Luxury watches found Thrift store junk watch bag value village $14.99

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  • Hehehe here’s my hobby always buying junk watch bags from the thrift store and trying to find treasure
    If you would like to buy any of my finds here my Etsy store. Use code 10OFF for 10% off
    etsy.me/3qAKk9H

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  • @BillLaBrie
    @BillLaBrie ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Before everyone had access to the internet, you’d occasionally find some lesser-known luxury brands in thrift store piles. But that was over 20 years ago.

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      honestly, I have found alot with eta movements from thrift stores from smaller brands.

    • @fmc6338
      @fmc6338 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bummer you can't rip them off anymore

    • @reeetry760
      @reeetry760 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep..😀😀😀

    • @peterlustig974
      @peterlustig974 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@fmc6338 why rip them of?
      If they dont know what they have its their fucking problem

    • @Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040
      @Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thrift and charity shops are basically ebay extensions nowadays. As soon as item arrives they google it up and slap identical price on it.

  • @goose3246
    @goose3246 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The most valuable is probably the Timex Ironman 😅

  • @larryd4352
    @larryd4352 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Very interesting! Where I live, there are a lot of very high end housing developments, and a lot of Goodwill Stores where high end goods seem to make it into the Goodwill stores. I go golf club shopping and watch shopping! I have 3 right now that I need to get batteries for...2 of them I might get $40 each...but one of them is a high end fashion watch company that makes both automatic and quartz models. The case is 925 silver with 18k rose gold plating. It's really a gorgeous watch..and I am still not sure if I am going to sell it, as the rectangular shaped case is really nice looking!
    Nice to someone else making a little extra cash fixing up watches that you find in thrift stores!

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yes thanks. I find areas with a high seniors rate good. Alot of the time, When they pass away, the family donates everything.

  • @jerseyneil1
    @jerseyneil1 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    When you see a bag of watches at a flea market or a garage sale, it usually means that the owners are amateur watch repairmen, collectors, or hobbyists. Often those sellers know what they are worth and when they have a pile of junk.

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ill be honest, generally at thrift stores they have a very basic understanding. I have gotten great watches for dollars. Five times, I have bought solid gold watches from them.

    • @jerseyneil1
      @jerseyneil1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vintagesterlingfinds I guess it depends on where one lives and the quality of the local thrift shops. I live in Central NJ and the best watch I have ever found at a thrift shop was a Victorinox quartz watch for $20. I passed on it because it wasn’t for me. The shops near me have a good understanding of quality v. junk. Items like watches are screened by managers before they are put on the floor.

    • @linkzyofficial
      @linkzyofficial ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vintagesterlingfinds yup I’ve gotten 2 Swiss made watches. And have probably gotten around $2000 in watches from my local thrift store for about $100 max over the past 2 years.

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I live in Vancouver Canada, and half off the stores here have no clue. I got a clearly marked 18k gold ring last year for 2.99

  • @drewinda810
    @drewinda810 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The Vacheron is deffinatley a fake. The 750 on the case back indicates that the case is 18k gold alloy, which it is not. (You may have noticed that it does not have the weight of gold.)
    In particular, the rotor is clearly not gold and has been stamped.
    There is no visible assayers' stamp to accompany the alloy stamp. These can be hard to spot sometimes though.
    The movement is not finished to the standard of the Geneva Seal. While VC did not submit all of its watches for the Geneva Seal for all of its history, this movement is so far from that standard that it would be hard to conceive of VC using it.
    The logo and word mark design on this watch was never used by VC.
    This design comes up periodically in forums and is always said to be a fake.
    Specifically, this design never existed in the VC catalog (as far as I know), so it is not a replica. Instead, it is an example of brand piracy.

    • @philthedrill2244
      @philthedrill2244 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Solid analysis. I was going to comment that it looks like something from the Invicta reject pile with a Seagull (or lesser) 2824 clone movement and VC logo slapped on, but you went beyond my educational depth so I’ll just defer to you and give you a like 😂

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for your reply. I will be honest and say the watch was quite heavy. I have never held a real VC, but I would assume the weight to be similar

    • @vangledosh
      @vangledosh ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vintagesterlingfinds it’s quite heavy because it’s a large watch in general and there’s a lot of metal going on. If that watch were real amd in 18k gold it would weigh considerably more

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vangledosh true, I do believe the watch was made of stainless. I have held an 18k Rolex and that was an incredibly heavy watch

  • @IsaacGbornor-xge
    @IsaacGbornor-xge หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love that 70s continental square silver watch ⌚ , beautiful piece

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@IsaacGbornor-xge thanks so much. That one sold in a few days

  • @andreleverettejr3747
    @andreleverettejr3747 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I gasped at the VC, said a big "What?!" until I saw the back

  • @think2023
    @think2023 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Um...thats not the balance wheel on the fake vc
    Its a standard chinese auto movement

  • @newyorknight
    @newyorknight ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had a watch hooked to my belt,and thought it was a waist of time🥸
    Good video though, keep up the great work👍

  • @bobbyfreds9799
    @bobbyfreds9799 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The thrift store appreciates your business . Pro tip; keep your money.

