live in Central NJ and the best watch I have ever found at a thrift shop was a Victorinox quartz watch for $20. I passed on it because it wasn’t for me. The shops near me have a good understanding of quality v. junk. Items like watches are screened by managers before they are put on the floor.

@linkzyofficial

Жыл бұрын

@@vintagesterlingfinds yup I’ve gotten 2 Swiss made watches. And have probably gotten around $2000 in watches from my local thrift store for about $100 max over the past 2 years.

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

I live in Vancouver Canada, and half off the stores here have no clue. I got a clearly marked 18k gold ring last year for 2.99

The thrift store appreciates your business . Pro tip; keep your money.

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha I have sold 4 of the watches in the bag and made money

The most valuable is probably the Timex Ironman 😅

@vintagesterlingfinds

11 ай бұрын

Hahahaha your right. That one sold fast

Very interesting! Where I live, there are a lot of very high end housing developments, and a lot of Goodwill Stores where high end goods seem to make it into the Goodwill stores. I go golf club shopping and watch shopping! I have 3 right now that I need to get batteries for...2 of them I might get $40 each...but one of them is a high end fashion watch company that makes both automatic and quartz models. The case is 925 silver with 18k rose gold plating. It's really a gorgeous watch..and I am still not sure if I am going to sell it, as the rectangular shaped case is really nice looking! Nice to someone else making a little extra cash fixing up watches that you find in thrift stores!

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

yes thanks. I find areas with a high seniors rate good. Alot of the time, When they pass away, the family donates everything.

I gasped at the VC, said a big "What?!" until I saw the back

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

hahaha I was the exact same way

@andreleverettejr3747

Жыл бұрын

@@vintagesterlingfinds the F word followed, I felt bad for you sir

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

@@andreleverettejr3747 hahahah thanks

Do you bury things to dig them back up in the summer months?

@thegeneral1955

Жыл бұрын

Fed

Um...thats not the balance wheel on the fake vc Its a standard chinese auto movement

The Vacheron is deffinatley a fake. The 750 on the case back indicates that the case is 18k gold alloy, which it is not. (You may have noticed that it does not have the weight of gold.) In particular, the rotor is clearly not gold and has been stamped. There is no visible assayers' stamp to accompany the alloy stamp. These can be hard to spot sometimes though. The movement is not finished to the standard of the Geneva Seal. While VC did not submit all of its watches for the Geneva Seal for all of its history, this movement is so far from that standard that it would be hard to conceive of VC using it. The logo and word mark design on this watch was never used by VC. This design comes up periodically in forums and is always said to be a fake. Specifically, this design never existed in the VC catalog (as far as I know), so it is not a replica. Instead, it is an example of brand piracy.

@philthedrill2244

Жыл бұрын

Solid analysis. I was going to comment that it looks like something from the Invicta reject pile with a Seagull (or lesser) 2824 clone movement and VC logo slapped on, but you went beyond my educational depth so I’ll just defer to you and give you a like 😂

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your reply. I will be honest and say the watch was quite heavy. I have never held a real VC, but I would assume the weight to be similar

@vangledosh

Жыл бұрын

@@vintagesterlingfinds it’s quite heavy because it’s a large watch in general and there’s a lot of metal going on. If that watch were real amd in 18k gold it would weigh considerably more

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

@@vangledosh true, I do believe the watch was made of stainless. I have held an 18k Rolex and that was an incredibly heavy watch

I'm honestly embarrassed to even look at those awful fakes. I wish I hadn't seen this. U-Boats are hilariously large, even when real. But it is a mortal sin to fake a Vacheron and an even worse sin to wear one.

