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Old 30 November 2004, 07:53 PM
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Default Watches gray market or dealer?

im getting tempted to buy a seamaster chrono from watchfinders.co.uk

500 quid cheaper than the high street

if it was a hundred cheaper i would probably pay a bit more for peace of mind but jeez 500 quid

any reason not to?
Old 30 November 2004, 09:03 PM
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Could be a factory second or cosmetically damaged?



Originally Posted by wakeboardar
im getting tempted to buy a seamaster chrono from watchfinders.co.uk

500 quid cheaper than the high street

if it was a hundred cheaper i would probably pay a bit more for peace of mind but jeez 500 quid

any reason not to?
Old 30 November 2004, 09:07 PM
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I'd get one fron a reputable seller on ebay.
Old 30 November 2004, 09:12 PM
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Is this the 'Bond' watch well my sisters boyfriend has just bought one from the states and he only paid about 625 quid or thereabouts and he told me this was well cheap compared to prices over here
Old 30 November 2004, 09:16 PM
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Ah ha!

New i had it somewhere!

http://www.watchwarehouse.com/brands...tyle=Seamaster

try this
Old 30 November 2004, 10:05 PM
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authorised dealer.
ring round,you should be able to get somewhere near.goldsmiths website has all the phone numbers,get them to deliver to your nearest.
Old 30 November 2004, 10:06 PM
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Bought a mechanical Seamaster from Blitz last year and would definitely buy again from them. Achieved a good saving, it turned up less than 12 hours after ordering over the phone, was sourced originally from USA, duty paid, with all boxes, cards etc in perfect condition.

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Old 30 November 2004, 10:35 PM
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the watch is actually the seamaster with stop watch style 3 sub dials
seamaster chrono 2599.80
its 1700 quid at goldsmiths
1900 at watches of swiss
1360 at blitz
1280 at watchfinders.co.uk
its replaces a watch my 2 year old tidyed up in the swing bin

diesel did it come direct from the uk?
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Originally Posted by wakeboardar
diesel did it come direct from the uk?
I've made a mistake, sorry - just fished out the invoice and it was infact from Watches UK.com. Yes, they had it in stock. Basically these guys buy from from wherever they can find them at the right price - in my case the original dealer was a Jewellers in Phoenix (the plastic credit card type 'International Warranty' document shows the supplying dealer). I imagine the others (Blitz, Watchfinders etc operate similarly).
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blitz pricematched watches uk so getting it off them at there offices tomorrow
cheers guys
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Okay,this is where i bought my breitling earlier this year.
ftp://upload.ntlworld.com/paul123/coltgmt.jpg

Basically i rang round Goldsmiths until i got the price i wanted.Then they delivered it to my local goldsmiths.

http://www.goldsmiths.co.uk/R684LN63...e_locator.html

I can recommend

Goldsmiths
12-16 Spurriergate York YO1 9QR
Telephone:
01904 611 630

and ask to speak to Nicola.
Got 15% off a new model,larger discounts availabe on more establihed models.

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