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Today's video is going to be about Franck Muller, I mean Miller, I mean Muller!
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So Franck Muller, not Frank Miller as most people say.
I don't know why people call me and ask me about Frank Miller.
Guys, Frank Miller was a comic book writer.
He had nothing to do with watches, but I can see how it's confusion and how the brand can
be overlooked.
So, Franck Muller is a brand that kind of leaves a little bit of a sore on all of us
in the watch world, you know?
They have many, I wanna say successful because they did sell a lot of them and they did...they
were popular at some point and that was the Franck Muller Conquistador.
Then they had the King Conquistador and stuff like that, but then they also had another
famous model was the Franck Muller Crazy Hours.
Look, these watches were popular in the late 90s and the early 2000s, and they kind of
had that trend.
I could be wrong.
I could be wrong, but I feel like they were the first watches that kind of sported that
tonneau, rectangular shape on the cases that now is more than an excessive hit for brands
like Richard Mille, or Richard Mille, whatever the hell you wanna call it.
I don't really care.
They were kind of the first watches that I felt were mainstream luxury with those case
designs.
The problem was that the movements were just complete [bleeping].
I mean, if you've ever louped one of these Conquistadors in and out, I don't know man,
I mean, you know something happened there with that brand and somewhere along the line
there, they took a massive nosedive.
Nowadays is really hard to get people to touch Franck Muller, even with a ten-foot pole.
Guys, I'm just stating the facts of what happened.
I'm not trying to encourage anybody to think anything.
This is the facts, OK?
The last five years, if you've been trying to sell an old Franck Muller that you have,
you'll notice.
That's kind of what everyone is trying to tell you.
It's like you're bringing them the Black Plague.
It's like you're bringing it and it's the Kiss of Death!
The second you bring one of those Conquistadors, especially the Crazy Hours, and that being
said, not too long ago, I had a client come in with a watch and from a distance I was
like, �Man, that's kind of nice.
What watch is that?�
And he goes, �Oh, it's a Franck Muller,� and I said, �What?!?� Kind of caught me
by surprise and it actually was one of these Franck Muller Vanguards, just like this, but
it had a really nice nautical theme because it was blue in the inside.
Blue strap with the highlighted, lighter, rubber outsides of the strap in blue.
Kind of caught my attention.
I mean I looked at it and I was kind of like, �Oh shit, damn!� Not convinced fully,
but right off the back I realized, OK, this is something else.
So now, in 2016 and 17 they got this new line that's out and it is different.
The movements are better.
I've read in a couple of reviews and stuff, they might of just been misinformed.
I read in a couple of reviews that, for example, this Franck Muller Vanguard Skeleton Chronograph
rose gold.
I don't know whatever else you want to attach to it had an in-house movement.
I mean, I louped it myseld.
I see the ETA stamp.
I mean, it pretty much looks exactly like a movement of a very non-popular brand nowadays
that starts with an �H.� It looks exactly like it, just with a different rotor.
But whatever, nevertheless it is an upgrade from the previous model.
Now a watch like this has retail of $32,200, which is high, but not out in left field to
nowadays standards, compared to other brands.
You know how I feel.
If you're gonna buy one of these watches, you're gonna want a good deal.
I'd go pre-owned.
I'd go preowned on something like this and I'd beat it up.
There's only time will tell what happens with these new Vanguard lines and Franck Muller
as a whole.
There's many stories going on.
You could research it.
It's public records.
There was lot of controversy with the brand 10 years ago.
I feel like they attacked the gray market too strong and I think it just kind of imploded.
People just kind of moved on to other stuff, you know?
But this particular one is stainless steel.
It has a retail of $8,200.
That's something that you could buy relatively inexpensive and pre-owned and it's a good
looking watch.
As far as the Watch Game goes, I don't know how I feel yet.
I think it's still doing time trials to roll with the big boys at this moment.
But I figured I'd touch this topic with this brand because I've had people tell me, �Do
reviews on Franck Muller,� and in my head I'm like, �No, I'm not!�
I really have nothing to say about the King Conquistador.
I mean, some of these rappers are still wearing it and my opinion is tuck, tuck that ice in.
Don't wear it!
It happens.
It's happened to all of us.
We've all bought watches we regret later on and that's the way I feel about those models,
but these new ones, I figured it's worth bringing it out, talking a little bit about it.
They are good looking.
Now, as far as the brand, I would proceed with caution.
That's where we're at right now.
In the future as the brand evolves, I'll go ahead and I'll do more reviews on it.
So if you're looking to purchase a watch, contact me at eric@crmjewelers.com.
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