I had a watch hooked to my belt,and thought it was a waist of time🥸 Good video though, keep up the great work👍

Dude used a Swiss army knife to cut a sandwich bag 😂😂😂

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha you try opening those bags. They use tear proof bags. A knife is the only way

All very convenient. Store bags up watches like broken biscuits. You buy a bag and video the opening. A VC pops out. Enjoy the cash my comment brings you 😉 🤑

@31hallite

2 күн бұрын

VC is a fake

15 bucks is a deal do yourself a favour and let the fossil become actual fossil tho

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

Hahahaa will do

you keep random watch links to shove them onto a different bracelet? WTF! I guess I'm just lucky to not have been in a situation where I have so little that I need to resort to that.

@vintagesterlingfinds

6 ай бұрын

I keep the watch links. A lot of the time, I find the watch in the next bag. One time I bought a watch bag with a Seiko with no strap. Next week I went back, and the strap was in the other watch bag

@yaakovhassoun8965

6 ай бұрын

@@vintagesterlingfinds sounds like quite a find!

@vintagesterlingfinds

6 ай бұрын

@@yaakovhassoun8965 thanks so much

Do you own the store and are trying to drum up trade?

nice video man keep up the work!

@vintagesterlingfinds

4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

hello kitty rolex,wow!

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

The fake vacheron should not be resold , it belongs in the bin

55k views holy cheap Charlie ! Nice going bud !😂

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks big guy

What watches did you sell from this bag?

@vintagesterlingfinds

6 ай бұрын

I just looked, I sold the Roots, timex ironman, continental and the fossil.

I bought a bag of worthless shite but amongst it was a vacheron 😂😂😂

Getting the word garbage

Hi man, i love your videos! Be careful selling fake watches, please. In my country for instance is illegal. Love ya

@vintagesterlingfinds

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much. And I would never sell a fake watch

Where does he buy these bags

@vintagesterlingfinds

10 ай бұрын

Basically any thrift store. This one was value Village

@jipdegier3163

10 ай бұрын

Thank you

@vintagesterlingfinds

10 ай бұрын

@@jipdegier3163 anytime

it’s a fake Vacheron🤣 And if you can’t tell from a miles distance find yourself another trade!

@vintagesterlingfinds

9 ай бұрын

Hahaha I know it’s fake. I made the video to show what I found

Bag of junk but if you can sell any of them good luck eBay is full of watches that people are desperate to unload

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

as of now, I have sold almost all of them

Victoria, Canadá ? No way congrats

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

I’m in Vancouver Canada 🇨🇦

damn bro drink some water nxt time😢

@vintagesterlingfinds

26 күн бұрын

@@Syph_Flips my bad I will

I want to buy the fake Vacheron, did you list it?

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

its gone

@lukehiron8215

Жыл бұрын

Imagine wanting to buy a fake watch 😂

@jerseyneil1

Жыл бұрын

Go to Canal Street in NYC and pick one up for $20.

lol dude thought he got a real VC and a real UBoat at the thrift shop.. Oh to be this gullible

@vintagesterlingfinds

2 ай бұрын

Hahaha I have gotten real watches at thrift stores. It’s always a risk

a knife to open a sandwich bag? use your fingers

@vintagesterlingfinds

9 ай бұрын

Hahaha your right. Sometimes the bags are think and need a knife

Do you still have the Timex Ironman?

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

I do, it’s on a leather strap are you interested?

@tims4558

Жыл бұрын

@@vintagesterlingfinds if it is the T5K200 I would be. I wouldn’t use the leather strap though I would look for an original or a reproduction.

@tims4558

Жыл бұрын

Does the Indiglo work?

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

@@tims4558 the indiglo does work and I will see the model when I get home

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

Also I would sell it without the strap

How much did you actually make?

@vintagesterlingfinds

23 күн бұрын

@@littlejohnuk maybe $200 give or take abit

@littlejohnuk

23 күн бұрын

@@vintagesterlingfinds Nice one

@vintagesterlingfinds

22 күн бұрын

@@littlejohnuk thanks so much

That's a poor fake of a Vacheron Constantin

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha still there’s lots of demand

That U-boat just feels real to me. They use movements from other manufacturers and it looks like some dink head just messed with it too much.

