One of the benefits of Boutiques...

RRMagyar · Mar 10, 2018

I have bought two of my three Omegas from a local Boutique. My next Omega, perhaps in 2018, will be bought there as well. One of the benefits of such a relationship was being invited to bring my watches in today for inspection by an Omega technician. The process took about an hour — with the three watches — and the technician was also a watch collector and we had a great time talking about watches while he practiced his art. In sum, I learned my watches were not magnetized and they were performing to specifications. What a great service!

aluxtrader · Mar 10, 2018

Cool service! You get what you paid for

larryganz · Mar 10, 2018

My OB will charge shipping to the Omega or Rolex Service Center if you didn’t buy the watch from them (as expected). So not paying $70-100 each time you send a watch (that you’d bought from them) for a service is a nice perk.

I feel bad for only buying 3 watches there. But the money I save buying elsewhere has helped pay for the shipping many times over. But it’s also hurt my ability to form a stronger relationship with them.

qboa · Mar 10, 2018

nice service & experience

BlackTalon · Mar 10, 2018

Shoot, I forgot to reply to the email earlier this week in order to make an appointment. I thought the invite was nice of them.

ac106 · Mar 11, 2018

RRMagyar
I have bought two of my three Omegas from a local Boutique. My next Omega, perhaps in 2018, will be bought there as well. One of the benefits of such a relationship was being invited to bring my watches in today for inspection by an Omega technician. The process took about an hour — with the three watches — and the technician was also a watch collector and we had a great time talking about watches while he practiced his art. In sum, I learned my watches were not magnetized and they were performing to specifications. What a great service!

Demagnetizing and timing your watch.... that’s definitely worth the several thousand extra over trusted sellers!

turbo_muc · Mar 11, 2018

Completely agreed. The service at the OB is really good. I bought one watch there, was invited to an Olympics Event and got my vintage Omegas checked. And as I bought the TinTin from a Japanese grey market seller I brought it there for double-checking the authenticity (unfortuntely it runs a bit fast so it will go to warranty service soon). Always they have taken the time, offered me a coffee etc.

You get what you pay for...

zestywesley · Mar 11, 2018

Yea no, I’ll stick with my trusted sellers for all purchases. Full msrp + snobbiness + tax at my OB is not “you get what you paid for” for a service that’s not even required. I’ll save the thousands from TS and apply that to new watches.

I spent $30k at my local Rolex AD in the span of 1.5 months and they don’t even know my name so what is this non-sense relationship we’re talking about here?

turbo_muc · Mar 11, 2018

Z zestywesley
I spent $30k at my local Rolex AD in the span of 1.5 months and they don’t even know my name so what is this non-sense relationship we’re talking about here?

Think Omega is different there: Spent the equivalent of USD 8k there and they remember my name.

And I would distinguish, for some of the regular models where the "premium" at OB is 1-2k I would go for grey market as well...

zestywesley · Mar 11, 2018

turbo_muc
Think Omega is different there: Spent the equivalent of USD 8k there and they remember my name.

And I would distinguish, for some of the regular models where the "premium" at OB is 1-2k I would go for grey market as well...

Likely it depends on your location, as I go to school in a very wealthy area in the US. Your point is true; if I saw a limited edition/OB-only watch then I would buy it there as well.

One of the benefits of Boutiques...

RRMagyar

aluxtrader

larryganz

qboa

BlackTalon

ac106

turbo_muc

zestywesley

turbo_muc

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