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Re: Import duties

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: I recently purchased a Seamaster Titanium 1/100
: from a gentleman in Germany, and an older
: Seamaster 300hz from some folks in Isreal.
: In both cases, I paid NO duty, so long as I
: certified that the items were for my
: personal use, and not for resale.

Thanks for the response. Here in Canada the duties amount to about 30 per cent of the value of he watch regardless of how it will be used. I did manage to get that cut in half though becuase I was importing a 1979 Omega Seamaster DeVille. It was one that had the US made case from back in the days when Omega used a US manufacturer for the case to cut down on the duties when selling in the US. That qualified the watch for a reduction in duties.

I asked the question to see how other jurisdictions taxed people on imported watches. Looks like people in the US get a better deal than we do. I am very happy with the watch despite the additional duties.

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