![]() The VC world timer shown above was the first watch I bought from him and I was treated so well that I continued to purchase pieces from him. He would order the watch I wanted and hold it until I completed the payments. ![]() This man worked for an authorized dealer in Boston and allowed me to make payments on watches I could not afford in one transaction. I met a guy on the enthusiast site I had been going to ( in case anyone is wondering I am not mentioning the site’s name because I am not advertising for them and over time I started to think this site was full of elitist snobs who looked down their noses at anyone who couldn’t spend huge money on watches and didn’t recognize the beauty of all watches at all price points). They may exist but I have never met a grey market or secondary market dealer that has payment plans or an installment plan to buy a watch that you may not have the total funds for. Where the grey market failed for me was when I started falling in love with pieces that were beyond my means, meaning I couldn’t buy them in one transaction. Just like with any online transaction whether it is Ebay or anywhere else one needs to research who they are dealing with and there are reputable secondary market dealers who deliver authentic quality watches at a greatly discounted price. My impression was that the markup on new watches was so high that it left a window where the grey market dealers could operate with a lower profit margin but still deliver new watches to customers that didn’t want to pay full retail prices. I was spending all my free time on an enthusiast site and the general consensus on this site was that grey market dealers were con artists and thieves that were ruining the watch market by undercutting authorized dealers and sometimes selling counterfeit merchandise. I had bought both the Cartier and the GO from a grey market dealer and both transactions were successful in the sense that in each case I received a new watch with all box and papers. VC Toledo 1951 Blurry image of VC world timer with 37 time zonesĪfter the GO I put a hold on buying until I was comfortable with an issue that seemed to be a hot topic among collectors.
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