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Portero.com Pre-Owned Gold Rolex Watch Giveaway

Portero.com, which has undergone some much needed changes in the last year or so, is offering a chance for people to win a free pre-owned 18k gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual Day-Date watch. Really simple to enter it seems. Go to Portero.com and there should be a pop up window asking you to enter. They want your e-mail address to tell you about their new selection of pre-owned luxury watch. If you opt in for that, you'll be entered to win this Rolex. No idea when the giveaway ends or about additional terms. You'll have to sail on over there to find out.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Portero Creates Private Sale Site

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Luxury auction retailer Portero has created a new private sale site. Portero Private is currently in beta and is an invitation-only site similar to Ideeli or Gilt Groupe offering 24- to 72-hour sales with a limited inventory of luxury brands at special prices.

Like most of these private sale sites Portero Private is starting off small. a select group has already been invited and each member has three invitations. The first sale event,starts on Thursday and will sell Hermes scarves. The Examiner reports that future sales will include Temple St Clair, Montblanc, Chanel, Cartier and others.

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Pre-Owned Luxury Purveyor's McQueen Rolex & More

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Timepieces / Watches, Auctions

A million-dollar Patek Philippe may be out of your price range, but that doesn't mean you have to give up on acquiring a classic and highly collectible timepiece at auction. A less expensive alternative to the marquee sales at Sotheby's and Christie's comes in the form of Portero.com's eBay-style luxury watch auction, ending Wednesday. Portero, which means "gatekeeper" in Spanish, has established itself as the most reliable online pre-owned luxury purveyor by absolutely guaranteeing that everything they sell is 100% authentic - an important safeguard when shopping for secondhand big-ticket items online.

The company, which just announced the strongest first quarter results in its history, features several important timepieces in its most impressive watch offering to date. Take for instance this beautiful 1974 Stainless Steel Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer II, known as the "Straight Hand Steve McQueen" after the super-cool actor who popularized it - one of our favorite vintage Rolexes of all time. At Antiquorum's record-breaking $8.5 million Rolex auction last month one just like it went for $40,000, but with less than three days left (as of time of writing) the current bid on this one is only $19,000, so there's a chance to score a really good deal. See the gallery for more lots including watches by Patek Philippe, Ulysse Nardin and Jaeger-LeCoultre.

Gallery: Portero.com Watch Auction