Blowers Jewellers

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100thmonkey

92 posts

116 months

Sunday 17th August 2014
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Apologies for resurrecting an old thread but now Blowers have the office in Mayfair its great geographically for those of you in the center of London or just visiting for the day!

TobyLaRohne

5,713 posts

206 months

Sunday 17th August 2014
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Another thumbs up for Blowers here, I bought my IWC Portofino from them and they were fantastic to deal with, the only problem I had at first was the huuuge security guy who was breathing down my neck while I looked at the watch...but that was kind of understandable since they'd had a few robberies and I walked in looking like a street urchin not a guy in the market for an IWC.
The sales staff were lovely regardless and Mr Huge wandered off as soon as they realised I wasn't looking for a 5 finger discount.

jhw333

95 posts

131 months

Sunday 17th August 2014
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In watch circles, blowers are the most professional outfit I have ever dealt with.

ellroy

7,030 posts

225 months

Sunday 17th August 2014
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As a slight tangent if you're a football fan you may know one of the guys who works in Blowers apparently captained Hull at some point relatively recently.

Buster73

5,060 posts

153 months

Monday 18th August 2014
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ellroy said:
As a slight tangent if you're a football fan you may know one of the guys who works in Blowers apparently captained Hull at some point relatively recently.
I went in to their shop in Hull when Sunderland played there last year , and they did mention someone but I've forgotten his name , but they did say that he travels to various clubs to show off their wares.

Fas1975

1,778 posts

164 months

Monday 18th August 2014
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Buster73 said:
I went in to their shop in Hull when Sunderland played there last year , and they did mention someone but I've forgotten his name , but they did say that he travels to various clubs to show off their wares.
Ian Ashbee. Dealt with him when I bought my DJ ii a few weeks ago and found the whole experience to be flawless. Can't recommend them highly enough.

ellroy

7,030 posts

225 months

Monday 18th August 2014
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That's the bunny! Couldn't for the life of me remember the name.

SLR400

215 posts

172 months

Friday 5th September 2014
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Another seamless experience with Blowers, very professional, courteous and watch in lovely condition with only 2 very hard to see, minor hairline scratches, one on clasp one on side of lug, and this was on a worn second hand watch. They also have a fantastic selection and it works very well with both shops. Absolutely first class, I will be using them again when my circumstances allow.

hilly10

7,118 posts

228 months

Friday 5th September 2014
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They are very good

100thmonkey

92 posts

116 months

Friday 5th September 2014
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SLR400 said:
Another seamless experience with Blowers, very professional, courteous and watch in lovely condition with only 2 very hard to see, minor hairline scratches, one on clasp one on side of lug, and this was on a worn second hand watch. They also have a fantastic selection and it works very well with both shops. Absolutely first class, I will be using them again when my circumstances allow.
Did you visit London or Hull?

SLR400

215 posts

172 months

Sunday 7th September 2014
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If you are who I think you are then you will already know it was London, how's the Daytona smile

100thmonkey

92 posts

116 months

Sunday 7th September 2014
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Can we see some pictures of your latest aquisition

stradman

81 posts

195 months

Monday 19th January 2015
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Another recommendation for Blowers. Top outfit. Bought a very high end watch recently and service, communication was excellent. Would definitely buy another one from them. Prices I also feel are competitive.

chris56

556 posts

179 months

Tuesday 20th January 2015
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I have not bought anything from Blowers so it is good to hear from those who have and indicate that they are good to deal with.
However on the pricing issue, I can say that their prices are at the high end of all the major watch dealers. I have heard that they are keen to deal and will discount so perhaps the prices reflect this expectation.

Quinny

15,814 posts

266 months

Tuesday 20th January 2015
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I've dealt with blowers on 2 occassions now, and both times I recieved great servicesmile

One deal involved a trade, where based on photos and my description they offered £600 pounds more than another well known dealer, and on actually viewing the watch in the flesh they gave me another £50 quid on top of their original offer.

The second deal was me swapping 2 watches for one, + cash my way, and again I came away feeling that I'd had a very fair deal...

jules_s

4,285 posts

233 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
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Anybody got any idea what has happened to their site?

GCH

3,991 posts

202 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
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jules_s said:
Anybody got any idea what has happened to their site?
They ruined it.
I rarely visit it anymore.


Edit- oh you mean today...it doesn't seem to be working.

WatchMajor

92 posts

116 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
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The site is having a server upgrade and once you use the new site its very impressive and will become more intuative. The site needed to be optimized for Tablet and Phone and if you type anything you want into search from Rolex to Blue dial it will find keywords and become very intuitive.

Any constructive feedback is appreciated and it will continue to improve weekly as the feedback and minor gliches are addressed

mikees

2,747 posts

172 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
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Trust Blowers implicitly. And manager Kelly ( watch major) is an expert and really nice guy.


Mike

chris56

556 posts

179 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
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Blowers web site = classic example of a company making a complete dogs dinner of their website