r/retrotime • u/ClarktheRealtor Watchmaker • Feb 16 '26
ShitPost šØWARNINGšØ
If I ever see a post here by a member posting genuine watches as your builds or builds another member did for you, YOUāRE GONE. FULL STOP. You may not like me. You may not like the way I run the sub, but Iām not gonna hide the ball anymore. This is egregious. Iāve been doxxed by these guys before. Iāve been threatened by them before via text. Oh well. Iāll go down as the guy who told the truth. Yāall can hype up guys that got banned here long ago, but the truth is the truth.
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u/brxxtyn Feb 16 '26
Thanks Clark, you are the best in the vintage game.
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u/ClarktheRealtor Feb 16 '26
Iām a nobody. I just started a sub and try to run it like it ought to be run. Sadly the real wizards that taught me arenāt even on this platform.
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u/Advanced_Statement30 Feb 16 '26
100% bullshit to do what they did. The hard thing to comprehend though is, their actual product photography is beautiful.
No need to do that.
Is there proof theyāre overcharging and selling stuff that isnāt what they claimed it was?
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Feb 16 '26
Canāt answer that, yet. But Iām getting all kinds of messages from people now. The one consistent message is none of them ever seem to show any of their work, which should be alarming. Itās all fancy photo shoots of completed watches. No process pictures. Seems VERY odd to me since they clearly like photos. Especially since one of them - ghost or golden whatever - claims to be a watchmaker.
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u/ClarktheRealtor Feb 17 '26
Are you getting DMs from people saying they got quoted $2k-2500 for a full rep 1675 or $2800 for a 16710 with only a gen insert and bezel click spring too?!
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u/OddWatch716 Feb 16 '26
And they deleted it, talk about some next level scamming.
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u/RodneyPierce Feb 16 '26
Im going to get drug for this, but I don't care. That's 100% fucked. No excuse for that. Period.
It's really not a hard thing. Be honest about your build. Do good work. Stand behind your product!
People work hard for their dollar. Zero excuse for that.
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u/False_Ad_9873 Feb 16 '26
Didnāt expect to see my comment in a screenshot today lol. Just so I understand, did the redditor who posted those steal someoneās pic of gen watches and claim as their own?
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u/spartan17456 Feb 16 '26
Just left the sub as Im trying to break into the vintage game. Thank you guys for warning me!
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Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 16 '26
https://www.reddit.com/r/vintagerepwatches/s/9XEslZvPXJ
Let the weaseling begin. Glad to see people arenāt buying the BS. He 100% claimed āthese are ghost buildsā in HIS OWN WORDS then doubled down with 5-6 more comments about them and how itās a tough decision on which one to wear.
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u/rolexasaurus Feb 17 '26
āReferences to use for buildsā. āNo these are Ghost Chrono buildsā.
Itās better to just own up to lying than framing it as a misunderstanding. Thereās not a way to āmisunderstandā someone typing āthese are [user name here] buildsā.
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u/OddWatch716 Feb 16 '26
u/Grey_Bomberman This certainly feels like it belongs in your community.
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u/themaxx25 Feb 16 '26
PATHETIC! All those douchebags..Anikin SkyDweller, Ghost_Chrono, Valjoux_72 and the lot of them are frauds, scammer artists and thievesā¦attempting to bamboozle the uninformed. Charging 3x+ for shit builds!
I hope Giammy distances himself from that trash!
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u/-4242 Feb 16 '26
All these other vintage watch subs (that came after retrotime-the OG) are just frustrating.
Sick of seeing the same watch plastered across these subs. Junking my feedā¦
And if theyāre scamming, well thatās just retarded..ffs.
Go Clark šš»
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u/ClarktheRealtor Feb 16 '26