He came from nothing and rose to the top in the cutthroat industry of luxury watches! Here's what a day in the life of Miami grey market jeweler Carlos Marcelin! Inspired by the memories of working in his dad's artisan jewelry shop as a kid in Havana, Cuba, Carlos Marcelin launched CRM Jewelers during late 2012. Many other jewelers and grey market dealers tried to discourage him with you'll-never-make-it dire warnings, but he never faltered from the pursuit of his passion, all in honor of his father Carlos Marcelin Sr. A Day In The Life of Carlos starts with the essential core of CRM Life, FAMILY! You'll see as the “women in his life,” the ones that Carlos refers to over and over in our little Miami reality series, come one by one to Carlos' bedside for a hug from daddy. From there, we move on to a boxing gym in Downtown Miami for a rigorous morning workout, before the real business day finally begins. You'll see clients come visit from afar, super high end watches all over the place, and plenty of buy/see watch deals (like the sale of the Patek Philippe Grand Complications Perpetual Calendar 5271P-001 that we bought from Adrian of Luxury Bazaar's at the IWJG Watch Show in Las Vegas not too long ago). Enjoy the episode. Let us know who's other day in the life you would like to see next! And check out some important links below as well: Follow us on Instagram and get access to some of our exclusive deals: https://www.instagram.com/crmjewelers/ Click the link below to sell us your watch: https://www.crmjewelers.com/services/watch-purchases/ Get prices for Cuban link chains here: https://www.crmjewelers.com/cuban-link-calculator/ For collaborations with our brand, click the link below: https://www.crmjewelers.com/sponsorships/ YouTube is not a sponsor of any giveaway, prize competition, or game of chance that is featured on our channel, and you agree to release YouTube from any liability related to the same. All giveaways, prize competitions, and games of chance that are featured on our channel are conducted through a legally compliant and transparent platform that processes all sign-ups/payments and ensures that we have no influence over any outcome or winner selection process. Links to legally compliant privacy notices and terms/rules can be found below: 👉 https://tinyurl.com/privacy-policy-page 👉 https://tinyurl.com/terms-page

Watch the making of this incredible 5-carat sapphire, 2-carat diamond ring by hand! On this magical journey, Master Jeweler Gaston Rives, uses his amazing skill forging platinum into one of his stunning creations; a creation embellished with a 5-ct natural blue sapphire and two 1-ct VS1 and VS2 side diamonds. All precious stones were cushion cut. The best part is when the bride who ordered the ring picks it up in Miami and shows the ring maker her gratitude! To request a handmade engagement ring like this or any other piece of custom jewelry, please click on the link below: https://www.crmjewelers.com/custom-jewelry-form/ Here are the different sections of the video: 00:09 Melting the platinum. 00:24 Forging the platinum to make the different parts of the ring. 01:00 Gluing the blue sapphire stone and two side diamonds to form the baskets. 02:43 Welding the baskets together and cutting the flat platinum piece to make the under gallery. 03:26 Forging and making the shank. 04:05 Welding the underneath gallery and baskets to the shank. 04:36 Cutting and molding under gallery including the hearts beneath the side stones. 06:07 Welding the 12 prongs to the ring. 07:25 Mounting the three precious stones on the ring. 08:22 Final ring and bride's reaction. Please like, comment, and subscribe and help us in our quest to reach 1 million subs in 2021! Here are some helpful links: 🔽🔽🔽 Instagram (where we post a lot of daily watch deals): https://www.instagram.com/crmjewelers/ Gaston Rives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gastonjewelrymiami/ Sell Your Watch Here: https://www.crmjewelers.com/services/watch-purchases/ For diamonds and other stones: https://www.crmjewelers.com/diamond-inquires/ Sponsor or Get Featured on One of Our Videos: https://www.crmjewelers.com/sponsorships/ YouTube is not a sponsor of any giveaway, prize competition, or game of chance that is featured on our channel, and you agree to release YouTube from any liability related to the same. All giveaways, prize competitions, and games of chance that are featured on our channel are conducted through a legally compliant and transparent platform that processes all sign-ups/payments and ensures that we have no influence over any outcome or winner selection process. Links to legally compliant privacy notices and terms/rules can be found below: 👉 https://tinyurl.com/privacy-policy-page 👉 https://tinyurl.com/terms-page

