Anyone got their hand on the 5711 Tiffany green?

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Just wondering as it seems impossible to get one. (And I understand it is blue but it looks green to me). Not the Phillip’s one please.
 
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Wouldn’t if I could. It’s hideous.
 
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I do like the green, the T Blue is a bit much on that model for me. Not that I can afford either one at current secondary price and I don't have the contacts for a market purchase.
 
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5.35mil sold 😒::facepalm1::
Let’s not forget that that the auction was a fund raiser for the Nature Conservancy. So no, a watch didn’t really sell for that, it was a catalyst for a large donation. I’m not sure how all this works for tax purposes but I’d imagine that the retail value would need to be deducted from the donation value. It’s still a grotesque corruption of a understated design.
 
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Not even if I had won the $60 million Lotto Max draw on Friday!
 
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If you showed off wearing this in public on Instagram, with how much it stands out like a sore thumb and how much attention it’s getting, this watch could genuinely get you assassinated for it.

At the kind of money it’s fetching and with how many there are around it could blend in with after being stolen, there are Italian Job type criminals that could justify targeting you.
 
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Just wondering as it seems impossible to get one. (And I understand it is blue but it looks green to me). Not the Phillip’s one please.
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If you showed off wearing this in public on Instagram, with how much it stands out like a sore thumb and how much attention it’s getting, this watch could genuinely get you assassinated for it.

At the kind of money it’s fetching and with how many there are around it could blend in with after being stolen, there are Italian Job type criminals that could justify targeting you.
Just saw the NY Post … Front Page … The charity nuance is very subtle. Bottom line any thug who sees you with this on thinks he/she is in for a big score.
 
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Jay Z got it 😉 photo taken from IG
I’m guessing it’s a perk of being a brand ambassador for Tiffany.
 
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I’m guessing it’s a perk of being a brand ambassador for Tiffany.

One big publicity stunt. Pre-arranged surely
 
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Thanks for the article. Looks like the gentleman who ended up with this piece was well under the winning bid. Wonder why he was selected as 2nd in line.

“When it became clear that the winning bidder would be unable to complete the original transaction, Lu said, Arnault and Stern set out to identify who among the underbidders had a strong enough buying history to purchase the watch.” Zach Lu has some 60K followers on IG and a pretty serious collection under his belt, so I guess that’s what they were looking at. But it is interesting that they may not have automatically defaulted to the next highest bidder. Or maybe they did and that person, in the clear light of day, thought better of paying over $6m for the watch.
 
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“When it became clear that the winning bidder would be unable to complete the original transaction, Lu said, Arnault and Stern set out to identify who among the underbidders had a strong enough buying history to purchase the watch.” Zach Lu has some 60K followers on IG and a pretty serious collection under his belt, so I guess that’s what they were looking at. But it is interesting that they may not have automatically defaulted to the next highest bidder. Or maybe they did and that person, in the clear light of day, thought better of paying over $6m for the watch.

If they did indeed bypass the next highest bidder and opted instead to elect Mr. Lu due to his 60k followers on IG that to me speaks to the larger issues surrounding watch collecting in its current state. At least in the mainstream media that is.
 
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If they did indeed bypass the next highest bidder and opted instead to elect Mr. Lu due to his 60k followers on IG that to me speaks to the larger issues surrounding watch collecting in its current state. At least in the mainstream media that is.
I imagine the second-highest bidder would not be a happy camper if they really wanted it that badly and were passed over because Lu was either bigger on social media or just a squeakier wheel. My guess is maybe they took a pass, but for publicity's sake Tiffany preferred not to admit that Lu got it because the other guy wasn't interested.
 
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It all appears as elite syndicate working behind the scenes. Someone has suggested that the new buyer is also associated with Philipps as a consultant...
 
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I imagine the second-highest bidder would not be a happy camper if they really wanted it that badly and were passed over because Lu was either bigger on social media or just a squeakier wheel. My guess is maybe they took a pass, but for publicity's sake Tiffany preferred not to admit that Lu got it because the other guy wasn't interested.
Or perhaps the second-highest bidder is not an attention seeker and was offered a watch as well but has kept quiet about the purchase. Frankly, I don't know why anyone without a security detail would be willing to buy this unless it's strictly as an investment and the watch will spend time in a safe and only worn privately at home. Wearing this around town without security is just an invitation to get robbed and your hand hacked off.
 
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