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hahaha I have sold 4 of the watches in the bag and made money

    • @BoleDaPole
      @BoleDaPole 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Probably sold the fakes to some sucker 😅 , he sounded pretty excited about it

  • @mattsloan672
    @mattsloan672 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I'm honestly embarrassed to even look at those awful fakes. I wish I hadn't seen this. U-Boats are hilariously large, even when real. But it is a mortal sin to fake a Vacheron and an even worse sin to wear one.

  • @alfieakaronaldog
    @alfieakaronaldog ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All very convenient.
    Store bags up watches like broken biscuits.
    You buy a bag and video the opening.
    A VC pops out.
    Enjoy the cash my comment brings you 😉 🤑

    • @31hallite
      @31hallite 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      VC is a fake

  • @signorcorso
    @signorcorso 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi man, i love your videos! Be careful selling fake watches, please. In my country for instance is illegal. Love ya

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks so much. And I would never sell a fake watch

  • @ssherrierable
    @ssherrierable หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You can see through the bag so you know exactly what your gonna find 😂

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ssherrierable not exactly. Some watches are hidden, and I don’t know if they work

  • @JJs_Horological_Collection
    @JJs_Horological_Collection 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What watches did you sell from this bag?

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I just looked, I sold the Roots, timex ironman, continental and the fossil.

  • @XxDavidLAXx
    @XxDavidLAXx 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    nice video man keep up the work!

  • @jipdegier3163
    @jipdegier3163 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Where does he buy these bags

  • @pauld2037
    @pauld2037 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've bought 50 of these bags.... some people just don't learn....

  • @littlejohnuk
    @littlejohnuk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How much did you actually make?

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@littlejohnuk maybe $200 give or take abit

    • @littlejohnuk
      @littlejohnuk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@vintagesterlingfinds Nice one

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@littlejohnuk thanks so much

  • @FranciscoHernandez-ls8jq
    @FranciscoHernandez-ls8jq ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Victoria, Canadá ? No way congrats

  • @alfieakaronaldog
    @alfieakaronaldog ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do you own the store and are trying to drum up trade?

  • @2024-s2n
    @2024-s2n ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Getting the word garbage

  • @ianrusso8790
    @ianrusso8790 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    NO HI END WATCHES HERE, NOT EVEN CLOSE

  • @Zothar84
    @Zothar84 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    55k views holy cheap Charlie ! Nice going bud !😂

  • @tims4558
    @tims4558 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do you still have the Timex Ironman?

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I do, it’s on a leather strap are you interested?

    • @tims4558
      @tims4558 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vintagesterlingfinds if it is the T5K200 I would be. I wouldn’t use the leather strap though I would look for an original or a reproduction.

    • @tims4558
      @tims4558 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Does the Indiglo work?

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tims4558 the indiglo does work and I will see the model when I get home

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also I would sell it without the strap

  • @gazzcw1
    @gazzcw1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The fake vacheron should not be resold , it belongs in the bin

  • @moxon80
    @moxon80 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I bought a bag of worthless shite but amongst it was a vacheron 😂😂😂

  • @Ak-zf5rb
    @Ak-zf5rb 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Everything in that bag was total shit

  • @Syph_Flips
    @Syph_Flips 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    damn bro drink some water nxt time😢

  • @CarlRencer
    @CarlRencer 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    lol dude thought he got a real VC and a real UBoat at the thrift shop.. Oh to be this gullible

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hahaha I have gotten real watches at thrift stores. It’s always a risk

  • @MEDIUMHOMIE
    @MEDIUMHOMIE ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I want to buy the fake Vacheron, did you list it?

  • @bryanryan4504
    @bryanryan4504 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That's a poor fake of a Vacheron Constantin

  • @TheTrueHasenfeffer
    @TheTrueHasenfeffer ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That looks like a real Vacheron. I hope so. That would be an incredible find. If it's a fake, it's a good one.

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      unfortunately fake

    • @TheTrueHasenfeffer
      @TheTrueHasenfeffer ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vintagesterlingfinds Sad. Who goes the distance to even copy the Vacheron logo on the rotor? What is that, a modified Seagull movement (which isn't bad, but not VC)?

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheTrueHasenfeffer I believe its a replica VC movement made in China. It looks similar to a real one.

    • @TheTrueHasenfeffer
      @TheTrueHasenfeffer ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vintagesterlingfinds unreal. They should take that technical expertise and create their own luxury brand. There's no pride in knock-offs and counterfeits.

