zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

: In the course of my own dealings and through
: work I had cause to deal with
: www.darrenreay.com.

: He's based in Durham in the UK. He seems to
: deal mainly in used watches but occasionally
: does deal in new items.

: I did a deal with him about six months ago and
: in every stage he was communicative and
: polite and when he said he'd do something,
: he did it.

: My personal view is you should only ever buy
: brand new, not used.

: I am also aware of www.blitzwatches.co.uk and
: www.aatime.com. they're both grey market
: dealers offering new items only but they're
: both based in the UK and offer pretty big
: discounts. I've never dealt with them so I'd
: say you should do your homework before you
: do a deal.

: I've seen a few others too. If you search on
: google for 'Omega dicount' then as I
: remember it you find about five or six grey
: market dealers within the first five pages.

: Derek has a good article here on grey market
: watches, I'd have a read of it. There's a
: lot of fan literature on the pros and cons
: of grey dealers and again I'd suggest you do
: your homework on a company and the idea
: before doing it.

: I hope this helps you,

: Pete J

I bought an Seamaster back in September once I finally decided to take the plunge, and bery nealry bought from AA Time, who seemed to offer International Warranty.

As it happened, I was in my local town centre and went to a branch of Goldsmiths, just to have a look at teh watch and to try it on , so to speak. During teh conversation with teh sales woman, she instantly offered a discount, which took it to a very cloase price to that offered by the on line AA Time, and in teh end, I felt more comfortable in buying froma high street authorised dealer and paying a few more quid than getting it cheaper on line.

I also asked another high stree jeweller what price they would do it at, and again, without any prompting or negotation, they offered a 15% reduction. I'm sure if I'd have haggled, they would have come down even further. The watch I bought was the James Bond SMP.