Spent $827,000 But Got My Dream Watch - Best Experience at IWJG Show And we're back on the grey market watch show scene! This time, to IWJG in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand! Our goal for this show was to spend at least $1,000,000 buying some sick pieces. Even though we came a little short ($827,000 was approximately what we spent), we had the chance to shake hands with other dealers and YouTubers in our space, including Adrian from Roman Sharf's Grey Market, who we bought some sick pieces from, including an insane Patek Philippe! Who would have thought that Carlos was going to find his dream watch at the show?! He was so inspired from the ordeal, that he's dying to go back to the show tour ASAP. Not only did we buy some nice watches on day 1 of the IWJG Show, but we also sold some pieces. Yes, we had to sell them a bit lower than to retail customers (like all dealers do), but it freed up some capital for us that allowed us to make more purchases and start new business relationships. Neel from Timepiece Trading (TPT) and his crew were also there, and we got a lot of footage with them, Avi from Avi & Co, who retold a story about his interesting experience with Carlos when CRM Jewelers was in its infancy, as well as many other gray market dealers and jewelers. In this episode of CRM Life, you'll get to see our trip to Vegas from Miami (even though we got there 2 days early due to a slight scheduling mishap), plenty of luxury brands at the show, like Richard Mille, Rolex, Patek Philippe, AP, and more, as well as some very nice footage of Sin City and lifestyle clips of the CRM team just being themselves! Thank you for supporting our CRM Life day in the life series and please let us know what you'd like to see in future episodes! Follow us on Instagram and get access to some of our exclusive deals: https://www.instagram.com/crmjewelers/ Click the link below to sell us your watch: https://www.crmjewelers.com/services/watch-purchases/ Get prices for Cuban link chains here: https://www.crmjewelers.com/cuban-link-calculator/ For collaborations with our brand, click the link below: https://www.crmjewelers.com/sponsorships/ YouTube is not a sponsor of any giveaway, prize competition, or game of chance that is featured on our channel, and you agree to release YouTube from any liability related to the same. All giveaways, prize competitions, and games of chance that are featured on our channel are conducted through a legally compliant and transparent platform that processes all sign-ups/payments and ensures that we have no influence over any outcome or winner selection process. Links to legally compliant privacy notices and terms/rules can be found below: 👉 https://tinyurl.com/privacy-policy-page 👉 https://tinyurl.com/terms-page

Try walking into an Audemars Piguet boutique and asking for one of these Royal Oak Tourbillon Extra-Thin models. Just try it and if you do, I wish you good luck! After we miraculously got our hands on three of these models, including two of the newer sunburst “Evolutive” dial versions (one in 18-cart pink gold and one in hammered white gold), we began our YouTube scavenger hunt for videos on these pieces. While we found some that featured the prior version with the watch, the one with the Petite Tapisserie (“checkerboard”) dial (like the stainless steel version reference 26510ST.OO.1220ST.01), there was nothing about the sunburst versions. That's when we knew that we had to make this review video. People just needed to witness the breathtaking and macro footage of these amazing, 8.95-mm-thin pieces of horology! The calibre 2924 movement of Audemars Piguet Extra-Thin tourbillons consists of 216 parts and 25 jewels and beats at 3 oscillations per second or 21,600 vibrations per hour. On the video, you'll get to witness it through the 6 o'clock opening housing the tourbillon on the dial side, as well as through a dazzling, clear caseback. There you'll also find the 70-hour power reserve indicator, which you'll see in action when we wind the watch near the middle of the video. Some critics might argue that because a tourbillon is not really more precise than well-constructed, mechanical watch, there is no point in buying a extravagant piece like the Extra-Thins on our video. And the reality is that they're technically right! Tourbillons just don't offer connoisseurs the same relative benefits they did in Louis Breguet's pocket watch days, over 200 years ago. But when you come to think about it, does that even matter? Not for these pieces in the slightest! Take the $250,000 white gold version of the watch (reference number 26520BC.GG.1224BC.01), the one that's limited to 5 pieces on the planet. They're so sold out that you may have to sacrifice your first born if you even want to get within 10 feet of one! And how about the rose gold Extra-Thin version of the tourbillon? They're sold out too. Yup, collectors don't seem to care that these tourbillons no longer serve a practical purpose in our high-tech world! 00:09 Rose Gold (ref. #26522OR.OO.1220OR.01) and White Gold Extra-Thin Tourbillons 01:25 Brief History of the Tourbillon (going back to 1801) 02:27 Calibre 2924 Movement & Power Reserve 03:17 The Regular Royal Oak vs the Tourbillon – Which is Better? 05:45 Price & Limited Availability of the Royal Oak Tourbillon What are your thoughts on the AP Tourbillon Extra-Thin? Would you consider this a worthy Holy Grail watch? Let us know in a comment below, as well as what other luxury watch models you would like us to feature on our videos. Follow our channel and join our quest to 1M subscribers! Also here are some helpful links to our social pages and important section of our website: 🔽🔽🔽 Instagram (where we post a lot of daily watch deals): https://www.instagram.com/crmjewelers/ Sell your watches here: https://www.crmjewelers.com/services/watch-purchases/ YouTube is not a sponsor of any giveaway, prize competition, or game of chance that is featured on our channel, and you agree to release YouTube from any liability related to the same. All giveaways, prize competitions, and games of chance that are featured on our channel are conducted through a legally compliant and transparent platform that processes all sign-ups/payments and ensures that we have no influence over any outcome or winner selection process. Links to legally compliant privacy notices and terms/rules can be found below: 👉 https://tinyurl.com/privacy-policy-page 👉 https://tinyurl.com/terms-page