    • @philthedrill2244
      @philthedrill2244 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This comment and the replies have to be a joke. The dial finish, crispness of the number markers, and movement finishing are hot garbage. The movement in no way resembles any VC movement I’ve ever seen. Looks like it belongs in an ETA-based Tissot at best. They stamped a cross on the rotor. So what?

  • @Richie8619
    @Richie8619 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Junk mostly

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I’ll be honest a lot is junk, but I sold the VC for $120

    • @mmcmc3476
      @mmcmc3476 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not mostly, ALL.. but i have to give you props. Selling a fake Vacheron, and a really really bad fake at that, for 120$ takes a good salesman 👍👍

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mmcmc3476 thanks, i sold it almost instantly

  • @shannonhumphry2180
    @shannonhumphry2180 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    learn something about watches before you a new video and no pawn or thift shop is going to put a topend watch in a $14 bag.

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  ปีที่แล้ว

      Honestly I have found omega, tag hueuer and bulova watches in them

  • @ZebiZob
    @ZebiZob 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fake watches but u can buy it

  • @anthonyvidmar3916
    @anthonyvidmar3916 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Rag @ bone man

  • @adios2011
    @adios2011 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wtf😅

  • @jadwehbe_
    @jadwehbe_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i just subbed

  • @networknote1216
    @networknote1216 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    😳😳😳😃😃😃

  • @InsanelyGhostly
    @InsanelyGhostly ปีที่แล้ว

    Those are fake don’t bother

  • @davidrayward7533
    @davidrayward7533 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Drink some water your mouth seems v dry…

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks I got a rode mic in my newer videos. It has helped a lot.

  • @ultimatedouchebag6760
    @ultimatedouchebag6760 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How do you make a 1min video into 8min?.....oh, just make it boring.

  • @alfieakaronaldog
    @alfieakaronaldog ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Do you bury things to dig them back up in the summer months?

  • @davideojockey6237
    @davideojockey6237 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    15 bucks is a deal do yourself a favour and let the fossil become actual fossil tho

  • @peterlandbo2726
    @peterlandbo2726 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Forty bucks for a deeply ancient Timex Ironman?? It's worth f... all.
    You got burned - this pile of junk couldn't be worth more than 10$🤣🤣

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@peterlandbo2726 I sold the Timex for $40 they are going up in price

  • @yungfresh2defe
    @yungfresh2defe ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dude used a Swiss army knife to cut a sandwich bag 😂😂😂

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hahaha you try opening those bags. They use tear proof bags. A knife is the only way

  • @jonathanjoensen2679
    @jonathanjoensen2679 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    it’s a fake Vacheron🤣 And if you can’t tell from a miles distance find yourself another trade!

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hahaha I know it’s fake. I made the video to show what I found

  • @yaakovhassoun8965
    @yaakovhassoun8965 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    you keep random watch links to shove them onto a different bracelet? WTF! I guess I'm just lucky to not have been in a situation where I have so little that I need to resort to that.

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I keep the watch links. A lot of the time, I find the watch in the next bag. One time I bought a watch bag with a Seiko with no strap. Next week I went back, and the strap was in the other watch bag

    • @yaakovhassoun8965
      @yaakovhassoun8965 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@vintagesterlingfinds sounds like quite a find!

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@yaakovhassoun8965 thanks so much

  • @XxDavidLAXx
    @XxDavidLAXx 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    are you chewing gum??????!

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am not. I was using a cheap mic

    • @dougcraig4388
      @dougcraig4388 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol .... between the lisp and the lip smacking I'm about to go insane

  • @truxton1000
    @truxton1000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If "high end" ; will be FAKE every time. If not, the video is a fake.

  • @ssherrierable
    @ssherrierable หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Luxury? How???

  • @anthonydevono8833
    @anthonydevono8833 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bag of junk but if you can sell any of them good luck eBay is full of watches that people are desperate to unload

  • @MrMackievelli
    @MrMackievelli ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That U-boat just feels real to me. They use movements from other manufacturers and it looks like some dink head just messed with it too much.

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I showed my watchmaker friend and he felt the case was real, but they put in a fake Chinese made eta movement

  • @FOURTYFIVERS45
    @FOURTYFIVERS45 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    a knife to open a sandwich bag? use your fingers

    • @vintagesterlingfinds
      @vintagesterlingfinds  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahaha your right. Sometimes the bags are think and need a knife

  • @elchoya8432
    @elchoya8432 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    hello kitty rolex,wow!

  • @fredscratchet1355
    @fredscratchet1355 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I blinked and missed the luxury one😂

  • @Dicey151
    @Dicey151 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It is illegal to sell the fakes

    • @notgray88
      @notgray88 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "It is illegal to sell the fakes" 🤓

    • @cooltrades7469
      @cooltrades7469 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@notgray88 ;))))))))))).

    • @Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040
      @Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040 ปีที่แล้ว

      Then we should start from our governments that pose as legitimate.