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Buying an Emporio Armani Watch

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Hi all

I'm really wanting to buy my partner an Emporio Armani watch for christmas. I've found a few deals but they are unauthorised dealers and so come with their own warranty instead of the manufacturers warranty.

Just wondering if anyone has had any experience buying watches from unauthorised dealers, and if so which ones?

I've found deals with:

TIC Watches
Watch Studio
Watch Cabin
Watch Tag

Also with TIC Watches, I have a 10% off code so that makes the watch from there even cheaper.

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  • lisyloo
    lisyloo Posts: 30,077 Forumite
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    Are you expecting this to be an investment or purely for wearing pleasure ( I have no idea how expensive this brand is).
    If it's many thousands of pound and it's partially an investment then I would only suggest buying from an authorised dealer.

    If it's purely for wearing pleasure then it's up to you whether you condsider the discount to be worth the difference in warranty.
  • It's for wearing pleasure. The ones I am looking at are around the £250 mark, depending where from.

    For instance, one of them is £269 (£242 with discount code) from TIC watches, but from an authorised seller like Watch Shop or Watches2U want £299 or £338 respectively.

    The warranty doesn't bother me quite as much, but the bigger concern is knowing that I'm getting the genuine article.

    That's why I'm hoping there will be someone on here that's had some experience with one of these companies??
  • Edwood_Woodwood
    Edwood_Woodwood Posts: 2,500 Forumite
    edited 11 December 2015 at 12:32AM
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  • sarah1972
    sarah1972 Posts: 19,392 Senior Ambassador
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    edited 11 December 2015 at 5:51AM
    It's for wearing pleasure. The ones I am looking at are around the £250 mark, depending where from.

    For instance, one of them is £269 (£242 with discount code) from TIC watches, but from an authorised seller like Watch Shop or Watches2U want £299 or £338 respectively.

    The warranty doesn't bother me quite as much, but the bigger concern is knowing that I'm getting the genuine article.

    That's why I'm hoping there will be someone on here that's had some experience with one of these companies??

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