You'd be surprised how much gold a gold luxury watch contains! But don't take our word for it. See how we take a popular gold Rolex apart and find out its exact gold content by weight. The watch we used in this picture is the yellow gold Rolex Day-Date 40, reference number 228238, which is going for around $39,000 in the market as of the day this video was recorded (on 10/8/2020). Typically, the difference in price between similar stainless steel and gold models of a specific watch brand is significant. Some people think that the price difference is due to the value of gold, but is it really? I mean, the watch movement is not made out of gold, since both gold and stainless timepieces of the same model/brand have the same movements. What's different are the other parts, like the case, bracelet, etc. So we set out to take the watch apart and weigh those parts, then calculate their total value based on the market price of gold, which was around $1,900 a troy ounce (or $61 a gram) on the day we recorded the video footage. On the video, you'll see our preferred watchmaker, Yuri Lopez from Chrono Sky (Instagram link below), take the watch apart and set each gold piece on a calibrated scale. https://www.instagram.com/chronosky/ What interesting thing to mention is that during the last 20 year period, from 2000 to 2020, gold outperformed the US stock market (S&P 500) by a pretty wide margin, making an investment in gold during that same period worth 7 times the initial amount! On a side note, gold luxury watches, whether for men or women, are made in 18K gold, which is 75% gold by weight. On the video, we also compare the gold weight of the watch to a 24K chunk of gold. After you watch the video, comment how close was your guess...what percentage of the gold watch's price was due to the dollar value of its gold content? Happy Guessing! Also here are some helpful links to our social pages and important section of our website: 🔽🔽🔽 Instagram (where we post a lot of daily watch deals): https://www.instagram.com/crmjewelers/ Request custom jewelry here: https://www.crmjewelers.com/custom-jewelry-form/ Sell your gold here: https://www.crmjewelers.com/services/sell-your-gold/ Chrono Sky Website https://chronosky.com/ YouTube is not a sponsor of any giveaway, prize competition, or game of chance that is featured on our channel, and you agree to release YouTube from any liability related to the same. All giveaways, prize competitions, and games of chance that are featured on our channel are conducted through a legally compliant and transparent platform that processes all sign-ups/payments and ensures that we have no influence over any outcome or winner selection process. Links to legally compliant privacy notices and terms/rules can be found below: 👉 https://tinyurl.com/privacy-policy-page 👉 https://tinyurl.com/terms-page

