Despite trading watches on the internet for the last 9 years, this has been my first week spent fulltime in the role (reasons in my last blog post).  It’s been hard work and I’ve learnt some new things, not least of which is the fact that there are some jolly nice people in this business.  It seems when you meet a watch trader, they usually have a story to tell, and a common thread is folk that have had long and fulfilled careers in industry that decide there is life outside getting up at 7.00am each morning and joining a queue of traffic for an hour or worse hanging onto to grab handle on a fast moving train to go and sit in a very dull office for a very very long time.  At some point you say enough is enough and you decide to indulge your hobbies and improve your life/work balance at bit more.

Also this week, I did the unthinkable and for the first time in 7 years, bought a couple of watches from Ebay.  It’s a jungle out there, literally.  Fakes, ripoffs, blatant lies and the kind of service you can expect from BT or one of the energy companies.  It’s no longer a place that the amateur watch collector can frequent without serious risk of getting royally shafted.  Even the pros make mistakes, trust me.  I doubt I will be back and neither should you.

When you find a watch dealer you can trust, stick with them. Loyalty pays because we can often go buying with our best customers in mind, thinking that so and so might like this Omega.  Hopefully we can offer you a preferential deal, just ask! and if there is one particular piece you’ve always wanted, we may just find it on our travels.

I managed to acquire a stonking Breitling Datora 2031 yesterday, and since then I’ve done little work.  I just keeping staring at it!  Look out for it soon on the site.

 

Rob