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Buying Men's Watch

crisp
crisp Posts: 435 Forumite
edited 18 September 2018 at 7:16AM in I wanna buy it or do it
Apart from Amazon, what other trusted sites are there for watches in the £0-£5000 range?
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  • daveyjp
    daveyjp Posts: 13,091 Forumite
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    Argos.

    10 year battery life Casio £10.
  • Wizard_of_Id
    Wizard_of_Id Posts: 5,512 Forumite
    edited 18 September 2018 at 7:22AM
    it tickles me that you trust amazon to deliver on a £5000 watch :rotfl:

    straight to rolex or use watchfinder depending on what brand name you want to show off to everyone
    I should add timex as well seeing as I used to work for them when they made real watches
  • crisp
    crisp Posts: 435 Forumite
    daveyjp wrote: »
    Argos.

    10 year battery life Casio £10.

    Yeah. I have one of them. Good watch to smash around.
  • crisp
    crisp Posts: 435 Forumite
    edited 18 September 2018 at 9:33AM
    it tickles me that you trust amazon to deliver on a £5000 watch :rotfl:

    straight to rolex or use watchfinder depending on what brand name you want to show off to everyone
    I should add timex as well seeing as I used to work for them when they made real watches

    I don't trust amazon for that level. I can only dream of that level by the way, but nice to look :)

    Also that means rolex is out of range for me.

    Timex are great.

    At an absolute stretch, I am more at the Omega or Seiko range.
  • Watches of switzerland.


    I have used them for my watch also get it serviced by them.


    I would never use amazon or Argos for an expensive watch.





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  • watchesworld.co.uk or watchshop.com

    I have used them before so I know they have legitimate options.
  • Joe_Horner
    Joe_Horner Posts: 4,895 Forumite
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    It's also worth looking at any local independents you have. the internet is not always cheapest - let alone best overall value - for watches.

    Especially in the Seiko range you'll find a lot of grey imports online. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it does complicate matters if you need parts (especially case parts) in future because Seiko UK (and other companies) tend not to stock parts for models they haven't imported.

    They'll still get them if needed but you're at the mercy of their lead times which tend to be around 3 months for parts ordered from Japan.
  • mersey
    mersey Posts: 1,297 Forumite
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    Goldsmiths,are very good,and official sellers of lots of high end watch brands.
  • crisp
    crisp Posts: 435 Forumite
    Anyone used Watch Creation in Singapore?

    I was looking at the Seiko Flightmaster

    I have emailed them to ask about import charges, I guess it could be 20% on top.
  • Not the first time I've recommended them https://www.cohenandmassias.com are a company in Gib, which means no import tax and you pay in sterling. I've visited the store on a number of occasions and have had 3 or 4 online purchases delivered without any issue over the years.
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