Can you tell a real diamond from fake one? Watch us burn a diamond to see if it’s real or fake. That’s 1 out of the 5 tests we’ll be conducting in this video. To order diamonds, visit: https://www.crmjewelers.com/diamond-inquires/ Real diamonds are amazing minerals. To make them, we’ll need to travel almost 100 miles deep into the Earth and experience extreme pressures and scorching 1000-degree C temperatures...for billions of years! That’s how special diamonds are..But in the world we live in, sometimes it’s a challenge not to get scammed with a fake diamond (aka diamond simulant). Cubic zirconias (CZs) and moissanite stones are some of the “fakes” that constantly duking it out against our natural gemstones. We’ll show you how a 1-carat diamond fares on certain tests against CZs and moissanites, as well as some of its amazing properties. This information can be invaluable to you when buying a diamond, as it’ll help you avoid making mistakes ranging from tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars! Here are the different tests conducted in the video: 00:24 The Water Test - Tests a diamond's relative density to other minerals. 01:20 The Scratch Test - Tests a diamond's hardness. 02:36 The Newspaper Test - Tests a diamond's ability to refract light. 03:24 The Flame Test - Tests a diamond's ability to withstand high temperatures. 05:24 Conductivity Tests - Tests a diamonds conductivity vs a moissanite. 06:25 Bonus Tests - You gotta see this one! There's no other way! Let us know what you think of real vs fake diamond tests. Leave us a comment below! Also here are some helpful links to our social pages and important section of our website: 🔽🔽🔽 Instagram (where we post a lot of daily watch deals): https://www.instagram.com/crmjewelers/ Sell Your Watch Here: https://www.crmjewelers.com/services/watch-purchases/ Configure Your Gold Chain Here: https://www.crmjewelers.com/cuban-link-calculator/ Diamond Images USA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diamondimagesusa/ Gaston Rives (Jeweler): https://www.instagram.com/gastonjewelrymiami/ YouTube is not a sponsor of any giveaway, prize competition, or game of chance that is featured on our channel, and you agree to release YouTube from any liability related to the same. All giveaways, prize competitions, and games of chance that are featured on our channel are conducted through a legally compliant and transparent platform that processes all sign-ups/payments and ensures that we have no influence over any outcome or winner selection process. Links to legally compliant privacy notices and terms/rules can be found below: 👉 https://tinyurl.com/privacy-policy-page 👉 https://tinyurl.com/terms-page

It all starts with dust...then the fusing of gold and platinum. This adds another level of complexity to the ring making process, especially when the ring is made by hand! Watch Master Jeweler Gaston Rives forge this elegant, mixed-metal engagement ring by hand for a bridge in the Poland. The weight of the oval shaped diamonds used for this three-stone ring were 4.01 cts (center stone), and 0.90 and 0.91 cts side stones. To request a wedding ring like this or any other piece of handmade, custom jewelry, please click on the link below: https://www.crmjewelers.com/custom-jewelry-form/ Mixed-Metal Ring Specifications Metal 1: Pt900 platinum (90% platinum / 10% iridium alloy) Metal 2: 18k Yellow Gold Center Stone: 4.01 carats (oval diamond) Side Stones: 0.90 and 0.91 carats (oval diamonds). Price: $100,000 Here are the different sections of the video: 00:01 Melting the dust. 00:27 Platinum nugget used to make all the platinum sections of the ring. 01:18 Weighing the 3 stones. 01:32 Working on the three baskets for the diamonds. 02:44 Welding the baskets together and cutting the metal piece to make the under gallery. 03:15 Working on the shank using a ring mandrel, hammer, and annealing. 04:01 Welding the parts of the ring together (gallery, shank, and under gallery). 04:43 Working on the hearts to decorate the under gallery. 05:49 Cutting, filing, and welding the 12 prongs to the ring. 06:48 Detaching platinum shank from ring to be replaced by 18k yellow gold shank. 07:17 Melting gold to make final shank, then forging and welding shank to platinum gallery. 08:46 Attaching the diamonds to the three-stone ring. 08:31 Bending the prongs to secure the stones, then filing down the prongs. 09:27 The finished ring. Please like, comment, and subscribe and help us in our quest to reach 1 million subs in 2021! Here are some helpful links: 🔽🔽🔽 Instagram (where we post a lot of daily watch deals): https://www.instagram.com/crmjewelers/ Gaston Rives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gastonjewelrymiami/ Sell Your Watch Here: https://www.crmjewelers.com/services/watch-purchases/ For diamonds and other stones: https://www.crmjewelers.com/diamond-inquires/ Sponsor or Get Featured on One of Our Videos: https://www.crmjewelers.com/sponsorships/ Configure Your Gold Chain Here: https://www.crmjewelers.com/cuban-link-calculator/ YouTube is not a sponsor of any giveaway, prize competition, or game of chance that is featured on our channel, and you agree to release YouTube from any liability related to the same. All giveaways, prize competitions, and games of chance that are featured on our channel are conducted through a legally compliant and transparent platform that processes all sign-ups/payments and ensures that we have no influence over any outcome or winner selection process. Links to legally compliant privacy notices and terms/rules can be found below: 👉 https://tinyurl.com/privacy-policy-page 👉 https://tinyurl.com/terms-page

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