2023 Monaco releases

KojakWeb

What it it does highlight is that TH do sell their watches cheaper in Japan then they do in the West which is great if you live in Japan or are a smuggler, but not so great for the rest of us.

KojakWeb

Nearly bought it a few months ago, TH had one of the last of these as NOS.

Aquagraph

Considering they had it discounted in Bicester Village several years ago I'd have to agree...

Aquagraph

True, plus if they really are the last ones.... but then we seem to have heard this over and over.

YG_Rulz

You're right - I stand corrected. The watch is being sold at Japanese retail, which is 20% cheaper than in the UK. Of course buying anything and getting it imported to UK is quite a dumb thing to do unless you're getting a deep, deep discount in the first place.

If I were interested in the same watch, I'd buy the watch and get it delivered to a low import duty country, like in the middle east. Most people are part of different watch lover networks where you can trust the other person to receive a watch on your behalf, pay the import duties and then hand them over to you when you meet with them. It's not "smuggling" because you've paid all dues for it where you imported it. Of course if you intend to sell the watch in a high price market like the UK, then it's a different thing. But if you intend to keep the watch with you, then you've saved your self a good bunch of money while being on the right side of the law. I've done this myself a few times already, most recently being just a month back - although I don't have the watch in hand right now, but I saved a good few pennies by not importing it to the UK
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YG_Rulz

I guess you saw it in the Covent Garden store. They were selling a NOS for £4950 I think. A high price for the Monza IMO.
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KojakWeb

Yes, but it was sellling for £5,200!

YG_Rulz

Well we know about the Bamford-ised new C11 coming up later in the year - possibly that's the last .... who knows. Might be called the final edition like the CAW211J Cal 12 Final Edition

YG_Rulz

Well we know about the Bamford-ised new C11 coming up later in the year - possibly that's the last .... who knows. Might be called the final edition like the CAW211J Cal 12 Final Edition

YG_Rulz

Well we know about the Bamford-ised new C11 coming up later in the year - possibly that's the last .... who knows. Might be called the final edition like the CAW211J Cal 12 Final Edition

KojakWeb

Where are you based? London Oxford Street store had one on display the other day, despite the ecommerce site saying "join the waiting list". It might be worth contacting your TH store directly, because it might be that retail and ecommerce have seperate inventories.

E Electronaut

I searched, but couldn't find info on the upcoming Bamford. I really liked the forged carbon/blue sub-dial officially-endorsed Bamford Monaco, but didn't jump on it when new. What is rumored to be coming?

Aquagraph

Has anyone seen a Monza skeleton recently by the way? It seems to have come and gone as if it was a limited edition..

AndyRC

Unfortunately it’s several thousand miles away from me ☹️.

Mspeedster

He said "Bamford-ised" because I guess he thinks it looks like a Bamford design.

Mspeedster

It's not a Bamford. If it's the watch I've heard about it, it will be a TAG Heuer new release similar to the C11 Titan model released in 2021, but with different colors.

He said "Bamford-ised" because I guess he thinks it looks like a Bamford design.

YG_Rulz

That's right, I meant that I could replicate the same design on Bamford's custom watch tool. Apologies for any confusion

E Electronaut

Yes, but what does it look like? I'm a newbie here ... Sorry. :-(