@vintagesterlingfinds

11 ай бұрын

I showed my watchmaker friend and he felt the case was real, but they put in a fake Chinese made eta movement

If "high end" ; will be FAKE every time. If not, the video is a fake.

i just subbed

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks I appreciate it

Timex triathlon is a good watch , price in a secondary market is $20-30 with the bracelet/strap , #2 Is Continental ladies watch has a cheap 1 jewel hand winding movement "Baumgartner 896" or BFG 896 , in a good working condition the real price of the watch is $20-30 , but you have a broken watch so..... #3. Fake "v.c" price is zero, in some cases you can get punched in a face ror trying to sell this crap, for me personally selling fakes is lower than a baseboard. #4. "U boat" fake leftovers - $0

@vintagesterlingfinds

9 ай бұрын

I agree. I gave the fake to my friend because he wanted it. And the Uboat I threw away

@alexkastano96

9 ай бұрын

@@vintagesterlingfinds ,you should not throw away that watch, keep it or strip the parts like buckle,strap, glass , all the little screws, winding stem , hands they may feet some miyota movements and etc. And keep doing what you doing, sometimes you loose sometimes you win , it's a good game!

@vintagesterlingfinds

9 ай бұрын

@@alexkastano96 I did, I kept a few parts. But someone striped most of the movement

learn something about watches before you a new video and no pawn or thift shop is going to put a topend watch in a $14 bag.

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

Honestly I have found omega, tag hueuer and bulova watches in them

Junk mostly

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

I’ll be honest a lot is junk, but I sold the VC for $120

@mmcmc3476

Жыл бұрын

Not mostly, ALL.. but i have to give you props. Selling a fake Vacheron, and a really really bad fake at that, for 120$ takes a good salesman 👍👍

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

@@mmcmc3476 thanks, i sold it almost instantly

Fake watches but u can buy it

@vintagesterlingfinds

3 ай бұрын

Yes more for fun

That looks like a real Vacheron. I hope so. That would be an incredible find. If it's a fake, it's a good one.

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

unfortunately fake

@TheTrueHasenfeffer

Жыл бұрын

@@vintagesterlingfinds Sad. Who goes the distance to even copy the Vacheron logo on the rotor? What is that, a modified Seagull movement (which isn't bad, but not VC)?

@vintagesterlingfinds

Жыл бұрын

@@TheTrueHasenfeffer I believe its a replica VC movement made in China. It looks similar to a real one.

@TheTrueHasenfeffer

Жыл бұрын

@@vintagesterlingfinds unreal. They should take that technical expertise and create their own luxury brand. There's no pride in knock-offs and counterfeits.

@philthedrill2244

Жыл бұрын

This comment and the replies have to be a joke. The dial finish, crispness of the number markers, and movement finishing are hot garbage. The movement in no way resembles any VC movement I’ve ever seen. Looks like it belongs in an ETA-based Tissot at best. They stamped a cross on the rotor. So what?

😳😳😳😃😃😃

@networknote1216

Жыл бұрын

Some one Thanks ,

Wtf😅

Those are fake don’t bother

are you chewing gum??????!

@vintagesterlingfinds

4 ай бұрын

I am not. I was using a cheap mic

@dougcraig4388

Ай бұрын

Lol .... between the lisp and the lip smacking I'm about to go insane

Drink some water your mouth seems v dry…

@vintagesterlingfinds

4 ай бұрын

Thanks I got a rode mic in my newer videos. It has helped a lot.

It is illegal to sell the fakes

@notgray88

Жыл бұрын

"It is illegal to sell the fakes" 🤓

@cooltrades7469

Жыл бұрын

@@notgray88 ;))))))))))).

@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040

Жыл бұрын

Then we should start from our governments that pose as legitimate.

How do you make a 1min video into 8min?.....oh, just make it boring.