Hi, so, I wanna discuss something with your guys and the topic is, does adding aftermarket
or custom parts or accessories to your watch make your watch now fake?
That's like saying, if I add a set of rims or a spoiler to my brand new off-the-dealer
911 Turbo S, does that make it a rebuilt or a kit car?
The answer is, no.
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So look guys, don't get me wrong.
I'm all about the original stuff, alright?
I'm just saying.
Someone has a nice watch, for example, this Day-Date II...and they wanna perhaps slap
a diamond bezel on it to kind of have a little more fun or make a little more noise or say,
�Hey, look at me.
I got a diamond bezel!�
I don't see nothing wrong with it, as long as you're putting on some quality parts and
you're not like altering the watch permanently.
You know, if you're altering the watch permanently, that's already a whole different story.
If we're gonna get this watch and we're gonna crust it with diamonds, that's a whole 'nother
conversation.
This is more on parts that are easily bolt-ons.
In my...what I was telling you about the cars, for example...the rims, that's something that's
just bolted on, alright?
We're not talking about cutting the side fender on that 911 Turbo and turning it into a wide
body.
A whole 'nother spectrum there.
So, bezels is something very common and I don't think that's it's a big deal and I don't
think that it's a problem.
I know that some of the purists want the original and I get it.
If you're specifically looking for that watch and it pops up with the factory bezel, awesome!
But this kind of happens a lot of times, people buy watches.
They're happy with it at that moment and then maybe later on they wanna slap on a diamond
bezel.
I don't see nothing wrong with that.
It's not altering the watch permanently.
No one has ever brought me a watch to sell with an aftermarket diamond bezel, quality
guys!
I'm not talking about these ugly diamonds everywhere with this bezel that sits side...I'm
talking about quality stuff here!
I've never knocked down the price and said, �Hey, the watch is ruined and devalued.
Let me buy it less because of the bezel.�
Those are tactics used by some of these shady jewelers, which you gotta look out for.
So, the next thing that I wanna talk about is, dials.
Now, although dials are inside of the watch, I still kind of consider them a bit superficial.
Look guys, I'm like a purist too.
I don't like watches all touched and stuff like that, but, if you have a dial installed
by a really good watchmaker, not some butcher from the block, there is no problems.
As long as everything is done right.
And I don't see nothing wrong with a quality, aftermarket dial.
The keyword to every single thing that I'm gonna talk about in this aftermarket conversation
is �quality.� I've seen some dials where the Rolex crown is all DUI and sideways and
it looks like a three-year-old stuck on the damn diamond prongs with a stick of crazy
glue.
That's not what I'm talking about.
I'm talking about some quality stuff.
Nothing wrong with it.
Granted, I wouldn't sell you a Datejust 36 with a custom dial at the same price as one
with a factory dial.
Obviously, it's a little bit less, but the custom dial will cost a little bit more than
a plain dime-a-dozen stick dial, you know, a standard stick dial.
A little, custom pearl dial with diamonds, yes, it will cost you a little bit more.
Not as much as the original.
Personal preference.
If you want the original, fine, but I just don't see nothing wrong with it.
I don't see that the watch is being fake because of it.
If you drop a set of floor mats in your car or, let's just say, you just wanna go straight
savage with it and you just wanna like redo the interior of this 911 Turbo.
Does it make the car rebuilt?
Does it make it a kit car?
It's just a custom car!
That's all it is!
So, those are things you wanna look at.
When you're trying to buy a watch with some aftermarket parts, which will be the dial
or the bezel.
Something of that nature.
You gotta look at the quality and you also do never wanna pay original prices on those
add-ons with aftermarket stuff.
Then that's really obviously a bad one.
I'm not trying to pay a full retail for an original bezel when all I'm getting is an
aftermarket one.
See, that's something that I won't agree on.
Now, try to follow me with this one.
One of the important things are what are the watches that you're doing this on?
There's certain models that there's a lot of parts for, so it's more common; for example,
a 36-mm Day-Date.
There's thousands of dials out there available, both custom and original.
That's something that's a little bit easier, because, if you would obtain one, maybe at
a nice price, and it's got a custom dial that you don't like, you can find the factory dial
for it at a reasonable price and put it back to original.
Again, all done by a qualified watchmaker.
But a Sky-Dweller?!?
I don't wanna buy a Sky-Dweller with a custom dial, because it's going to be damn near impossible
to find a dial for that.
An important question that I always hear is, �Does it devalue the watch?�
Look, I think the problem is that that's kind of a misconception because, let me give you
another example.
I'm going to go back to the Yacht-Master II.
If you bought a Yacht-Master II and it had a diamond bezel and you didn't like the diamond
bezel, then of course it would devalue the watch because, you don't like the diamond
bezel and it's gonna be hard to find you the original bezel.
That's one of those cases.
But I go back to a 36-millimeter Datejust.
If it has a bezel on it, does it devalue the watch?
No!
If it's a nice, quality bezel, it will actually add a little bit of value.
Not the extent of the original, but it'll add a little bit.
So those are the type of things you wanna look at when you hear people say, �Oh, but
it devalues the watch!� Not really.
If it's done incorrectly or they're permanent changes, that's where it becomes a problem.
So, if you have a brand new watch that you just bought and it's got the full warranty,
those are kind of things you'll wanna think about.
That's kind of a different thing.
You're gonna have to think about that because, yes, it will void the warranty.
But like I said, if you're dealing with a preowned watch, it's not a big deal.
Any reputable watchmaker will service it as well.
When it comes to the straps and stuff like that, look, if someone would have put an Everest
or Rubber B strap on a Submariner, does it make it fake?
No!
It just has a rubber strap.
It's not the end of the world.
What matters is what's on the inside and everything together.
I don't feel that a bezel and a dial makes a whole watch fake.
I know all the purists are out there.
I get it, but you understand what I mean.
Think about the Turbo that I'm talking about with the rims.
Does it make it a rebuilt or kit car?
Absolutely not!
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My name is Eric.
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