Wearing the Glycine Combat Sub Root Bear had me thinking back to the Tudor Heritage Black Bay Burgundy Red. After all, it's the same case size at 41mm, utilises the same Swiss ETA 2824-2 movements, and on the leather version, both had the distressed leather looks.
I had checked and a brand new Tudor Heritage Black Bay Red with bracelet would cost circa RM10,000 at the AD, or RM9,600 with grey resellers. The Glycine Root Bear in comparison, was a steal of a price at RM3,400. That's a difference of RM6,200 between both watches- but of course, the Tudor may come with bigger bragging rights. Brand-wise aside, I just like the Heritage Black Bay's overall design and its vintage red rose logo, and the heritage it represented.
I took a look on Mudah and saw that there were 2 pre-owned pieces on sale in KL. A 6-month old piece was selling at RM8,800, while a 1+ year old piece was selling at RM6,680. Both were still under warranty and I'm quite sure that prices could be negotiated further.
The question then was... should I pull the trigger? And if yes, new or pre-owned?
By the way, I also contacted Andy and his watch was sold too. These beautiful BBs move real fast. Looks like you must buy new then.
ReplyDeleteIf you could locate an almost-new piece, you could save yourself a couple of hundred from the retail price. I saw from your blog and contacted Tom for his watch and was told that he wanted a best price of RM6,500, but others were prepared to pay him more to secure the watch. Finally made a deal with him this evening at RM8,000. Higher than what I had initially thought, but still worth the price I paid. It's a beauty!
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