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First: Thanks to *ALL* of you who have been so helpful to me in my research today! I get the posts by eMail, so I'm sure I've not caught up w/ all the Forum postings I should to express how I feel to each of you there. But this has been a really warm and welcoming experience for me, and I want you to know that.
Along those lines: I've gotten some information here on dealers I might contact outside of my area to purchase a Seamaster through proper channels. Of course, once the watch gets here, I'll have to have it sized. And as I've learned, to the dealer again to have betteries changed in the quartz.
When I buy cars there's the old saying about having a relationship w/ the local dealer for service. Any ideas how I might "motivate" my local Omega dealer to support me w/ the watch needs I've listed above? For example, somewhere I read that $200 was a good margin on a Seamaster. Is losing that margin what makes the difference between him being happy to support me or not? Should I offer to split that difference or something?
Or is that where the rubber hits the road, and you'd advise that I not save by buying from a dealer on the coast because it could cost me later in this way -- and others?
Any thoughts would be appreciated. I know every thing has a "culture," so your insights into this one will, I'm sure, make a difference here.
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