A trade I turned down....

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It was tempting but I said no. I had an opportunity to trade my pepsi, bought new , for a preowned vacheron overseas dual time grey dial. I adored the vacheron and admit the vacheron is the better watch , but not the better watch for me.

My wife told me I’d regret this for the rest of my life... she is right. The pepsi couldn’t ever be bought again for the msrp paid a year or two ago..

I welcome feedback. Obviously the vacheron grey dial, or silver is the least desirable per forums but it’s my fav overseas because it’s old school. It came with three straps. The irony is I like the grey overseas because it reminds me of my 1973 air king which to,this day is my nicest Rolex piece. Just too small. My wife wears that air king all the time. It’s in pristine condition as well. But I digress.

I’ll just be upfront and say it was wempe in Manhattan that proposed the deal when they saw me looking at the vacheron while wearing the pepsi. Nice people at that store. I love the vacheron but the pepsi holds a very dear place to me. It always willl and I won’t sell it. It’s the perfect watch. The pepsi steel bracelet doesn’t get enough attention or accolades either.... I wear that piece weekly or more..... it has shown zero wear and is quite resilient.

Mathematically, on paper, the vacheron is a nicer piece with “complications” (gmt, am pm, date, switchable straps, etc).. brilliantly finished movement as well.

I didn’t make a mistake in passing that deal, but welcome thoughts. I think I’d have had to pay taxes, but I said no. If I wanted an overseas, I’d just buy it outright, the black or grey. Not much into the blue.