Watches N+1…

ideally I wanted a cheap quartz Solar sapphire GMT with 100m, seems hard to come by.

Ah addiesdive do one for £68.    Feel unbearable to entertain though!

If you happen to travel, there are definitely some good opportunities in duty-free; I got a mind-blowing tax-free discount on mine – as low as the secondhand market; I would highly recommend some careful shopping.

@ericemel

Ah! That’s interesting as I’m thinking of a significant trip next year too. Singapore and Oz. What sort of deal did you get?

I would like the ti one but I prefer the newer style where the bezel is coloured, but they are spendy and way over budget.

Ah! That’s interesting as I’m thinking of a significant trip next year too. Singapore and Oz. What sort of deal did you get?

I would like the ti one but I prefer the newer style where the bezel is coloured, but they are spendy and way over budget.

At the Omega dealer in Bangkok Airport, I got just over 40% off vs. UK RRP with VAT on a Planet Ocean, it was the exact model I wanted as well. It’s new stock. Authorised Omega dealer.

With the cash I had set aside, I also got a Grand Seiko Shunbun 🙂

@ericemel Presumably you pay UK VAT on entry? Do you get stung for Import Duty as well?

bobloFree Member

@ericemel Presumably you pay UK VAT on entry? Do you get stung for Import Duty as well?

erm… have you travelled much? To be sure, one would be more than happy to pay VAT, but they really don’t make it easy to understand how you do so…

I wore my Omega unpackaged on wrist back from Barbados with the box in my hand luggage to prove I wasn’t being it to resell it as new.

have you travelled much?

I have. I even had that w@nki word ‘Global’ in my job title for a few years… 🙂

I was just checking to see if the default was still smuggling to avoid duty and VAT 🙂

Urgent Q, would you replace a Coctail Time with this if it was offered to you at £460? https://www.watcho.co.uk/Watches/Seiko/Seiko-Presage-Craftsmanship-Series-Watch-40mm-Automatic-Riki-Watanabe-Edition-White-Enamel.html

Not sure if an appreciation of the enamel dial in the collection outweighs Seiko as a brand for black tie events 🙂

I’d want to see it really close up tbh. It’s not worth RRP that’s for sure if it has the famous Seiko QC .

If it’s boxed with papers then maybe. I’ve just brought an Alpine for more than that and it’s going back under warranty because the minute hand locks up.

I’m a fan of Seikos …

bobloFree Member
have you travelled much?
I have. I even had that w@nki word ‘Global’ in my job title for a few years… ?

😀

I once drunkenly offered to help a colleague who was trying to bring a watch box back from Lisbon to Toronto; she was going to take the watch herself. Next morning I was extraordinarily hungover and in a hurry to catch my flight back to Canada, was told by front desk there was a parcel for me – said watch box was for a Hublot, half the size of my carry-on suitcase, and contained the price tag (but not watch) saying something like €15k.

Canadian customs policy at that time was if they found a watch box in your baggage they’d charge you 10% of the total value of the watch; so that was quite a nervous journey…

If it’s boxed with papers

Brand new from an AD with 4 years warranty.

I once drunkenly offered to help a colleague who was trying to bring a watch box back from Lisbon to Toronto; she was going to take the watch herself

But what we really need to know, is did you get in her knickers…? 🙂 Just joshing obv.

That’s the thing. If they find a box in ya bags and a sparkly watch on ya wrist, you’re a bit bang to rights aren’t you…

Urgent Q, would you replace a Coctail Time with this if it was offered to you at £460?

@Kryton57 – no. But that’s me not anyone else.

Urgent Q, would you replace a Coctail Time with this if it was offered to you at £460?

Oh yes, but I’m a Seiko fanboy. In fact, if you buy it and it doesn’t float your boat, can I have first refusal please?

@tthew – I’m not going to buy it, but if you want it at that price send me an email address and I’ll forward the means for you to do so.

Well the uncle strap arrived:

First, I’m very pleased with the look of the watch, it’s really taken it to premium Seiko level, no need to look at MM’s or cheap beaters any more 🙂

Second, it’s of might higher quality than the 5kx Beads of Rice I bought, solid end links, screw links, very even finishing, solid feel and a tight fit. Despite all that it’s not out of balance with the watch, feels lovely.

The Oyster isn’t period correct but I wanted it to be more tool and less glam that the polished links within the z199/oem.   Job done I reckon.