Talk me into doing something bad..
A friend of mine is in town from London and has recently acquired a Sea Dweller and an Omega Seamaster. Given his current adoration of those two, he's never wearing his Tudor Pelagos FXD anymore. He was aware of my passively seeking one out and has offered to sell to me for a price that seems incredibly generous. Furthermore, he handed it to me yesterday with several of his aftermarket straps and said to wear it for a week and see what I think from actually using it and either settle up or return it prior to his return home.
While perusing online, I'm seeing pricing on used FXD's ranging from about $3-4K, depending on quality and the inclusion of the usual documentation/box. Does that jive with everyone else's experience? The price offered to me on the example shown in the photo is somewhat embarrassingly low ($2-2.5K), but it seems to be a "cant get hurt" price if I were to decide that it's not a great fit for my needs. I do not have the box, warranty card, etc. in hand, but those would be sent to me after the fact. It was indicated to have been purchased from an AD. To be clear- I have no reason to not trust him- he's a 30 year very close friend with the means to acquire authentic.
Any thoughts, feelings, advice is appreciated as this is my first Tudor purchase, though I have owned other models of high end dive watches in the past including Rolex and Omega, neither of which really felt like "me" and were sold for 15-20% profits from the cost basis on which I acquired them (I have a long history of doing some "horse trading" as my dad calls it- most would call it arbitrage- guns, cars, watches, real estate, etc) . As such, I am not entirely unfamiliar with the space.
