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You guys love your Omegas...this is great!
I'm new to the watch market, but I've always wanted a "real" watch but could not afford one. So over the years I have purchased many of "regular" watches. I've decided to start my "real" collection with an Omega. I know how you guys feel about the grey markets (and I've decided to purchase from an AD after reading your posts and doing more research)...but there is a flip side to the coin.
As someone has stated...its obvious that these watch companies know that there watches are ending up on the grey market...that being said...one can rationally conclude that the grey market is very lucrative market for these companies...has their been any major action to have it stopped?
Furthermore, its unfair to compare them to Lambos, because I cant find a Lambo on the grey market (if you can...let me know) :-)
My point...after doing research and analyzing the watch business as it retains to the grey market...I'm starting to feel like maybe I should just keep on buying "regular" watches...because...Doesn't the fact that watch companies know that their watches are being sold on the grey market and the company not responding...makes the company (as well as the watch) a little less prestigious? Am I wrong?
But at the end of the day...those watches does say "something" about the man wearing one...am I caught in the Matrix?
It's consumerism, materialism, classism, and marketing at its best (or worse..depending on where you stand)!
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