Random musings and general banter.

[Hammy60]

Vostok Europe have been making watches for over 60 years.

Lie number one.

 

[Jazzydrury]

But Mike, Pedro and Yiannis, should have explained it’s old stock, so the viewers could make a informed choice

 

[ronzy75]

Kevski still saying viewers requesting the popular size watch at 43mm maybe 10 years ago. Still waxing lyrical about the vk63 being in expensive watches, err, not really. Hand assembled? Japanese production line, Chinese cases, combined by Igor in a backroom somewhere in Lithuania

 

[Hammy60]

I would expect this watch to be around £6000.

 

[Hammy60]

The strap Peter & Kevski reckons it would be over a hundred from any other brand, but with VE it's just under a hundred. Kevski sells them for £30 on his web site.

 

[ronzy75]

Btw, there's a video on YouTube showing just how much of modern watches are actually made in China of varying standards, supplied to high end brands. The "made in" on the faces of watches bears little credence to where the parts are actually from. Being Chinese made is no longer something to avoid

 

[Hammy60]

Kevski has sold out of the Almaz on his web site, they're got a sale on, but it was £340 in their sale, £100 cheaper than the special IW price.

 

[Jazzydrury]

The whole channel is just rotten to the core

 

[Hammy60]

Btw, there's a video on YouTube showing just how much of modern watches are actually made in China of varying standards, supplied to high end brands. The "made in" on the faces of watches bears little credence to where the parts are actually from. Being Chinese made is no longer something to avoid

Yeah there been a big improvement, lot more brands you can trust, but i would still advise folks they should still be careful and do your due diligence first (although that goes for any watch from anywhere).

 

[Jazzydrury]

The whole channel is just rotten to the core

It is though. The Presenters especially have no idea what they are selling and just waffle on.

 

[Hammy60]

Lowest ever price on TV, yeah maybe so but it's lower just about everywhere else, even on Amazon it's £120 cheaper.

 

[Jazzydrury]

Hammy used to say Kevski was honest

 

[Duke of Cheese]

If he was honest he would tell the viewers these aren’t his best prices. His best prices are on his own website.

 

[Hammy60]

Hammy used to say Kevski was honest

He was one of the better ones at one time, but went downhill near the end of the old IW.

 

[Hammy60]

Actually he was okay on his fleeting visit to Seen on TV.

 

[Jazzydrury]

Actually he was okay on his fleeting visit to Seen on TV.

I agree, that Show he had with that Millie were one of his best shows

 

[HughTwo]

"These prices are simply ridiculous," says Kevski.

Yes, ridiculous compared to your website.

And nonsense about, "there's no greater compliment for a guy when someone comes up to you in a restaurant and asks you to tell them about your watch".

Who has ever been asked about their watch in a restaurant?
Only when I turned up at 8pm and the booking was for 7. "Dearie me, have you some old tat watch from Ideal World?," said the Maitre d'.

 

[Jazzydrury]

Jezza selling batteries probably find out they are 3 years old

 

[Jazzydrury]

Jeremy is sugguesting you buy the batteries, and replace all your batteries the day they come

 

[Muttley]

"These prices are simply ridiculous," says Kevski.

Yes, ridiculous compared to your website.

And nonsense about, "there's no greater compliment for a guy when someone comes up to you in a restaurant and asks you to tell them about your watch".

Who has ever been asked about their watch in a restaurant?
Only when I turned up at 8pm and the booking was for 7. "Dearie me, have you some old tat watch from Ideal World?," said the Maitre d'.

Mike Mason tells the same story. But his is in the pub, when you strut in like John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever and the men gasp at your watch and demand to know what it is, sheer envy showing on their faces